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UK offers households up to $7,500 off heat pump costs Homes and small businesses in England and Wales will be able to claim a discount off installation costs from a fund that will allocate $188 million annually as part of the subsidy program.
Max Hall
Jun 07, 2022
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Irena gives latest update on stark chances of electricity access for all by 2030 The International Renewable Energy Agency’s latest annual report on the progress towards UN sustainable development goal seven estimates 670 million people will still lack electricity in 2030, and more than 2 billion will be reliant on unhealthy, polluting cooking methods.
Max Hall
Jun 07, 2022
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Chinese PV Industry Brief: LDK to invest in 600 MW HJT solar cell factory as price of polysilicon soars A Chinese metals industry group said the price of polysilicon is rising, just as Comtec Solar revealed that it is gearing up to sell off its shuttered wafer factories in Shanghai. Flat Glass, meanwhile, has announced plans to expand solar glass production capacity.
Max Hall, Vincent Shaw
Jun 03, 2022
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REC Silicon to restart poly production at Moses Lake in 2023 REC Silicon says a cash injection from South Korea’s Hanwha will help it to resume fluidized bed reactor production at the Moses Lake polysilicon plant in the US state of Washington.
Max Hall
Jun 01, 2022
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Energy company plans 500 MW of solar in Chad Savannah Energy plans to install up to 300 MW of solar and a battery to power operations at its recently acquired Doba Oil project in Chad. It has also pledged up to 100 MW of solar and the same amount of wind to generate power for the capital, N’Djamena.
Max Hall
Jun 01, 2022
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Chinese PV Industry Brief: China’s NEA predicts 108 GW of solar in 2022 The Chinese government says the nation is on track to install 108 GW of PV this year. Huaneng says it will build a new 10 GW module factory, while Akcome has revealed plans to increase its heterojunction panel capacity by 6 GW.
Max Hall, Vincent Shaw
May 31, 2022
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Work starts on 45 MW of solar in Bosnia Bosnia’s Foreign Investment Promotion Agency said it has successfully pitched the municipality of Grude to Norwegian renewables developer Greenstat.
Max Hall
May 31, 2022
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Investors present European legislators with hydrogen economy wishlist If the EU is going to drive more than half a trillion dollars worth of hydrogen investment over the coming decades, it will need to get investors onside. The European Investment Bank has surveyed financiers to find out what they want.
Max Hall
May 31, 2022
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Lack of European solar manufacturing could cripple RePower EU bid Wood Mackenzie says Europe would need to dramatically raise its PV production capability to ensure the 420 GW-plus of new solar it wants this decade does not arrive in the form of Asian panels.
Max Hall
May 30, 2022
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