Singapore solar energy provider Sunseap says it has completed construction of a 5MW offshore floating solar PV farm in the Straits of Johor, the international border between Singapore and Malaysia. Located just off the coast of Woodlands in the North Region of Singapore, the 5MW floating solar farm is said to be one of the […]
Turkey’s electricity generation from solar plants soars 50%
Turkey’s electricity generation from solar power plants has soared by 50%, the country’s energy and natural resources minister said Tuesday, citing data from February 2020, which puts the country in third place in Europe and ninth in the world in terms of added installed solar capacity since 2014. The share of solar power plants in […]
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SOFARSOLAR’s Three Consecutive Years of “Top Brand Inverter” in Poland The sudden outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 has had a major impact on the global economy, PV market environment and user consumption patterns. As the world’s top provider of PV storage inverter, battery and PV storage and charging solution, SOFARSOLAR goes against the current in […]
Discoms get Rs 46,321 crore under liquidity package so far out of total sanctioned loans of Rs 1.35 lakh crore
The central government had announced a liquidity infusion scheme as part of AatmaNirbhar Bharat Abhiyan on May 13, 2020, in the backdrop of the outbreak of global pandemic COVID-19 in the country. New Delhi: Power distribution utilities or discoms in the country have been sanctioned loans of Rs 1.35 lakh crore and disbursed Rs 46,321 […]
All four districts to operate solar power plants within 5 years
Energy ministry eyes Hengyi expansion in 2022 as oil and gas sector expected to increase output BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN : Brunei will build three new solar power plants within the next five years as part of its transition from fossil fuels to clean energy, the energy minister said at the Legislative Council (LegCo) on Sunday. […]
Solar, wind power to drive renewable energy growth this year
PETALING JAYA: Renewable installations in solar, wind and storage facilities are set to rise by 40% year on year to another record 190GW globally this year, accelerating from a 30% on-year expansion in 2020 despite project delays caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, predominantly driven by solar photovoltaic (PV) solutions, followed by offshore wind installations, according […]
Australians installed 31,000 batteries in 2020, led by households
Australian households led the installation of more than 31,000 battery energy storage systems around the country in 2020, a 20 per cent jump on total numbers in 2019, despite – or perhaps because of – the impact of Covid-19. The latest data from solar analytics group SunWiz shows the global pandemic failed to dampen enthusiasm […]
$300 Million from Green Climate Fund to Support ADB’s First Green Recovery Program in Southeast Asia
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has allocated $300 million to support the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) efforts to help Southeast Asia shape a climate-resilient, environmentally sustainable economic recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Catalytic Green Finance Facility (ACGF) Green Recovery Program aims to leverage […]
Solar technologies can speed up vaccine rollout in Africa.
There’s hope that some industrialised countries will achieve near-universal vaccination against COVID-19 in the coming months. Yet the effort to vaccinate even the most essential workers in developing countries has only just begun. By current estimates, achieving herd immunity (to current strains) will require at least 75% of the world’s population to be vaccinated. Some […]
UK minister’s India visit focuses on joint efforts on climate change
Lord Tariq Ahmad said science and technology partnerships between the UK and India are already playing a vital role to tackle the most pressing global challenges. New Delhi: The UK and India are working to expand research and collaboration links to tackle climate change, Britain’s South Asia minister said on Saturday as he concluded a […]