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Downing Acquires 96MWp UK Solar PV Seed Assets Portfolio

Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust has acquired a 96MWp portfolio of UK solar PV assets for £42 million.

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New Manufacturing Tech for 16.06%-Efficient Mini Perovskite Solar Modules

A US-Taiwanese research group has created a new spin coating method which they claim can be applied in the mass production of mini perovskite panels.

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Lightsource BP Inks Pennsylvania PV Supply Deal

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will source approximately half of its annual energy needs from renewables under a deal between energy provider Constellation an…

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Green Power EMC, Silicon Ranch Complete 200-MW Southern Georgia Solar Project Portfolio

The total capacity is distributed across two counties in the southwestern and southeastern parts of the state and provides enough low-cost, renewable energy to …

Rooftop PV System

Subotica to Install Rooftop Solar Units on Nine Public Buildings

The Serbian City of Subotica and the Municipality of Satnica Đakovačka in Croatia are improving energy efficiency in a joint project for new public lighting, …

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Poland to Add Another 11 GW of PV Over the Next Five Years

The Eastern European country is expected to add around 2 GW per year over the next five years, according to Polish research institute Instytut Energetyki Odnawi…

Solar Materials

A New Module Factory, Increasing Wafer Prices

Eco Green Energy is building a 1 GW panel factory in the Jiangsu Province. Longi announced higher wafer prices for April.

United Kingdom

Octopus Renewables Looks to Further Growth After Strong First Year Results

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) has hailed the success of its inaugural year with a gross asset value of £441 million from 24 assets.

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ETHIOPIA: Masdar to Supply 500 MWp of Solar Energy in the Coming Months

The Emirati independent power producer (IPP) Masdar Clean Energy has just obtained the approval of the Ethiopian government to produce 500 MWp of solar energy.

Concentrating Solar Power

VRB Energy to Build Battery-Integrated Solar Power Station in China

VRB Energy has agreed to build a 100MW solar photovoltaic plant with a 100MW/500MWh integrated vanadium flow battery in Xiangyang, Hubei Province, China.

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African Petrol Stations Embracing Solar

Roof-mounted solar, and even storage systems, provide cheaper power than mains electricity or diesel generation, prompting companies such as Total to install mo…

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Burkina Faso to get 30MW Solar Plant for National Grid

The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund will finance 80% of the construction of Urbasolar SAS’ new solar plant planned for 250km south-east of Ouagadougou, Bur…

Carbon Neutral

Xinjiang Sets Record High Wind Energy, Solar Power Generation

Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is taking the lead in China’s renewable energy push, with new energy installed capacity reaching a record h…

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Cambodia: Banteay Meanchey Solar Farm Adds 39MW to National Grid

A 39MW solar power plant in far northwestern Cambodia’s Banteay Meanchey province has been successful brought to the national grid, Shenzhen-listed solar devel…

Solar Inverter

Sungrow Supplies Inverters for the Sol do Sertao Solar Complex after Agreement with Essentia Energia

The projects will be implemented in Oliveira dos Brejinhos, a city in Bahia that is about 600 km from the capital and will have a total capacity of 475 MWp once…