The advantage for big corporations such as Walmart, or even tech companies which have been building their renewables portfolios – mostly through power purchase agreements – is that there is more than one route to get involved in community solar projects. “The exciting part is that there are a number of ways for these large […]
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Latest Screenshot of winning bids, posted to LinkedIn by WEF’s Debmalya Sen. Winning bids as low as INR3.41/kWh (US$0.041/kWh) have been registered in a tender for solar PV paired with battery storage hosted by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). While results are still to be published, according to the state-run solar corporation’s e-tender
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Latest The project will be located in the Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone. Image: RES Group. Enel Green Power Australia, a joint venture co-owned by Enel Green Power and INPEX Renewable Energy Australia, has acquired a 1GW solar-plus-storage project in the Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) in New South Wales from RES Group. The
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Legislation has been proposed in Italy that would prohibit the installation of photovoltaic solar panels on agricultural land, with the exception of certain agri-voltaic systems. Farmers applauded the bill and claimed it would prevent investment funds from acquiring the land, which has driven up prices for agricultural farmers, while environmental groups opposed it, claiming it
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Latest France’s latest rooftop PV auction reached an average price of €101.69/MWh.Image: Unsplash The French government has awarded 179MW of solar PV in its most recent rooftop solar PV tender, half the amount of the previous auction. In total, the seventh rooftop PV auction ended up awarding 50 projects with an average price of €101.69/MWh
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Latest This project could replace up to 11% of the natural gas used for power in Rio Tinto’s Pilbara mining operations. Image: Rio Tinto. British-Australian multinational mining company Rio Tinto has announced a plan to build a 80MW solar PV plant to supply power to its company’s iron ore operations in the Pilbara region, Western
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Latest Unirac provides PV mounting solutions for the residential and C&I markets. Image: Unirac via Twitter. US solar racking producer Unirac has said that its mounting and racking systems can help solar developers qualify for Domestic Content tax credits. Albuquerque-based Unirac produces US-made solar racking systems for both rooftop and ground-mounted PV modules in the
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Researchers have enhanced solar energy harvesting by developing organic semiconductors that offer a cheaper, more adaptable alternative to silicon. A recent breakthrough reveals these materials can achieve higher efficiencies through a unique mechanism where electrons gain energy, paving the way for more effective solar cells and fuel production technologies. New research partially explains the exceptional
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Vows that after Balochistan, centre would also work in collaboration with Punjab, Sindh and KP for farmers’ welfare Chairing meeting on solarization of agriculture tube wells, anti-power theft campaign at PM House ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Friday vowed that after Balochistan, the federal government would also work in collaboration with the governments
BEIJING – China is building almost twice as much wind and solar energy capacity as every other country combined, research published on Thursday showed. The world’s second-largest economy is the biggest emitter of the greenhouse gases that drive climate change. China has committed to bring carbon emissions to a peak by 2030 and to net
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