solar power plant News
-
Sputnik’s string inverters certified for Portugal
The SolarMax string inverters from Sputnik Engineering AG have been approved for use in Portuguese solar power plants. At the end of February, the four devices of the SolarMax S series, with nominal outputs from 1.8 to 4.6 kilowatts, received the official certificate from the Portuguese government office. “In particular, Portugal promotes small solar power plants with very high rates of ...
By Solar Max
-
The Largest Solar Power Plant 57Mw In Korea
In the November issue of "Solar Today", the best monthly magazine in domestic solar power field, the 57MW power plant of Haenam, the largest solar power plant in Korea, was introduced. The 57MW photovoltaic power plant in Haenam, which was built on Hwangsan-myeon in Haenam-gun, has invested more than 100 billion won and is the largest solar power plant installed on a single site in Korea. ...
-
Topsun Co.,Ltd Korea`S Largest Photovoltaic Ess Construction Completed
Topsun Co.,Ltd (CEO Yoon, Jeong-Taek), a solar power company, completed construction of the largest solar power plant and solar energy-linked energy storage device (ESS) in Korea. Topsun Co.,Ltd announced that it has completed the installation of a 70MW solar power plant in Haenam, South Jeolla Province along with TopTek (Representative Lee Jae-Hwan), and completed the installation of 200MWh ...
-
Kyocera TCL Solar Completes 28MW Solar Power Plant in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Kyoto/London − Kyocera and Tokyo Century Corporation (herein “Tokyo Century”) announced that Kyocera TCL Solar LLC (herein “Kyocera TCL Solar”) has completed construction of a 28 megawatt (MW) utility-scale solar power plant in the town of Taiwa, Kurokawa District, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The company has developed this 28MW solar power plant in collaboration with ...
-
Completed solar power plant in Gamgok, Jeongeup
The solar power plant was completed on the 17th in Jinheung-ri, Gamgok-myeon, Jeongeup-si, Jeollabuk-do, and started commercial development in earnest. AK Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant (CEO Kim Jong-je), which was completed on the same day, has a facility capable of producing 3650 MW of electricity per year with a capacity of 2.5 MW and supplying it to KEPCO. This is the amount of electricity ...
-
Kyocera TCL Solar Completes 29.2MW Solar Power Plant on Repurposed Land in Japan
Kyoto/London − Kyocera and Tokyo Century Corporation (herein “Tokyo Century”) announced that Kyocera TCL Solar LLC (herein “Kyocera TCL Solar”) has completed construction of a 29.2 megawatt (MW) utility-scale solar power plant in Yonago City, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. The solar modules were installed on 1.2km2 of land originally designated for a golf course and ...
-
Duke Energy Completes New 74.9 MW Hamilton Solar Power Plant
Duke Energy recently (1/8) announced the completion and operation of its new 74.9-megawatt (MW) Hamilton Solar Power Plant in Jasper, Fla. The plant's carbon-free power is enough to energize more than 20,000 homes at peak production. "Duke Energy solar projects bring the greatest amount of renewable energy on line for customers in the most efficient and economical way," said Catherine Stempien, ...
-
Scatec Solar awarded 258 MW in latest bidding round in South Africa - asset base to increase by 60 percent
The Department of Energy has awarded Scatec Solar ('SSO') a preferred bidder status for three solar power plant projects with a combined nominal capacity of 258 MW in the fourth round of the "Renewable Energy IPP Procurement Programme" in South Africa. "We are very impressed by the great determination by the South African government to use large scale renewables to strengthen power supply in ...
-
Duke Energy Florida Announces Installation of One-Millionth Solar Panel in State
Duke Energy Florida this week announced the installation of its one-millionth solar panel in the state at the company’s Columbia Solar Power Plant in Fort White, Fla. Duke Energy Florida plans to install a significant amount of additional solar energy over the next 10 years across the state. “This is an exciting announcement as we increasingly deliver cleaner, more reliable energy ...
-
Obama Says US Supporting Chilean Solar Power Plant
President Barack Obama said Monday that the United States wants to help Chile build Latin America's largest solar power plant. Obama touted the project during an Oval Office meeting with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, who has returned to office after winning election in March. Obama said Chile has been a model democracy in Latin America and he wants to deepen cooperation between the two ...
-
FPL Unveils First Solar-Plus-Storage System In The U.S. That Can Increase Solar Power Plant Output
Florida Power & Light Company recently unveiled a new, cutting-edge solar-plus-storage system that is believed to be the first in the country to fully integrate battery technology with a major solar power plant in a way that increases the plant's overall energy output. By incorporating this new technology into the FPL Citrus Solar Energy Center, a solar power plant that was built in 2016, FPL ...
-
Greenam Energy breaks ground on India’s first floating PV plant
The project will be supplying electricity to Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation (SPIC) while the excess energy will be sold to the state power utilities. Greenam Energy Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore based AM International has recently celebrated the foundation laying ceremony meant for the construction of a 24 MW floating solar power plant. Sources reported ...
-
An uphill battle for Rwanda`s hilltop solar power plant
Rwanda, home to Africa's largest solar power plant, is eager to harness renewable energy to ensure economic development. But its grand ambitions face many challenges. The US$1.3 million plant, known as Jali, is covered in 4,000 solar panels covering 2,880 square metres. It produces 325,000 kilowatt hours of electricity a year — but this is still just 0.1 per cent of Rwanda's total ...
By SciDev.Net
-
Duke Energy Florida Announces 3 New Solar Power Plants to Complete 700-Megawatt Commitment
Duke Energy Florida recently (5/29) filed the locations of its three newest solar power plants, which will provide cleaner, smarter energy solutions to benefit Florida customers. - The Duette Solar Power Plant will be built on approximately 520 acres in Manatee County, Fla. Once operational, the 74.5-megawatt (MW) facility will consist of approximately 227,000 single-axis tracking solar ...
-
Utility-Scale Solar Plant Goes Online in Nevada
BOULDER CITY, Nevada (ENS) - Nevada Solar One, the first concentrating solar power plant in Nevada went on line on Saturday. Covering 250 acres of desert in the El Dorado Valley near Boulder City, this 64 megawatt concentrating solar plant is the first modern utility-scale solar electric power plant in the United States. It is the largest solar electric power plant to be built globally in the ...
-
Duke Energy Unveils Plans for Its First Solar Power Plants in Kentucky
Duke Energy customers in Northern Kentucky will soon benefit from clean, renewable solar energy as part of the company's plans to develop its first solar facilities in the commonwealth. Duke Energy will build and operate three solar power plants on sites in Kenton and Grant counties, and the energy will be delivered directly to customers. "Our customers want solar," said Jim Henning, president ...
-
Solar power plant Andasol 3 produces environment-friendly energy for the first time
The solar thermal power plant Andasol 3 in Andalusia, southern Spain, for the first time produced solar generated steam during a test phase in which the rows of parabolic mirrors were aligned with the sun. This test is another successful step on the way to completing and commissioning the solar power plant which will generate 50 megawatts. Andasol 3 is due to begin commercial operation in ...
-
Ercam completes construction of Kathu solar power plant (South Africa)
The construction of Kathu solar plant is coming to end (just Performance Ratio remaning) as a result of almost a year and a hlf of work by Energía Ercam. This solar plant is the largest one ever built by Ercam. It has a capacity of 82 MW of power, as a comparision it is approximately six times bigger than “La Robla” solar plant (the bigger one built by Ercam in Spain). ...
-
Siemens to deliver turbines to Morocco`s Noor projects
Siemens is to provide three steam turbines for Morocco's Noor II and III solar power plants by the end of 2016, local media reported June 15. The projects are being developed by ACWA Power. The 200 MW Noor II plant will use parabolic trough technology and is scheduled to start up in 2017. The 150 MW Noor III plant will use a central tower system and is set to come online in 2018. Recent ...
-
RWE connects solar farm to UK grid
RWE Supply & Trading today announces the successful connection of the 37MWp solar power plant at Kencot Hill to the UK grid. The solar park has been constructed and commissioned by global downstream company Conergy. Upon ROC (Renewables Obligation Certificate) accreditation by the UK regulator Ofgem, Kencot Hill will be sold to Foresight Solar Fund Limited, a LSE listed fund managed by ...
By RWE AG
Need help finding the right suppliers? Try XPRT Sourcing. Let the XPRTs do the work for you