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Shell taps sonnen to pilot 'first of its kind' solar-storage tariff in the UK
Shell's power supply department has actually released a new solar and storage tariff in the UK that aims to "change" just how domestic solar installations are used.
Jul 18, 2020 // Residential, Tariffs, UK, Europe, solar-plus-storage, shell, Shell Energy, Sonnen, Colin Crooks
SolarEdge co-founder Handelsman to stand down
SolarEdge has actually confirmed that founder Lior Handelsman is to stand down from his permanent duty at the business.
Jul 18, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Lior Handelsman, solardge
ReNew Power plans foray into solar cell and also module production
The Haryana-based designer will spend Rs 1500-2000 crore in establishing the solar cell and also module manufacturing facility, which will at first have a production ability of 2 GW per year.
Jul 18, 2020 // Manufacturing News, India, Asia, ReNew Power, Sumant Sinha
URE introduces Taiwan manufacturing facility disposal
The Taiwanese supplier said it has sold its Jhunan Kebei plant to a Taiwan-based manufacturer of masks for semiconductor production. However, it will enhance capacity at its manufacturing facility in Tainan by as much as 200 MW in the third quarter.
Jul 18, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Taiwan, Jhunan Kebei
Second life batteries find new residence at Suffolk College
Connected Energy is to set up the initial of its brand-new generation of second life power storage space systems as part of a Suffolk County Council project.
Jul 17, 2020 // Storage, UK, Europe, Connected Energy, Matthew Lumsden, Justine Oakes
Wales selected for lithium-ion gigafactory and 200MW solar ranch
Britishvolt has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Welsh government for the advancement of its "landmark" gigafactory.
Jul 17, 2020 // Large-Scale, Storage, UK, Europe, Britishvolt, Orral Nadjar
Australian rooftop PV might face grid restraints
The capability to feed electrical energy from roof PV selections into Australia's circulation network may be seriously restricted in the future, as installments appear most likely to surpass assumptions. A Cornwall Insight projection sees some 24.45 GW of rooftop solar to be included with 2030-- a rate that increases the demand for a distribution-level market and may see connections cut in the future.
Jul 17, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, Australia, rooftop PV, Oceania, Ben Cerini
Riding the Sun- Solar Inverter Market Outlook Report
The boom in renewable resource has actually produced a flourishing new sector today in India, with a lot of attention focused on the modules or PV panels. However, there is an additional, crucial part in solar as well as other renewable resource systems that has actually emerged with its own unique policies of interaction. The solar inverter market.
Jul 17, 2020 // Inverters, Market Research, India, Asia
Dealing with a downturn? Not utility-scale solar!
Utility-scale solar power has shrugged off any type of financial headwinds to tape-record a strong initial fifty percent, according to today's figures from Wiki-Solar. Global set up capability rose to over 240 GWAC, with 24 GW of brand-new setups-- over half of 2019's record full-year total.
Jul 17, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Market Research, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, North America
Renewable resource data 2020
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) creates comprehensive, trusted data sets on renewable resource ability and also use worldwide. Renewable Energy Statistics 2020 provides information sets on power-generation capability for 2010-2019, real power generation for 2010-2018 and also renewable energy equilibriums for over 130 countries and also areas for 2017-2018.
Jul 17, 2020 // Market Research, IRENA
2020 Annual Technology Baseline Electricity Data Now Available
Power analysts, modelers, and system organizers, the delay mores than: the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has actually released the 2020 update to its Annual Technology Baseline (ATB), an essential source of trusted electricity-generation technology expense and also performance information that can sustain and also educate electrical industry analysis in the United States.
Jul 17, 2020 // Market Research, USA, NREL, North America, doe, ATB, Laura Vimmerstedt
New Catalytic Process Turns Renewable and also Waste Carbon right into Cleaner, High-Performance Diesel Biofuel Blendstock
A new single-phase stimulant that makes it possible for the conversion of sustainable and waste carbon into lasting diesel fuels has actually been established through a special cooperation in between the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and two U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) consortia, Chemical Catalysis for Bioenergy (ChemCatBio) and the Co-Optimization of Fuels & Engines (Co-Optima) effort.
Jul 17, 2020 // Market Research, USA, NREL, carbon, North America, Derek Vardon, diesel fuels
Vellore Smart City Tenders for 1.2 MW Solar Power Plant
Vellore Smart City Limited (VSCL) has actually provided a tender for establishing of 1.2 MW solar energy plant near the Palar river in the state of Tamil Nadu.
Jul 17, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, India, tender, Asia, solar plant, Projects, Vellore Smart City
SECI Tenders for 1070 MW Solar Projects in Rajasthan
SECI has provided a tender for setting up of 1070 MW grid-connected solar PV power projects in the state of Rajasthan (Tranche-III).
Jul 17, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, India, SECI, tender, Asia, Rajasthan
How the cracks are developing
Scientists in the United Kingdom have examined the development of cracks in PV cells, validating that the heats cells are exposed to during soldering for interconnection are a leading root cause of breaking. Their searchings for will certainly help future study right into module integrity and also forecasts of just how fractures are most likely to form.
Jul 17, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, UK, Europe, University of Wolverhampton