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UGT Renewables Is Working with Serbian Government to Install 1GW of PV Generation

published 2021 年 08 月 13 日 9:30
high voltage transmittion tower and landscape during sunset Various renewable energy news websites have reported that the government of Serbia is in talks with UGT Renewables for the installation of 1GW of PV generation. The president’s office of Serbia announced in early August that the country’s energy ministry has signed a cooperation agreement with UGT to build PV power plants that will have a total area of around 2,000ha across 10 or more sites. Based in the US, UGT is a developer of PV projects. ...  more

Taiwan Sugar Corporation Transforms an Unfarmable Land into Grid-Connected Solar Power Plant with Capacity of 181MW

published 2021 年 07 月 02 日 14:18
The largest solar power plant in Taiwan has reached another milestone. On June 30, the ground-mounted 181MW PV plant at Qigu District in Tainan City  was connected to the national power grid,contributing to power supply this summer. The capacity of the PV plant will be expanded to 216MW, which is expected to annually produce 300 million kWh of electricity, equaling to more than the electricity used by 83,000 homes every year. ...  more

Abu Dhabi Ports Will Build a Hydrogen and Ammonia Production Base Powered by an 800MW Solar Power Plant

published 2021 年 06 月 24 日 9:30
Abu Dhabi Ports, a government-backed entity that controls the seaports of the UAE, announced in late May that it will be investing around US$1 billion to build a green hydrogen and ammonia production base. The base will be located within Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi, which is close to Khalifa Port; and it will be powered by an 800MW solar power plant. ...  more

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