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ST's Bouskoura Plant to Utilize 50% Energy from Renewables by 2022
French-Italian semiconductor producing firm STMicroelectronics has actually announced that its Bouskoura site in Morocco will certainly obtain 50% of its energy from renewable resources by 2022 compared to 1% in 2020, as part of its activity strategy to accomplish carbon-neutrality by 2027.
Jul 28, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, Morocco, Renewable Energy, Bouskoura, STMicroelectronics, Fabrice Gomez
Trina Solar Invests $400M in Vietnam Plant
Trina Solar, one of China's leading solar panel makers, plans to invest $400 million in its third factory in Vietnam and could potentially invest up to $600 million in the future. This move follows US investigation into Chinese solar companies' use of Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries for tariff avoidance. Vietnam is now the biggest supplier of solar panels to the US, making up a third of all imports in Q1 of this year.
Sep 27, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Asia, Trina Solar, Vietnam
Acciona to Build 235MW Kentucky Solar Plant
Acciona Energia starts site mobilisation for a $195M, 235-MWp Fleming County solar park in Kentucky, creating up to 300 jobs, targeting operations in May 2028.
Jul 3, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, PV Power Plant, acciona energia
Matrix Buys 200MWac Solar Plant in Idaho
Matrix Renewables, a TPG-Rise backed company, acquires controlling interest in 200MWac/261MWdc solar project in Idaho. Output to power Meta's data center and will contribute to its goal of 100% renewable operations. Construction expected to begin Q3 2023.
Aug 4, 2023 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, PV Power Plant, Idaho, Matrix Renewables
Chile inaugurates 3-MW solar plant
Chilean officials recently inaugurated the 3-MW Tamarugo solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Tamagural district, northern Chilean region of Tarapaca.
Nov 8, 2021 // Plants, Chile, South america, PV Power Plant
Sungrow Products Latin America's Largest Under Construction PV Plant
After an arrangement and also the current discharge of NTP ("Notification To Proceed" or "Solution Order") with Focus Energia, an integrated energy company system, Sungrow will provide inverters and also MV stations for the execution of the very first stage of the Futura Project, an 852 MWp solar park that will certainly soon be among the biggest in operation in Latin America.
Mar 9, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Inverters, Sungrow, Inverters, Latin america, PV Power Plant, Rafael Ribeiro, Focus Energia
US-German Alliance Launches Perovskite Solar Plant
REVKOR and H2GEMINI partner to construct a 5GW solar cell and module production facility, beginning production in Q2 2024. The project will utilize HJT/Perovskite technologies and mark a milestone for renewable energy.
Aug 2, 2023 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, Germany, Europe, perovskite, North America
Researchers advance solar material production
A Washington State University team has developed a more efficient, safer, and cost-effective way to produce cadmium telluride (CdTe) material for solar cells or other applications, a discovery that could advance the solar industry and make it more competitive.
Jan 27, 2020 // Technology, USA, solar cells, North America, CdTe, Washington State University, Santosh Swain
First Batch of World's Largest Tidal-Flat 300MW Utility Scale Solar PV Plant Successfully Connected to the Grid
The very first set of units of world's biggest tidal-flat energy PV plant (300 MW), acquired by the 12th Bureau of Hydropower, have actually been efficiently attached to the grid for power generation. This completed the yearly grid link objective securely, effectively and also satisfactorily.
Jan 16, 2021 // Plants, Grids, PV Power Plant, Solis, Bureau of Hydropower, Charles Hua, power generation, tidal-flat utility PV plant
Financial Services Firm Visa Reaches 100% Renewable Electricity Goal
Visa has announced that it has met its goal to use 100% renewable electricity by 2020, furthering its commitment to lead sustainably across its operations
Jan 16, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, International, Renewable Electricity, milestone, Visa, Al Kelly, Douglas Sabo
ACWA Power, Danantara ink $10bn Indonesian green energy landmark pact
Saudi utility ACWA Power and Indonesia’s Danantara sign MoUs worth up to USD 10 billion for renewables, green hydrogen, and desalination, including 500 MW of clean-power projects with Pertamina.
Jul 7, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Asia, Indonesia, ACWA Power
Colombia backs PV plant as president touts clean energy shift at UN summit
One of the largest solar projects to date in Colombia has cleared a key planning hurdle as president Iván Duque promised clean energy leadership at this week’s UN summit.
Sep 25, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Canadian Solar, pv power plants, pv modules, South america, auctions, policy and regulation, tenders, Colombia, Iván Duque
NYSERDA has announced Ulster-based energy storage project to replace the earlier planned gas-powered plant
NYSERDA has contracted with GlidePath’s unit for construction of a 20MW storage facility. The project will be deployed in Town of Ulster instead of the fossil-fuel plant proposed earlier.
Dec 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Storage, USA, NYSERDA, North America, GlidePath
European solar returns remain to drop, yet can financial institutions, governments and grids relieve threat concerns?
European solar capitalists are coming to terms with smaller sized returns, however banks, federal governments and also grid operators might do even more to help ease threat and also reduce financier issues.
Apr 13, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, IRRs, João Cunha, Ignacio Cobo, Stefan Müller
EDF launches significant UK solar-plus-storage crossbreed hunt
French utility EDF is introducing a major solar-plus-battery storage hybrid effort in England and Wales as part of strategies to double its set up sustainable base.
Jun 30, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, UK, EDF, hybrid, Europe, solar-plus-storage, subsidy-free solar, macquarie, Green Investment Group, colocation