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Acciona Energía Signs PPA With Iberostar Group for the Supply of Renewable Electricity in Spain

ACCIONA Energía announced today a new power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply 80GWh/year of 100% renewable electricity to Iberostar Group for 11 years. …

Renewable Energy

Infinity Power to Develop 1 GW Photovoltaic, Wind Energy, Hydro, Battery Storage in Sierra Leone by 2033

Infinity Power, a joint venture between Netherlands-headquartered Infinity Group and UAE-based Masdar, announced on Monday that it has signed a Memorandum of Un…

Solar Panel

More Than 1,300 Customers Enrolled in Duke Energy’s New Solar and Storage Incentive Program

(Photo by Joe DelNero /NREL)Duke Energy has enrolled more than 1,300 customers in North Carolina in its new PowerPair pilot, a one-time incentive-based program …

Renewable Energy

Ramaphosa Reveals 22,500 MW Renewables Pipeline in South Africa

South Africa‘s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has said that the country has more than 22,500 MW of renewable energy products in the pipeline.He said that upc…

Solar Power Plant

Lightsource BP Switches on 40 MW of Solar in Poland

Lightsource bp’s first solar project in Poland has started commercial operations.The 40 MW solar project in Kotuń, a village in east-central Poland, has …

Renewable Energy

Masdar Raises $1BN via Green Bond to Fund Renewable Projects

Masdar aims to expand its renewable energy portfolio to 100GW by 2030. Credit: Masdar.United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based renewable energy company Masdar has raise…

Renewable Energy

Portugal Plans to Raise Share of Renewables in Electricity Consumption to 93% by 2030

Plants grow between solar panels in Sabugal, Portugal, January 12, 2023. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File photo Purchase Licensing RightsPortugal plans to raise the con…

Photovoltaic （PV）

4,300 KM of Giant Submarine Cable Will Send Photovoltaic Energy From Australia to Singapore

The largest photovoltaic energy transmission project in the world has just received approval from Australian environmental authorities. Known as Australia-Asia …

Solar Power Plant

Solar + Wind Now Make up More Than 20% of US Electrical Generating Capacity

Photo by Amol Mande on Pexels.comSolar and wind now make up more than 20% of total US electrical generating capacity, according to new data from the Federal Ene…

SMR

UK Justification Decision Sought for Rolls-Royce SMR

The Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) has applied to the UK government for a justification decision for Rolls-Royce SMR's small modular reactor, a decision…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Iberdrola Installs Two New Photovoltaic Plants in Portugal

The Montechoro I and II PV plants, located in the Algarve region of southern Portugal, have been completed and now contribute to the country’s renewable e…

Rooftop Solar

SSE and Ortus Partner for 130MW Commercial Rooftop Solar Pipeline

SSE Renewables’ first solar project, 31MW Littleton Pastures solar farm, in Worcestershire, entered construction in August 2023. Image: SSE Renewables.As …

Solar Technology

First Solar Opens US Research Facility

US thin-film solar module producer First Solar has commissioned a new research and development (R&D) innovation center in Lake Township, Ohio. The company said …

Solar Power Plant

Peru Records 115.5 MW of New Solar in H1

Two solar projects in Cajamarca and Moquegua, Peru, were connected to the National Interconnected Electric System (SEIN) in the first half of 2024, totaling 115…

Solar Power Plant

Czechia Installs 484 MW of Solar in H1

Czechia deployed 484 MW of new solar in the first half of the year, according to data obtained by Solární Asociace.The installed capacity of 484 M…