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Bidding In Sri Lanka, Brazil DG Financing, Rwanda Solar Irrigation Project 2017-01-17

Sri Lanka Electricity Commission Tender Northern Central 10MW solar project January 10: The Ceylon Power Commission (CEB) announced the bidding for the 10MW solar PV project in Polonnaruwa, North Central Province of Sri Lanka. The international bidding will determine the successful bidder through competitive bidding. The bidding project will be operated on the basis of construction, holding and op...

The new scale of solar power and wind power will increased near 116GW in the United States by the end of 2020 2018-01-09

According to a report just released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on energy infrastructure, it is estimated that by the end of 2020, the U.S. public utility enterprises will have an additional 115,984MW of large-scale wind power and solar power capacity. FERC said that by the end of 2020, the U.S. wind power and solar power generation will be doubled, with a current capacity o...

India will build the world's largest solar wind power hybrid station 2017-12-21

India's New Energy and Renewable authority plans to add another record-breaking project to its new energy development plan. That is, to build the world's largest solar wind energy Hybrid Power Station Project in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. Installed capacity of this project reached 160 MW, of which solar capacity is 120 MW, and wind power installed capacity is 40 MW. The pr...

A Complaint on Import Tariffs Lodged by Indian Solar Developer Firstly 2017-12-15

The Economic Times reported that Acme Cleantech Solutions Company, a solar developer in India, has appealed to the court to pay import duty on solar panels and components at Chennai Port. Acme has filed a lawsuit against Chennai Customs officials in the High Court of Madras. They claimed that since September 12, the company has been asked to provide bank...

Rural PV industry is supported by new policies 2017-10-13

Ministry of Land and Resources held a press conference on Oct. 10th, said the construction of photovoltaic power generation projects in poverty-stricken areas, as well as the national energy bureau, the State Council Poverty Alleviation Office to determine the development of the national village-level PV-poor power plant construction within the scope of photovoltaic power generation project land, ...

About the Energy Storage System Components 2017-09-20

Regardless of the battery technology used, the electrical system supporting large-scale energy storage projects looks largely the same, solar panel mounting system, grid-tied power conversion systems, electrical balance of system equipment to connect to the utility grid or facility and the controller that intelligently manages it. Inverters play a crucial role in storage ...

Smart Energy Hackathon kicks off in Bangkok 2017-09-10

More than 80 energy experts, coders and product designers from across Southeast Asia gathered in Bangkok today for the Smart Energy Hackathon, a 30-hour competition that aims to foster the development of new digital energy solutions such as public blockchains for the provision of PV generation data. The participants are competing for $10,000 in prize money, in an event that aims...

75% of India's PV industry import from China while 15% import from United States 2017-08-29

At present, although India replace China as Asia and the world's fastest-growing major economies, but its power supply shortage is extremely serious. In order to solve this problem, India intends to industrial development, trade protection and other policy means to develop renewable energy industry, especially photovoltaic power generation, but nevertheless, it is still difficult to get rid of dep...