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Tesla sets sights on reclaiming US solar market leadership after installs dive
Tesla reported a considerable increase in power storage space releases for the 4th quarter of 2020, more than doubling record figures from the previous quarter as battery production growths brought about better product availability but demand still outstrips supply.
Jan 29, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, TESLA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Sunrun, rooftop, pv modules, solar-plus-storage, vivint solar, residential, North America
'Climate Wednesday': Just how President Biden means to stimulate yet further renewables development in the US
Having considered the other day "Climate Wednesday", US President Joe Biden signed a raft of Executive Orders developed to ratchet up the US' initiatives to fight climate modification and increase the development of its residential renewables sector.
Jan 29, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Donald Trump, North America, Abigail Ross Hopper, Joe Biden, president biden
EDF and also Total JV protects US$ 165m for 450MWp Indian solar park
A joint endeavor (JV) between Total and also EDF Renewables has protected US$ 165 million to finance the building of a 450MWp solar project in India.
Jan 29, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Total Eren, SECI, Asia, EDEN Renewables, EDF Renewables, JV, Laurence Juin
PNE USA obtains 4 solar projects as it continues to expand its US pipe
PNE USA has acquired 4 solar projects completing 280MW located in the MISO, PJM, and also WECC markets in the United States.
Jan 28, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, solar projects, PNE USA, Karl Dahlstrom
VivoPower's J.A. Martin finishes Molong Solar Farm
VivoPower International PLC has actually completed the electric benefit the 39MWdc Molong Solar Farm, situated outside the town of Orange in New South Wales, Australia.
Jan 28, 2021 // Plants, Australia, Oceania, solar farm, VivoPower, Phil Lowbridge
AES Commissions Alamitos Energy Storage Facility in Long Beach, California
Fluence Battery Storage System Will Increase the Delivery of Reliable, Sustainable Energy for Southern California Customers
Jan 28, 2021 // Storage, California, USA, sPower, North America, John Zahurancik, sustainable energy, AES Corporation, Fluence, William Walsh, Fluence Battery Storage System
BayWa RE inks Polish solar offtake
65MW project near to the German border schedules online in the initial fifty percent of this year
Jan 28, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Poland, Europe, Baywa re, HeidelbergCement, Andrzej Reclik
Ions in molten salts can 'break the flow'
In a brand-new write-up published in the scientific journal Communications Chemistry, a research group at Uppsala University program, utilizing computer system simulations, that ions do not constantly behave as anticipated. In their study on molten salts, they had the ability to see that, sometimes, the ions in the salt combination they were researching influence each other so much that they might even relocate the "incorrect" instructions-- that is, in the direction of an electrode with the exact same charge.
Jan 28, 2021 // Technology, Storage, Europe, Uppsala University, David van der Spoel, Marie-Madeleine Walz
RWE Renewables as well as SkySails Power team up on kite power
German energy company RWE Renewables has actually signed a collaboration agreement with SkySails Power to harness high-altitude winds with a kite-powered generator.
Jan 28, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, rwe renewables, SkySails Power, Katja Wünschel, Stephan Wrage
Lunar solar experiment develop finished in spite of challenges
NASA is one action better to understanding the solar energy challenges and opportunities on the Moon's surface area after finishing the build as well as readiness evaluation of the Photovoltaic Investigation on the Lunar Surface, or PILS, experiment.
Jan 28, 2021 // Technology, USA, NASA, North America, Matt DeMinico, Jeremiah McNatt, Tim Peshek, Cleveland
Researchers create perovskite solar modules with better dimension, power and security
Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have actually produced perovskite solar modules with enhanced stability and also performance by utilizing a brand-new manufacture strategy that reduced issues. Their findings were released on the 25th January in Advanced Energy Materials.
Jan 28, 2021 // Technology, Japan, Asia, perovskite, solar modules, efficiency, OIST, Yabing Qi, Guoqing Tong
Virginia's University of Richmond represent complete electrical power use with solar power
The University of Richmond is now one of just two college establishments in the United States, and also the initial in the southeast, to match 100% of its electrical energy needs with a solitary solar power source.
Jan 28, 2021 // Grids, USA, sPower, Virginia, North America, University of Richmond, Spider Solar, Mark Detterick
EDF Renewables acquires C&I solar installer EnterSolar
EDF Renewables North America (EDFR) revealed its 100% procurement of EnterSolar, a nationwide carrier of dispersed generation solar solutions to business commercial and also commercial (C&I) consumers.
Jan 28, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, EDF Renewables, EnterSolar, Raphael Declercq, Peyton Boswell
Longroad Energy, Swinerton total 160-MWac Little Bear solar project in California
MCE and also Longroad Energy are excited to reveal the conclusion of the 160-MWAC/215-MWDC Little Bear solar complicated in Fresno County, California.
Jan 28, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, California, USA, North America, longroad energy, Michael Alvarez, Solar Project, Dawn Weisz, Swinerton
KiloVault releases new line of 1.2-kWh lithium batteries
KiloVault has actually released 2 brand-new 1.2-kWh lithium batteries. The 1200 HLX and also 1200 CHLX can deal with 80 A of continuous billing existing and 100 A of constant discharging present. Their smaller sized weight make them ideally fit for off-grid power storage space, to name a few applications.
Jan 28, 2021 // Storage, lithium batteries, KiloVault