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Etrion Sells 70% Stake in Solar Asset in Chile to Innergex for around $46.6 Mn
Switzerland headquartered Etrion Corporation (Etrion) has actually finished the sale of its 70 percent shareholding in a solar photovoltaic (PV) nuclear power plant, PV Salvador SpA, in north Chile, to Canada-based Innergex Renewable Energy Chile Spa.
May 18, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Innergex, Michel Letellier, PV Power Plant, International, Etrion, Marco Antonio Northland
Goldman Sachs reaches $4 billion in renewable investment potential
Goldman Sachs Renewable Power, a subsidiary of the investment banking giant, has reached an equity pool of $4 billion, which will serve to expand on the hundreds of megawatts in portfolios the company has acquired in the last 12 months alone.
Sep 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, SunPower, Goldman Sachs Renewable Power, Jon Yoder
EBRD to bankroll Kazakhstan’s new clean energy push after PV build-out
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to spearhead the multi-million-euro new phase of Kazakhstan’s renewable programme, now set to progress from a PV-only first phase.
Sep 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, EBRD, Asia, kazakhstan
GCL-SI bags A bankability score at PV ModuleTech 2019
China-headquartered GCL-SI was among the module makers recognised at this year’s PV ModuleTech, arranged in Malaysia by PV Tech’s publisher Solar Media.
Oct 25, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Malaysia, China, Asia, Eric Luo, ModuleTech, GCL-SI
Perovskite Nanocrystal Breakthrough Could Lead to a Better, Cheaper Solar Cells
Scientific instrument made at McGill reveals liquid-like properties of a solid substance.
Nov 1, 2019 // Technology, Canada, solar cells, perovskite, North America, McGill University, Patanjali Kambhampati
Perovskite solar cells get an upgrade
Rice University scientists believe they've overcome a major hurdle keeping perovskite-based solar cells from achieving mainstream use.
Nov 6, 2019 // Technology, USA, solar cells, perovskite, North America, Rice University
Goa to replace traditional clay tiles with solar ones
State energy minister Nilesh Cabral says householders will be offered the chance to reduce energy bills without any upfront cost by leasing roofspace to installers as part of plans to add 15 MW of solar capacity in Goa by March.
Nov 13, 2019 // Residential, Rooftop PV, India, Asia, rooftop PV, Nilesh Cabral
300 MW of new solar for China’s 800 kV UHV transmission project
JinkoSolar has announced that it will supply 300 MW of its Tiger solar panels for what it describes as an ultra-high voltage demonstration plant in China’s Qinghai’s province. The project will be connected to an ultra-high voltage power line that State Grid Corp. of China is building to connect the far northwestern part of the country to the more heavily populated eastern provinces.
Nov 29, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Grids, China, JinkoSolar, Asia, mono perc, Kangping Chen
NextEra Energy CEO: Build Back Better is an 'accelerator, not something that we would certainly need'
The CEO of US utility NextEra Energy has said that while he thinks it is "most likely than not" that the clean energy piece of the nation's Build Back Better (BBB) bill gets acted upon this year, the business does not need policy assistance consisted of in the legislation to accomplish its targets.
Jan 27, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, USA, financial results, North America, NextEra Energy, company results, Build Back Better
Maxeon photovoltaic panels get in united state commercial market bundled with Omnidian performance guarantee
Maxeon has established a sales initiative with solar performance guarantee firm Omnidian to offer Maxeon-branded IBC solar panels to the U.S. commercial market.
Feb 1, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, solar module, Maxeon, Jeff Waters, Mark Liffmann
RPower chooses Huawei inverters for Polish solar sites
390MWp of smart string models to be utilized at utility-scale projects in the country
Feb 17, 2022 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Poland, Europe, Huawei, Przemek Pieta, RPOWER, Maciej Bąkała
SunPower, First Solar in late-stage discussions to establish 'globe altering' residential solar module
United States household solar installer SunPower is in late-stage conversations with United States thin film maker First Solar to establish the "globe's most advanced domestic solar panel", its CEO Peter Faricy revealed during an expert day discussion that additionally laid out the business's new method.
Apr 1, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Residential, Storage, USA, SunPower, First Solar, Enphase Energy, solar cell, North America, modules, module assembly
Solar project commissioned by Nestle, Yellow Door in Dubai
Nestle has set up greater than 2,500 solar panels on the carport structure of its Dubai manufacturing facility. The project will reduce the carbon emission by one million kilogrammes each year and also assist in recognizing the target of Nestle to come to be net-zero emitter by 2050.
Apr 19, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Jeremy Crane, Yellow Door Energy, Clean Energy Strategy, Matthias Riehle, Nestle Pure Life
SolarEdge launches 100kW 3 phase inverter in UK
SolarEdge is launching its 100kW 3 phase inverter with synergy technology, created to boost the productivity of bigger PV setups, in the UK.
Jul 21, 2021 // Inverters, UK, Europe, SolarEdge, Alfred Karlstetter
Tongwei profits almost treble as polysilicon, 210mm cell growth strategies materialize
Tongwei reported a near-trebling of profit in the initial half of 2021 as costs climbed throughout the solar worth chain.
Aug 23, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Tongwei, polysilicon, PV module