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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Australia's initial large-scale solar garden
Nearly one-third of Australians are secured behind the solar barrier, as they do not have the high-end of mounting their own solar PV.
Sep 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Australia, Oceania, solar garden
9-MWp Solar Farm Cluster Sold in Poland
Goldbeck Solar GmbH & Suncatcher Gruppe successfully sold a 9-MWp solar power complex in Barlinek, Poland. The 16,500 solar panels are estimated to provide clean energy to 4,000 households. Operations began in December 2023 - the first solar system of its kind in Poland.
Dec 20, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Poland, Europe, PV Power Plant, Goldbeck Solar GmbH, Suncatcher Gruppe
New CdTe panel producer
telluride (CdTe) solar panels has actually been the single domain name of First Solar for the last years-- and now, an Ohio-based rival has actually signed up with
May 15, 2020 // Manufacturing News, USA, First Solar, North America, CdTe, Toledo Solar, Aaron Bates, Michael Heben, Markus Beck
Scatec to develop 20-MW solar park in Lesotho
Norwegian clean power producer Scatec ASA (OSL: SCATC) will certainly install a 20-MW solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) plant in the Kingdom of Lesotho, Southern Africa.
Nov 26, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Scatec, Africa, Solar Park, Lesotho, Southern Africa