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Applications & Installations
Siemens Gamesa to build India’s first hybrid wind-solar farm Siemens Gamesa has been commissioned to move forward with the coupling of a newly constructed 28.8 MW solar facility to an existing 50 MW wind farm, the company’s first and a noteworthy development for India’s solar market.
Frederic Brown
Sep 26, 2017
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Applications & Installations
Record-setting summer for UK solar, but challenges ahead finds National Grid The U.K.’s National Grid has published data showing that summer 2017 achieved a new landmark for clean energy, with the electricity powering the nation’s homes and businesses the “greenest ever”.
Frederic Brown
Sep 26, 2017
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Applications & Installations
Cleangen secures planning approval for 60 MW PV plant in northern Australia The solar park is planned to be located in Mareeba, Queensland. Construction is scheduled to begin next year.
Frederic Brown
Sep 26, 2017
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Markets & Policy
Scotland’s emission cut goals deemed insufficient by Climate experts After a positive two years for renewables in Scotland, experts have deemed announced projects of the Scottish renewables energy committee as unviable and unambitious.
Frederic Brown
Sep 26, 2017
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Technology & Products
Solargiga invests $52.8m in new China ingot and wafer fab Solargiga is ramping up its production capacity for monocrystalline silicon ingot and monocrystalline silicon wafers at a new factory in Quijing, China. Expansion undertaken alongside subsidiary Jinzhou Yangguang Energy.
Frederic Brown
Sep 25, 2017
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Research & Development
US scientists develop new process to make stacks of semiconductors just a few atoms thick R&D departments at the University of Chicago and Cornell University have pieced together a new atomic scale semi-conductor manufacturing procedure that can provide “the foundation for modern integrated circuitry”.
Frederic Brown
Sep 25, 2017
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Markets & Policy
Hanergy to provide thin-film solar panels to MTbike China’s Hanergy Holding has signed a CNY 300 million ($45.5 million) strategic agreement with bike-sharing company MTbike, following several other agreements it has recently concluded to generate power with firms in the transportation industry.
Frederic Brown
Sep 22, 2017
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Markets & Policy
World Bank, EVN install solar measurement stations in Vietnam The World Bank and Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) have installed five solar measurement stations across Vietnam, as part of a campaign to promote the deployment of renewable energy.
Frederic Brown
Sep 22, 2017
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Applications & Installations
MRC Allied buys 15% stake in 50 MW PV plant in the Philippines The Philippines-based property development firm has agreed to invest P225 million ($4.4 million) to acquire a 15% interest in a 50 MW operational PV plant owned by Sepalco, a local corporation engaged in the solar power generation business.
Frederic Brown
Sep 21, 2017