European utility key Enel plans 14GW of new renewable generation by 2022

European utility giant Enel has committed half of its total investment over the next few years to decarbonization, part of a new strategic plan revealed on Tuesday. Between 2020 and 2022, the Italian group will invest €11.5 billion ($12.6 billion) in additional renewable capacity, which it expects to equate to another 14.1 gigawatts of assets…

Energy-storage

Albioma to add 7.4 MW of battery storage to Mayotte archipelago

French renewable energy producer Albioma SA announced that a 7.4-MW/14.9-MWh battery storage project was selected for installation in the French department of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean. The Group, which is established in Overseas France, Mauritius and Brazil, has developed a unique partnership for 25 years with the sugar industry, to produce renewable energy from…

Nordgold

A gold mining company Nordgold to add solar with storage at Burkina Faso mines

Moscow-based gold producer Nord Gold S.E., is a gold mining company with assets in Russia, Kazakhstan, Burkina Faso, Guinea and Canada will have a 13-MW solar photovoltaic (PV) farm with battery storage installed at the company’s Bissa and Bouly mines in Burkina Faso. The miner, also known as Nordgold, said Tuesday it entered into an…

Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) Solar Chronicle

Corporates’ thriving Investment In Solar Energy

Many developed nations now planning to introduce latest policies for the Solar energy development in the country. Apart from roof top and commercial subsidy, corporate companies investing in Solar Energy.  America’s top corporations are pouring investments into solar energy – led by Apple and Amazon— according to a newly released report by the Solar Energy Industries Association…

GE Renewable Energy Announces New Solar plus Storage Hybrid Project In New York

GE Renewable Energy announced on Monday that it will partner with Helios Energy to develop a new hybrid solar + storage system in upstate New York, which is expected to reach commercial operation in the second quarter of 2020. Specifically, GE Renewable Energy will integrate two solar PV arrays built by Helios Energy with two…

India is the 3rd largest solar market after China, US: Report

India emerged as the third largest solar market in the world after China and the US. India’s solar installations reached 8.3 GW, including large-scale and rooftop solar units, according to a report by Mercom Communications India. The country’s cumulative solar capacity is 28 GW as of 2018. Mergers and acquisitions globally were steady in the…

Starbucks launches solar energy test that will power 360 Texas stores

According to the report the coffee giant is partnering with Cypress Creek Renewables and U.S. Bank Starbucks continues its commitment to alternative energy sources with the announcement of a partnership with solar power developer Cypress Creek Renewables and U.S. Bank to power 360 Texas-area Starbucks stores in the Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Plano and Arlington…

US firm Labacorp proposes 900-MW solar project in Zimbabwe

US-based Labacorp Power Company America wants to present a 900-MW solar project to the government of Zimbabwe, The Herald reports, quoting a company statement. Labacorp Power’s local partner Craft Properties (Pvt) Ltd has announced that the US company would like to schedule the presentation for July 2019. The event will allow it to explain how…