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SunPower To Acquire SolarWorld Americas
In a move being billed as a “new chapter in American solar panel manufacturing” SunPower, one of the world’s leading solar manufacturers, has announced that it will acquire 100% of SolarWorld Americas, one of the two companies who filed a…
Finland’s Fortum Wins Tender To Increase Country’s Solar Energy Capacity By 30%
The Finland-based firm Fortum has won a tender to build out the country’s total solar energy capacity by around 30%, it has revealed. Given that Fortum is majority-owned by Finland itself, the fact that it won the tender isn’t too…
More Good News About Coal-Killing Perovskite Solar Cells
US coal and nuclear energy stakeholders are still holding out hope for their aging power plants, but the window for relief is closing fast. They face stiff competition from low-cost natural gas, and renewables are flexing their muscles, too. This…
Solar Smashes Wind In First German Technology Neutral Tender
As the expiry of the previous support scheme for renewable energy in Denmark resulted in a significant expansion with land based wind energy in 2017, we hold our breath to see how the annual technology neutral wind and solar tenders…
Bentley Motors Starts Work on UK’s Largest Solar Car Port
Bentley Motors has started work on what will be the UK’s biggest solar carport at its factory headquarters in Crewe, as part of the luxury carmaker’s plan to boost its green power production. Over the next six months Bentley will…
Solar+Storage Project In North Carolina Highlights Improvements In Panel Efficiency
Cyprus Creek Renewables has partnered with LG Electronics on what is the largest solar-plus-storage installation in the continental United States. The project is located in coastal North Carolina. It’s an 8.5 megawatt series of solar installations bundled with 12 megawatt-hours…
ABB Technologies to Enable Expansion of Solar Park in Dubai
ABB has won an order worth more than $90 million from Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), the leading power utility in United Arab Emirates (UAE), to build the Shams 400 kV substation that will integrate solar power from upcoming…