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New residential battery inverter from Ginlong
The Chinese producer has introduced a hybrid product with a power variety of 6.5-13 kW. The device has an optimal effectiveness of 98.4%, according to Ginlong, and also battery charging/discharging performance of 97.5%.
Jun 16, 2020 // Storage, Inverters, China, Asia, Ningbo Ginlong Technologies
Strategies introduced for 1 GW solar-storage-hydrogen facility in China
Chinese programmer Panda Green states it has discussed exclusive civil liberties to establish a $1.41 billion job in Xinjiang which will include PV as well as photothermal generation, hydrogen production as well as energy storage.
Jun 16, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, China, Asia, Panda Green, solar-storage-hydrogen
Romania allocates $59 million for solar rebates
The federal government will certainly give rebates to residential PV tasks and might conceal to 90% of the expenses of getting and also releasing a rooftop array.
Jun 16, 2020 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Europe, Romania, Andreea Kohalmi Szabo
A consider China's PV hardship reduction policy
A global study team claims that China's PV poverty alleviation plan has increase disposable income levels in the country's poorest counties. The Chinese federal government intends to set up greater than 10 GW of PV, especially in the most impoverished parts of eastern China, to assist 2 million people by the end of this year.
Jun 16, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, China, Asia
Hydrogen storage space in salt caves
Researchers in Germany have actually determined salt caverns as a viable and flexible remedy for hydrogen storage space. They additionally disclosed that Europe has the potential to infuse hydrogen in bedded salt deposits and salt domes, with an overall storage space capacity of 84.8 PWh.
Jun 16, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Europe, hydrogen
Risk to US web metering
The Solar Energy Industries Association has advised the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reject a petition to ditch internet metering, entirely on legal premises. A declaring by Solar United Neighbors, Vote Solar, and other groups makes a legal case as well as also rebuts the petition's insurance claims concerning net metering.
Jun 16, 2020 // Commercial, Residential, USA, SEIA, FERC, North America
Colombia enhances tax incentives for renewables
The procedures to protect earnings tax obligation reductions, value-added tax exclusions, customizeds duty exceptions, as well as sped up depreciation prices for sustainable tasks has been shortened to 45 days.
Jun 16, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, South america, Colombia, tax
Positive news for California rooftop solar in Q2-- thus far
With a data factor of one (California solar interconnection data through the end of April), the author makes hopeful reasonings about U.S. solar in Q2 as well as 2020.
Jun 16, 2020 // Rooftop PV, Market Research, USA, North America, Brad Heavner
Start-up with MIT origins creates light-weight photovoltaic panels
The innovations and also technological innovations of Swift Solar have the chance to change the layout of solar photovoltaic innovation
Jun 16, 2020 // Technology, MIT, Sam Stranks, perovskites, lightweight solar panels, Swift Solar, Max Hoerantner, Vladimir Bulović
Portsmouth City Council solar generation hits new record thanks to sunny springtime
Portsmouth City Council has actually videotaped a record quantity of solar generation during the COVID-19 lockdown thanks to the sunniest spring on record.
Jun 15, 2020 // Plants, Commercial, Residential, UK, Europe, covid-19, Dave Ashmore
CEL opens tender to acquire 3 lakh multicrystalline solar cells
Only domestic manufacturers with multicrystalline solar cell manufacturing ability of a minimum 30 MW per year are qualified to apply. Bidding closes on June 27.
Jun 15, 2020 // Manufacturing News, India, solar cells, Asia, CEL, multi-crystalline
Tata Power to develop 120 MW solar project in Gujarat
The integrated power manufacturer's sustainable ability will certainly now swell to 3,457 MW. Of this, 2,634 MW (932 MW wind and 1702 MW solar) is operational as well as 820 MW solar (including the current 120 MW won from Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited) under execution.
Jun 15, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Asia, tata power, Solar Project
How software solutions can relieve downturn results on area solar
Successful community solar development calls for harmonizing construction, financing, and also customer acquisition and also management. Digital administration systems can give programmers the devices to specifically handle these elements and obtain the most out of their jobs.
Jun 15, 2020 // Software, Opinions, USA, North America, BRIT GIBSON
Sonnedix, Natixis pen US$ 87m, 100MWp Chilean solar offer
Sonnedix and also French financier Natixis have actually closed senior financing facilities to bring forward as much as 100MWp of solar in Chile.
Jun 15, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, IPP, Natixis, Sonnedix, Axel Thiemann, Chile, South america, Latin america, latam, financing, pmgd
Britishvolt assigns brand-new CSO to support gigaplant ambitions
Battery producer Britishvolt has selected a new chief technique police officer as it remains to work towards the UK's first gigafactory.
Jun 15, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Storage, storage, UK, Battery Storage, Europe, Lithium ion, Lars Carlstrom, Britishvolt, Isobel Sheldon