Sumitomo Corporation and Rio Tinto to build green hydrogen project in Australia
Japan's Sumitomo Corporation will cooperate with Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto to develop and construct a 2MW green hydrogen production facility at the group's Yaound refinery in Queensland, Australia, while exploring the use of hydrogen to replace natural gas in the alumina refining process. potential. The pilot project is expected to produce up to 300 tonnes of green hydrogen per year and can also provide energy for the Gladstone HydrogenEcosystem. Partners in the pilot project include Sumitomo Corporation, Gladstone Ports, Gladstone Regional Council, Australian Gas Network and Australia's Central Queensland University. Sumitomo Corporation said it wanted to explore opportunities to develop the hydrogen industry in the region. The group will first seek domestic offtake and shipping solutions before moving to large-scale exports.
Europe
Spain plans to start production of 100MW light module production line
Spain's Mondragon Assembly will supply a solar module production line to Dutch module maker SolargeBV.
The equipment is dedicated to an automatic production line for the production of lightweight solar modules developed by a Dutch company. The line will come online in the third quarter of this year at Solarge's manufacturing facility in Weert, the Netherlands, and production will begin by the end of the year. Solarge's modules are lighter than conventional solar modules and are ideal for roofs with limited load capacity, and can be applied to agricultural PV projects, floating PV arrays and rooftop systems. It plans to expand the capacity of the production line to 380 MW by 2024.
129MW solar project in Spain secures financing
Madrid-based platform Matrix Renewables has secured financing for a 129MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project in the Spanish province of Huelva, backed by asset management firm TPG. A financing of $89 million (€84.5 million) has been completed with French bank Natixis. Matrix Renewable Energy announced today that it is certified as a green loan. The project will build three solar power plants in the city of Almonte. The company said Matrix plans to add energy storage shortly after commissioning. The renewable energy company estimates that more than 500 jobs will be created during the construction phase. The company expects to be up and running in the first quarter of 2023.
BayWa re tenders for 10 TWh of renewable electricity in Europe
BayWa re has announced plans to launch a tender in Europe to find buyers for 10 TWh of renewable electricity through a corporate power purchase agreement (PPA). Power will be provided by renewable energy facilities in unspecified locations in Germany and Spain, and selected buyers will have to sign a 10-year power purchase agreement. The tender will take place in autumn 2022, and the project's total output will be shared with several off-takers, each looking to meet their energy needs with reliable renewable energy.
EDF plans to build solar projects at France's closed nuclear power plant
EDF Renouvelables has started construction of a 12MW solar park at its Creys-Malville nuclear power plant in Creys-Mépieu, in the south-central French department of Isère. The facility, which will be equipped with 22,000 solar modules, will start construction in the summer and is expected to be operational in early 2023. The project is part of the EDF solar program, which aims to deploy 30GW of photovoltaics in France. Commissioned in 1986, the Superphenix reactor shut down permanently in 1997 after several years of difficult operations and public protests, and it is now expected to be dismantled in 2024.
UK 75MW PV project awaits approval
Britain's British Solar Renewables (BSR Energy) is seeking planning permission to build a photovoltaic (PV) park of up to 75 megawatts in Wales. The renewable energy developer said Thursday it has submitted plans for the so-called Rush-Wall solar park and will wait for a decision around winter. The planning application was made following a public consultation programme. The solar park is planned to be installed on farmland in Redwick, Monmouthshire, Wales, and is expected to generate electricity for around 18,000 homes a year. It will be connected to the national grid and its output is estimated to help offset more than 16,600 carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per year.
Germany builds green hydrogen project supporting renewable energy facilities
German renewable energy company Enertrag has announced a project to develop the Tambor Green Hydrogen Center in Uruguay's Taculumbo province to produce large quantities of hydrogen and its derivatives. Enertrag said the first phase of the project will include the construction of a 350-megawatt wind and solar power plant, an on-site electrolyser and conversion facilities. The company expects to produce about 15,000 tons of green hydrogen per year and convert it into e-methanol.
Enen Infected Energy GmbH finances solar project development in Germany
Solar developer EnenInfected Energy GmbH has launched another crowdfunding campaign to seek funding for the development of two solar projects in northern Germany with a combined output of 44 MWp. The projects include two ground-based solar parks of 33 megawatts and 11 megawatts, which should be built in the city of Zarnuiánz, near Rostock, Enin said on Monday. Both projects are in the planning stage and are expected to be completed within four years. Events and interested investors on the crowdfunding platform Wiwin can participate starting from €500 ($527.95). The interest rate is 6%. The two companies have launched five successful crowdfunding campaigns to fund the development of multiple solar projects in Germany.
America
Solarever in Mexico plans to expand module capacity to 1GW
Mexican solar module maker Solarever plans to increase the capacity of its plant in Tecomán in southwestern Mexico from 500MW to 1 GW, also plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange and expand our presence in the electric vehicle and storage business.
Middle East Africa
Burkina Faso to launch 27MW solar project
UAE clean energy developer Amea Power has announced that it has reached financial settlement for a 26.6MW solar project in Burkina Faso. Located in the village of the same name in the province of Mouhoun, 185 kilometers from the capital Ouagadougou, the Zina project is funded by private sector lenders from the World Bank International Finance Corporation, in part by Canadian loans, and the Emerging African Infrastructure Fund for the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Swedish government. Amea said the project has secured a 25-year power purchase agreement from Burkina Faso’s national utility company, and the International Renewable Energy Agency estimates Burkina Faso’s grid-connected solar capacity to be 62MW by the end of 2021. The numbers have remained the same for three years.
UAE EWEC opens tender for 1.5 GW solar project in Abu Dhabi
Emirates Water and Electric Co. (“EWEC”) has launched a tender for a 1.5GW solar project in Abu Dhabi. The 1.5 GW Al-Ajban PV project, a greenfield solar power plant, will play a "fundamentally important" role in Abu Dhabi's energy transition, EWEC said. It will also provide enough electricity to some 160,000 households in the UAE. The bidder is responsible for the development, financing, construction, operation, maintenance and ownership of the plant. The winning developer will hold a 40 percent stake in the project, with the rest indirectly held by the Abu Dhabi government.
EBRD loans $4.8 million to support solar and other renewable energy in Egypt
