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Wind and solar account for nearly 10% of U.S. electrical generation in first eight months of 2019
Renewable energy sources (biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) accounted for 18.49% of net domestic electrical generation during the first eight months of 2019, according to a SUN DAY Campaign analysis of just-released data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). A year earlier, renewables’ share was 17.95%.
Oct 28, 2019 // Solar, USA, North America, EIA, SUN DAY
PV ModuleTech 2019: Interview with Frédéric Dross, VP Technology Americas with DSM
At the recently held 2019 PV ModuleTech conference, held in Malaysia, PV Tech talked with Frédéric Dross, VP Technology Americas with DSM after his presentation that highlighted PV module materials for performance and reliability.
Oct 28, 2019 // Solar, Malaysia, pv power plants, pv modules, bifacial, c-si manufacturing, Asia, pv moduletech 2019, royal dsm, Frédéric Dross
SEIA urges court to reject new fixed charges on Puerto Rico solar customers
In an Amicus Brief filed today in federal court, the Solar Energy Storage Association of Puerto Rico (SESA) and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) urged United States District Judge Laura Taylor Swain to reject the proposed Restructuring Support Agreement (RSA) for Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA)’s over $8 billion in outstanding debt.
Oct 26, 2019 // Solar, Abigail Ross Hopper, SESA, RSA, Laura Taylor Swain, PJ Wilson
Second discrimination lawsuit filed against Northeast solar installer
Law firm Wigdor LLP has brought another class-action lawsuit against New Jersey-based solar installer Momentum Solar. A former employee in the company’s call center, who is black, has alleged that management frequently referred to him by racial slurs, and was shortly terminated after filing a complaint.
Oct 26, 2019 // Solar, USA, New Jersey, North America, Wigdor LLP, Momentum Solar
Where have all the solar rebates gone? The outer suburbs
Solar panels are in hot demand in Melbourne’s outer suburbs and the state’s regions, with new government figures showing they are taking the lion’s share of the latest solar rebates.
Oct 24, 2019 // Plants, Residential, Policy, Solar, Rooftop PV, Solar Panels, Lily D’Ambrosio, John Grimes, Melbourne
SunSpec Alliance forms Blockchain Work Group to advance system security
The SunSpec Alliance and members Doosan Gridtech, Kitu Systems and Wivity announced the creation of the SunSpec Blockchain Work Group. The work group will create requirements and specifications for a decentralized application to protect the security credentials of distributed energy resource (DER) systems such as solar PV systems and electric vehicles.
Oct 23, 2019 // Solar, SunSpec Alliance, Blockchain Work Group, Doosan Gridtech, Kitu Systems, Wivity, Tom Tansy, Gordon Lum
Sunpin Solar hosts California college students for solar ‘lunch and learn’
A group of engineering students from Engineers for a Sustainable World at University of California, Irvine visited Irvine-based utility-scale solar developer Sunpin Solar last week for a Lunch and Learn presentation and a solar tour at Sunpin Solar’s 96.75-MW ColGreen North Shore solar project in Riverside County.
Oct 22, 2019 // Solar, California, USA, North America, Sunpin Solar, Nicole Alvarez
Third Ohio city commits to 100% renewable energy
The city council representing the Cleveland suburb of Lakewood, Ohio, passed a resolution establishing a goal of 100% clean, renewable energy. Lakewood joins Cleveland and Cincinnati as the third Ohio city, and the first suburb, to make this commitment.
Oct 22, 2019 // Solar, USA, North America, Ohio, Tom Bullock, Tristan Rader, Chad Stephens
Fate of green hydrogen depends on ever cheaper renewables – for now
Analyst WoodMac has spelled out the urgent need to decarbonize the global hydrogen production industry. While the fuel can offer a sustainable grid balancing act for intermittent renewables, in its current fossil-fuel driven form it is pumping out more than 800 tons of carbon into the atmosphere every year.
Oct 22, 2019 // Solar, Solar to Fuel, USA, Japan, Germany, Wood Mackenzie, Australia, Europe, Asia, hydrogen, Oceania, North America, green hydrogen, Solar to Fuel, Solar to Hydrogen, Producing Hydrogen, Hydrogen from renewable, Renewable fuels
The zero-carbon neighbourhood that will power itself entirely by solar: Developers create ultimate eco-houses in Oxfordshire (but they start at £1million each)
Developer Ssassy Property is constructing 25 homes in the village of Southmoor
Oct 21, 2019 // Solar, Oxfordshire, zero-carbon neighbourhood, Ian Pritchett
Itochu-backed company to install solar-powered EV chargers at supermarkets
VPP Japan will provide equipment free of charge, offering 20% lower costs
Oct 21, 2019 // Solar, Tokyo, VPP Japan, Itochu, Nissan Motor, Toyota Motor, Aeon, Lawson
PV performance projections for the 21st century
A study has divided the world into 12 climate zones on the basis of the Köppen–Geiger classification map. The paper confirmed Chile’s Atacama region has the world’s highest solar radiation but also showed the region with the highest performance ratio for PV systems was near Moscow.
Oct 21, 2019 // Solar, Chile, South america, Europe, Slovenia, Moscow, University of Ljubljana
Sub-standard PV equipment worries Bangladeshi solar developers
Visitors to this year’s Solar Bangladesh Expo have called for the implementation of quality standards on solar imports – action which the government is currently pursuing – with one industry insider rubbishing Indian-made products.
Oct 20, 2019 // Solar, India, Bangladesh, Asia, Shamim Ahsan, Nuher L Khan, Joules Power Ltd, Debdeep Majumdar
Exhibitors in Dhaka upbeat about solar future
Getting on for 300 international exhibitors are attending the Solar Bangladesh Expo in Dhaka which opened today and runs until Saturday. pv magazine’s Syful Islam is walking the floors and hearing optimistic messages.
Oct 17, 2019 // Solar, rooftop PV, exelon, Dhaka, Solar Bangladesh Expo, Nahid Hasan, Kazi Atiqur Rahman, Ahsan Ullah Chowdhury, Denryo
Missoula schools planning to use solar panels for research
Three solar panels, costing more than $160,000, are now sitting outside of Missoula Sentinel High School as part of the Missoula Urban Solar Pilot Project to research renewable energy.
Oct 17, 2019 // Solar, Missoula, NorthWestern Energy, Steve Clawson, Rob Watson