China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) announced on January 20 that in 2020, the newly installed power capacity of the country was 190.87 million kilowatts, including 13.23 million kilowatts of hydropower, 71.67 million kilowatts of wind power and 48.2 million kilowatts of solar power.
It should be noted that in the … Read More
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Longyuan Energy said this week that it has signed an agreement with the municipal authorities in Binzhou, Shandong province, to build 300 MW of solar and 50 MW of wind capacity. Construction of the hybrid project will begin later this year or in early 2021.
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The latest report of BNEF shows that although the Covid-19 pandemic has caused economic damage, the global investment in energy transformation reached a record $501.3 billion in 2020, an increase of 9% over the previous year.
According to the report, thanks to the construction of the largest solar energy project … Read More
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The Dutch solar market grew 40% year on year in 2020, thanks to 2.93 GW of newly deployed capacity, which pushed the Netherlands’ cumulative figure to more than 10.11 GW, according to the “Nationaal Solar Trendrapport 2021” study, which was recently published by consultancy Dutch New Energy.… Read More
Solaria’s 50MW Santiz solar park in Castilla y León, Spain. Image: Solaria.
PV developer Solaria has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Shell Energy Europe for six solar plants in Spain that have a combined capacity of 300MW.
The duration of the agreement is ten years, with power deliveries … Read More
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Sinohydro Bureau 12, a Chinese infrastructure construction specialist, is overseeing the development of a 300 MW solar project on tidal flats in Xiangshan County, in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang.
Chinese inverter supplier Solis, which is supplying components for the project, said that the plant will be … Read More
A solar park in Indonesia.
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Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) has announced that a big solar park will be built on a large area of land at an undisclosed location in eastern Indonesia, which includes all the islands other … Read More
The video conference to conclude the negotiations was attended by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and French President Emmanuel Macron, puzzling the leaders of other EU member states.
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European companies looking to get a foothold in China’s manufacturing sector without losing their intellectual property (IP) rights … Read More
The Covid-19 hit to sales deprived millions of access to solar power in the first half of this year, according to a market update.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has hit global off-grid solar product sales to such an extent this year it has been estimated around 5 million people … Read More
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While renewables were the largest source of generation in Europe for the sixth consecutive quarter, solar output in the continent shrunk during Q3, a new report from energy data analyst EnAppSys says.
After hitting an all-time high of 47.6TWh in Q2 2020, thanks in part to ideal … Read More