Italy’s Eni and Algeria’s Sonatrach have started building a 10 MW solar project in Algeria. The oil giants also inaugurated a solar lab to test the efficiency of different PV technologies under local irradiation conditions.Eni and Sonatrach, Algeria’s national gas and oil supplier, said that...
Read MoreFirst Solar has selected northern Alabama as the location for its fourth U.S. solar module manufacturing facility. The new thin-film factory is part of the previously announced investment that will grow First Solar’s American manufacturing footprint to over 10 GW by 2025. The planned factory...
Read MoreErisha E Mobility has formed a joint venture with Greenbox to manufacture a range of green hydrogen solutions by leveraging technologies developed by Greenbox.Erisha E Mobility, an e-mobility entity of Rana Group, has forayed into the green hydrogen business in a joint venture with Germany’s...
Read MoreThe Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) has signed a $10 million grant agreement with the International Solar Alliance (ISA) to boost the deployment of solar energy in developing countries.Today, at COP 27, the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) signed a...
Read MoreIsrael and Jordan have agreed to pair 600 MW of solar with an undisclosed amount of storage. The deal, which was brokered by the United Arab Emirates at COP27, will see Jordan provide electricity to Israel in exchange for desalinated water.An Emirati company will reportedly...
Read MoreThe island nation of Sao Tome and Principe switched on the initial phase of its first 2 MW solar project in August. Construction of 1.4 MW of PV capacity is now underway at two airports, and developers plan to install a total of 1.7 MW...
Read MoreAlmost a year after its first proposed NEM 3.0 decision that sent the state’s solar industry into a frenzy, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has released a new version. Today’s proposal includes a shift to net billing, a glide path to transition slowly to...
Read MoreFTC Solar, a solar tracker manufacturer, developed a clamping solution built specifically for First Solar Series 6 and Series 6 Plus modules. To support First Solar’s thin-film module technology, FTC developed a new product variant of its Voyager mounting solution. The variant uses FTC’s patented...
Read MoreThe company already has a state-of-the-art lithium battery recycling plant in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, with a recovery efficiency of more than 98% across various battery materials. It said the new plant in Telangana will increase its Li-ion battery recycling capacity to 19,500 MT by the end...
Read MoreBengaluru-based Metastable Materials has developed a 100% chemical-free process for extracting metals out of scrap Li-ion batteries. It has set up an 'Urban Mining Unit' on the outskirts of Bengaluru, which is capable of processing up to 1,500 tonnes of dead batteries per annum. This...
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