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Vale to Install Brazil's Largest Battery Storage System
Brazilian mining titan Vale is partnering with Siemens and MicroPower Comerc on a 5MW/10MWh lithium-ion battery system at a huge port center in Rio de Janeiro.
Sep 10, 2020 // Storage, Market Research, TESLA, South america, Brazil, Siemens, Vale, MicroPower Comerc
Reaching Zero with Renewables (Preview).
Removing CO2 discharges in industry and transport.
Sep 10, 2020 // Market Research, IRENA
The Solar+ Decade & American Renewable Energy Manufacturing
SEIA has an ambitious goal-- solar power will certainly make up 20% of all U.S. power generation by 2030. To reach this target, the large growth the solar market realized over the last decade will require to continue for the next years.
Sep 10, 2020 // Market Research, USA, SEIA, North America
100 Gigawatts of Domestic Production Ability by 2030
You most likely listened to the disagreements why U.S. solar manufacturing can not contend. Our labor expenses are too high. It's all automated so there aren't that many jobs anyways. And also it's too late, we can not catch-up with various other nations.
Sep 10, 2020 // Market Research, USA, SEIA, North America
Utility Solar Market Drives Q2 Growth as Pandemic Causes Drop in Rooftop Solar Installations
The U.S. solar market remains strong, though pandemic work stoppages remain to create difficulties for distributed solar.
Sep 10, 2020 // Market Research, USA, SEIA, Wood Mackenzie, North America, Abigail Ross Hopper, Austin Perea
Lightsource BP offers 275MWdc of solar to Statkraft Ireland
Statkraft Ireland has actually obtained a portfolio of 275MWdc of solar from Lightsource BP.
Sep 10, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, UK, Lightsource BP, Europe, Statkraft
MYSUN Commissions 1.75 MW Rooftop Solar Plant in Rajasthan
MYSUN has efficiently appointed a 1.75 MW roof solar energy plant in Bhilwara, Rajasthan for a reputed fabric company.
Sep 10, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, India, Asia, rooftop PV, MYSUN, Gagan Vermani
Titagarh Wagons Ties up With Fourth Partner Energy for 4.8 MW Solar Power
Titagarh Wagons has actually signed a PPA with Fourth Partner Energy to procure 4.8 MW of solar energy to fulfill ~ 25% of its yearly electrical energy need with tidy energy
Sep 10, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, PPA, India, Asia, West Bengal, Fourth Partner Energy, Titagarh Wagons, Karan Chadha
BayWa r.e. ramps up United States ambition via Enable Energy procurement
German renewables programmer BayWa r.e. has purchased US-based solar and power storage space options company Enable Energy Inc (EEI), taking its pipe of solar and also wind projects in the Americas to greater than 5GW.
Sep 10, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, solar-plus-storage, North America, baywa r.e., Axel Veeser, Brad Ferrell
United States utility-scale solar 'resilient' under COVID as Q2 2020 installs leading 3.5 GW.
US large-scale solar release remained resilient throughout a pandemic-stricken Q2, but rooftop solar installs fallen down by virtually one-quarter as shelter-in-place orders dented activity.
Sep 10, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Wood Mackenzie, Trump, residential solar, North America, Abigail Ross Hopper, Austin Perea
Terabase Energy lands US$ 6m funding round to supply ultra-cheap solar
Solar start-up Terabase Energy has closed a US$ 6 million Series A financing round, revealing an objective to help drive down solar generation expenses to listed below US$ 0.01/ kWh by 2025.
Sep 10, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, SunPower, soft costs, Start-up, terabase energy, sjf ventures
France desires 6.5 GW of hydrogen capability by 2030
Government ministers Barbara Pompili and also Bruno Le Maire today revealed a national technique for carbon-free hydrogen to the French Association for hydrogen and fuel cells and also various other significant players in the state's hydrogen economic climate.
Sep 10, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Solar to Fuel, France, Europe, hydrogen, Barbara Pompili, Bruno Le Maire
Panama to hold October renewables public auction
Picked projects will certainly safeguard five-year power acquisition contracts as well as will need to begin business procedure on January 1.
Sep 10, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, auction, North America, panama, covid-19
Power-to-heat for area heating might drive wind and solar
Researchers state the innovation could aid drive clean power deployment in nations with limited grids or in separated, coal-based energy systems. According to their version, Kosovo might see a solid boost in wind and PV ability if power-to-heat is coupled with thermal energy storage space for fixed-capacity district home heating.
Sep 10, 2020 // Technology, Large-Scale, Storage, Kosovo, Aalborg University
Titanium oxide nanofluid-based cooling technique for PV panels
Indian and also Malaysian researchers have actually created a brand-new cooling system including a set up back-channel connected on the back sides of photovoltaic panels, to funnel circulations of titanium oxide and water. They made use of a 0.6% nanofluid focus-- the optimal value of nanoparticle focus in water.
Sep 10, 2020 // Technology, India, Asia, cooling system