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Jena research study group provides unique approach to the storage of solar energy
Utilizing the power from the sunlight as successfully as nature does and also transforming it right into chemical energy might drastically lower worldwide CO2 emissions. A research team from the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz IPHT) and also the Friedrich Schiller University Jena has actually now come one action more detailed to this vision.
Sep 28, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Germany, Europe, Leibniz IPHT, Martin Schulz
How charges relocate solar cells
Gert-Jan Wetzelaer as well as his research associates have actually very first gauged the speed and also the quantity of the extra ions present in the perovskite material.
Sep 28, 2020 // Technology, Germany, solar cells, Europe, perovskite, Gert-Jan Wetzelaer
World's very first solar & hydrogen powered cabins reduced carbon at HS2 building websites.
AJC Trailers, a British company, has actually made, made, and supplied the world's first solar & hydrogen-powered cabins that have actually been presented across the HS2 building site in the United Kingdom in an initiative to make the sites greener.
Sep 28, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, UK, Europe, hydrogen, AJC Trailers, HS2 construction
Total as well as Ignis to develop 3.3 GW solar power projects in Spain
Global energy company Total and also Spanish sustainable projects programmer Ignis will create 3.3 GW of solar power projects in Spain.
Sep 28, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, Total, Patrick Pouyanné, Solar Project, ignis
Renewable resource among one of the most pandemic-resilient framework sub-sectors
Renewables has actually been called amongst one of the most pandemic-resilient facilities sub-sectors, thanks in part to their ability to safeguard finance in addition to federal government initiatives to grow the eco-friendly economic situation, according to a new white paper from investment firm Foresight Group.
Sep 28, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, UK, Europe, foresight group, covid-19, pandemic, Peter Bolton
Poland's Columbus Energy inks deal to buy 21.7 MW of solar projects
COLUMBUS ENERGY SA (40/2020) Acquisition of 100% shares in 11 business carrying out solar farm projects with a total capacity of 21.7 MW with the opportunity of acquiring additional 2 MW
Sep 28, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Poland, Europe, solar projects, Columbus Energy
So Energy Solar System launches as business intends to 'go additionally'
Opposition distributor So Energy has introduced a solar as well as storage space offering called the So Energy Solar System.
Sep 25, 2020 // Storage, UK, Europe, So Energy, Simon Oscroft
Solar panels move off the roofing system on to exterior wall surfaces with Solstex
Using the power of the sun through brand-new solar panel exterior for LEED credit rating and also net no buildings
Sep 25, 2020 // Technology, UK, Europe, solar panel, CdTe, Solstex, Hugh Lowry
Total preserves Spanish solar press with 3.3 GW advancement bargain
French oil significant Total will aim to cover all the electricity usage of its European industrial websites from solar energy by 2025 after securing a brand-new advancement agreement with Spanish company Ignis.
Sep 25, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Spain, Europe, Total, Patrick Pouyanné, ignis
US as well as UK uncover lithium as IHS Markit projects battery rate to fall listed below $100/kWh.
The business knowledge firm has predicted storage space prices will certainly proceed their down trajectory on the back of item and also process optimization. That will favor a higher adoption price in auto as well as grid applications, the analysts claim. Somewhere else, explorations of lithium in the U.S. and also the U.K. have actually increased hopes for lower raw material prices and more supply chain variety.
Sep 24, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, UK, Europe, North America, Youmin Rong, Sam Wilkinson
Fraunhofer ISE develops natural solar cell with 14.9% efficiency
The record was obtained with a 1.1 sq cm tool.
Sep 24, 2020 // Technology, Germany, Europe, solar cell, Fraunhofer ISE, organic solar cell, efficiency, Uli Würfel
Foresight forms joint venture with Elgin for 200MW of UK solar
Foresight Group as well as Elgin Energy are to create 200MW of UK solar PV as part of a new partnership.
Sep 24, 2020 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Elgin Energy, Ronan Kilduff, Foresight, Peter Bolton
BayWa r.e. obtains land in Sweden to develop at the very least 100MWp of PV
BayWa r.e. will construct a PV facility in Sweden with a capacity of at the very least 100MWp, as the renewables designer eyes a considerable solar expansion in the country.
Sep 24, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Sweden, Europe, baywa r.e., scandinavia, Håkan Wallin
'Nuclear power is currently the most costly kind of generation, with the exception of gas peaking plants'
The most up to date edition of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report shows the torpidity of the sector continues. Simply 2.4 GW of brand-new nuclear generation capacity came online last year, compared to 98 GW of solar. The globe's operational nuclear power capacity had declined by 2.1%, to 362 GW, at the end of June.
Sep 24, 2020 // Market Research, France, South Korea, China, United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, North America, Turkey, Russia, United States
An optimistic-- yet sensible-- point of view for sodium batteries
International researchers have evaluated the possibility of sodium-based power storage space and discovered current technical developments have gotten here faster than those for the lithium-ion batteries which have actually been researched for three decades. Issues continue to be, nonetheless, prior to sodium comprises a corresponding alternative to lithium.
Sep 24, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Spain, France, Germany, UK, Europe, Norway, sodium batteries