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Sono Motors Abandons Plans to Produce Solar-Powered Electric Car
Sono Motors has abandoned its plans to produce the electric car "Sion" with solar cells integrated into the body. The company will now pivot to retrofitting and integrating its solar technology onto third party vehicles, a move that is far less capital-intensive.
Mar 1, 2023 // Transport, Germany, Sono Motors, Europe, Sion
SunPower brings Wolf River Electric right into Dealer Accelerator Program
SunPower has made a minority investment in Minnesota solar installation company Wolf River Electric. Through this connection, Wolf River is expected to accelerate its currently high development trajectory in Minnesota alongside an expanding existence in Iowa and also Wisconsin, enabling the business to serve more consumers on the market as well as boost solar adoption in historically underpenetrated areas.
Apr 28, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, USA, SunPower, North America, Wolf River Electric
Japan to Recycle Solar Modules Using Blockchain Technology
Solar PV maker Next Energy and trading and investment company empire Marubeni are partnering to recycle used photovoltaic panels making use of blockchain technology, as part of a program supported by Japan's Ministry of the Environment.
Aug 25, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Blockchain, Japan, Asia, recycling, solar modules, Ministry of the Environment, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Next Energy
Shanghai Electric Nets 78 MW Solar-Fishery in China
Shanghai Electric’s 78‑MW solar‑fishery marries floating PV and canopy‑cooled ponds, smart O&M and grid support—battery-ready, algae-taming, tariff-shifting power plus aquaculture profits with marine-grade resilience.
Jan 19, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, China, Asia, Floating solar, shanghai electric, hybrid projects, aquaculture
Elsewedy Electric Completes Financing for Greek Battery Project
Elsewedy Electric paves the way for a sustainable future with Greece's first 50 MW battery storage system, bolstered by €25.5 million in funding, enhancing energy stability by 2025.
Jan 21, 2025 // Storage, Greece, Europe, Elsewedy Electric
Sonnedix Japan brings 39MW online as developing PV market targets additional price declines
JP Morgan's majority-owned international independent power manufacturer (IPP) Sonnedix has actually brought online a 38.7 MW PV plant in southerly Japan, while an expert has claimed the nation's solar sector remains to target expense decreases to bring it in accordance with international levelised price of power (LCOE) numbers.
Mar 27, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Japan, Sonnedix, auctions, Asia, modules, feed-in tariff, grid connection, soft costs
Nomad Electric to Construct 24 MWp Solar Farms in Poland
Nomad Electric powers Poland's green future with two new solar farms, boosting the nation's renewable energy capacity by 24 MWp in collaboration with PAD RES.
Mar 6, 2025 // Plants, Poland, Europe, PV Power Plant, Nomad Electric
Avantus, Toyota Tsusho Launch 125-MW Texas Solar Project
Avantus and Toyota Tsusho America kick off Texas' Norton Solar Project, a 125-MW initiative destined to cut carbon emissions and power renewable energy growth by 2025!
Aug 23, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, PV Power Plant, Toyota Tsusho, Avantus
Tesla's new Texas lithium refinery to support 1M electric vehicles by 2025
Tesla formally broke ground Monday on a Texas lithium refinery, making it the only U.S. automaker to refine its very own lithium.
May 9, 2023 // Transport, USA, TESLA, Elon Musk, North America, Cybertruck
Solar Power Will Make Up Virtually Half Of New U.S. Electric Generating Capacity In 2022
In 2022, we anticipate 46.1 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale electrical generating capacity to be included in the U.S. power grid, according to our Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. Almost fifty percent of the intended 2022 capacity enhancements are solar, complied with by natural gas at 21% and also wind at 17%.
Jan 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Solar, Battery Storage, North America, nuclear, wind, gas
Span electric panel now easily accessible by means of Alexa-enabled gadgets
Electrical panel pioneer Span introduces today that it has actually secured Amazon Alexa voice integration along with an extra $20 million in financing led by Munich Re Ventures' HSB Fund and joined by the Alexa Fund, with ongoing participation from existing financiers.
Jan 26, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Arch Rao, Span, Amazon Alexa, Alexa Fund, Span Smart Panel, Paul Bernard
General Electric, Shell seeking departures as energy transition accelerates
The two power titans have actually revealed strategies to pivot away from nonrenewable fuel source properties as they expand their sustainable footprints.
Sep 23, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, General Electric, Shell
Solar-plus-storage designer Pathfinder acquires Hitachi Capital moneying to progress UK pipe
UK solar and energy storage programmer Pathfinder Clean Energy (PACE) has actually secured financing of an unspecified quantity from Hitachi Capital Business Finance to help expand its UK development pipeline.
Dec 17, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, solar-plus-storage, Hitachi Capital
Etrion to Sell 3 Japanese Solar Projects to Japanese Consortium for ~ JPY 8.252 Bn
Etrion Corporation, a solar independent power producer, today introduced that Solar Resources Holding Sàrl and Etrion Japan K.K., wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Business, have entered into agreements (the "Transfer Agreements") to market their rate of interests in the Company's 13.2 MW Komatsu, 24.7 MW Shizukuishi as well as 9.3 MW Mito running solar energy projects (collectively the "3 Projects") to 3 Japanese business, GK Komatsu Solar, GK Shizukuishi Solar and also GK MITO Solar (collectively the "Consortium"), for an accumulated acquisition cost of around JPY 8.252 billion (or USD 74.9 million), subject to certain changes at closing.
Apr 1, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, solar projects, Etrion Corporation, GK Komatsu Solar, GK Shizukuishi Solar, solar energy projects, Marco A. Northland
Tougher Battery Standards Sought by EU in Shift to Electric Cars
Europe intends to impose more stringent ecological requirements for batteries as it begins a radical economic overhaul readied to enhance electrical lorries and also tidy power.
Nov 30, 2020 // Storage, Transport, electric cars, Europe, Virginijus Sinkevicius