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Kenya's initial floating PV plant took into operation
German Ecoligo GmbH has finished the initial floating solar plant in Kenya. The 69 kilowatt system provides tidy energy to the sustainable Rift Valley Roses blossom farm as well as floats on among the farm's water reservoirs, saving space. The system matches another 75 kW planetary system which has been installed on a roof in 2019. The farm can now satisfy 60 percent of its electrical energy requires via solar energy.
Apr 7, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Floating PV, Germany, floating PV, Europe, PV Power Plant, Ecoligo GmbH
Sunseap and also Facebook sign multi-year PPA for solar power
Sunseap Group has actually authorized a multi-year online power purchase agreement (VPPA) with Facebook for solar energy from Singapore's largest overseas floating solar farm (OFPV) in the Straits of Johor.
Apr 7, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, PPA, Facebook, Sunseap
New material for catholytes and anolytes in organic redox flow batteries
Scientists from Skoltech as well as their collaborators have designed, synthesized and assessed brand-new substances that can function as catholytes as well as anolytes for organic redox flow batteries, bringing this appealing modern technology better to massive execution. Both papers were released in the Journal of Materials Chemistry An and Chemical Communications.
Apr 7, 2021 // Technology, Storage, Skoltech, Redox flow batteries, Elena Romadina, Keith Stevenson, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Gore Street seeks battery war chest
Capital increased will certainly go towards completion of a near-term acquisition and growth of its Irish projects
Apr 7, 2021 // Storage, UK, Europe, Gore Street, Alex O'Cinneide
Statkraft completes second Irish battery project
26MW Kelwin-2 in County Kerry will provide books to the power grid under an agreement with EirGrid
Apr 7, 2021 // Storage, Ireland, Europe, Statkraft, Kevin O’Donovan
Fluence, Siemens supply Baltic battery pilot
Lithuania TSO will utilize 1MW system to inject or absorb actual as well as responsive power in online transmission line idea
Apr 7, 2021 // Storage, Europe, Lithuania, Siemens, Fluence, Manuel Perez Dubuc, LITGRID
Vattenfall JV begins work on hydrogen cavern storage
HYBRIT project being established with SSAB and also LKAB
Apr 7, 2021 // Storage, Solar to Fuel, Sweden, Europe, Vattenfall, green hydrogen
Wärtsilä Picked by RWE for 80 MWh Energy Storage Space Project
Wärtsilä has gotten the award of a 40 MW/ 80 MWh DC-coupled solar plus storage space system in Georgia, USA from RWE Renewables.
Apr 7, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Storage, USA, Georgia, solar plus storage, Europe, North America, Wärtsilä, rwe renewables, International, Projects
LONGi Signs up for Green Hydrogen With Unique Device
LONGi Green Energy, the biggest solar manufacturer worldwide, has proceeded and also integrated an organization device in March to check out and also get in early right into the environment-friendly Hydrogen market. LONGi has a targeted manufacturing capacity of 40 GW in components, 20 GW in cells, as well as mono ingots at 65 GW.
Apr 7, 2021 // Solar to Fuel, hydrogen, longi solar, Li Zhenguo, green hydrogen, Yunfei Bai
Zenobe to create 100MW UK battery
Energy storage space plant in Mersey in England will certainly be operational in 2022
Apr 6, 2021 // Storage, UK, Europe, Zenobe Energy, James Basden
ISC & EESL Partnership Program to Conserve 66.5 MkWh of Energy
The Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC), an independent US-based charitable organization, and also Energy Efficiency Solutions Limited (EESL), a joint-venture company under India's Ministry of Power, have actually finished another successful year of collaboration on National Motor Replacement Program (NMRP).
Apr 6, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, Electricity, Institute for Sustainable Communities, Ministry of Power, Vivek Adhia
Very first projects in Oregon's mandated community solar program currently coming online
4 community solar farms are coming online in Oregon within the Portland General Electric solution area. Each 2.5-MW project is sustained by renewable energy provider Neighborhood Power and also Mana Monitoring.
Apr 6, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, solar farm, Benjamin S. Collinwood, Zoltan Milaskey
Oriden, URE to construct 11-MW solar project for Blue Ridge Energy in North Carolina
Blue Ridge Energy, a member-owned electric cooperative offering northwest North Carolina, has picked Oriden to establish a 11-MW solar project as part of its Brighter Future campaign. The co-op is targeting to accomplish net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. On top of that, United Renewable Energy will certainly EPC the project.
Apr 6, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North Carolina, North America, URE, Oriden, Blue Ridge Energy, Doug Johnson, Michael Berlin
Ameresco intends 5-MW solar + storage space project on Colorado university land
Ameresco, a cleantech integrator focusing on energy effectiveness as well as renewable energy, has actually partnered with Holy Cross Energy (HCE) for a solar + storage project ashore rented from Colorado Mountain College at its Spring Valley Campus in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
Apr 6, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, North America, ameresco, solar + storage project, Louis Maltezos, Bryan Hannegan, Heather Exby
Renewables industry shows 'strength' in 2020 with strong solar installs across Asia-- IRENA
The International Renewable Energy Agency's (IRENA) director-general has hailed the beginning of a "decade of renewables", adhering to a 2020 that saw China and also the United States drive global solar setups.
Apr 6, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, China, Asia, IRENA, Francesco La Camera, solar installations