Green Charge

CNBC | January 14, 2020

A 475 megawatt (MW) section of what is being described by energy firm the Enel Group as South America’s “largest” solar photovoltaic (PV) facility has started operations. In an announcement Monday, the Enel Group said the 475 MW chunk of the Sao Goncalo solar PV plant, in the northeast of Brazil, had been connected to the grid and would be able to produce more than 1,200 gigawatt hours annually when “fully up and running.” Photovoltaic refers to a way of directly converting light from the sun in...

BLM | January 20, 2020

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has approved a $1 billion solar project in Southern California. The Desert Quartzite Solar Project would be located near the city of Blythe in eastern Riverside County. The record of decision signed by the BLM authorizes Desert Quartzite LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Arizona-based First Solar, to construct, operate, maintain and decommission the 450-megawatt solar photovoltaic project on about 3,000 acres of public land plus additional private lands. That i...

REVE | March 15, 2020

Ghenova and CAPSUN Technologies have jointly developed the SPIRE project, a disruptive technology that integrates the best features of Photovoltaic Plants (PV) and Concentrated Solar Plants (CSPs). The concept is simple: by means of a selective optical filter, the light spectrum is divided. The filter allows the efficient passage of the radiation used by the photovoltaic panel (mainly visible light) while reflecting 40% of the energy. CAPSUN Technologies and GHENOVA Engineering have jointly deve...

Solar+Storage

3E | April 05, 2021

3E has revealed some details about its current positioning and expanding range of digital solutions. SynaptiQ, the company's digital platform, and its new upcoming applications, Solar Analytics and Wind Analytics (a collaboration with LivLiner), as well as a brand-new UI for the Asset Operations framework, aim to digitalize renewable energy assets. 3E has also unveiled a revised brand image as well as a new website. Following two decades of continuous innovation and investment...