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Panasonic Tries To Capture Domestic Solar Markets In High-growth Solar States

As a result, demand for solar power has been growing strongly in the United States and worldwide. Rooftop solar power is much more expensive than utility-scale solar power, but it doesn’t compete with utility-scale solar power or wholesale power in general – it competes with retail electricity. Panasonic Corporation of North America has announced that […]

Voltalia’s RE Portfolio Crosses 1 GW Mark

Voltalia an international player in renewable energies, reaches 1,015 of installed capacity at end 2020,overpassing its 1-gigawatt target set in 2016. Between the announcement and the achievement of this 1-gigawatt target, Voltalia’s capacity has more than doubled and is more diverse. Voltalia is now also highly recognized for its capacity to develop solar projects, notably […]

Aemetis Receives $16.8 Million As Grant From California CEC

Aemetis, Inc. announced that its “Carbon Zero” biofuels production process has received a total of $16.8 million of solar energy and other energy efficiency grants to fund upgrades of the Keyes, California plant to support the production of zero carbon renewable fuel. The renewable energy and efficiency projects funded by the grants already have been […]

Aggreko to install 25.9 MW hybrid solar system at 4,500 m

Fresh from the success of its 7.7 MW microgrid at Gold Fields’ Granny Smith mine in Western Australia, Aggreko has signed a 10-year contract with the global gold miner to install at 25.9 MW hybrid solar and thermal power solution at its Salares Norte mine site, located at a height of 4,500 meters in the […]

Sungrow forged a contract to supply its fully integrated Energy Storage System to Texas

Sungrow, the global leading inverter solution supplier for renewables, announced that it has forged a contract to supply its fully integrated Energy Storage System to the 100 MWac Chisholm Grid project in Fort Worth, Texas. Chisholm Grid has been under construction since August of 2020 and will be one of the largest battery energy storage […]

Axpo will supply electricity from a 2.2 MW solar plant under a 20-year power purchase agreement.

Swiss energy company Axpo will supply electricity to a supermarket chain from a 2.2 MW solar plant under a 20-year power purchase agreement. Swiss energy company Axpo has secured a power purchase agreement from supermarket chain Denner for its 2.2 MW Alpin Solar, which is built at the Muttsee dam, at an altitude of almost […]

Morocco Aims For 50% Renewable Energy By 2030

The Kingdom of Morocco is already doing quite alright in terms of renewable energy relative to most other countries. Renewable energy creates about 35% of the country’s electricity needs, according to data from 2019. By 2030, Morocco wants to be at 50% renewable energy, and it aims to reach 100% renewables by 2050. Going forward, […]

JinkoSolar Wins PV Magazine Award 2020

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that it has won the prestigious PV Magazine Award 2020 in the Module category for its Tiger monofacial module. PV Magazine assembles expert juries and representatives from the global solar world every year and the PV […]

IRENA approved establishment of Global High-Level Forum on Energy Transition

IRENA’s Members overwhelmingly approved the establishment of a new, vision-building Global High-Level Forum on Energy Transition, using IRENA’s knowledge and convening powers to center-stage energy transitions at the heart of an effective post-COVID recovery. The decision concludes the Agency’s annual Assembly which brought together over 2000 participants from Members and partners in a virtual meeting […]

The Carlyle Group announced a strategic growth investment to Amp Solar Group

Global investment firm The Carlyle Group announced a strategic growth investment through a $374 million commitment to Amp Solar Group, Inc. a Canadian-based global energy transition platform.bAmp Energy is a global renewable energy infrastructure manager, developer and owner. Since 2009, the Company has successfully developed over 1.8 gigawatts of distributed and utility-scale renewable generation projects, […]