solar development project Articles
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OnSite Energy - Case study
OnSite Energy is a locally owned solar energy contractor in Bozeman, Montana that has been specializing in solar design, project development and installation since 2012. This team has a very strong commitment to the environment with industry expertise and loves to help their community feel empowered to choose solar energy. According to OnSite Energy's Communications Director, Nicola Preston, "We ...
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Project - Several key steps of the renewable project development process
Are you considering developing a solar project on your land, rooftop or lake ? If so, Anliatec is your partner to understand and implement the necessary steps of solar project development. 19 projects complete 32 MWp installed 13 micro-hydro turbines 6 PV plants built ...
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Array Technologies and its Valued Partner, STC Elektronik, Grow Turkish Solar Investments Together
Array Technologies is continuing to expand across the world, with sustainable and robust growth. Most recently, Array Technologies completed new projects with Turkish partner, STC Elektronik. Cesar Alberte, Vice President International at Array Technologies and Vedat Sahin, Head of Business Development and Marketing at STK Elektronik spoke about the growing Turkish market and the new partnership ...
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Innovation enables recycling of Argon in Solar Ingot production for LONGi, China - Case Study
LONGi is one of the six major Chinese manufacturers of photovoltaics and a developer of solar projects and the world’s largest manufacturer of mono-crystalline silicon wafers. We have supplied and installed 55 Argon0 units to serve existing and brand new facilities in Malaysia. Delivering cost and carbon savings to an existing facility The Argon0 units, which are relatively compact ...
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Will solar development survive in North Africa and Middle East?
In recent weeks the world has seen a dramatic change in the political structure in North Africa and Middle East. With all eyes of the world on the region the question remains what does the future economy hold and what does this mean for investment and the development of solar projects. On first impression you are lead to think that solar energy development has been put to the back burner as ...
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Project with Alliander - Case Study
HyProvide™ A90 Electrolyser for Ecomunitypark in the Netherlands. To produce hydrogen on-site from excess renewable energy. Key Facts 3 x A-Series A90 Product 580 Production (kg H2/day) 28 Outlet pressure (bar) Netherlands Project location A large-scale Power-to-X pilot project Alliander, a Dutch energy company, chooses Green Hydrogen Systems (GHS) to supply the electrolysers for a ...
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Lowering uncertainty is fundamental to managing solar investment risk
The principal input to the rate of return calculation for a solar farm asset is the expected revenue generation from the solar farm. This highlights the importance of high quality solar irradiance data: revenue generation is primarily influenced by the availability of solar irradiance at that location over time. Humans dislike uncertainty Humans aren’t big fans of uncertainty. We go to ...
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Bill Gates-backed CSP group hits 1,000° C; Terraform buys more Spanish CSP plants
US CSP group surpasses 1,000° C using greater reflector accuracy U.S. CSP technology start-up Heliogen has achieved temperatures exceeding 1,000° C by improving the reflectiveness of CSP tower arrays, the company announced November 19. Heliogen's technology uses cameras and advanced computer vision software to align heliostats more accurately and increase solar efficiency. Backed by ...
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US solar maintenance costs plummet as tech gains multiply
Inverter gains, remote technologies and improved cleaning strategies are cutting solar maintenance costs and new operations-focused plant designs should create further savings, Andy Walker, Senior Research Fellow at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), told New Energy Update. A recent study of U.S. PV costs shows that design and operational innovations are having a significant ...
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Utility-Scale Solar: Maximizing Project Profitability with Trackers
Watching the prices recently for utility-scale solar power-purchase agreements has felt a bit like being a spectator at an ultra-competitive Olympic event, where each successive race delivers a new world record. The headline-grabbing 1.79 cents per kilowatt-hour tender announced in Saudi Arabia this past October is just one indicator of a global trend, in which PPA prices have been steadily ...
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Illinois Utilities Begin to Design Community Solar Programs Under New Energy Law
Illinois utilities and regulators are putting into motion plans for community solar programs under the state’s Future Energy Jobs Act that passed last year. In filings with the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) last month, ComEd outlined proposed terms and conditions for “Community Supply,” also referred to as community solar. Ameren Illinois has also recently filed ...
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CSP cost forecasts undervalue benefit to future grid balancing
CSP generation costs could drop to $77/MWh by 2025 but storage and hybrid solar plants can provide further value by following load, Jose Alfonso Nebrera, Director of Spanish engineering firm ACS SCE, said at the MENASOL 2016 conference on May 26. Global renewable energy expansion is reducing the cost of solar and wind energy while increasing grid intermittency and the need for dispatchable power ...
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Incentives and Implementation: How Policy Informs the Clean Energy Transition
Three major areas are key to meeting our country’s clean energy goals: technology, finance, and policy. The three are interdependent and inform one another, but the linchpin for all of them is policy. Strong, consistent clean energy policy creates the supportive environment that is necessary to spur technology and finance innovation. While the pace of clean energy deployment is ...
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Project - Solar Storage Portfolios in Europe
The European largest operational solar farm is Mula Photovoltaic Power Plant in Spain, with a total installed capacity of 494MW, built by ACS, a subsidiary of Cobra, in 2019. However, the title will not last for long as another Spanish solar power plant, the Francisco Pizarro Plant, is under construction with a total installed capacity of 590MW and 1.7 million solar modules, announced by ...
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USDA revises renewable energy loan guarantees
On December 29, 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published the final rule for the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). REAP is intended to help mainly businesses, as well as some state, local, and tribal governments develop solar, wind, and biomass projects. This new rule will change the requirements for those applying for funding from the grant and loan guarantees for ...
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NexGen, Bella Energy to develop 2.6 MW rooftop solar project in Utah
NexGen Energy Partners, LLC (Boulder, CO) and Bella Energy (Louisville, CO) have received a contract from Salt Lake County in Utah to design and install a solar power installation on the roof of the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center in downtown Salt Lake City. NexGen and Bella have presented a plan to install up to 2.6 MW of solar modules on the building—a capacity that ...
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Jordan leads the way in the Middle East PV industry
With over 400 companies operating in the local PV industry, Jordan is leading the way in the development of a regional PV market. Projects from Round I are soon to get financial closure, while the preferred bidders for Round II will be announced shortly. On the last year Jordan has proven to be a pioneer in solar PV in the Middle East. With the opening of two rounds of utility- scale PV projects ...
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Nominations for MENASOL Awards 2015 are now open
The Award Winning Middle East & North Africa Solar Conference & Expo is organizing for the first time the MENASOL Awards 2015 to celebrate CSP and PV companies in their effort to develop solar power in the region. The nominations will be assessed by a panellist of industry experts including: Dr. Rabia Ferroukhi, Head of Policy Unit Deputy Director – Knowledge, Policy and ...
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Solar Commercial RoofMounted Project - San Bernardino International Airport - Case Study
Roof-Mounted System installation using PhonoSolar’s 240W Mono Series (Standard Modules) Project Overview Location: San Bernardino, California, United States Project type: Roof-Mounted System Size: 632 kW Number of Modules: 2,688 Product: Phono Solar 240W Mono Completion Date: April 2011 Construction Period: 8 Months Estimated generating ...
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South Africa Update – DOE confirms players for Window 3.5
After months of waiting, South Africa’s Department of Energy has finally announced the financial close of Window 3 and the preferred bidders for Window 3.5. By Jenny Muirhead The DOE released a statement on 12 December 2014 outlining the outcomes of both Window 3 and the CSP-specific Window 3.5 under its Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Program (REIPPPP). ...
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