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and other products - have actually been referred to as a massive opportunity. Engie, Umicore seeking circular economy for batteries and their products In order

investor Actis. Recently, Actis agreed to sell the platform to French utility Engie SA and Paris-based asset manager Meridiam. What Risks Does MIGA Guarantee

Engie has been notified by the Power Authority of Guam that it was the lowest bidder and has won a contract to construct two solar power plants totaling 50 MWdc with approximately 300 megawatt-hours of energy storage. Significantly, the system is designed to deliver 100% of the electricity after the sun goes down. Engie noted that it will now begin work on the details of the twenty year power purchase agreement (PPA). Engie says that the Samsung SDI batteries which it has chosen for the energy storage solution will be able to deliver electricity for up to seven hours. The 300 MWh and 50 MWdc values weren’t coupled with the energy storage inverter capacity or AC solar sizing. If the project were to deliver the full 300 MWh of electricity over the course of seven hours, the minimum size of the energy storage inverter would be just over 42 MW. If the solar inverter (MWac) were similarly sized, it’d be a DC:AC ratio of 1.16. The projects are expected to come online in July 2022, and will delivery 85 GWh/year of electricity – a 19.4% DC capacity factor. A 500 page project procurement requirement document (pdf) was made available for review in late 2018. The projects were proposed to be built in the specific locations noted in the above image, and connecting to a new substation being built. The qualitative scoring system used to judge bids is located here (xls). Higher accuracy images of the sites are located here (pdf). Phase II of the program (pdf) ended with two 25 year PPAs being signed with Hanwha Energy Corporation for 30 MW solar projects that will deliver roughly 144 GWh/year of electricity in total for 6.245¢/kWh and 6.599¢/kWh. While there are plenty of solar+storage projects that run sites 24-7-365, this project is significant in that its among the largest energy storage systems announced globally, and the solar power is to be delivered 100% at night. Eventually, Guam Public Utility Commission will post the power purchase agreement (prior signed documents are on the website) and its prices, on their website. With that, we will be given a new pricing perspective to consider in our models – what does 100% delivered at night solar power cost? The large majority of our solar pricing is daytime priced electricity – delivered 100% at time of generation. Recently, the Eland project in Los Angeles (above image) gave us some insight into our new pricing considerations. In that project, we saw solar electricity pricing of 1.997¢ delivered at time of generation, add 1.3¢/kWh for 200 MW / 800 MWh worth of energy storage, and another 0.667¢/kWh when we expanded to 300 MW / 1,200 MWh to deliver the excess electricity during the evening peak period.

for its manufacturing facilities. It is partnering with French energy business Engie SA (EPA: ENGI) to develop the first deep geothermal project on a European

MWh. Champions of the most up to date public auction include a variety of Engie projects including three 5MWc projects and also 2 10MWc sites along with a

in the southwest of France is up for public discussion. Energy business Engie and Neoen, the nation's power transmission system driver RTE and the regional

under the country's Electricity Sector Support Project. French power business Engie will construct the parks as well as the transmission lines and also

to build 97MW solar plant for Engie in Chile 15 October: GES has been chosen to build a 162MW wind famr and a 97MW solar farm in the Antofogasta

Engie stole headlines in France last week after Guillaume Barucq, an official in the municipal government of Biarritz, tweeted his enthusiasm for a number of solar benches the power group had installed in the small coastal city. Amusingly, Barucq also urged citizens not to sit on the benches for long periods of time, on concerns that seated bottoms could reduce their energy yield. His comments were quickly mocked by dozens of social media users. But what is the purpose of the benches if nobody is able to sit on them? Weighing 170 kg, the Steora smart benches – designed by Croatian startup Include – offer 160 W of power and include a 55 Ah battery. And via three USB outputs, an inductive charger and wifi transmitter, they can also recharge mobile phones and provide access to the internet. “All Steora models have the same PV modules, device charging, wifi, ambient light, data collection, cooling system and dashboard,” Include says. In a later tweet, Engie justified the design of the benches by placing them within the context of the global eco-responsibility agenda the G-7 nations plan to push at their upcoming summit in Biarritz. The company has also confirmed to pv magazine that the benches have already been set up in countries with stronger solar resources, such as the United Arab Emirates. Five more solar benches in Cannes The municipality of Cannes recently installed solar benches as part of its Smart City project, which aims to develop new technologies that improve the local quality of life. The authorities acquired three solar benches in 2018 and two new ones earlier this month. The Steora benches in Cannes have thus far been spared the derision seen in Biarritz. In fact, on the Cannes municipal government website, the mayor has praised the benches for their design, comfort and additional features. However, Include claims that the benches can produce energy even when they are shaded. “The advanced controller inside the bench allows the charging of the battery even when the photovoltaic modules are not exposed in direct sunlight, while users are sitting,” it said.

previously closed a long-term hybrid power purchase agreement (PPA) with Engie España," it is mentioned in the post. The portfolio has mini

power manufacturer Scatec ASA (OSL: SCATC), a consortium of France's Engie (EPA: ENGI) as well as Moroccan energy firm Nareva, as well as a consortium of

billion supplied by lenders Bank of America as well as HSBC to French utility Engie to develop a 2 GW clean power portfolio in the U.S. towered over the various

by ESB Solar (Ireland) and the 50MW Monart East Solar Farm developed by Engie Developments Ireland Limited. Engie have a handful of PV sites on the

partners are Tyr Energy Development, EDF, Clearway, Rev Renewables, Steelhead, Engie and Longroad. "Macquarie Asset Management's Green Investment Group is a

bank Natixis provided project money for San Servan 220, while its compatriot Engie (EPA: ENGI) signed a power acquisition arrangement (PPA) with FRV to acquire