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63% of Planned Battery Storage in US to Be Co-Located With Solar

Of the 14.5 gigawatts (GW) of battery storage power capacity planned to come online in the United States from 2021 to 2024, 9.4 GW (63%) will be co-located with a solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant, based on data reported to us and published in the Annual Electric Generator Report. Another 1.3 GW of battery storage […]

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IREDA CMD Announces Plans For An IPO At AGM

Pradip Kumar Das, the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) at the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) announced plans to go for the institution to go for an initial public offering (IPO) soon at its 34th AGM yesterday. The CMD also informed shareholders about performance in 2020-21, when IREDA disbursed its second highest amount of […]

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Adani Green Energy to Acquire 40 MW Operational Solar Asset in Odisha

Adani Renewable Energy (MH) Limited (AREMHL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL), has signed definitive agreements with Essel Green Energy Pvt Ltd to acquire 100% economic value in an SPV that owns a 40 MW operating solar project in Odisha. The company confirms that the project has a long-term Power Purchase Agreement […]

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Meyer Burger Plans to Build High-performance Module Facility in Arizona

Meyer Burger Technology is planning a production site for high-performance solar modules in the United States. The initial production capacity will be 400 megawatts a year – with potential for further expansion to several gigawatts of capacity. The planned plant will make it possible to manufacture high-performance solar modules for the house roof segment, for […]

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Zypp Electric Raises About $7 M in Series-A Funding Round

Hyperlocal and EV-based last-mile delivery start-up Zypp Electric said on Tuesday it has raised around USD 7 million (about Rs 52 crore) in a Series-A funding round amid its plans to expand its fleet to 10,000 vehicles across 25 cities in the next 12 months. The funding round was co-led by 9Unicorns and Anthill Ventures, […]

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Tesla’s Li-ion Battery Inaugrated at World’s Largest Solar Farm

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has inaugurated a pilot project for energy storage at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park using Tesla’s lithium-ion battery solution. The project has a power capacity of 1.21 MW and an energy capacity of 8.61 MWh with a life span of up to 10 years. “The energy […]

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Chariot to Build 10 GW RE-powered Green H2 Complex in Mauritania

London-based Chariot has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Mauritanian government for green hydrogen, reports afrik21. The company wants to produce and export this less CO2-emitting energy. Mauritania could be home to one of the largest green hydrogen production projects in Africa. This is the aim of the memorandum of understanding signed recently between […]

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Phelan Energy Unveils New Floating Solar Panel Tech

Phelan Energy Group (PEG) unveiled a new floating solar panel at the SolarPlaza, Floating Solar conference, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, yesterday. This new concept design and efficiency will make its power output price competitive, or lower than land based solar systems, said Chairman Paschal Phelan. Floating PV has been hailed for its huge potential in the next […]

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Why Prices Skyrocketed at the Power Exchange: IEEFA

With electricity demand in India recently peaking, a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) explores the supply and demand conditions that led to recent price spikes in the evening peak hours, starting in August through to September 2021. Electricity demand in India has peaked and dropped markedly as the […]

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