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Social Energy Takes Its Solar Plus Storage Offering to Australia with Duracell

UK based smart energy technology provider Social Energy has expanded into Australia with a new solar and storage offer in its first step outside its home market…

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Q CELLS to Build Floating Solar Plant on Hapcheon Dam in South Korea

Photovoltaic solar cells manufacturer Q CELLS has announced plans to build a 41MW floating PV power plant, which will be installed at the Hapcheon Dam in South …

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UK Commissions Research into Space-Based Solar Power Stations

The UK Government has announced the commissioning of new research into space-based solar power systems, which would collect energy in space using large solar sa…

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Refractaris Proposes the New International Standard for Thermal Insulation in Concentrated Solar Power

The Andalusian company Refractaris, based in Montemayor, has proposed a new international standard for thermal insulation for concentrating solar power plants f…

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Solarcentury Given Go Ahead for ‘Extra-Green’ Solar Farm in the Netherlands

Solarcentury has received the go-ahead to develop and build Masterveldweg solar farm in the eastern Netherlands.

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Senegal to Host 30 MW Solar Park Coupled to 15 MW/45 MWh of Storage

Energy Resources Senegal has signed an agreement with South Africa-based investment firm Climate Fund Managers (CFM) for the co-development of a solar power pla…

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ZIMBABWE: Sun Exchange to Install a 1,9 MW Solar System for Nhimbe Fresh

The start-up Sun Exchange wants to use its participatory financing model to install a solar photovoltaic system for Nhimbe Fresh, a Zimbabwean fruit exporter.

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Amarenco Targets 3GW of Under-Construction Solar by 2023 After Closing Funding Deal

Independent power producer Amarenco Group has secured €150 million in funding as it looks to ramp up solar project development in Europe and Asia.

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Origis Energy to Develop 100MW Solar Facility in Tennessee, US

Origis Energy has started development of a 100MW solar facility in the US to power a Google data centre.

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Floating PV Systems are Storm-Resistant

Netherlands-based Floating Solar says its pilot floating PV project at the port of Rotterdam has been able to withstand four severe storms.

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Nagréongo Solar Power Plant Construction in Burkina Faso begins

The construction works on the Nagréongo solar power plant in the Oubritenga province of Burkina Faso have begun following the official launch of the project by…

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Luxcara Acquires Solar Power Project from Belectric in Germany

German asset management company Luxcara has announced the acquisition of a 172MW solar farm from solar power developer Belectric.

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Proposed $16B Project Combines World’s Largest PV Farm, Largest Battery, Longest Undersea HVDC Cable

Here’s a high-level cost estimate of what transmitting solar power underneath an ocean might cost for the proposed $16 billion Australia–ASEAN power line.

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European Energy to Build Largest Solar Farm in Northern Europe

Last week at the local council in the municipality of Aabenraa, Southern Jutland, Denmark, a massive majority greenlit European Energy’s plans to build the big…

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ANGOLA : Hitachi ABB Power to Equip MCA Group’s 950 MWp Solar Farms

Swiss company Hitachi ABB Power Grids was recently selected by the MCA Group to supply electrical equipment for a 950 MWp mega solar project under development i…