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Georgia Power Boosts Plan for Renewables and Storage After Local Stakeholder Push
The Southern Company-owned utility’s larger-than-expected storage rollout points toward a big new market in the Southeast.
Jul 18, 2019 // Storage, clean energy, USA, storage, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables, ENERGY STORAGE, Georgia, RESOURCES, SOUTHERN COMPANY, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, FP&L's, Carolinas, Southern Alliance, Allen Reaves, Georgia Power, Europe, North America
Europe Set to Race Past US in Battery Manufacturing
Europe’s battery manufacturing capacity is on the cusp of dramatic growth, though much of the investment and know-how are coming from Asian companies.
Jul 18, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Storage, storage, BATTERIES, BMW, LG CHEM, NORTHVOLT, TESLA, VOLKSWAGEN, Asian, BNEF, U.K. Battery Industrialisation Centr, European Battery Alliance, manufacturing
The end of the petrol station? First solar powered electric forecourt that will charge electric cars in just ten minutes to be built in Essex - the first of more than 100 planned for the UK
Solar panels will provide the energy needed for the vehicles to recharge Each forecourt fitted with 24 charging spaces which can be booked with an app All vehicles will recharge in less than 30 minutes but some will be done in ten Lounges will also be built with shops, toilets and cafes for weary travellers
Jul 17, 2019 // Solar, solar powered electric forecourt, electric cars, Electric Forecourts
NASA spacecraft will 3D print solar panels... WHILE IN SPACE
NASA has issued a $73 million dollar contract to Made In Space to 3D print spacecraft parts in orbit using Archinaut One
Jul 15, 2019 // Technology, NASA, New Zealand
National Grid Completes $100M Acquisition Of Geronimo Energy
National Grid has completed its $100 million acquisition of Minneapolis-based wind and solar developer Geronimo Energy.
Jul 15, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, National Grid, Geronimo Energy
Masdar inks MoU to develop 300 MW of solar in Armenia
The Armenian solar market has been somewhat slow to take off, but it could be experiencing a serious push, following an announcement that Abu Dhabi-based energy company Masdar plans to deploy 500 MW of solar and wind capacity in the country.
Jul 15, 2019 // Large-Scale, Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, Chief Executive Officer of Masdar, David Papazian, ANIF, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, Masdar
Toyota begins testing of solar-powered and self-charging Prius
Car manufacturing giant Toyota Motor Corp is to begin trialling later this month a new version of its Prius hybrid car, this time with up to 860 watts of thin film solar that will be able to charge its “solar battery” as it drives, and add more than 50kms to its fossil fuel-free driving range.
Jul 15, 2019 // Technology, Toyota, NEDO, Prius PHV, Sharp, solar car
Scatec Solar has reached commercial operation for the 66 MW Merchang solar plant
Scatec Solar and partners have grid connected its third solar power plant in Malaysia, the 66 MW (DC) Merchang plant. The company now has a total of 197 MW in operation in the country.
Jul 15, 2019 // Large-Scale, CEO of Scatec Solar, Raymond Carlsen, Tenaga Nasional Berhad, TNB, Power Purchase Agreements, PPAs
Dubai gets Middle East's largest airport solar energy system
The solar project will enable annual savings worth Dh3.3 million.
Jul 15, 2019 // Commercial, Etihad ESCO, Etihad Energy Services Company, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, Dewa
Tunisia launches tender for another 70 MW of solar
Through this procurement exercise, the Tunisian government hopes to build six solar plants with a capacity of 10 MW each and ten 1 MW small solar parks.
Jul 15, 2019 // Large-Scale, Société Tunisienne de l’électricité et du gaz (STEG), STEG, Build Own Operate, BOO
Sorry, but solar cars will always remain a romantic sci-fi fantasy
Toyota is testing a new version of its solar panel topped Prius. But solar energy is unlikely to ever account for more than a fraction of the electricity required by vehicles
Jul 14, 2019 // Technology, Giangiacomo Minak, Toyota, NEDO, Sharp, solar car, Erik Mayer
SMA America expands and updates inverter service center in California
SMA America has unveiled multiple updates to its service center that were designed to facilitate even more efficient technical support. Key expansions include a new, larger central and string inverter laboratory. The service center also features a rooftop PV system that functions as a real-world lab while offsetting energy costs. The new features will improve the ability to simulate issues, troubleshoot calls and provide service training for customers.
Jul 12, 2019 // Inverters, Rooftop PV, California, USA, ABB, Brad Dore, SMA OPTIM, inverter business, SMA America, North America
This solar-powered device produces energy and cleans water at the same time
Still a prototype, the machine could one day help curb electricity and freshwater shortages
Jul 12, 2019 // Technology, Peng Wang, Jun Zhou, Saudi Arabia, Thuwal, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, George Ni, Asia
NEW DESIGNS COULD BOOST SOLAR CELLS BEYOND THEIR LIMITS
THE SUN BLANKETS the Earth with enough photons every hour to meet the entire world’s energy needs for a year. The question is how to efficiently convert them into electricity.
Jul 11, 2019 // BIPV, Marc Baldo, Shockley-Queisser, NREL
Organic solar cells will last 10 years in space
Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology, the Institute for Problems of Chemical Physics of RAS, and the Department of Chemistry of MSU presented solar cells based on conjugated polymers and fullerene derivatives, that demonstrated record-high radiation stability and withstand gamma radiation of >6,000 Gy raising hopes for their stable operation on the near-earth orbit during 10 years or even longer. The results of the study were published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces.
Jul 11, 2019 // Technology, Soviet Union, Pavel Troshin, Skoltech, Ilya Martynov, Institute for Problems of Chemical Physics of RAS, Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology