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Tesla solar service strikes brand-new lows in profits, deployment
It was a collection of firsts, consisting of a solid complete year and also Megapack making a profit, that factored right into CEO Elon Musk clarifying that he has actually "never ever been much more positive or excited regarding the future of Tesla." Austin, Texas, has been verified as the website of the following Gigafactory.
Jul 23, 2020 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, USA, TESLA, Elon Musk, North America
Special solar panels for agrivoltaics
BayWa r.e. as well as GroenLeven have created unique monocrytalline photovoltaic panels for 5 pilot agrivoltaic projects they are releasing in the Netherlands. They are examining weather-resistant 240 W glass-glass panels with various transparency degrees.
Jul 23, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Europe, baywa r.e., GroenLeven, agrivoltaic, Willem De Vries
Pressing the boundaries of PV cell level of sensitivity
Researchers in Australia and also the United States have taken care of to 'upconvert' light from below the silicon bandgap right into high-energy light that can be caught by silicon solar cells.
Jul 23, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, Australia, Oceania, North America, Tim Schmidt, Jared Cole, Elham Gholizadeh
Navy Station in Raigad Brings Online 2 MW Solar Power Plant
The very first 2 MW solar power plant of the western command of the Indian Navy was ushered in at the IN Karanja Station in Raigad area of Maharashtra.
Jul 22, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, maharashtra, PV Power Plant, Projects, Indian Navy, Raigad
Britishvolt and Welsh Govt Sign MoU for 30 GWh Battery Factory
Maker Britishvolt has authorized an MOU with the Welsh Government to establish a readily viable 30 GWh battery manufacturing plant in South Wales.
Jul 22, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Storage, battery, Lithium ion, Britishvolt, Wales, Orral Nadjari
China Solar Manufactures up 15.7% in Jan-June 2020, claims CPIA
The China Photovoltaic Solar Association (CPIA), an industry body of solar producers in the country, has introduced that manufacturers in the nation created 15.7 percent higher manufacturing of photovoltaic panels, at 59 GW in the very first six months of this year.
Jul 22, 2020 // Manufacturing News, India, China, Asia
Bid Extension for Tender for 10 MW Solar Projects in Jaipur
SECI has alerted that the bid entry due date for its tender for setting up of 10 MW grid-connected solar PV power project in Jaipur has actually been prolonged.
Jul 22, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, SECI, tender, Asia, Projects, Jaipur
LG Chem Unveils Full Home Backup Solution With SolarEdge
LG Chem has actually announced that it has actually joined pressures with SolarEdge to bring compatibility with the LG RESU10H (400V, 9.8 kWh) residence battery.
Jul 22, 2020 // Storage, Inverters, Software, LG CHEM, SolarEdge, battery, International, RESU Home Battery, LG Chem SolarEdge, Jeongjin Hong
NV Energy files plans for three solar-plus-storage projects in Nevada
Utility NV Energy has actually revealed plans to develop three solar parks as well as a massive transmission line project in Nevada, as it aims to transform the state's clean energy landscape.
Jul 22, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, Nevada, solar-plus-storage, North America, nv energy, Battery Energy Storage, Doug Cannon
Microsoft reveals company's single largest green energy PPA
Microsoft has actually introduced its solitary biggest renewable resource profile investment with a new deal with United States power company Sol Systems.
Jul 22, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, PPA, Microsoft, North America, corporate ppa, sol systems, corporate commitments, corporate social responsibility, Yuri Horwitz
Enel targets United States multi-gigawatt solar, storage build-out as maiden crossbreed breaks ground
Enel Green Power has begun on its first solar-storage hybrid project in the United States, setting its sights on deploying 1GW of energy storage over the following 2 years at the same time.
Jul 22, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, ENERGY STORAGE, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Enel, enel green power, North America, colocation
Iberdrola keeps foot on the environment-friendly accelerator in spite of US$ 180m pandemic expense
Iberdrola has actually hit the accelerator on its renewables financial investments in H1 even with the pandemic, as the international utility looks to move on with a project pipeline that currently goes beyond 58GW.
Jul 22, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Spain, Iberdrola, South america, Europe, Brazil, renewables, us, covid-19, utility, Ignacio Galan
Tandem solar modules vs commercial crystalline
Researchers in France have tried to predict the competitiveness of tandem PV modules versus industrial crystalline items in 2030. Crystalline items will be 22-24% reliable in a years, according to the researchers, perhaps 25% if interdigitated back-contact heterojunction versions come to be mainstream. To contend, tandem devices will require to supply similar lifetime and also degradation prices, plus effectiveness of 30%.
Jul 22, 2020 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, France, pv modules, solar cells, Europe, perovskite
Ukraine's legislation on FIT restructuring has passed: The specialist sight
Ukrainian renewable resource lawyer Svitlana Teush takes a look at the legislation which will certainly specify the cuts to be used in Ukraine after extensive negotiation between federal government as well as the clean energy sector.
Jul 22, 2020 // Policy, FiT, Ukraine, Svitlana Teush, Europe
Planned law could unlock 4 GW of UK storage space projects
The federal government's Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has actually prepared second legislation focused on relieving the building of huge scale power storage projects for renewables. Around 100 such batteries could be deployed thanks to the proposed guidelines, according to the department.
Jul 22, 2020 // Storage, UK, Europe, BEIS