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Solar awnings over parking lots aid business as well as consumers
The variety of people that possess electric cars (EVs) is increasing, yet they encounter a quandary: Unlike those who possess gasoline-burning cars, EV owners can not just stand out down to the corner gasoline station for a fill-up. Specifically in rural areas, charging stations can be scarce.
Feb 15, 2021 // BIPV, Technology, USA, North America, EV, Joshua Pearce, Richard Witte, Sanjay Deshmukh, Solar awnings
Bristol-led study will certainly interrupt solar as well as quicken initiatives towards Net-Zero target
A team of scientists, led by chemists from the University of Bristol, has received substantial financing from the UKRI to revolutionise the construction as well as application of photovoltaic devices, made use of to create solar energy.
Feb 15, 2021 // Technology, Bristol, David Fermin, Jake Bowers, Northumbria University, Loughborough University, UKRI
Sonnedix's 170MW project in Chile starts procedures
Independent power manufacturer Sonnedix started operations at a 170MW solar plant in Chile, the firm's biggest PV project to-date. The plant, located in the nation's Pica neighborhood, came online on 30 January, roughly 19 months after building and construction initial started.
Feb 15, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Sonnedix, Axel Thiemann, Chile, South america, PV Power Plant
NextEnergy solar fund snaps up Portugal PV project
NextEnergy Capital's global institutional solar fund, NextPower III ESG, has actually purchased a 39MWp solar project in Portugal, its third purchase in the nation.
Feb 15, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Portugal, Europe, Solar Project, Filinto Martins, NextEnergy
MMWEC to build 30-acre solar project in Ludlow
MMWEC, which stands for and also gives power for community energies around the state, will certainly build a 7-megawatt, $14.5 million solar array on 30 acres at its campus at the end of Moody Street.
Feb 12, 2021 // Plants, UK, Europe, Solar Project, MMWEC, Ludlow, Ronald C. DeCurzio
Elon Musk claims solar electrical van makes even more feeling than Cybertruck
Tesla employer Elon Musk states the Cybertruck might have photovoltaic panels as part of its attributes, but admits that a solar electrical van would make "a bit more sense".
Feb 12, 2021 // Transport, TESLA, Elon Musk, Cybertruck
LG introduces 2 66-cell solar modules getting to 425 W for residential market
LG has introduced 2 brand-new photovoltaic panels and also upgrades to its NeON module line for 2021.
Feb 12, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Residential, solar modules, LG, David Chang, NeON module
Intel will buy power from 138-MW solar project in PGE area in Northern Oregon
Portland General Electric (PGE) will certainly become part of a 15-year PPA with Avangrid Renewables for a 138-MW solar project being created in Wasco County, Oregon. Innovation company Intel will purchase the whole of the power from the project, called Daybreak Solar.
Feb 12, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Solar Project, Intel, Marty Sedler, Holly Carias
Global Solar Council asks for 'feeling of seriousness' in 2021 to increase energy shift
The Global Solar Council (GSC) is anticipating for 2021 to be "transformational" for solar power, as the field improves energy from governments' efforts to drive a green post-pandemic recuperation and expanding capitalist self-confidence in the PV field.
Feb 12, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, energy transition, José Donoso, cop26, global solar council, Gianni Chianetta
'Unbelievable demand' for generators as well as residential storage space offsets Generac's C&I sales dip
Power product supplier Generac's web sales rose to a record US$ 2.5 billion in 2020 thanks to soaring need for residence generators as well as rapid development in the United States' residential solar-plus-storage industry which kept gross margins buoyant.
Feb 12, 2021 // Residential, Storage, USA, North America, residential storage, generac power systems, home energy solution
Saltwater Batteries for Solar PV system
Renewable energy sources are playing a vital role in overcoming the world energy issues and climate change issues. The storage system requirement for the renewable energy sector especially for solar PV systems is inevitable as renewable energy sources are dependent on natural conditions.
Feb 12, 2021 // Storage, Li-ion batteries, solar pv, Tesvolt, EPC Unlimited Energy, Blue energy
Developments in the BIPV Sector
The BIPV (Building Integrated PhotoVoltaic) has seen several advancements during the last couple of decades. The idea is to use PV modules in buildings in such a way that these modules become a part of the building’s facade, walls, roof or windows.
Feb 12, 2021 // BIPV, bipv, TESLA, pv modules, Building-integrated photovoltaics, Onyx Solar
EDPR bags 50 MW of solar in Hungarian renewables public auction
Madrid-based renewables developer EDP Renovaveis SA (ELI: EDPR) has actually protected a 15-year contract-for-difference (CfD) for a 50-MW solar project in Hungary in the nation's latest renewables auction.
Feb 12, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Hungary, Europe, auction, EDPR
Italy's Alerion Clean Power to establish photovoltaic or pv plants in Romania
Italian renewable resource holding Alerion Clean Power has signed an arrangement to establish photovoltaic or pv plants in Romania with a total installed power of approximately 200 MW, it stated.
Feb 12, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Europe, Romania, PV Power Plant, Alerion Clean Power
Residential solar company Otovo wraps up EUR-35m placement
European household solar firm Otovo today said it has actually finished an exclusive placement that was numerous times oversubscribed and also brought NOK 358 million (USD 42.3 m/EUR 34.9 m) for the Norway-based firm as well as marketing shareholders.
Feb 12, 2021 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Sweden, France, Italy, Poland, Europe, Norway, Otovo