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Concentrated Solar Power Should be Considered Given the Need For Manageable Energy And Storage
Mr. José Barragán is the Vice President of Renewables Technical Services at ACWA Power. Founded in 2004 in Saudi Arabia, ACWA Power is a developer, investor, and operator of power generation and desalinated water production plants and is currently present in 13 countries in the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia. It has […]
Sembcorp Marine Adds More Solar Power at Tuas Yard
Sembcorp Marine is looking to lower its carbon footprint by adding 4 MWp of new solar power capacity at its flagship Tuas Boulevard Yard by May next year. Singapore’s shipbuilding giant has signed an agreement with SP Group to increase the yard’s rooftop solar installations to 8.5 MWp, which is enough to power over 2,300 […]
Masdar Signs Deal to Install 2 GW of Solar Power Plants in Iraq
Abu-Dhabi-based solar energy specialist Masdar signed a deal last week to provide more than 2GW of photovoltaic projects in Iraq. The projects will form part of Iraq’s plan to mitigate its chronic energy shortages and capitalise on its reliably sunny climate by installing up to 10GW of solar power projects by 2025. The scheme also […]
India’s solar power efforts an example to world: Prince Charles
London : whose solar power efforts are an example to the world, has a vital role to play in the global search for nature-based and technology-driven solutions which are critical to accelerating the move towards a zero carbon future, Britain’s Prince Charles said on Wednesday. The 72-year-old heir to the British throne and environmental campaigner, […]
Chinese Solar Power Firm to Invest $10B in Malaysian Production
A man walks between solar panels at a solar power plant under construction in Aksu, in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, April 5, 2012. A solar power company from China has agreed to invest $10 billion in Malaysia over 15 years, as Chinese firms look to Southeast Asia to expand production and avoid “obstacles” put […]
Bangkok Container Glass Completes Vietnam Solar Plant Acquisition
Bangkok Container Glass (BCG) has completed the $41 million acquisition of a solar plant company. The Thai glass manufacturer completed the acquisition of 100% shares in Solar Power Management (Thailand), a company holding a 67% shareholding interest in Phu Khanh Solar Power Joint Stock Company. This organisation operates two solar power projects in Phu Yen […]
China Plans a Solar Power Play in Space That NASA Abandoned Decades Ago
Science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov is credited with bringing the idea of space-based solar power projects to prominence in 1941. Space stations and satellites already use solar panel arrays for their power needs, but NASA abandoned the concept of stand-alone space solar after some study decades ago. The idea of building renewable-energy projects in space to […]
A Third Wave of COVID-19, Solar Power in Togo, and Security Updates
The COVAX program, a global vaccine-sharing scheme devised by the WHO, is facing shortages in the midst of the heightened need by African countries. COVAX has “delivered 90 million doses to 131 countries”—40 million of which have been administered in Africa—but many of these countries have already or nearly exhausted their supplies. Facing uncertainty about […]
Guj’s ‘Solar Capital’ Image May Take A Hit Over Subsidy Denial
State Finance Department Less Willing To Give Subsidy To Solar Power Producers, Leaving 4,000 MSME Units In Limbo And Jeopardising Investment Of Rs 1,000 Cr Already Made And Rs 10,000 Cr Proposed. After years of projecting Gujarat as the ‘solar capital’ of the country and stirring up investors into pouring hundreds of crores into the […]