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Photon Energy posts record income, eyes merchant solar possibilities
Solar project developer and also possession owner Photon Energy Group saw its profits reach a brand-new high last year thanks to the sale of electrical power from its growing portfolio of PV plants.
Feb 15, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Hungary, Europe, merchant solar, Oceania, photon energy, Independent Power Producer
JA Solar announces exclusive supply offer for 3.1 GW hybrid project in China
Solar Module Super League (SMSL) member JA Solar is to provide every one of the PV modules to a 3.1 GW wind-solar-storage hybrid project in the Chinese city of Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia.
Apr 25, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, China, pv power plants, JA Solar, hybrid, Asia, solar wind hybrid, module supply deals, deepblue 3.0
Effectiveness of flexible CIGS solar cells measured at record 21.4%.
A group of researchers at Empa has actually pushed the performance of flexible solar cells to a brand-new limitation. Independent measurements disclosed a performance of 21.4 percent when these sorts of solar cells transform light into electrical power. For comparison: the best performance of a non-flexible solar cell constructed from crystalline silicon is reported at 26.7 percent.
Sep 7, 2021 // Technology, solar cells, efficiency, flexibl, CIG, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Exclusive company gets Swinerton Renewable Energy and SOLV
Personal equity strong American Securities has entered an agreement to obtain Swinerton Renewable Energy, the renewable energy division of Swinerton Builders, and wholly-owned subsidiary SOLV from Swinerton Incorporated.
Sep 21, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Swinerton Renewable Energy, North America, George Hershman, SOLV, American Securities, Kevin Penn
Solarpack continues 2019 financial boost as PV development reaches 1.7 gigawatt
EPC points out operational launch of PV assets located in Chile and in India as Q1-Q3 2019 revenues almost double compared to last year, however net profit decreased by more than a half.
Nov 13, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, EPC, Spain, India, Chile, South america, Europe, Asia, Solarpack Corp
Next-generation light-weight, flexible and long-lasting batts
A group of Korean researchers, headed by Prof Soojin Park, has created foldable batts with thin 3D organic electrodes.
Dec 13, 2019 // Technology, Storage, Asia, Korea, flexible, Soojin Park
Total taps French regional bank to refinance 143MW wind, PV portfolio
Total Quadran has enlisted a French financier to pump new capital into an up-and-running renewable energy portfolio, split between 40-plus projects across the country.
Jan 28, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, France, pv power plants, solar pv, Europe, Total, refinancing
ReneSola Introduces TWIN 3.0 Series of Modules at SNEC 2021
At the SNEC PV POWER EXPO 2021, just recently hung on June 3, 2021, in Shanghai New International Expo Center, ReneSola (backed by the Zhongnan Group, among the largest corporations in China) introduced brand-new product series TWIN 3.0 as well as attained lots of cooperative arrangements to reinforce its supply chain additionally.
Jun 8, 2021 // Manufacturing News, China, Asia, renesola, DEKRA, SNEC PV POWER EXPO 2021, TWIN 3.0
C&I solar and also storage space installer Altus Power to go public through US$ 1.58 bn SPAC bargain
Altus Power is merging with an unique purpose acquisition firm (SPAC) in a transaction that values the commercial and industrial (C&I) solar and storage programmer at US$ 1.58 billion.
Jul 15, 2021 // Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Altus Power, blackstone, SPAC, Rob Horn
Foresight continues Australian charge with small-scale renewables fund launch
Global solar investor Foresight Group has continued its charge into the Australian PV market, launching a sustainability framework to finance small-scale renewable infrastructure projects in the country.
Sep 13, 2019 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Australia, solar pv, Oceania, investment, foresight group
Switzerland plans large scale solar auctions
The Swiss Federal Council intends to increase competition in the solar sector and set fixed tariffs for large PV projects using tenders. The electricity market will be fully opened up in a move industry association Swissolar says will discriminate against PV and threaten the rapid expansion of renewables.
Sep 30, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Tariffs, tender, Europe, auction, Switzerland, Swissolar
MGen pitches floating solar facility on Laguna de Bay
Manila Electric Co.’s (Meralco) power generation arm is looking into a possible 110-megawatt floating solar facility on Laguna de Bay as part of its renewable energy thrust.
Oct 17, 2019 // Floating PV, floating PV, Asia, Philippines, Meralco, mgreen, MGen, Rogelio Singson, Laguna de Bay
Hanergy Thin Film set to lose crucial hydropower project stakes – which could be auctioned off to Hanergy Mobile Energy
Troubled thin film manufacturer Thin Film will see a 51% controlling stake in a hugely profitable hydropower project auctioned off after a move by creditors. Hanergy Thin Film owner Li Hejun’s Hanergy Mobile Energy business in China says it will be among the bidders.
Aug 20, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, China, Hanergy Thin Film, Hanergy Mobile Energy, Li Hejun, thin film
NESF sells on 115MW of subsidy-free solar to NextPower
NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) is marketing 2 of its subsidy-free possessions to NextPower Development, part of the NEC Group, in a ₤ 11.5 million purchase.
May 14, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, subsidy-free, NextEnergy Solar Fund, NextPower
Development guarantees less expensive solar cell glass production
Indian researchers have actually developed a hybrid manufacturing method incorporating steel mesh and a metal-oxide layer over a glass substratum which they say lowers production cost by 80% contrasted to the tin-doped, indium oxide-based innovation presently in use.
May 27, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, India, Asia, CeNS, solar cell glass, Ashutosh K Singh