Pash Global, a subsidiary of multinational commodity trading company Trafigura Group, has signed a power purchase agreement for renewable energy on the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena. The project is in line with the South Atlantic island’s aim of investing in renewables, reducing its...
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JinkoSolar has begun construction of a new 16 GW module production base in Yiwu city, Zhejiang province and Eging PV has resumed a 200 MW solar project in Qitai county in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, after securing approval from local authorities. The China National...
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The plant—Oman’s first renewables-based independent power project—is also the world’s biggest single-unit solar park to use bifacial modules.Mumbai-based Sterling and Wilson Solar has commissioned a 125 MW (DC) solar plant in Oman. With this, it has become the first Indian company to commission a solar...
Read MoreThe North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) is proud to announce that the NABCEP Photovoltaic Associate (PVA) Program was recently approved by the US Department of Veteran Affairs to receive benefits under the GI Bill. Due to this momentous federal approval, veterans and military...
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The AYG-1 project, planned in the Aragatsotn province of western Armenia, will be 85% owned by the successful developer and 15% by the Armenia Renewable Resources and Energy Efficiency Fund (Anif).The Armenia Renewable Resources and Energy Efficiency Fund (Anif) has opened a tender for a...
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The PV plant is located at Amin, in the southern desert region of the sultanate. The project, tendered by Petroleum Development Oman in early 2018, was built by a consortium led by the Japanese Marubeni conglomerate.Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has commissioned the 100 MW Amin...
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Scientists in India are seeking to mitigate partial shading with a technique based on the Lo Shu nine-square grid of ancient Chinese mathematical tradition. Their approach features the ‘magic grid’ also used in popular sudoku puzzles, as a guide for reconfiguring arrays.Researchers at the Vellore...
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Covid-19 prompted disruption severely impacted solar installation during January-March, 2020 as the country added only 689 MW of utility-scale PV against 1,864 MW scheduled to be commissioned.India added 989 MW of solar power generation capacity in the first quarter, taking total installed capacity to 38,894...
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The utility scale renewable energy tender saw wind prevail again, with 18 projects with a total generation capacity of 406 MW. Solar secured four projects with a combined capacity of 19.3 MW but did offer the lowest bid.Italian energy agency the Gestore dei Servizi Energetici...
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A €15.2 million power-to-X-to-power hydrogen storage facility is being planned in Saillat-sur-Vienne, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The project partners want to use renewable energy from the grid and water to produce and store electrolyzed hydrogen. It would then be mixed with natural gas to power an upgraded,...
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