Australia

'Light receptive' modern technology transforms salt water right into tidy alcohol consumption water in less than 30 minutes
New technology purifies water making use of sunlight making use of a metal-organic framework These so-called MOFs separate the salty solute found in brackish and also salt water The concept could offer potable water for countless people throughout the world
Aug 10, 2020 // Technology, Thermal, Australia, desalination, Oceania, MOF, Huanting Wang
Solar tile with passive cooling
Researchers built the gadget by affixing 17%- effective monocrystalline PV cells to a mortar roofing ceramic tile that was doped with a phase-change product (PCM). The PCM solar tile provided 4.1% even more power than the PV ceramic tile without any cooling representative in the winter season, and 2.2% to 4.3% even more during the summer.
Aug 7, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Australia, Oceania, cooling
GE Joins 500 MW Pumped Hydro Storage Project in Australia
GE Renewable Energy and also Walcha Energy will jointly create the 500 MW Dungowan pumped hydro storage space project in the New England REZ in NSW, Australia.
Aug 5, 2020 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, GE Renewable Energy, Simon Currie, Pascal Radue
SolarEdge up 12% after hrs on second-quarter income and also strong profits-- despite Covid-19
The inverter and also energy storage company was able to preserve its streak of rewarding quarters in what was expected to be a difficult period for solar and also the Israeli business said it sees "indicators of recovery in the U.S."
Aug 4, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Inverters, Germany, Italy, Australia, Europe, Asia, SolarEdge, Israel, Oceania, Netherlands, North America, covid-19, United States, Zivi Lando
Chevron looks to renewables to power Australian operations
The power business has revealed it will certainly build 500 MW of renewable energy projects to power several of its worldwide facilities under a four-year contract with Canada's Algonquin Power & Utilities.
Aug 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Texas, Total Eren, Australia, Lightsource BP, Argentina, South america, Asia, Oceania, enel green power, North America, kazakhstan, New Mexico, Chevron, Allen Satterwhite
Australian political election pledge includes interest-free car loans for roof solar and battery storage
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) branch of the nation's Labor Party will certainly offer zero-interest financings for rooftop photovoltaic panels, family battery storage and also hot water heatpump if re-elected in an upcoming political election.
Aug 3, 2020 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Rooftop PV, Battery Storage, Australia, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, home solar, canberra, australian capital territory, Andrew Barr, Amanda McKenzie
Queensland solar drivers shocked by curtailment warning, anticipating rapid resolution
The driver of a 50MW solar center in North Queensland in danger of curtailment anticipates the trouble to be solved in the following couple of weeks.
Jul 31, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Inverters, Grids, ENERGY STORAGE, Australia, AEMO, queensland, Oceania, Genex Power, pumped hydro, grid stability, hydro storage, Simon Kidston
US energy purchases Australian prefab PV system manufacturer
AES, among the globe's largest power business, has made a critical financial investment in Sydney-based prefabricated solar system maker 5B.
Jul 31, 2020 // Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, AES, Andrés Gluski
Techniques to stop overvoltage-induced inverter disconnections
Australian scientists have actually recognized 7 methods to avoid PV losses when overvoltage-induced inverter disconnections happen. The techniques consist of battery storage space, responsive power inverters, export restrictions, distribution static synchronous compensators, the replacement of old conductors in power grids, load reconfiguration, as well as dynamic voltage repair.
Jul 31, 2020 // Technology, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Inverters, Australia, Oceania
AES Invests in 5B; Aims to Accelerate Transition to Solar Energy
The AES Corporation has made a critical investment of around USD 8.6 million in 5B, a solar technology trendsetter based in Sydney, Australia.
Jul 30, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, AES, International, 5B, AES 5B, Andrés Gluski, Chris McGrath
Grid constraints intimidate to cut greater than 1 GW of solar projects in North Queensland
The north Australian region today included 9 solar plants to the two currently intimidated-- along with a wind farm-- with having their output stopped under specific problems.
Jul 29, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, Australia, pv power plants, AEMO, Oceania
Combining solar cell and also liquid battery generates long-lasting solar storage
Solar cell scientists at the University of Sydney and University of New South Wales dealing with chemists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States have actually developed a highly efficient and also durable solar-flow battery, which is a way to create, shop, and redeliver eco-friendly electrical power from the sun in one device.
Jul 27, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Australia, solar cell, perovskite, Oceania, Anita Ho-Baillie, Wenjie Li
Western Australia introduces AU$ 55m solar, storage investment in post-pandemic kickstarter
Western Australia will certainly spend AU$ 56.3 million (US$ 40.11 million) in solar power as part of a new renewable resource plan developed to kickstart the state's economy complying with the influences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jul 27, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, climate council, Oceania, covid-19, green recovery, Mark McGowan
Redflow batteries to include VPP abilities
Australia-based battery vendor Redflow has joined forces with smart-energy systems specialist carbonTRACK to include online nuclear power plant functionality to its flow batteries.
Jul 24, 2020 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, Redflow, Tim Harris, Spiros Livadaras
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