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Clēnera, a privately-held renewable energy company, announced it has selected RES (Renewable Energy Systems) as its EPC (engineering, procurement as well as building and construction) partner for the 127.5-megawatt Wapello Solar project in Iowa. Wapello Solar will certainly deliver reliable, clean and affordable energy to greater than 45,000 houses when operational by the end of 2020.

Ameren Corp. (NYSE:AEE) has acquired a 200-MW photovoltaic (PV) project in Missouri, making it the largest solar scheme in the company's portfolio. The project is expected to generate enough energy to power around 40,000 homes.

Albania will certainly introduce the 3rd public auction for the construction of a solar photovoltaic park, with a planned capacity of 100 MW, regional media reported.

A U.S. research study team is currently establishing brand-new inverters to shield solar installments from cyberattacks. The scientists likewise intend to develop brand-new cybersecurity requirements. Teacher Alan Mantooth, the team's research study planner, claimed that inverters can be closed down if they are hacked, or add to grid instability and also lead to the overcharging of batteries, while possibly developing issues that we still do not recognize exactly how to attend to.

Enel Green Power, the renewables arm of Italian utility group Enel SpA (BIT: ENEL), has started works to develop a 86-MW solar farm in the Piedmont region, north-west Italy.

According to the Czech Solar Association, the relocation versus solar will likely cause defaults for hundreds of PV projects. The Czech federal government additionally prepares to construct even more nuclear reactor and also has actually pledged to prolong the life expectancy of its coal-fired plants.

French power titan Engie recently commissioned a solar module screening facility in Chile's Atacama Desert, an area which has the globe's highest possible solar radiation. Thore Müller-- head of bifacial PV R&D and solar solutions at Engie Laborelec, spoke with pv magazineabout the benefits of screening panels, inverters and cleansing systems in warm, dry settings.

A 133 MW hybrid solar-wind power plant linked to 242 MWh of storage is currently being built in a hilly area in South Korea. Chinese supplier JA Solar has provided the modules for the PV section.

Bifacial module yields, manufacturer bankability probing and quality benchmarking strategies have all taken centre stage at this year’s edition of PV ModuleTech in Malaysia.

The Japanese unit of First Solar Inc (NASDAQ: FSLR) has actually partnered with Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corp (Toshiba ESS) to develop 2 solar power plants in Tochigi Prefecture with an integrated capacity of nearly 60 MW.