Press Releases
Mercom’s Q1 2024 Solar Funding and M&A Report Now Available
Click here to download the Executive Summary. Total corporate funding into the solar sector in Q1 2024 came to $8.1 billion in 41 deals, a 4% decline year-over-year (YoY) compared to the $8.4 billion raised in 42 deals in Q1 2023. Funding increased 47% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) compared to the $5.5 billion raised in 37 deals in… Read more »
LONGi certified as “Future-Fit”
Xi´an (China) 17th April – Leading global solar technology company LONGi has been certified as a Future-Fit Engaged Business by the Future-Fit Foundation, a UK non-profit dedicated to promoting and stewarding the “Future-Fit Business Benchmark” for advancing sustainable business practices. In its quest to become the most sustainable solar PV manufacturer globally, LONGi selected the… Read more »
SolarEdge Technologies Signs the European Solar Energy Charter in Support of the EU Photovoltaic Sector
April 17th, 2024 – SolarEdge Technologies, a global leader in smart energy technology, today announced that it signed the European Commission’s European Solar Energy Charter, that calls for the support of the European photovoltaic manufacturing sector. SolarEdge was among group of companies from the European solar energy sector to sign the Charter, together with 23 European Union… Read more »
Australian Flow Batteries and The SCHMID Group Announce Groundbreaking Memorandum of Understanding
Perth, Australia April 17th , 2024 Australian Flow Batteries Pty Ltd (AFB), a leader in innovative energy solutions and economical, safe, and reliable power storage, and SCHMID Energy Systems GmbH a company of the German SCHMID Group, a global technology leader with a rich history in delivering innovative solutions across multiple industries including Electronics, Renewables,… Read more »
Enspec announces significant leadership hire
Power quality engineering company Enspec has added a key recruit to its leadership team. Tony Jefferson, who has more than three decades of experience in the energy industry, joins St Helens-based Enspec as the new head of business development. As a former global head of sales for various Siemens business divisions in different countries around… Read more »
Cross-border energy networks can cut USD 800 BN from ASEAN’s decarbonization cost, DNV research indicates
New DNV research estimates the costs of ASEAN member states decarbonizing individually, with moderate cross-border power interconnection, or with full regional cooperation involving interconnectors, hydrogen networks, and energy storage. The study recommends achievable short-, medium- and long-term actions to reduce technical, economic and policy hurdles to increased interconnection. Singapore, 17 April 2024 – DNV,… Read more »
REC Brings Advanced Alpha HJT Solar Technology to Taiwan
Taipei, Taiwan, April 17, 2024 – REC Group, an international pioneering solar energy company and one of the world’s longest-established module manufacturers, has successfully introduced its cutting-edge Alpha HJT solar technology to Taiwan. In an intensive two-day workshop, REC shared its technology insights with around 100 local installers, launched its supportive REC Solar Professional Program,… Read more »
New research yields insights into attitudes and perceptions of large-scale solar project neighbors
A survey of nearly 1000 residents living near large-scale solar plants finds considerably more positive attitudes than negative, while identifying key concerns. riven by favorable economics, policy factors, and decarbonization goals, large-scale solar (LSS, defined here as ground-mounted photovoltaic projects ≥1 MWDC) has expanded rapidly in recent years, with more than 90 gigawatts (GW) now… Read more »
VIKING and HeliService USA sign PPE agreement to serve U.S. offshore wind safety needs
VIKING Life-Saving Equipment has signed a strategic agreement with HeliService USA, ensuring that the helicopter service provider has a single and continuous source of fully certified personal protective equipment to uphold offshore wind industry safety standards along the U.S. East Coast. Building on enduring relations between the companies, the agreement includes personal protective equipment (PPE)… Read more »
Wärtsilä raises level of offshore dynamic positioning with new high-performance thruster and propulsion control package
With an important new product introduction, technology group Wärtsilä offers operators of offshore vessels, ferries and tugs notable improved operational performance and greater efficiency. The company’s new high-performance thruster and propulsion control solution package utilises a combination of Wärtsilä’s WST-E embedded electric steerable thruster and WST-R retractable thrusters, together with an updated remote propulsion control system featuring an enhanced user interface ProTouch, to… Read more »
