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Ambibox reports efficiency world record for solar DC charging of electric off-road buggy
A German start-up achieved more than 99% efficiency when charging a vehicle developed by the Bochum University of Applied Sciences with electricity from solar cells. Ambibox’s DC charging technology was used in a research project in the Australian desert.
Oct 22, 2019 // Technology, Germany, UK, Australia, Europe, Oceania, Bochum University, Manfred Przybilla
20 MW solar-plus-storage project tender at Zimbabwe gold mine
Canadian business Caledonia Mining Corporation plc wants to build a power plant at its Blanket mine near Gwanda, in southern Zimbabwe.
Oct 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, tender, solar-plus-storage, Africa, Zimbabwe, Caledonia Mining Corporation
Baywa re sells German grid-parity solar plant to Encavis
The Munich-based group sold five solar parks with a total generation capacity of around 35 MW to the Hamburg-headquartered power producer. One of the five plants was among Germany’s first unsubsidized PV projects.
Dec 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, encavis, Baywa re, Matthias Taft, Karsten Mieth
Burns & McDonnell to build solar microgrid for U.S. Navy Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
PEARL, which will be designed and built by engineering, architecture and construction firm Burns & McDonnell, is a state-of-the-art renewable energy microgrid developed in coordination with the Hawaii Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies (HCATT), the Air Force Research Laboratory, National Guard Bureau, Hawaii Air National Guard and the Naval Facilities Command.
Dec 18, 2019 // Grids, USA, North America, PEARL, Burns & McDonnell, HCATT, David Ige, David Molinaro, John Bothof
IBM Research discovers new battery design that could outperform lithium-ion
IBM Research has discovered a new battery design that doesn’t use heavy metals and may outperform lithium-ion batteries. To expand the promise of these batteries from the lab into reality, IBM Research has signed joint development agreements with Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America, battery electrolyte supplier Central Glass, and battery manufacturer Sidus.
Dec 18, 2019 // Technology, Storage, lithium-ion, IBM Research
Engie to Sell 74% Stake in India Solar Portfolio to Edelweiss
Engie has agreed to sell a 74% stake in 12 solar assets aggregating 813 MWp of operating capacity in India to the Edelweiss Infrastructure Yield Plus.
Jan 23, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, India, Engie, Asia, Edelweiss, Paulo Almirante
Albania’s new 140MW solar auction to pave way for future growth
Albania’s government is to find developers of a utility-scale solar project via a new auction later this year, complemented by plans to examine how PV can grow more extensively across the country.
Jan 24, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, EBRD, tender, Europe, solar auction, Albania, balkans
Appalachian Power Issues RfP for 200 MW Solar Projects in Virginia
Appalachian Power has issued an RfP for up to 200 MW of solar energy that will reduce customer costs and further diversify its electric generation mix
Jan 27, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Virginia, tender, North America, Appalachian Power, International, Chris Beam
Globe's largest lithium battery bank expands even bigger with 400-MWh enhancement
The globe's largest lithium-based energy storage space facility has actually just gotten a little bit bigger. Building And Construction of Phase II of the Moss Landing Energy Storage Space Facility in California is currently total, including 100 MW/400 MWh to the site, which now reaches 400 MW/1,600 MWh in total amount.
Aug 20, 2021 // Storage, USA, North America, Curt Morgan
First Project Prometheus solar installation formally opened up
The British Army's initial Project Prometheus solar farm has actually been formally opened by the minister for defence procurement, Jeremy Quin.
Oct 1, 2021 // Plants, UK, Europe, Centrica, British Army, Project Prometheus
Scottish designer offers 50MW battery
Field has gotten the Auchteraw project near Fort Augustus from ILI Group
Nov 2, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, ILI Group, Mark Wilson, Amit Gudka
Intersect Power lands USD 2.6 bn in solar project funding
Clean energy company Intersect Power LLC said on Thursday it has actually acquired USD 2.6 billion (EUR 2.3 bn) in funding dedications to sustain the construction as well as procedure of a six-project portfolio with 2.2 GW DC of late-stage solar and also 1.4 GWh of storage ability.
Nov 19, 2021 // Plants, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Intersect Power, Solar Project
GGGI to Develop 250 MW Solar Plant Along Mumbai-Nagpur Superhighway
With its rapid economic growth and increasing need for power services, India is well-placed to invest a lot more in clean, cheap reliable sources of power, especially in the solar sector. Nonetheless, this potential stays mainly untapped. The Indian federal government has set an objective of 100 gigawatts (GW) of solar energy capacity by 2022, yet it had actually just installed 34 GW by mid-2020.
Jun 9, 2021 // Plants, solar PV plant, Maharashtra State Road Development Corporatio, MSRDC, superhighway, The Global Green Growth Institute, GGGI
Three Seas investment fund investing in owner of PV properties in Bulgaria
The investment fund of the 3 Seas Initiative has actually acquired a 'substantial' stake in Austrian renewable resource group Enery Development, proprietor of a 60 MW solar plant in Bulgaria, state-owned Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB), a capitalist in the fund, claimed.
Jun 14, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, PV Power Plant, Bulgaria, Three Seas
EQT Makes Voluntary Takeover bid for Spanish Solar Designer Solarpack
A global investment company, EQT Infrastructure has actually announced a voluntary takeover bid for one hundred percent of the share funding of Solarpack Corporación Tecnológica, S.A, a Getxo-based developer and proprietor of solar PV plants, mainly energetic in Spain, Chile, and India.
Jun 18, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, Solarpack, EQT Infrastructure, solar developer, Solar Firm Bid, Solar PV plants developer