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Solid solar growth could save EUR106m each year in Ireland
Solar development in Ireland can give an annual conserving of EUR21 (₤ 18) per resident, according to a brand-new report from global consultatory company, AFRY.
Mar 4, 2021 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, UK, Ireland, Europe, ISEA, utility scale, Ress, Low Carbon, Conall Bolger, Afry
LONGi posts record quarterly revenue as mono wafer shipments increase 183%
Leading monocrystalline wafer producer and ‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member LONGi Green Energy Technology (LONGi Group) has reported second quarter 2019 revenue of approximately US$1.17 billion, a new quarterly record, due to monocrystalline wafer shipments increasing by 183% in the first half of 2019, compared to the prior year period.
Sep 3, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, China, pv modules, c-si manufacturing, Asia, monocrystalline wafer, LONGi, PERC
Better Energy to deploy 1GW of subsidy-free solar thanks to pension fund bargain
Around 1GW of solar projects are to be created by Better Energy in Denmark and also Poland after the renewables business protected what it refers to as a "historical agreement" with a Danish pension fund.
Dec 2, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Poland, Europe, subsidy-free solar, Denmark, Better Energy, Rasmus Lildholdt Kjær, Industriens Pension, Laila Mortensen
Ricoh launches solar cell for indoor applications
The Japanese electronics company has actually produced a solid-state, dye-sensitized solar cell for combination into sensing units and customer electronics. The company states the gadget can generate electricity from indoor light.
Feb 5, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Japan, Asia, solar cell, Ricoh, Tetsuya Tanaka
Clearvise Expands Solar Portfolio with Sardinia Project Acquisition
Clearvise AG secures rights to 16.1-MWp solar project in Sardinia, part of larger Italian expansion. Shovel-ready in 2025, with more projects in the pipeline.
Apr 15, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Sardinia, Solar Project, Clearvise AG
US research laboratory rewires solar cell raising efficiency to 27.3%, sees path to greater than 32 percent
NREL has released a paper showing an experimental solar cell, using a unique method for wiring two different solar cells to a single, that raised the cell's efficiency by 4 percent. As well the document provides a respectable review of different technologies being developed.
Dec 11, 2019 // Technology, USA, NREL, solar cell, North America
German PV equipment makers report fall in revenue
Manz and Singulus have both seen turnover drop in the first half.
Aug 14, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Manz AG, PV equipment, Martin Drasch, Singulus Technologies AG, Stefan Rinck
Photovoltaic Panel Orders Point to Clean Energy Boom From United States Climate Law
lens on United States renewables markets: the thin-film solar supplier First Solar Inc., headquartered in Arizona.
First Solar has significant production
May 5, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America
Rio Tinto Powers Up Solar Park for Canadian Diamond Mine
Rio Tinto - the world's second-largest miner - is launching the largest solar PV park in Canada's North to provide electricity to its diamond mine in the Northwest Territories. The project will reduce diesel consumption & GHG emissions by 50% by 2030.
Aug 11, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Canada, North America, PV Power Plant, Rio Tinto
Iberdrola commissions 50-MW solar farm in Spain
Spanish utility Iberdrola SA (BME: IBE) revealed today it has commissioned a 50-MW solar photovoltaic (PV) park in Spain's Aragon region.
May 7, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Iberdrola, Europe, solar farm
Brazil's Northeast strikes new solar record of 561 MWa
Solar farms in the Brazilian Northeast have actually registered a brand-new regional solar generation record of 561 typical megawatts (MWa) on April 6.
Apr 9, 2021 // Plants, South america, Brazil, solar farm
Cubico re-finances Spanish solar
Investor got the 50MW Moron and Olivenza developments in March
May 26, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, cubico, David Swindin, Carlos Ciervide
Hanergy touts solar powered car that can run 30 days without charging
The thin-film manufacturer and Chinese carmaker Joylong Automobile applied thin film cells to the roof of a small commercial vehicle which was tested for a month. Hanergy says its K-Car could offer an effective daily range of 50-100km without charging.
Sep 24, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Transport, China, Asia, Hanergy, Joylong Automobile, K-Car, CIGS thin-film modules
SolarArise continuing with 75-MW solar project in India
SolarArise India Projects Pvt Ltd has issued the first part of a notice to proceed (NTP) for the construction start of a 75-MW solar park in Uttar Pradesh.
Mar 2, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Asia, SolarArise
Longroad marketing 83-MW Virginia solar project to Dominion
will be equipped with US-made Series 6+ solar modules made and provided by First Solar. Nextracker will provide the trackers as well as TMEIC will send out solar
Apr 11, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, dominion, Solar Project, Longroad