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Power Technology | April 17, 2020

Renewable energy company EDP Renováveis (EDPR) has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Mexico-based electricity supplier Ammper Energía. As per the terms of the agreement, EDPR will supply clean energy generated by its 200MW Los Cuervos solar PV project to the Mexican company for 15 years. With this new PPA, EDPR noted that it has reached 80% of the 7GW target wind and solar global capacity build-out for 2019-2022 period. EDP Renováveis CEO João Manso Neto said: “We are very pleased wit...

Solar+Storage, Industry Updates

Businesswire | August 11, 2023

Nextracker Inc. (NXT), a global market leader of solar trackers and Asteelflash/USI, a high-end global electronics component manufacturer, today announced the grand opening of Asteelflash’s U.S. manufacturing line for Nextracker. Asteelflash has expanded its capability to include dedicated production of Nextracker’s patented self-powered controller (SPC) and high voltage power supply. Key components of the Nextracker controller include printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), bat...

RENEW | April 10, 2020

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has launched two clean technology accelerator programmes worth $16m. The state-wide schemes will offer seed funding and support for clean energy companies looking to grow their business. The new accelerators will focus on renewable electricity and fuels, clean transportation advanced buildings, smart grids, industrial energy efficiency, energy storage and fuel cells. One will be administered by Rochester-based start-up incuba...

Inverse | June 09, 2020

Tesla could soon introduce a battery that can last for one million miles over the course of its lifetime, and that could have a big effect on reducing carbon emissions. A Bloomberg report this week revealed that Chinese battery firm Contemporary Amperex Technology, also known as CATL, believes it is ready to start production on a battery that can run for 1.2 million miles. The new battery would be designed to last for 16 years. CATL started providing batteries to Tesla in February alongside its ...