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Can floating solar islands meet the globe's future power needs?
Trygve Kristiansen researches on floating solar power, which are photovoltaics supported on the water. He believes that floating solar panels might play an important worldwide duty in the transition to greener modern technologies. He is a professor of marine innovation at NTNU.
Jan 6, 2023 // Floating PV, NTNU, Trygve Kristiansen
Floating solar pilot project near Canary Islands to face up to 10m-high waves
European Union financing has actually been protected for a floating solar pilot project in Spain to check out exactly how the technology does in testing sea problems.
Jan 21, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, Spain, floating PV, Europe, canary islands, Ocean Sun, fred olsen renewables, offshore solar, Rolf Benjamin Johansen
SunPower appoints new CFO to Maxeon spin-off’s leadership team
SunPower has appointed a new chief financial officer to the leadership team of its planned manufacturing spin-off, Maxeon Solar Technologies.
Jan 7, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, manufacturing, SunPower, North America, m&a, Maxeon, Joanne Solomon
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Feb 6, 2024
Honeywell Powers USVI Solar Farms
Honeywell International Inc has been chosen to provide a 124-MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) to 6 solar farms in the US Virgin Islands. This initiative is part of the USVI's commitment to reach 30% renewable energy usage. Honeywell is also providing an integrated safety system.
Dec 7, 2023 // Plants, Storage, USA, North America, solar farm, Honeywell
Eco Power Wins Grant from Innovate UK for Micro-grid Project in Thailand
Eco Wave Power Gibraltar, a subsidiary of leading global wave energy developer Eco Wave Power, has actually introduced the approval of a grant project spending plan of 296,787 GBP by Innovate UK, the UK's technology agency.
Jun 30, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Grids, Thailand, Asia, Asian Institute of Technology, AIT, Eco Wave Power, Eco Wave Power Gibraltar, Inna Braverman, Innovate UK, Kamyar Mehran, Guang Li, Provincial Electricity Authority, PEA, UK Queen Mary University of London, QMUL
Rebuilding for resilience
The islands of the Caribbean have been focusing on the deployment of storage solutions, minigrids and microgrids in response to the damage their power systems suffered during the 2017 hurricane season. But with the opportunities, there are also challenges.
Oct 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, storage, Wood Mackenzie, North America, Caribbean, RMI, Stephen Mushegan, Isaac Maze-Rothstein, off-grid market, Antigua and Barbuda
Wärtsilä to mount new energy storage space system at Shetland's most significant power plant
Innovation team Wärtsilä is to provide an 8MW/6MWh energy storage system on the Shetland Islands in Scotland.
Jan 26, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, UK, Europe, Wärtsilä, SSEN, Darren Hitchin, Gridsolv Max
Gigawatts of solar PV, energy storage breakthrough in Indonesia as Singapore interconnector strategies gather pace
Solar as well as energy storage space projects worth gigawatts of generation as well as storage space capacity have actually born down Indonesia's Riau Islands, with Singapore aligned to procure the electricity generated.
Apr 19, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Asia, ib vogt, Singapore, Indonesia, rfp, joint venture, Anton Milner, renewables export, Quantum Power Asia, Simon Bell
Maldives reopens 40MWh battery storage tender for island solar
The Republic of Maldives has actually reopened a tender procedure, looking for to procure 40MWh of battery power storage systems (BESS) in a power transition project supported by World Bank funding.
Aug 10, 2022 // Storage, Asia, solar-plus-storage, world bank, microgrid, Maldives, tenders and auctions, procurement, diesel, island grids
Hawaii launches mega 900MW renewables tender
Hawaiian Electric Co (HEC) has kickstarted a colossal clean energy tender, seeking providers of 900MW worth of renewables and energy storage projects.
Aug 27, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, storage, tender, solar-plus-storage, Hawaii, North America, Hawaiian Electric Co, maui, o'ahu
Solar power met 45% of demand on Caribbean island of St Eustatius last year
The Netherlands-administered Caribbean island last year saw almost half its power demand provided by a 4.1 MW solar-plus-storage plant, commissioned in late 2017. The facility generated 6.5 million kWh of the 14.3 million kWh of electricity consumed in the territory in 2018.
Oct 25, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Europe, solar-plus-storage, Netherlands, Caribbean
Q Energy Launches Europe's Largest Floating Solar Farm
Europe's largest floating solar farm is now in the works. Q Energy, along with Solutions 30 SE, Ciel & Terre Int., and Perpetum Energy, have announced plans to build a 74.3-MW floating solar farm in France's Haute-Marne region. Construction is set to begin soon, with 37,000 people set to benefit from the power produced.
Sep 20, 2023 // Plants, Floating PV, PV Power Plant, Q Energy
Endesa X finishes solar array for Balearic Islands govt
Endesa X, the energy services unit of Spanish utility Endesa SA (BME: ELE), has actually developed a 976-kWp self-consumption solar photovoltaic (PV) system in Spain in support of the Balearic Islands government.
Dec 5, 2022 // Plants, solar array, Endesa X
Spain creates 37% of power from renewables in Aug
Spain produced 37% of its electricity from renewable energy resources in August, Spanish grid operator Red Electrica de Espana (REE) claimed in the current price quotes report.
Sep 5, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe