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Orsted finishes 460MW US PV-battery
Permian Energy Center brings onshore operating ability in the nation to 2.1 GW.
May 4, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, North America, Orsted, Neil O'Donovan
Renesola forges European PV joint endeavor
Initial portfolio with Eiffel Investment Group spans 340MW progressed phase projects in Poland, Spain and France
May 4, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, Josef Kastner, ReneSola Power, Pierre-Antoine Machelon
Virginia thumbs up for Dominion 500MW PV spree
6 of the nine projects approved connect to PPAs while 3 are owned and operated by the firm
May 4, 2021 // Plants, USA, Dominion Energy, North America, Ed Baine
NextEra brings on-line 130MW Arizona PV plus storage space
Wilmot Energy Center will provide electrical power to Tucson Electric Power consumers
May 4, 2021 // Plants, USA, North America, Susan Gray, Wilmot Energy Center
EDF starts construction on Irish PV trio
Coolroe, Blusheens and also Curraghmartin projects have actually an integrated ability of 17MW and also are anticipated on-line next year
May 4, 2021 // Plants, EDF, Europe, Kevin Daly
Scientists develop compact on-chip tool for spotting electric-field waveforms with attosecond time resolution
Recognizing how light waves oscillate in time as they engage with products is essential to understanding light-driven energy transfer in products, such as solar cells or plants. Because of the remarkably broadband at which light waves oscillate, nevertheless, scientists have yet to establish a compact tool with adequate time resolution to directly record them.
May 4, 2021 // Technology, MIT, Phillip Donnie Keathley, DESY, Peter Hommelhoff
'Twisting' atomic materials might convert light into electricity
A pair of physicists at the University of California, Riverside, are aiming to convert light falling on atomically thin semiconductor materials into power, having actually obtained more than $582,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of the Army.
May 4, 2021 // Technology, USA, North America, University of California, Riverside, Tania Paskova, Gabor
Combining solar panels and also lamb grazing boosts land productivity, research locates
Land performance could be greatly boosted by incorporating sheep grazing and also solar energy production on the same land, according to brand-new study by Oregon State University researchers.
May 4, 2021 // Technology, Plants, USA, Oregon State University, North America, Alyssa Andrew, Serkan Ates
Renewable energy resources: Heading in the direction of large-scale thermal storage systems
High-temperature technologies make it possible for electrothermal storage space systems for large amounts of energy from renewable sources.
May 4, 2021 // Technology, Storage, Thermal, Germany, Europe, KIT, Thomas Wetzel, Klarissa Niedermeier, Alfons Weisenburger, Walter Tromm
China Q1 solar installs leading 5.5 GW as foundation is laid for anticipated end of year thrill
China mounted 5.56 GW of solar in Q1 2021, new information from the country's National Renewable Energy Consumption Monitoring and Warning Center has revealed.
May 4, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Policy, China, Asia
Solarcentury retires brand name as it fully signs up with Statkraft
Solar developer Solarcentury's brand has been retired following the firm's procurement by Norwegian state-owned utility Statkraft.
May 4, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, solarcentury, Statkraft, Barbara Flesche, Birgitte Ringstad Vartdal
Scatec increased by brand-new hydropower possessions and also conclusion of solar parks
Scatec uploaded a boosted first-quarter economic efficiency, increased by the conclusion of brand-new solar projects and the closing of its purchase of hydropower designer SN Power.
May 4, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Raymond Carlsen, Scatec, IPP
Generac's C&I company returns to growth as web sales rise 70%.
Power item provider Generac's sales got better in the initial 3 months of 2021, raising 70% compared to the same duration last year.
May 4, 2021 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, North America, generac power
IBC Solar and also Enphase get in circulation deal for microinverters, energy storage space systems
German PV options company IBC Solar is adding microinverters and energy storage systems from Enphase Energy to its item portfolio
May 4, 2021 // Residential, Inverters, microinverters, Europe, Enphase, IBC Solar, Enphase Enlighten, Peter van Berkel
Duke Energy targets 23% renewables in power result by 2030
United States utilities group Duke Energy Corp (NYSE: DUK) will certainly seek to create 23% of its electricity from wind, solar and hydropower by 2030 as it devotes to add more renewables into the mix.
Apr 30, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Duke Energy, North America, Katherine Neebe