Solar

The ‘Solar Energy Storage Market by End-Users and Geography - Global Forecast and Analysis 2019-2023’ report has been released by ResearchAndMarkets.com.

Indian state-owned engineering firm BHEL Sunday has secured a Rs-100 crore order from NTPC to set up a 25 MW floating solar photovoltaic power plant at Simhadri in Andhra Pradesh, The Free Press Journal is reporting.

Reuters is reporting that although solar power is the fastest growing source of electricity generation, equipment prices have fallen in recent years in the face of Chinese competition and increased production.

DNV GL is acting as technical advisor for south-east Asia’s largest floating PV public tender at Singapore’s Tengeh Reservoir.

BP’s solar subsidiary is on the hunt for Britain’s shiniest grass to help make the most of new double-sided solar panels that can harness light reflected off the ground, The Guardian has reported.

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd has announced that the world’s largest solar plant of 1177kWp, which was jointly developed by Japan’s Marubeni Corp. and Emirates Water and Electricity Company, has recently started commercial operations as scheduled at Sweihan in Abu Dhabi.

JinkoSolar Holding, the solar module manufacturer, has supplied 95 MW of monocrystalline solar panels to Vena Energy Australia for use in the Tailem Bend solar project.

Forbes has reported that renewable energy sources have surpassed coal for the first time in the US since the inception of the US electrical power system in the nation’s monthly electricity generation mix.

The National Trust is set to sell all of its £1 billion fossil fuel assets, saying it no longer wants to be invested in companies that are not contributing to the effort to tackle climate change.

Duke Energy has passed a renewable milestone: 1 gigawatt of owned solar energy capacity in the USA.

Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), a national entity for international development aid, together with the Cuba’s Ministry of Energy and Mines and International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), have inaugurated a new 10 MW solar PV project.

A theme throughout the conference was the need for substantial policy and market advances for Texas to meet its promising market projections.

RTE is reporting that the energy company Energia has announced a €3 billion investment in renewable energy generation in Ireland over the next 5 years. It will create 200 direct jobs and 3000–5000 construction jobs.

Frontier Markets is helping to achieve the goal of supplying clean and renewable energy to millions of citizens in the western state of Rajasthan.

Total has started up production at the La Me`de biorefinery in southeastern France, with the first batches of biofuel coming off the line.