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With green hydrogen priced at $1 a kg, India hopes to spur clean energy use

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Germany Hails 1st Delivery of ”green” Hydrogen from UAE – EQ Mag Pro

October 27, 2022 Anand Gupta

Germany took formal delivery Friday of its first, modest, batch of hydrogen from the United Arab Emirates, a “green” fuel it hopes will help replace coal and gas used by energy-intensive industries in future. Germany is scrambling to substitute natural gas imports from Russia while also staying on track for its ambitious goal of cutting […]

ReneSola Power Secures US$12 Million Bridge Financing

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ReneSola Power Announces 10 MWp Inaugural IPP Project in Hungary – EQ Mag Pro

October 21, 2022 Anand Gupta

STAMFORD, Conn. : ReneSola Ltd (“ReneSola Power” or the “Company”) (NYSE: SOL), a leading fully integrated solar project developer, today announced that the Company has energized its first inaugural IPP project in Hungary in October, 2022. The project “Csomád 1-2” consists of two PV plants with total installed capacity of 10.2 MWp, equivalent to powering […]

Tesla inks deal to get key battery component outside China

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Tesla tops EV registrations in Germany, beating VW – EQ Mag Pro

October 20, 2022 Anand Gupta

Tesla topped EV registrations in Germany through September, beating VW by 6,000 vehicles. BERLIN : Tesla topped registrations of full-electric vehicles in Germany in the first nine months of this year at nearly 38,458, data from the federal motor transport authority showed. Tesla beat VW brand by about 6,000 vehicles. Tesla’s EV registrations jumped nearly […]

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Canadian Renewable Energy Association names new President and CEO – EQ Mag Pro

October 19, 2022 Anand Gupta

Vittoria Bellissimo will move into the role on October 31, 2022 Ottawa : The Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) today named Vittoria Bellissimo as its incoming President and CEO, effective October 31, 2022, replacing Robert Hornung who is retiring from the role. “I am delighted to welcome Vittoria as the new President and CEO of […]

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Canadian Solar unit unveils utility-scale battery, aims to quadruple its battery manufacturing capacity by 2023

October 17, 2022 Anand Gupta

Dubbed SolBank, the company’s lithium iron phosphate battery enclosure has a usable energy capacity of 2,800kWh. In addition, it is designed with liquid cooling and humidity control along with active balancing battery management system (BMS) technologies. CSI Energy Storage currently produces the SolBank at its workshops in Jiangsu Province in China. The current annual battery […]

EV-charging microgrids are worth more than the sum of their parts. Here’s why

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eBikeGo to set up wholly-owned subsidiary in Spain – EQ Mag Pro

October 14, 2022 Anand Gupta

Mumbai : Electric two-wheeler platform eBikeGo on Wednesday announced its plans to set up a wholly-owned subsidiary in Spain to cater to the demand from the European market. In line with these plans, the company said it has appointed Ivan Contrerasas, who is familiar with markets such as the US, Spain, France, Italy, Czech Republic, […]

CIP Partners with Cbus in the Australian offshore wind project, Star of the South

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Britain plans ‘de-facto windfall tax’ on low-carbon energy producers – EQ Mag Pro

October 13, 2022 Anand Gupta

Renewable power companies will have their revenues capped in England and Wales, as the government clamps down on runaway profits. The measures – described by the industry as a “de facto windfall tax” – will apply to low-carbon electricity generators like wind and solar. However, the government has not capped oil and gas revenue, leading […]

SJVN bagged first ever 30 MW Wind-Solar Hybrid Project through a SECI tender

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Ilmatar begins comprehensive seabed survey for 2.1 GW offshore wind energy project north of Åland – EQ Mag Pro

October 11, 2022 Anand Gupta

The Finnish energy company Ilmatar is starting a technical survey of the seabed over an area of 600 square kilometres north of Åland. The planned wind farm is intended to be connected to both Sweden and Finland and is projected to supply around 10 per cent of Finland’s annual electricity consumption. This is the operational launch of Ilmatar’s investment […]

Setback For European Solar PV Manufacturing Plans As Maxeon Shutters French Module Fab

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Setback For European Solar PV Manufacturing Plans as Maxeon Shutters French Module Factory – EQ Mag Pro

October 11, 2022 Anand Gupta

Maxeon Solar has shuttered its 44 MW solar panel manufacturing facility in France’s Porcelette, according to local media Move comes at a time when the company had received an EU grant to expand the on-location capacity to by 1.4 GW to produce MaxAir panels It previously had also shut down the company’s Toulouse fab in […]

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Austria wants to provide 700 MW of solar and 190 MW of wind – EQ Mag Pro

October 8, 2022 Anand Gupta

Austria will open a tender with a December 13 deadline seeking to allocate 700 MW of solar, 190 MW of wind and 7.5 MW of biomass capacity. The price of electricity from solar energy in this round is set at EUR 0.0933 (USD 0.092) per kWh, while wind farm projects cannot exceed EUR 0.0822 per […]