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Matrix Secures Funding for Texas Solar Initiative
Matrix Renewables powers forward in Texas with $376M financing for its 210-MWac Stillhouse Solar project, set to energize Hyundai by 2025!
Dec 3, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Texas, North America, PV Power Plant, Matrix Renewables
Lightsource BP finishes Bighorn Solar financing
Lightsource BP has actually effectively closed on a $285 million financing bundle for its 300MW Bighorn Solar project, which will be found on EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel mill residential or commercial property in Pueblo, Colorado, and begun building and construction.
Oct 1, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Lightsource BP, North America, Kevin Smith, Alice Jackson, Jared Polis
Researchers securing solar technologies from cyberattack
New research from the University of Georgia recommends a novel method to guarding one feasible target of a cyberattack-- the country's solar farms. In a research released in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, a group in UGA's College of Engineering presented a sensing unit system that keeps an eye on an essential electrical component of solar farms for indications of cyber-intrusion in real time.
Mar 29, 2022 // Technology, University of Georgia, cyberattack, WenZhan Song
Tandem solar cell achieves 32.5% effectiveness
The existing globe record of tandem solar cells containing a silicon bottom cell as well as a perovskite top cell has once again been broken at HZB. The new tandem solar cell converts 32.5% of the case solar radiation right into electric power.
Dec 20, 2022 // Technology, Germany, Europe, solar cell, efficiency, HZB, Steve Albrecht
RWE turns sod on Spanish solar triad
All 3 projects amounting to 98MW are slated for conclusion in the very first quarter of 2023
Aug 23, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, rwe, PV Power Plant
CEE Group to construct 154MW German solar
The Döllen project will provide around 150,000 megawatt hrs of electricity per year
May 20, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, PV Power Plant, CEE Group
Bluefield solar bags 45MW UK PV-battery
Capitalist obtained the project co-located with a 25MW storage space website for ₤ 5m.
Aug 16, 2021 // Plants, Storage, UK, Europe, John Rennocks, Bluefield Solar
First Solar Bags $1BN to Fuel Growth
First Solar Inc. secures USD 1 billion revolving credit facility from JP Morgan Chase Bank to finance expansion in India, Alabama, and Ohio. Facility enables company to open 3.4-GW DC production facility and R&D center, aiming to have over 20 GW DC of factories in 2026.
Jul 7, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Alabama, India, First Solar, Asia, North America, Ohio, JP Morgan Chase Bank
90-MW Solar Park to Power Italy
European Energy A/S has won approval to construct a 90-MW solar farm in Italy’s Puglia Region. The project, led by Thorvald Spanggaard, will generate enough energy to power 55,500 households. The solar park will use tracker panels on 35 hectares of land and involve reforestation and infrastructure upgrades. European Energy's ambitious goal to develop renewable energy in all of Italy moves closer to reality.
Nov 3, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Europe, PV Power Plant
Rain Not Enough: Pollen Reduces Solar Performance
Discover how NREL and Solar Unsoiled are tackling the issue of pollen and bio-soiling on solar panels in the Southeastern US. A 10-year study finds that frequent rains are not enough to keep the panels clean and prevent financial losses.
Dec 19, 2023 // Technology, USA, NREL, solar panel, North America