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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
Hungarian utility wraps up very own 300 MW PV auction
Power business MVM will add brand-new generation ability to the 100 MW of solar it currently runs in its homeland.
Sep 23, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Hungary, Europe, auction
Innova Energy counts on NatWest for ₤ 30 million UK solar refinancing
Innova Energy has actually refinanced its 57MW portfolio of UK rooftop and ground-mounted solar PV.
Sep 23, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Innova Energy, Andrew Kaye
Subsidy-free, energy scale German solar farms could market power on area market
The unsubsidized market is taking another step forward in Germany with the news of two projects all set to market power to the wholesale market along with through PPAs.
Sep 23, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Rainer Kleedörfer, Stadtwerke Düsseldorf, Ralf Zischke
Iberdrola sets up eco-friendly hydrogen device
The Spanish power business, which has hydrogen projects under way in its homeland and also the United Kingdom, says it will allocate new resources to place itself at the leading edge of the supply of renewables-powered hydrogen.
Sep 22, 2020 // Storage, Solar to Fuel, Spain, Iberdrola, Europe, hydrogen, Ignacio Galán
Best membrane for vanadium redox flow batteries
A new research paper takes a look at the membrane layers used for applications in vanadium redox flow batteries. It outlines various membrane layer modern technologies as well as the obstacles to bringing batteries to mass production.
Sep 22, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Europe, Netherlands, vanadium redox flow batteries