PV

Solarwatt opens three new production facilities for energy storage and solar modules

Thursday, 23 September 2021 Robin Whitlock

Solar PV provider Solarwatt has announced the inauguration of the Europe's largest production facility for glass-glass solar modules in front of 40 guests in Dresden.

Encore Renewable Energy partners with VVPPSA on a community solar array

Friday, 10 September 2021 Robin Whitlock Encore Renewable Energy and VPPSA have announced the commissioning of a new 2.1 MW community solar array located at a former auto salvage yard, developed as part of a partnership between Encore Renewable ...

Safari Energy Acquires Six Solar Projects from ECA Solar in Massachusetts

Thursday, 02 September 2021 REM Leading solar company Safari Energy announced that it has acquired a portfolio of six solar projects located in the Greater Boston area from Waltham, MA-based ECA Solar. ECA Solar developed the projects ...

First Solar Breaks Ground on $680 million Ohio Manufacturing Facility

Monday, 23 August 2021 REM First Solar, Inc. has broken ground on its third manufacturing facility in Ohio at a ceremony that was attended by United States Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, the Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, Jon Husted, ...

Total Corporate Funding for Solar Sector Surges to $13.5 Billion in First Half of 2021

Friday, 09 July 2021 REM Mercom Capital Group, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, released its report on funding and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for the solar sector in the second quarter (Q2) ...

New Thermal Battery and Solar Tech Help Mining Companies Get Rid of Diesel

Tuesday, 29 June 2021 REM A robust new battery from 247Solar Inc., a spinoff of MIT, operates almost like an electrochemical battery but has significant advantages at longer durations. The basic principle of the thermal battery ...

Monroe County Water Authority Announces Plans for 5 MW Solar Project

Friday, 18 June 2021 As part of a long-term goal to reduce energy expenses, the Monroe County Water Authority (MCWA) announced plans to install a 5 megawatt (MW) solar energy array on its existing property in the Town of Penfield, ...

Two PV Plants Bring Clean Energy to Senegal

Wednesday, 02 June 2021 REM Nearly 540,000 people in Senegal will get access to clean and affordable power following the launch of two solar photovoltaic (PV) plants, financed by IFC, the European Investment Bank and Proparco, under ...

Juwi to Construct World’s Largest Solar Hybrid Project at Sukari Mine in Egypt

Monday, 17 May 2021 Dan McCue The Cape Town-based subsidiary of German renewable energy specialist Juwi AG, signed an agreement with Sukari Gold Mines to design, supply, build and integrate a solar battery hybrid power plant for Egypt’s ...

Ørsted completes Permian Energy Centre

Wednesday, 05 May 2021 Robin Whitlock Ørsted’s first utility-scale solar plus battery storage project of 460 MWAC reaches commercial operation, making Ørsted the first developer to operate the full spectrum of new renewable technologies ...