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UN fund gets behind plan to unlock finance for South African renewables
UN money will help South African PV players underpin project revenues without the need to resort to the government, after a year when Eskom’s woes have cast doubts on the state-offtaker route.
Oct 9, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, eskom, green climate fund, embedded pv, un, dbsa, Yannick Glemarec
South Africa proposes voluntary reduction of tariffs awarded in first three REIPPPP rounds
Power purchase agreements may be voluntarily renegotiated by extending the 20-year deals or enabling independent power producers to add more efficient PV components, thus increasing plant generation capacity.
Oct 1, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, Africa, eskom, Gwede Mantashe, Pravin Gordhan, Chris Ahlfeldt
South Carolina utilities work out new web metering plan
The South Carolina Public Service Commission has settled the United States state's internet metering regulations, which will see some current solar consumers stay on the same regimen until 2029.
May 21, 2021 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Policy, USA, North America, South Carolina, net metering
Sungrow Launches New C&I Inverter Solution For South Africa
The new SG125CX-P2 PV inverter solution is designed for diversified C&I roof applications. The SG125CX-P2 brings higher yields, enhanced safety and security, and also a lot more flexible usage, which is anticipated to cause additional development southern African C&I solar market.
Mar 24, 2023 // Inverters, Sungrow, Africa, South Africa, Experience Power Freedom, Phyllis Yang, SG125CX-P2, South Africa energy solutions
South Africa unveils solar FiT and licensing exemptions in feedback to energy crisis
South Africa's federal government has actually introduced a raft of measures to boost the release of renewables in the nation as it replies to a growing energy crisis.
Jul 27, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, eskom, South Africa, rooftop solar, embedded generation, REIPPPP, feed in tarrifs, grid constraints
SolarEdge currently manufacturing NMC battery cells for energy storage market
SolarEdge announced that its Energy Storage division has started shipping new battery cells developed for stationary Energy Storage applications.
Jan 18, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Storage, SolarEdge, nmc, nickel manganese cobalt
Jinko signs up with Covid-19 battle
The module titan today introduced it will certainly give away a million things of individual safety devices to the Asian as well as european nations presently fighting the spread of the unique coronavirus.
Mar 30, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, Italy, South Korea, China, United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, Turkey, Austria, Norway, covid-19
BlackRock Real Assets to pour USD 100m in Korean solar developer
BlackRock Real Assets introduced today it has accepted buy an equity risk in Korean solar designer Brite Energy Partners (BEP), with strategies to supply it with more than USD 100 million (EUR 85.3 m) in resources in time.
Aug 18, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Asia, Korea, blackrock real assets
G8 obtains LOI to set up 65-MW floating solar plant in Ghana
Singapore-based renewables designer and also subsea engineering firm G8 stated today it has actually been picked as the provisionary contractor to mount a 65-MW floating solar plant within a hydropower facility in Ghana.
Feb 22, 2022 // Plants, Floating PV, Asia, Africa, Singapore, Ghana, G8
Scatec Solar Commissions 2nd Unit in 258 MW Solar Complex in South Africa
Scatec Solar has actually begun very early business procedure for an additional 86 MW, the secondly of 3, of the 258 MW solar energy complicated in Upington, South Africa.
Feb 26, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Raymond Carlsen, Scatec Solar, Africa, South Africa, International
Safety is paramount
When Sony first commercially introduced lithium-ion batteries in 1991, the industry recognized their potential to revolutionize portable electronics. Ever since, there have been countless efforts to improve the technology, with many researchers focusing on energy density and longevity, in line with demand from emerging applications such as electric vehicles (EVs) and on-grid energy storage. Julian Jansen and Youmin Rong of IHS Markit discuss the effect of safety concerns on this rapidly growing global market.
Sep 19, 2019 // Storage, Opinions, USA, China, Li-ion batteries, Asia, North America, Sony, Julian Jansen, Youmin Rong
Energy Consultancy ABL Group to Assess 2 GW RE in South Africa
ABL claimed that about 1.5 GW of the energy yield assessment job is associated with nine potential solar PV developments in South Africa. The continuing to be 500 MW is for 2 prospective onshore wind farms.
Sep 27, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Wind Energy, wind power, REIPPPP, ABL, Anne Myers, Oliver Davies, OWC, Saldanha Bay Industrial Development Zone
Canadian Solar Bags 256 MW Contracts For South Africa Largest Solar PPAs
Canadian Solar Inc. has introduced that its majority-owned subsidiary CSI Solar Co., Ltd. (" CSI Solar") signed a 256 MW solar module contract with SOLA Group, a Cape Town-based independent power producer. The 256 MWs will supply the first two biggest utility-scale solar energy projects in South Africa, which are based on private power purchase agreements (PPAs).
Dec 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Canadian Solar, PPA, Africa, sola group, South Africa, Shawn Qu, BiHiKu7 modules, CSI Solar co, Dom Wills
Glennmont eyes EUR150m Korean solar opportunity
Investor indications MoU with renewables programmer SK D&D to 'accelerate capital implementation' in PV projects
Jun 23, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, South Korea, Asia, Joost Bergsma, Glennmont
New South Wales confirms site for 700-MW Waratah Super Battery
The New South Wales government on Friday confirmed the Aussie state's prepare for the 700-MW Waratah Super Battery, to be constructed at the site of a destroyed thermal power station as well as planned to go on the internet in 2025.
Oct 17, 2022 // Storage, new south wales, Matt Kean, Waratah Super Battery