Nigerian bank invests in solar power solutions
Daystar Power has signed a deal to help Unity Bank transition its branches across Nigeria from diesel generation to clean solar solutions. The retail bank, which has 240 business offices across the...
View ArticleDeveloping nations ‘take the lead on clean energy’
Developing nations are taking the lead on clean energy, having installed the bulk of new global wind and solar generation last year. That’s the suggestion from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) which...
View ArticleBiggest solar plant down under enters operation
A new solar plant claimed to be the largest in Australia has entered full-scale commercial operation. Neoen’s Coleambally Solar Farm has an installed capacity of 189MW and produces the largest output...
View ArticleLimejump and NextEnergy Solar Fund sign virtual marketplace deal
Limejump and NextEnergy Solar Fund have signed a new Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for trading 120MW of solar generation. The deal will enable the energy to be traded through Limejump’s Virtual Power...
View ArticleExxonMobil to power Texan oil basin with wind and solar
US oil and gas giant ExxonMobil is teaming up with Danish renewable energy firm Ørsted to power its Permian oil field with 500MW of renewables. The site in Texas will be home to 250MW of wind and 250MW...
View ArticleSolar energy floats onto the scene in India
Shapoorji Pallonji has won a bid to develop a 50MW floating solar energy project in India. The renewable developer won the contract as part of the tender announced earlier this year by the Solar Energy...
View ArticleNew York goes sunny side up with community solar scheme
New York’s new ‘Solar For All’ programme has awarded contracts to nine community solar projects. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has launched the awards to...
View ArticleUK’s large-scale solar ‘could cost less than £40/MWh by 2030’
The cost of large-scale solar energy in the UK could drop below £40/MWh by 2030. That’s the verdict from the Solar Trade Association (STA), which in November 2014, had anticipated solar’s Levelised...
View ArticleOctopus Energy signs five-year solar PPA with Shell
Octopus Energy has signed a five-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in Italy with Shell Energy Europe. The deal will see the firm supply power to the energy giant from its 70.5MW portfolio of...
View ArticleBrazilian beer-maker brews up solar facility
Latin America’s largest brewer is to build a solar plant to supply clean power to its distribution centres. The facility in Brazil’s Minas Gerais region will power all of Ambev’s sites in the area and...
View ArticleUniversity of Cambridge’s solar project reaches graduation
The University of Cambridge has installed 384kW of solar power on the roof of nine of its accommodation blocks. A total of 1,175 panels were installed by Photon Energy as part of the North West...
View ArticleGovernment confirms plans to cut export tariff
The government has announced it plans to cut the solar export tariff to new applicants from the 31st of March next year. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy says it will end the...
View ArticleCould ‘robotic ant’ solar tech put humans out of a job?
Could ‘robotic ant’ solar tech put humans out of a job? Osoji Solar seems to think so – the Chilean startup has created a fleet of robots to clean dust off solar panels. It says the devices work...
View ArticleGlobal solar installations to soar 18% in 2019
Global solar installations are forecast to rise 18% through 2019. That’s the verdict from a new report published by IHS Markit, which expects new capacity to reach 123GW in 2019. It expects around...
View ArticleBudweiser brewer hops towards lager emissions reductions
The brewer of Budweiser in the UK has signed a deal to purchase 100% renewable electricity from solar business Lightsource. Through the 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA), AB InBev will receive...
View ArticleNew 7.2MW solar farm in Portugal starts soaking up the rays
The 7.2MW Vale Matanças solar farm in Portugal has entered full operation. Located in Alcácer do Sal, the Foresight Group’s new facility is the firm’s first investment in a Portuguese utility-scale...
View ArticleNew York completes 1.2MW community solar array
New York has completed the construction of a 1.2MW community solar array. Nearly 200 households and businesses are already benefitting from the site in Brooklyn, which entered operation earlier this...
View ArticleSunny success for solar farm’s grid connection in Australia
A 10MW solar power plant in Queensland, Australia, has been successfully connected to the grid. The 25-hectare facility in Northam was developed by EMC Lendlease, the joint venture between Carnegie...
View ArticleWatch out! It’s time for solar and body-powered wearables
Matrix’s PowerWatch 2 is a watch that can be powered entirely by the sun, or even the user’s body heat. The crowdfunded, wearable device supports both thermometric and solar charging, meaning it never...
View ArticleGovernment unveils ‘Smart Export Guarantee’ proposals
The UK Government has unveiled new proposals to protect consumers while guaranteeing households and other small-scale renewable electricity providers would be paid for supplying excess electricity to...
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