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Woodside Energy says its Beaumont New Ammonia Project is nearly complete, while Australia and India have agreed to collaborate on green hydrogen tech, supply chains, and workforce development.

Energy China and PowerChina have secured $4.3 billion of engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts for gigawatt-scale wind and solar projects in Saudi Arabia.

Energy Vault has acquired a 150MW battery energy storage system (BESS) in Texas. Meanwhile, Jupiter Power has entered an agreement with Austin Energy to provide 100MW of electricity from a BESS facility.

Abu Dhabi Future Energy Co. (Masdar) and Emirates Water and Electricity Co. (EWEC) have started building a solar-plus-storage project in Abu Dhabi that will deliver 1 GW of continuous baseload energy from a 5.2 GW solar plant paired with a 19 GWh battery system.

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La comunidad energética local TEK Legazpi activa tres plantas fotovoltaicas con capacidad para 316 hogares y comercios. El proyecto ha recibido una subvención de 155.000 euros de la Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa.

Dekra ha desarrollado Soiling I+D, un sistema móvil de monitorización de suciedad que permite evaluar con precisión el impacto del ensuciamiento (soiling) sobre la producción energética para planificar limpiezas de forma eficiente y maximizar la producción energética.

Wood Mackenzie researchers say single-axis PV offers the lowest utility-scale generation costs globally, with efficiency gains and stable supply chains expected to drive down solar's levelized cost of electricity (LCOE).

El sol como nueva seguridad: un estudio de Ember propone la electrificacion para romper la dependencia energetica. La UE puede reducir a la mitad su dependencia de combustibles fósiles importados para 2040, y el 86% de esa reducción vendrá de electrificar sectores distintos al eléctrico.

El IDAE ha publicado ya la Propuesta de Resolución Provisional de la primera convocatoria de ayudas para proyectos innovadores de almacenamiento energético cofinanciadas con fondos FEDER 2021-2027, convocada en mayo.

South Korea has announced plans to introduce legislation next year to expand the deployment of agrivoltaics, enabling broader use of solar panels on agricultural land.

Redwood Materials has closed a US$350 million Series E funding round to scale up its critical battery materials and energy storage businesses.

San Diego Gas &#038; Electric (SDG&#038;E) is seeking regulatory approval to acquire an operational portion of a BESS facility located in Imperial County, California, from the US development arm of German multinational energy company RWE.

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APPA Renovables recoge en su informe mensual los principales valores de capacidad y potencia renovable con permisos en nuestro país, nudos para concurso de demanda, futuros de electricidad, importaciones y precio de generación de H2 verde, entre otros valores.

In a new weekly update for <b>pv magazine</b>, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that Southern and Western China enjoyed above-average irradiance in September, while eastern parts of the country experienced wetter conditions.

El director general de RCT Solutions, Peter Fath, ha dicho a <b>pv magazine</b> que una planta europea de montaje de módulos de 1 GW que utilizara la misma cadena de suministro que sus homólogos chinos de primer nivel podría alcanzar unos costes de fabricación de módulos de entre 0,11 y 0,12 €/W.

New company Lunas Energy has launched an offer for solar PV plant operators in Spain to deploy BESS on their land, as the sector struggles with curtailment and negative pricing.

La volatilidad del mercado eléctrico se ha convertido en un verdadero obstáculo para la planificación empresarial. En una misma jornada, los precios pueden oscilar desde valores negativos en horas de baja demanda hasta superar los 200 €/MWh en los picos de consumo. Esa montaña rusa es incompatible con la necesidad de las compañías de organizar inversiones, calcular márgenes y competir en mercados internacionales.

At the Modules and Material Worksop in Konstanz, organized by solar manufacturing engineering company RCT Solutions and ICS Konstanz, experts from the European PV equipment production industry gathered to discuss the current and future trajectory of manufacturing costs, technology advancements and equipment and raw material capabilities. RCT Solutions CEO, Peter Fath, told <b>pv magazine</b> that a European 1 GW module assembly facility using the same supply chain as Chinese Tier 1 counterparts could reach module manufacturing costs of €0.11-0.12/W.

Peregrine Energy Solutions has secured US$130 million from investors including the South Korean Ministry of Environment.