Washington : India can hold its greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector at 2018 levels by increasing its clean power capacity, according to a Berkeley Lab-led team of researchers. A new study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences from researchers at Berkeley Lab, University of California, Santa Barbara, and […]
Petition for adoption of tariff for 150 MW grid connected floating Solar Power Projects
Petition under Section 63 of the Electricity Act, 2003 for adoption of tariff for 150 MW grid connected floating Solar Power Projects selected through competitive bidding process as per the Standard Bidding Guidelines dated 3.8.2017. Please find more information on below link.
All you need to know about areas for establishing solar, wind plants in Egypt
CAIRO : New and Renewable Energy Authority prepared Atlas Map of Egypt including the brightest places in the sun and the fastest winds, which are suitable for establishing solar and wind stations to generate electricity with the highest efficiency throughout the year. Spokesperson of Electricity Ministry Ayman Hamza clarified early Tuesday that the Atlas indicates […]
Poland to have 14.5GW of solar PV installations by 2030
Poland is expected to have around 14.5GW of solar PV installations by the end of 2030. Poland’s incentive measures – such as the My Electricity program — will result in solar contributing more than 20 percent in the country’s capacity mix, according to GlobalData. Mohit Prasad, project manager at GlobalData, said: “Poland’s cumulative solar PV […]
Vietnam – new proposals on the development of rooftop solar power projects
Since 1 January 2021, there have been no legal instruments in effect guiding the development of rooftop solar power projects in Vietnam (“RTS”). After a period of examining suitable power model, scale and purchase price, in March 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (“MOIT”) submitted the Draft Decision on mechanisms for RTS development for […]
Australian body finalises rules on wind and solar output
Australia’s electricity rules maker Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has finalised a new rule preventing wind and solar projects from cutting output without prior notice to avoid negative wholesale electricity prices. The rule will be effective from 12 April. Wind and solar projects will be required to generate electricity at an output level advised by […]
First solar plant in Hau Giang begins operations
The 35 megawatt Hau Giang Solar Power Plant began operating Friday in the eponymous province, becoming the first of its kind in the locality. MVietnam’s infrastructure development consultancy and investment firm HALCOM Vietnam JSC and Japan’s renewable energy firm Shizen Energy have invested VND700 billion ($30.4 million) in the plant. It has 79,000 solar panels […]
Wind and solar now provide more electricity to South Africa than nuclear
Wind and solar energy generation contributed more electricity to Eskom’s grid than nuclear power in 2020. This was revealed in the Statistics of Utility-scale Power Generation in South Africa in 2020 Report compiled by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Overall, electricity demand declined by 5.1% from 2019, which saw significant reductions in […]
Shell Bets on Batteries for Ultra-Fast EV Charging
Shell will trial a battery-backed ultra-fast charging system at a Dutch filling station, with tentative plans to adopt the format more widely to ease the grid pressures likely to come with mass-market electric vehicle adoption. By boosting the output of the chargers from the battery, the impact on the grid is dramatically reduced. That means […]
AFRICA: SunFunder closes its $70m solar electricity fund
The investment company SunFunder has just completed the financial mobilisation to feed its Solar Energy Transformation (SET) fund worth 70 million dollars. The multi-investor fund has been closed thanks to an investment by Oesterreichische Entwicklungsbank AG (OeEB) Successful transaction by SunFunder. The investment company specialising in solar energy has just completed the mobilisation of capital […]