Daily news round-up: Philippines could be set for 1.5 GW more solar and Tesla CEO has actually been imagining electrical trip
- And also, information have been revealed of a 2 MW/2.5 MWh grid scale storage trial project in Switzerland as well as for a peer-to-peer renewable resource certification industry in Southeast Asia.
The Citicore Renewable Energy Corp department of Manila-based clean power programmer Citicore Power wants to increase its present 238 MW solar portfolio to 1.5 GW within 5 years, English language Fillipino paper the Manila Bulletin reported on Monday.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has actually tweeted his idea batteries with energy thickness of 400 Wh/kg-- enough to sustain battery-powered trip-- will be commercially produced within three to four years.
Solar waste was amongst the factors pointed out by opponents to the advancement of a solar farm on a 43ha site in Ireland. A report in the Connacht Tribune Irish local newspaper a week back-- which was credited to the newsroom at Galway Bay fm radio station-- mentioned authorization for Limerick-based clean energy programmer WED Renewables Ltd to develop the center near the community of Tuam in County Galway, had been upheld by intending body An Bord Pleanála.
Swiss battery producer Leclanche introduced on Monday it had supplied a 2 MW/2.5 MWh lithium-ion battery for a grid-scale storage space and also EV billing test center in the Swiss city of Aigle, in Vaud canton. The business said the setup becomes part of the general public Réseau En Equilibre Local (REel) project being accomplished by public utility Romande Energie and the SCCR-FURIES power research center backed by the Innosuisse government technology company as well as headed by a teacher from the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne. The storage space as well as e-mobility facility-- which is supported by the Federal Office of Energy, the setting division of Vaud as well as the city of Aigle-- will certainly likewise see Swiss electrical car (EV) billing network service Gofast install 24 fast EV billing stations at the site, with a total capacity of 1.8 MW.
pv magazine Australia today reported Perth-based technology start-up Power Ledger will utilize its blockchain peer-to-peer system to organize a renewable resource certificate industry for Southeast Asia which is being established by Thai renewables service BCPG.
Reuters yesterday reported the globe's first parachute jump from a solar-powered aircraft, over western Switzerland, with parachutist Raphael Domjan touchdown near Payerne. His SolarStratos project group is reportedly planning a 20,000 m solar-powered trip in 2022.
