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Harmony Energy gains lease for 100MW Creyke Beck energy storage project
Battery energy storage developer Harmony Energy has secured a lease for its Creyke Beck project.
Feb 10, 2022 // Storage, UK, Europe, Harmony Energy
Fraunhofer Institute produces efficient solar cell 'recycling' process
The organization claims that in the first trial, the solar cell conversion performance was 19.7%. Currently it is feasible to recycle all crystalline silicon PV modules, regardless of just how they were manufactured and what's their beginning
Feb 10, 2022 // Technology, Germany, India, PV, Fraunhofer, Europe, Asia, solar cell, recycling, PV cells, Dold
AES gets Fluence IQ bidding software to optimise 1.1 GW of solar and also storage space assets in the US
AES Corporation has contracted its subsidiary Fluence to onboard 1.1 GW of solar as well as storage assets to its energy trading as well as bidding process platform as it looks to optimize its United States operations.
Feb 10, 2022 // Storage, Software, USA, IPP, North America, AES Corporation, Fluence, IQ bidding software
INTEC, Chint to build 328MWp solar portfolio in Denmark
Engineering, procurement and also construction (EPC) specialist INTEC Energy Solutions is partnering with PV project developer Chint Solar to construct a 328MWp solar portfolio in Denmark.
Feb 10, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, EPC, Europe, Denmark, Chint Solar, begreen, intec
SUSI Partners launches 500MW Italian PV growth platform, sees Italy as essential growth market
Swiss fund supervisor SUSI Partners, through its Energy Transition Fund (SETF), has introduced a solar PV growth platform in Italy that intends to deploy 500MW of utility-scale solar PV after recognizing Italy as a vital growth market.
Feb 10, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, SUSI Partners, energy transition fund
US community solar industry increased by policy support from states
Community solar release in the US is readied to be increased by support programmes and clean energy commitments from state governments, according to research from Wood Mackenzie, which has actually raised its install projections in spite of interconnection challenges facing the sector.
Feb 10, 2022 // Policy, USA, New Jersey, Wood Mackenzie, Colorado, North America, Illinois
Auxin Solar calls for US examination into tariff circumvention by Southeast Asia-based business
Auxin Solar has actually asked the US Department of Commerce to investigate whether Southeast Asia-based business are circumventing United States anti-dumping as well as countervailing responsibility (AD/CVD) orders on cells as well as modules from China.
Feb 10, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, USA, China, Asia, North America, tariffs, Auxin Solar, A-SMACC, anti dumping, AD/CVD
Enphase Energy continues strong profits development in spite of supply constraints, adds new battery storage space capacity complying with high demand
Microinverter distributor Enphase Energy has actually published solid Q4 2021 results that saw solid profits growth complying with high need for its IQ microinverters and also a 53% jump in orders of its IQ batteries, compared with Q3 2021, despite supply chain restrictions. In reaction to the rise popular for batteries, it has included extra capacity to its facilities in Mexico as well as India.
Feb 10, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Inverters, Enphase Energy, Enphase, microinverter, IQ8
Novel Energy mounting 20 MW of Mechatron dual-axis solar trackers in the Midwest
Novel Energy Solutions, an EPC and solar investor based in St. Paul, Minnesota, will certainly establish 20 MW of solar in the Midwest utilizing dual-axis trackers from Mechatron Solar.
Feb 10, 2022 // Plants, USA, North America, Novel Energy Solutions, Mechatron Solar, Michael Fakukakis, Cliff Kaehler
Britain's 'artificial sun' nuclear fusion reactor sets a brand-new globe record after launching 59 MEGAJOULES of energy for five seconds-- taking us closer in the direction of 'infinite clean energy'
Britain's Joint European Torus nuclear fusion reactor has established a brand-new globe record ' Artificial sun', near Oxford, launched 59 megajoules of power for 5 seconds This overshadowed the previous fusion power record, also established by JET 25 years ago If researchers can harness fusion power, hope is to create endless clean power
Feb 9, 2022 // Solar, Britain, reactor
X-Elio begins building 17.4-MW solar farm in Spain
Spain-based solar power designer X-Elio on Tuesday launched the building and construction of its 17.4-MW solar PV project around Murcia, southeastern Spain.
Feb 9, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, x-elio, solar farm
Powering up PERC-perovskite tandem cells
Perovskite-silicon tandem cells offer among the surest pathways to a lot higher solar performances, one that has actually moved close to commercialization in the past couple of years. Much of the work reaching this stage has normally focused on developing a sensible perovskite top cell.
Feb 9, 2022 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, solar cell, Fraunhofer ISE, Perovskite-silicon tandem cells, PERC-perovskite
Brookfield strikes 985MW UK storage space offer
Agreement with Cambridge Power to establish battery sites across the nation
Feb 9, 2022 // Storage, UK, Europe, Brookfield, Richard Stanton, Cambridge Power
Iberdrola begins 86MW Portuguese PV build
Two of the 4 solar plants south of Lisbon boast bifacial modern technology
Feb 9, 2022 // Plants, Portugal, Iberdrola, Europe, solar farm
Self-assembling and also complex, nanoscale mesocrystals can be tuned for a variety of uses
A study group from KTH Royal Institute of Technology as well as Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces reports to have actually found the key to regulated construction of cerium oxide mesocrystals. The study is a progression in tuning nanomaterials that can serve a wide range of uses-- consisting of solar cells, fuel catalysts and also medicine.
Feb 9, 2022 // Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Max Planck Institute of Colloids, Inna Soroka