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Fikile Brushett is trying to find brand-new ways to keep energy
Fikile Brushett, an MIT partner teacher of chemical design, had an unusual resource of motivation for his occupation in the chemical sciences: the character played by Nicolas Cage in the 1996 motion picture "The Rock." In the movie, Cage represents an FBI drug store that hunts down a group of rogue U.S. soldiers who have actually commandeered chemical weapons and also taken over the island of Alcatraz.
Dec 3, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, Lithium-ion batteries, MIT, North America, Fikile Brushett, John Vohs
Slimming down solar cells
Solar cells for room are generally expanded on pieces of germanium steel. An ESA General Support Technology Programme (GSTP) project checked out being able to remove and also recycle this uncommon, pricey steel, causing much thinner and more affordable solar cells for missions.
Dec 3, 2020 // Technology, solar cells, Paris, ESA General Support Technology Programme, GSTP
Core Development Group to set up solar on 30 Extra Space Storage residential or commercial properties
Solar developer Core Development Group has been awarded a development contract to mount solar on 30 homes possessed by Extra Space Storage. Core Development Group will certainly be responsible for the design, development, as well as task management of PV systems.
Dec 3, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Henry Cortes, Core Development Group, Kurt Gnessin
New york city reveals 250-kWh demo battery at NYPA in White Plains
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) in White Plains revealed a brand-new lithium-ion power storage space project moneyed partly by NYSERDA made use of as a demo project for additional energy storage space release. Cadenza Innovation developed the battery technology.
Dec 3, 2020 // Storage, USA, New York, North America, nypa, Gil C. Quiniones, Doreen M. Harris, Christina Lampe-Onnerud, Helena Garriga, William Acker
Kern Solar Structures sustaining module producer FreeVolt with PV carports
Kern Solar Structures is partnering with S2A Modular and FreeVolt USA to provide Solar CarPorT frameworks for their network of 35 "MegaFactories" throughout North America. The initial phase of the partnership begins with the construction of 2 personalized 240-kW solar carport systems at S2A Modular's Patterson and Hemet MegaFactories.
Dec 3, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Kern Solar Structures, S2A Modular, FreeVolt USA, John Rowland
Investment firm gets 12-project East Coast solar portfolio from Agilitas Energy
Agilitas Energy, a Northeast renewable energy developer as well as owner-operator, closed on the sale of a 16.8 MWdc solar PV portfolio to CarVal Investors. The portfolio is made up of 12 solar projects varying from land fill, ground-mount and also roof, located in New York, Massachusetts as well as New Hampshire. Most of the projects were established, crafted built and run by the Agilitas group within the past 4 years.
Dec 3, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Solar Project, Agilitas Energy, Barrett Bilotta, Jerry Keefe
2 Massachusetts area PV projects transform hands
Cypress Creek Renewables has actually completed the sale of two Massachusetts community solar projects totalling 6.35 MW to fund manager CarVal Investors.
Dec 3, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Cypress Creek Renewables, North America, Solar Project
Capital Dynamics reaches monetary close for Eagle Shadow Mountain project
Capital Dynamics has actually ended financing for a 383MWdc PV project in Nevada that is presently under advancement by 8minute Solar Energy.
Dec 3, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Capital Dynamics, USA, PV project, North America, Benjamin Droz
'Great news': Solar's role in accomplishing Japan's 2050 carbon neutrality objectives
Solar will likely play a significant function in accomplishing Japan's plan objective of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) discharges to zero by 2050 and also can get to 130GW to 160GW in cumulative releases by the 2030 financial year.
Dec 3, 2020 // Policy, Japan, Asia, utility-scale, analysis, feed-in tariff, policy, virtual power plant, self-consumption, market forecasts, feed-in premium, ancillary services, megasolar, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon neutrality
Global environment-friendly hydrogen investments to top US$ 1bn each year by 2023 - IHS Markit
Yearly international investments in green hydrogen get on track to go beyond US$ 1 billion by 2023 as production prices drop and also governments enhance their support for the modern technology.
Dec 3, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Solar to Fuel, IHS Markit, hydrogen, electrolysis, Soufien Taamallah
Queensland's 'not a surprises' budget plan declares solar, wind as well as Renewable Energy Zone plans
The Queensland government has repeated a promise to invest millions of dollars in the growth of state-owned solar as well as wind farms in its most current budget, attracting criticism from ecological advocates.
Dec 2, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, queensland, Oceania, new south wales, green finance, Cameron Dick, solar investment, renewable energy zones, cleanco, Claire Fryer
Better Energy to deploy 1GW of subsidy-free solar thanks to pension fund bargain
Around 1GW of solar projects are to be created by Better Energy in Denmark and also Poland after the renewables business protected what it refers to as a "historical agreement" with a Danish pension fund.
Dec 2, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Poland, Europe, subsidy-free solar, Denmark, Better Energy, Rasmus Lildholdt Kjær, Industriens Pension, Laila Mortensen
Risen Energy powers Vayots Arev-1 Solar Farm in Armenia
Vayots Arev-1 Solar Farm, situated in Vayots Dzor area in southeastern Armenia, has grid-connected. Risen Energy gave their JAGER PLUS 144 mono PERC bifacial dual glass components with an overall installed capacity of 5.2 MWDC for the project.
Dec 2, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Armenia, Risen Energy, solar farm, Vayots Arev-1
New generation of solar cells contributes to the Green Revolution
The European Union is identified to carry out a major reform known as the European Green Deal with a goal of making Europe the very first climate neutral continent in 2050.
Dec 2, 2020 // Technology, solar cells, efficiency, TalTech Laboratory of Photovoltaic Materials, Marit Kauk-Kuusik
Pupil Creates Ingenious Solar Panels Made From Food Waste
Solar power is on the rise, but there's one primary barrier with this source of power. Mapua University student Carvey Ehren Maigue has actually produced a solar panel that resolves this common performance problem encountering the renewable resource.
Dec 2, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Asia, solar panel, Philippines, Carvey Ehren Maigue, Mapua University, AuREUS system