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Mitsui Will Invest in a 115MW PV Power Plant in the Philippines

published 2021 年 06 月 09 日 9:30
Nikkei Asia and several news agencies have reported that Mitsui Bussan (a.k.a. Mitsui &Co. Ltd.), a major Japanese trading company, plans to build a PV power plant in the Philippines. It will be Mitsui’s first utility-scale PV project in Southeast Asia. ...  more

Juwi Shizen Begins Construction of Canadian Solar’s Azuma Kofuji 1 Solar Power Plant

published 2021 年 05 月 20 日 9:30
Earlier this April, Canadian Solar and Juwi Shizen Energy announced the commencement of the construction of the Azuma Kofuji 1 Solar Power Plant in Fukushima, Japan. Canadian Solar is the developer of this project, and Juwi Shizen Energy is the contracted EPC firm. The power plant, which has a generation capacity of around 100MWp, is scheduled to enter operation in the first quarter of 2023. ...  more

Saudi Government Signs PPAs with Seven Independent PV Projects

published 2021 年 04 月 29 日 9:30
Reuters and other foreign news agencies reported that the government of Saudi Arabia has just entered PPAs with seven new solar projects and inaugurated the Sakaka PV Power Plant. Local news outlets also reported that the construction of the Dumat al-Jandal wind farm, which is the first utility-scale wind project in Saudi Arabia, is halfway to completion. The seven new projects, together with the Sakaka PV Power Plant and Dumat al-Jandal wind farm, are expected to provide more than 3.6GW of generation capacity. This amount is enough to power more than 600,000 households in the country. ...  more

TPC’s Largest 150MW Ground Solar Plant Fully Connected to the Grid, with an Annual Power Generation Estimated at 200 Million kWh

published 2021 年 04 月 12 日 9:30
The largest ground solar plant in Taiwan has set another new record. TPC established the largest ground solar plant in the country at an installed capacity of 150MW using 480K units of solar modules at the 214 hectares of discarded saltmarsh in Jiangjun and Qigu districts of Tainan, with the initiation ceremony being hosted on March 31st. ...  more

Construction of Galp Energia’s 144MW Solar Project in Portugal Will Begin in April

published 2021 年 04 月 12 日 9:30
Portuguese energy company Galp Energia announced on March 26 that it has awarded the construction contract for its first large-scale PV project in the home country to a consortium formed by Jayme da Costa and Visabeira. Jayme da Costa specializes in building power plants and has been heavily involved in the renewable energy industry. Visabeira is a conglomerate with interests across several industries. Like Galp Energia, both entities are based in Portugal. ...  more

Aquaculture Transitions to Electricity Generation; 76MW Solar Power Plant in Syuejia of Tainan Initiated

published 2021 年 02 月 22 日 9:30
Taya Group, a company that excels in cables, has been actively implementing for renewable energy, and the 76MW ground solar power plant established by its subsidiary Sin Jhong Solar Power in 2020, which is also the first private large-scale power plant approved for land alteration, has hosted an earth-thanking ritual and initiation ceremony recently. ...  more

Failed Concentrating Solar Power Plants' Lessons: Haste Makes Waste

published 2020 年 07 月 17 日 18:30
The cost of concentrating solar power (CSP) plants has rapidly dropped. From 2010 to 2020, the cost has decreased by 47%. How about its quality? Recently, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) of the US published a 257-page report for CSP. NREL pointed out that local incentive programs indeed speeded up CSP's development pace. However, the urgent construction schedule indirectly led to reliability problems. ...  more