An off-grid hybrid energy system at Fekola, a gold mine in Mali, Africa, has gone online incorporating solar PV, battery storage and the site’s existing fossil fuel generators, project partners Baywa r.e. and Suntrace have said. Malian mines produced 66.5 tonnes of gold in 2020, making it the third biggest producer on the African continent, […]
BB Energy buys Solarcentury’s African ops with 2 GWp solar pipeline
Energy trader BB Energy has acquired the Africa-based subsidiary of UK solar developer Solarcentury and its pipeline of over 2 GWp of photovoltaic (PV) projects in the African region. The deal was announced last week by Solarcentury, which is now part of Norwegian state-owned energy company Statkraft AS. The vendor explained that the divestment will […]
Vidullanka commissions 2nd rooftop power plant with Rs. 27 m investment
Initiates restructuring hydro segment. Vidullanka Group further upholding its position to a greener future for Sri Lanka, recently commissioned its second rooftop solar project with Trendy Connections Ltd., the company said in a disclosure to the market. This project is undertaken by Vidul Engineering Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Vidullanka PLC. The plant has […]
Goa Institute Of Management (GIM) Has Installed A 675 KW Solar Power Plant
The total capacity of these projects, in addition to the two projects of Sakaka plant and Doumat Al Jandal wind energy project, is 3,670 MW, energy minister Abdulaziz bin Salman said Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has inaugurated the Sakaka IPP PV power plant, the country’s first renewable energy project. The launch […]
UAE’s Masdar inks deal for mega solar power project in Azerbaijan
The 230-megawatt project is Azerbaijan’s first foreign investment-based independent solar project structured as a public-private partnership. UAE’s Masdar has signed agreements to develop a utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) project in the Republic of Azerbaijan. The plant is expected to start commercial operations in early 2023. The 230-megawatt (MWac) project is the country’s first foreign investment-based […]
40 MW / 80 MWh energy storage project with a leading renewable energy company highlights Wärtsilä’s technical capabilities
The technology group Wärtsilä has again demonstrated its capabilities in advanced energy storage solutions with the award of a contract to supply an engineered equipment delivery (EEQ) of a 40 MW / 80 MWh DC-coupled solar plus storage system to the Hickory Park Solar project in Georgia, USA. The owner of the project is RWE […]
KSTAR provides green energy at a 200kW PV Project in Chungbuk,Korea
Hills continue to go solar. KSTAR provides green energy at a 200kW PV Project in Goesan-gun, Chungbuk,Korea. A 200kW distributed solar project is located in Goesan-Gun, Chungbuk Korea with KSTAR 110kW Solar Inverter (KSG-110SL-KR) . The solar inverters are distributed on the hills of Goesan. KSTAR’s smart PV solutions are designed to be safe and […]
Q Cells files more patent infringement complaints in Germany, France
Solar products company Q Cells, which has dual headquarters in South Korea and Germany, has filed a patent infringement complaint in the Regional Court of Duesseldorf against rival Astronergy Solarmodule GmbH. The photovoltaics (PV) maker has done so on March 12, according to an announcement. Furthermore, it has filed separate patent infringement complaints in France […]
Tunisia’s latest tender for 70 MW of solar gets even better prices
Tunisia’s Energy Ministry has received 57 proposals in its fourth tender for solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity, the winning bids in which fell as low as TND 0.1149 (USD 0.0399/EUR 0.0337) per kWh, according to preliminary results. The tender round was opened in September 2020 as part of the country’s renewables procurement programme and targeted a […]
