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Amplus Solar buys rooftop solar assets of Sterling & Wilson totaling 7.2 Mw

April 20, 2021 Anand Gupta

Amplus Solar, a member of the Petronas group of Malaysia, has acquired 17 solar rooftop assets of Sterling & Wilson totaling 7.2 megawatt (MW). Amplus Solar already has 800 MW+ projects in the distributed solar segment and this deal will increase their portfolio in several states including Haryana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Telangana and […]

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LG Energy Solution Commits To 100% Renewable Electricity

April 20, 2021 Anand Gupta

South Korean battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution has announced it is among the newest members of the RE100. RE100 is an international campaign that was started The Climate Group in partnership with CDP back in 2014 to encourage big companies to commit to 100% renewables-based electricity. LG Energy Solution says its manufacturing facilities in Poland […]

Italy’s Enel to set up Indian EV charging JV with Sterling and Wilson

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S’pore Electricity Retailer iSwitch Energy To Deploy 12 EV Charging Points In Malls, Carparks

April 20, 2021 Anand Gupta

The company said that it aims to become a “one-stop green shop” across solar, battery storage and EV charging points. Singapore’s largest green electricity retailer iSwitch Energy announced today (April 19) that it is acquiring up to 12 existing charging stations from Finnish tech firm PlugIT, marking its entry into the local EV charging market. […]

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Puma Energy adds solar, battery storage at stations in Ghana

April 20, 2021 Anand Gupta

Multinational oil company Puma Energy said it has installed solar power systems and battery storage units at several of its locations in Ghana. Solar panels with a combined total capacity of 422 kWp were installed at 11 retail service stations and three Puma Energy terminals. At 11 of the 14 sites, the company backed solar […]

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How Singapore’s solar power push, using floating farms and vertical panels, offers solutions to other cities

April 20, 2021 Anand Gupta

Singapore’s clean-energy campaign could make it a ‘living laboratory’ to provide ideas for other cities around the world. Elsewhere in Asia, Japan and have pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, and China by 2060 Singapore is betting on floating solar farms and vertical panels to increase its clean-energy supplies and cut carbon emissions, a […]

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Maxeon Solar eyes up to USD 144m from share offering

April 20, 2021 Anand Gupta

Singapore-based solar panel maker Maxeon Solar Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:MAXN) could raise close to USD 144 million (EUR 120m) through an underwritten public offering of ordinary shares. The company, a spin-off of SunPower Corp (NASDAQ:SPWR), said on Wednesday that subject to market and other conditions it plans to offer USD 125 million of ordinary shares and […]

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Scott Morrison signs $1bn deal to shore up energy reliability in South Australia

April 20, 2021 Anand Gupta

Federal-state deal will lower power prices, PM says, unlock gas supplies and start work on an interconnector between SA and NSW. The federal government has signed a $1bn deal with South Australia to reduce the cost and boost the reliability of energy supplies. The prime minister, Scott Morrison, announced the deal on Sunday. It will […]

Samsung Sets Up Solar Power Generators at Chip Plants

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Land-starved Singapore Turns to Floating Solar

April 20, 2021 Anand Gupta

BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Singapore is betting on floating solar farms and vertical panels to increase its clean-energy supplies and cut carbon emissions, a model that could work in other densely populated cities, urban experts said. With renewable energy options such as wind, hydro, nuclear and biomass ruled out, solar photovoltaic (PV) is the […]

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Singapore to use Floating Solar Farms as Land is Densely Populated

April 20, 2021 Anand Gupta

Singapore is giving a push towards sustainable energy, with floating solar farms. Being a densely populated country, they have limited land area. Innovative methods to meet the requirements in renewable energy production are much needed. The other sustainable energy production like wind, hydro, and biomass were ruled out as they need land. Furthermore, floating solar […]

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Total Solar DG installs 950-kW solar array atop textile factory in Vietnam

April 20, 2021 Anand Gupta

Total Solar Distributed Generation (DG), part of French oil major Total SA (EPA:FP), said that it has wrapped up a 950-kWp solar rooftop installation in Vietnam for local textile maker Men-Chuen Vietnam Co. Ltd. The installation, located in Giang Dien, consists of 2,200 solar panels and will produce up to 1,300 MWh of power annually, […]