Germany’s Bundesnetzagentur has launched a ground mounted solar tender for 1.107 GW This capacity will need to be commission on arable land and grassland in the states of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Saxony Upper project size is 230 MW Tariffs for this round have been capped at €0.0557 per kWh March […]
Large scale solar sector a key area in OCBC Malaysia’s sustainable financing
UNDOUBTEDLY, sustainable financing, particularly in the area of renewable energy, has been gaining ground in Malaysia of late as the country looks to increase its renewable energy mix to 20% by 2025 from 2% last year. OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Bhd (OCBC Malaysia) is one of a growing number of lenders placing emphasis on such financing. […]
Hanwha Energy secures large-scale solar-plus-storage project in Hawaii
October 27 – South Korea’s Hanwha Energy Corp on Tuesday said it has won the bid to build and operate the Kupehau solar-plus-storage system in a procurement exercise managed by US utility Hawaiian Electric. The Kupehau project will install a 60-MW solar farm and 240 MWh of battery energy storage on the island of Oahu. […]
Western Australia’s rooftop PV expansion set to displace large-scale solar
Rooftop PV is set to be the fastest-growing form of new capacity in Western Australia (WA), with renewable energy forecast to reach a minimum of 70% generation capacity by 2040, a new roadmap for the state reveals. Called the Whole of System Plan, the blueprint provides a 20-year outlook on the future of WA’s main […]
Malaysia bets on large scale solar PV to revive economy
Malaysia’s Large Scale Solar (LSS) programme has entered its fourth round of auctions and according to research firm GlobalData is expected to play a significant role in restarting the country’s investment flow and post-pandemic recovery. The programme’s fourth round of auctions termed as LSS-4, offers the largest capacity in the series and is expected to […]
Ampt Achieves Rapid Adoption in Large-Scale Solar+Storage Projects Totaling 1 GWh
Lower Costs and Superior Performance Propels Ampt String Optimizers in DC-coupled Energy Storage FORT COLLINS : Ampt LLC, the world’s #1 DC optimizer company for large-scale photovoltaic (PV) systems, today reported the rapid adoption of their String Optimizer products in large-scale PV solar+storage projects totaling one gigawatt-hour (GWh). Ampt String Optimizers are DC/DC converters that […]
