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Sonnedix Expands Presence in Chile

Wednesday, 29 May 2019 REM Sonnedix has further expanded its presence in Chile through the financial close of $99 million (€88 million) in new non-recourse project financing which is being provided by CAF -Development Bank of ...

Another Ciel & Terre Floating Solar Plant Constructed in Japan

Wednesday, 22 May 2019 REM A 2.7 MW floating solar farm, constructed with Ciel & Terre’s Hydrelio® technology, was recently successfully grid-connected in Kobe City, Japan. Involved in the project were the Energy Bank Japan ...

Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) designates 2020s a ‘solar decade’

Thursday, 16 May 2019 Robin Whitlock

As this decade nears a close, SEIA has designated the next decade The Solar+ Decade.

Recurrent Energy Completes Sale of Mustang Solar Project to Goldman Sachs

Thursday, 16 May 2019 REM Canadian Solar Inc. has announced its wholly owned subsidiary Recurrent Energy, LLC has sold its equity stake in the 134 MWp/100 MWac Mustang solar project to the Renewable Power Group of Goldman Sachs ...

Webdyn to present WebdynSunPM data concentrator at Intersolar

Thursday, 09 May 2019 Robin Whitlock

Webdyn will present the next generation of WebdynSun data concentrators at Intersolar Europe to be held from 15th to 17th of May 2019 in Munich, Germany.

Groovy New Solar Technology Aims to Be Future of Renewable Energy

Friday, 03 May 2019 REM An innovative new solar cell design which has the capability to drive down the costs of solar cell manufacture, has been created by scientists at the UK's University of Sheffield and energy technology ...

Bentley Motors installs new solar car port

Wednesday, 01 May 2019 Robin Whitlock Car manufacturer Bentley Motors has reinforced its commitment to sustainable energy by installing the largest ever solar car port at its factory headquarters in Crewe, UK, enabling all electricity used ...

Caffeine can improve the thermal stability of perovskite solar cells

Friday, 26 April 2019 Robin Whitlock Scientists at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA have found that caffeine improves the stability of materials under heat – a property known as thermal stability — of perovskite solar cells, ...

Augusta advises on 300MW of French solar deals

Thursday, 25 April 2019 Robin Whitlock Augusta & Co. (Augusta), a specialist financial adviser to the renewable energy industry, has overseen the sale of a 51.7MW solar portfolio to Tenergie, marking the company’s third solar-based deal ...

Germany

Solarwatt installs solar roof for Dresden public transport operator

Wednesday, 24 April 2019 Robin Whitlock Solarwatt has installed solar panel arrays with a total output of 300 kWp on two roofs above the Trachenberge railyard in Dresden owned by the city’s public transport operator Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe ...