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Solar Power Plant

Enel Starts Up 133-MW Part of Soon-to-be Gigantic Solar Complex in Brazil

Italian utility group Enel SpA said that the 133-MW expansion of its Sao Goncalo solar farm in Brazil has reached commercial operation.

Offshore Wind Power

RWE Inks 250GWh Renewables Offtake

RWE has signed a power purchase agreement with semiconductor tooling supplier ASML for the supply of 250 gigawatt hours of green electricity annually.

Energy Investment

Green Genius to Invest over 100 mln Euros in Solar Energy in Poland

Solar energy in coal-reliant Poland has surged to 3.7 gigawatt in 2020 from 1.5 GW in 2019 due to hefty subsidies.

Power Construction

Nexans Scoops French Grid Upgrade Gig

Nexans has been chosen by Reseau de Transport d’Electricite for a three-year frame contract to deliver underground grid connections enabling further renewables…

Power Construction

Acwa Power to Develop $2.5bn Worth of Power Project in Uzbekistan

The projects will deliver a total of 2.5 Gigawatts of power into Uzbekistan's grid upon completion

Hydrogen Project

Green Hydrogen: ITM Power’s New Gigafactory will Cut Costs of Electrolysers by Almost 40%

Leading electrolyser manufacturer has already raised enough cash to build a second factory of up to 2GW, chief executive Graham Cooley tells Leigh Collins

Offshore Wind Power

UK Gives Go-Ahead to 2.4GW Hornsea-III Offshore Wind Farm

The wind farm would have a capacity of 2.4 Gigawatts, generating energy for two million homes.

Wind Farm

Enercon Installs E-138 EP3 Wind Turbines for Metafor Wind Farm in Turkey

The completion of the Metafor project in the province of Bingöl means ENERCON has now installed more than two gigawatts of power in Turkey.

Hydrogen Project

Gigawatt-Scale: the World's 13 Largest Green-Hydrogen Projects

These projects alone account for 61GW of the 80GW of renewable H2 developments now in the works, promising economies of scale that would drive down the cost of …

Offshore Wind Power

France Picks Zone off Normandy Coast for New 1 Gigawatt Wind Farm

The planned windfarm will be located 32 km off the shore of Cotentin and generate the electricity needed to power 800,000 homes.

Hydropower Plant

India Plans Dam on Brahmaputra to Offset Chinese Construction Upstream

India is considering a plan to build a 10 gigawatts hydropower project in a remote eastern state, an Indian official said on Tuesday, following reports that Chi…

Hydrogen Project

Plug Power Raises $1B for US Green Hydrogen Infrastructure Build-Out

Stock sale to fund U.S. green hydrogen production facilities and fuel cell and electrolyzer gigafactory.

Solar Power Plant

Trina, Tongwei Unveil Major, Multi-Billion-Dollar Solar Silicon, Wafer and Cell Alliance

Trina Solar and Tongwei have unveiled a multi-billion-dollar collaboration which will see the two companies invest in and co-develop multi-gigawatt solar supply…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Tesla’s German Gigafactory Could Be Ready To Deliver Ahead Of Schedule

European reservation holders of Tesla’s Model Y could begin to receive their vehicles manufactured at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Berlin earlier than expected, cit…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Tesla Seeks Approval To Produce Battery Cells In Texas

As we know from Tesla’s Q2 2020 shareholder letter and 10-Q, Tesla plans to produce the Model Y and Cybertruck at its Texas gigafactory near Austin, which is c…