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Largest PV Plant in Africa Opens
The largest solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant on the African continent was launched last week by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and Masdar, the renewable energy company from Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates). The new facility which located in the capital city of Nouakchott is the largest solar PV plant in Africa, [...]
Digital Billboards Consume Large Amounts of Energy: Study
The growing number of digital billboards on U.S. roads and highways consumes enormous amounts of energy and is creating a fast-growing amount of electronic waste, according to a new report. While many studies have focused on driver distraction and road safety concerns associated with the signs, the new study says thetypical digital billboard consumes about [...]
Chile to Build Its First Large Solar Facility
In Chile, solar energy project developer Solarpack Corporación Tecnológica and state-owned Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco), theworld’s leading copper producer, say they will build the country’s first utility-scale solar power plant in northern Chile, an area with highpotential for solar energy generation. The 1-megawatt facility (enough to power 5,000 households) will beused exclusively [...]
Large CPV System Planned For Saudi Arabia
SolFocus, a developer of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar systems, says that Vision Electro Mechanical Co., a subsidiary of Construction Products Holding Co. (CPC), will build what it says is the first commercial CPV power plant in Saudi Arabia. The project, located in the Bahra region of the country, will deliveraround 300 MWh of energy per [...]
Imec reports large-area silicon solar cells with high efficiency
At the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (Valencia,Spain), imec presents several large-area silicon solar cells with aconversion efficiency above 19 percent. Two types of cells wererealized namely with Ag-screenprinted contacts and plated Cu-contacts.Efficiencies of cells with screenprinted contacts were up to 19.1percent, whereas 19.4 percent was obtained with Cu-plated contacts. These high efficiencies were [...]
Cogentrix Energy Signs Contract For Large CPV Plant
Cogentrix Energy LLC, an electric power generation project development company, has entered into a contract with Public Service Co. of Colorado (PSCo), an XcelEnergy company, for a concentrating photovoltaics project to be locatednear Alamosa, in southern Colorado. The 30 MW solar generatingproject will be the largest facility of its type in the world, according to [...]
WSU Scientists Figure Out How to Store Large Amounts of Energy
Scientists at the Washington State University have succeeded in developing a material that canstore vast amounts of energy. The compact, never-before-seen material is a result of using super-high pressures similar to those found deep inthe Earth. It was created in a diamond anvil cell, a small, two-inch bythree-inch-diameter device that can produce extremely high pressures [...]
Large Texas photovoltaic project taking shape
A prominent U.S. utility has reported a financing deal for a large-scale solar project being developed near San Antonio, Texas. According to Duke Energy Generation Services (DEGS), it has raised about $45million by leveraging its ownership of the 14-megawatt Blue Wing SolarProject. The 25-year loan was provided by Prudential Capital Group. "This financing is another [...]