PV

Enel partners with Nestlé for investment in Ganado solar project

Thursday, 23 March 2023 Robin Whitlock

Enel North America has partnered with Nestlé to be the sole tax equity investor for its 208 MWdc Ganado solar-plus-storage project in Jackson County, Texas.

Anesco begins construction of ground-mounted solar projects for Gresham House

Thursday, 23 March 2023 Robin Whitlock Anesco has broken ground on four solar farms totalling 110 MW for Gresham House, as part of a major ground mount development and construction partnership held between the two companies. The four sites ...

President of Togo Breaks Ground on West Africa's Largest Solar Plant

Wednesday, 22 March 2023 REM AMEA Power has broken ground on phase 3 of the 'Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Solar Power Plant', which was held in the presence of H.E. Faure Gnassingbé, President of the Togolese Republic. The expansion ...

Research on Perovskite-CIGS Tandem Solar Cells Yields 24.9% Efficiency

Monday, 20 March 2023 REM Based on a commercial CIGS solar cell, Midsummer engineers, by working with researchers at Prof. Yang Yang’s laboratory of University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), have demonstrated a four-terminal ...

Uzbekistan

ACWA Power signs power purchase and investment agreements for projects in Uzbekistan

Monday, 20 March 2023 Robin Whitlock Leading Saudi power generation developer ACWA Power has signed three Power Purchase Agreements and Investment Agreements with Uzbekistan’s Joint-Stock Company (JSC) National Electric Grid of Uzbekistan ...

Entergy Seeking Largest Renewable Power Expansion in Louisiana History

Friday, 17 March 2023 REM Louisiana has the potential to see significant investment by new and emerging companies due to its unique access to infrastructure and skilled workforce. An imperative to attracting these opportunities ...

Swansea University Develops World’s First Completely Roll-To-Roll Printable Perovskite Solar Cell

Thursday, 16 March 2023 REM Swansea University has established a low-cost and scalable carbon ink formulation capable of unlocking, for the first time, the potential for perovskite solar cells to be manufactured at scale. Using ...

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Investors buy stake in ground-breaking solar company Nuru SASU in Democratic Republic of Congo

Thursday, 16 March 2023 Robin Whitlock Nuru SASU (Nuru), the company behind Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s first solar PV metrogrid, is on track to build 13.7 MWp of isolated solar-hybrid grids by mid-2024 after securing an initial ...

Ørsted Announces Acquisition of New Solar Project in Ireland

Thursday, 16 March 2023 REM Ørsted has announced the acquisition of its second Irish solar project, in an agreement with renewable energy developer Terra Solar. With the potential to add a total of 160MW, Garreenleen solar farm ...

UK government changes stance on VAT for battery storage due to lobbying efforts

Thursday, 16 March 2023 Robin Whitlock A call for evidence issued by the Treasury yesterday proposes extending the existing zero VAT rating for solar panels, heat pumps and insulation to battery storage, when either retrofitted to a solar photovoltaic ...