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Iowa’s Largest Solar Farm Powers 40,000 Homes
Alliant Energy’s 200-MW Pleasant Creek Solar, Iowa’s largest solar farm, now powers 40,000 homes, boosting the state’s clean energy goals.
May 1, 2025 // Plants, clean energy, USA, Solar Energy, North America, alliant energy, Renewable Energy, PV Power Plant, Iowa
Solar Surge: Meeting Insatiable US Power Demand
CEO of Nextracker Inc. foresees a solar boom in the US as demand soars from data centers, electric cars, and heating systems. Solar is the cheapest and fastest-growing energy option.
Mar 29, 2024 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Nextracker
Edison secures PPA for Italian solar parks
Edison SpA partners with Chiron Energy for five new solar parks in Northern Italy, boosting renewable energy goals.
May 23, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Europe, PV Power Plant, Edison SpA
First Solar Inks 5GW Deal with Energix
First Solar has agreed to supply 5GW (dc) of its thin-film solar modules to Energix Renewables for projects in Israel, Poland, and the US, with First Solar Recycling Services managing end-of-life handling. First Solar is investing $1.5bn to expand their US manufacturing and R&D innovation centre by 2026.
Jul 17, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, First Solar, solar module, Energix
Panasonic abandons Chinese solar production tie-up
The Japanese electronics titan said a partnership with GS-Solar will not appear and also it will proceed producing its modules in Japan and also Malaysia while looking for other collaboration chances.
Aug 5, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Japan, Malaysia, China, Panasonic, GS-Solar, Asia
GoodLeap Securitizes $467 Million Residential Solar Loan
Leading American Solar loan provider GoodLeap (formerly Loanpal), revealed on May 23 the closure of GoodLeap Sustainable Home Solutions Trust 2022-2 adhering to the securitisation of residential solar loans worth $467 million to around 11,000 homeowners. Originated on the GoodLeap platform, the securitization was underwritten by Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs.
May 24, 2022 // Residential, America, Asia Pacific, GoodLeap, tanguy serra
Scottish government advised to establish solar target
4GW of installed capability by 2030 is completely possible, claims trade body SES
Oct 12, 2021 // Policy, SCOTLAND, Thomas McMillan
EiDF acquires 252MW Spanish solar portfolio
Projects in Castilla La Mancha as well as Castilla y Leon remain in the advancement phase
Aug 22, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, EiDF
Stuttgart Utility Partners for Major Solar Expansion
Stuttgart teams up with hep global to power the future—200 MWp of solar energy to boost climate neutrality and light up 65,000 homes!
Nov 11, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Stuttgart
Ranking Top 10 Solar Tracker Firms Worldwide
A solar tracker is a device released along with solar panels, guiding the latter in the direction of the sun. Trackers not just increase the energy capture yet additionally further boost the effectiveness of the total power generation procedure via reducing the angle of occurrence-- or the angle that a ray of light makes with a line perpendicular to the surface-- in between the incoming light and also the panel.
Jun 3, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Nextracker, Array Technologies, solar trackers, Global Market Insights Inc
First Solar completes manufacturing expansion in Ohio, now with total solar panel production capacity at 1.9 GW
Thin-film solar panel manufacturer First Solar today announced the start of production at its new PV module manufacturing facility in Lake Township, Ohio — a few miles from its flagship 600-MW factory in Perrysburg, Ohio. With the completed addition, First Solar has a total annualized production capacity of 1.9 GW in the United States. The company also manufactures panels in Malaysia and Vietnam.
Oct 26, 2019 // Manufacturing News, USA, First Solar, Mark Widmar, thin-film, North America, Hanwha Q Cells, Ohio, Tymen de Jong
Taiwan toasts startup of major solar farm
272MW E2 PV farm will can contributing as much as 4% of the island's complete PV energy output a year
Apr 24, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Taiwan, solar farm
EnBW transforms sod on 300MW German solar
Construction of the two PV projects in Brandenburg will take one year
Mar 18, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, enbw, solar projects, Thorsten Jorse
Frazer Solar eyes 100MW Africa PV-battery
EUR100m Mega Solar-Storage project will certainly be located at the Edwaleni power plant in Eswatini
Oct 19, 2021 // Storage, Africa, Frazer, Robert Frazer, SWAZILAND
Horizon Power Lights Up WA Solar Farm
Horizon Power's Major Projects Midwest Solar Program is now in full swing in Cue, Western Australia. With 259kW solar and 336kWh BESS, this project is expected to save $900k/yr and reduce 2,100 tons of CO2 emissions annually. Supported by $13.5 million in Commonwealth funding, completion of the project is expected in early 2024.
Nov 27, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Australia, Oceania, PV Power Plant, Horizon Power