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Chemistry professor utilizes old materials to make more recent, better solar cells
A Florida State University research study team is blending the old with the brand-new to produce a much more secure solar cell.
Dec 4, 2020 // Technology, USA, solar cells, perovskite, North America, efficiency, Florida State University, Biwu Ma
Greenbriar Capital to obtain 500MW solar portfolio in Canada
Canadian renewable energy developer Greenbriar Capital has accepted obtain a 500MW photovoltaic or pv solar portfolio in Alberta.
Dec 4, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Canada, North America, Greenbriar Capital
Ørsted to get 430 MW PV project in Texas
Danish Ørsted A/S has taken last investment choice on the 430 MW "Old 300 Solar Center", which is located in Fort Bend County, 40 miles from Houston, Texas, and is anticipated to find online in Q2 2022.
Dec 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, PV project, North America, Ørsted
Fikile Brushett is trying to find brand-new ways to keep energy
Fikile Brushett, an MIT partner teacher of chemical design, had an unusual resource of motivation for his occupation in the chemical sciences: the character played by Nicolas Cage in the 1996 motion picture "The Rock." In the movie, Cage represents an FBI drug store that hunts down a group of rogue U.S. soldiers who have actually commandeered chemical weapons and also taken over the island of Alcatraz.
Dec 3, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, Lithium-ion batteries, MIT, North America, Fikile Brushett, John Vohs
Core Development Group to set up solar on 30 Extra Space Storage residential or commercial properties
Solar developer Core Development Group has been awarded a development contract to mount solar on 30 homes possessed by Extra Space Storage. Core Development Group will certainly be responsible for the design, development, as well as task management of PV systems.
Dec 3, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Henry Cortes, Core Development Group, Kurt Gnessin
New york city reveals 250-kWh demo battery at NYPA in White Plains
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) in White Plains revealed a brand-new lithium-ion power storage space project moneyed partly by NYSERDA made use of as a demo project for additional energy storage space release. Cadenza Innovation developed the battery technology.
Dec 3, 2020 // Storage, USA, New York, North America, nypa, Gil C. Quiniones, Doreen M. Harris, Christina Lampe-Onnerud, Helena Garriga, William Acker
Kern Solar Structures sustaining module producer FreeVolt with PV carports
Kern Solar Structures is partnering with S2A Modular and FreeVolt USA to provide Solar CarPorT frameworks for their network of 35 "MegaFactories" throughout North America. The initial phase of the partnership begins with the construction of 2 personalized 240-kW solar carport systems at S2A Modular's Patterson and Hemet MegaFactories.
Dec 3, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Kern Solar Structures, S2A Modular, FreeVolt USA, John Rowland
2 Massachusetts area PV projects transform hands
Cypress Creek Renewables has actually completed the sale of two Massachusetts community solar projects totalling 6.35 MW to fund manager CarVal Investors.
Dec 3, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Cypress Creek Renewables, North America, Solar Project
Capital Dynamics reaches monetary close for Eagle Shadow Mountain project
Capital Dynamics has actually ended financing for a 383MWdc PV project in Nevada that is presently under advancement by 8minute Solar Energy.
Dec 3, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Capital Dynamics, USA, PV project, North America, Benjamin Droz
Scaling dispersed solar as well as storage space is lowest-cost course for United States to get to clean electric grid-- study
Deploying at the very least 247GW of rooftop and also community solar and also 160GW of local energy storage is one of the most economical means for the United States to change to a clean energy system by 2050, a brand-new report has located.
Dec 2, 2020 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, Policy, USA, SEIA, Sunrun, solar-plus-storage, North America, Sean Gallagher, Vote Solar, Jeff Cramer
Senate approves 2 bipartisan choices for FERC commissioners
The United States Senate has actually approved 2 candidates for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that were chosen by President Donald Trump, bringing the company to a full enhance of five commissioners.
Dec 2, 2020 // Policy, USA, FERC, Donald Trump, North America, Gregory Wetstone, regulation, government, clean energy transition, republican, democrat, senate, us senate
REC Files Lawsuit Versus Hanwha Q Cells In The US
REC Group, the Norway headquartered Solar manufacturer with its production in Singapore, has filed a patent Infringement Lawsuit against Hanwha Q Cells in an American District Court on 30th November 2020.
Dec 1, 2020 // Manufacturing News, USA, REC Group, North America, Hanwha Q Cells, Hanwha, G.Sridhara, Q.Antum, shankar G Sridhara
ReneSola to establish 20-MW solar, 26-MWh storage space project for Northern California energy VCE
Solar project designer ReneSola has actually signed a PPA for a solar and battery system with Northern California-based Valley Clean Energy (VCE), a public power company serving over 125,000 consumers in cities of Woodland and Davis, as well as Unincorporated Yolo County.
Dec 1, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, PPA, North America, renesola, Yumin Liu, Gordon Samuel
Distributed Solar Development takes reins on New york city neighborhood PV portfolio
Dispersed Solar Development (DSD) has actually obtained a three-project, 17 MW community solar portfolio from Source Renewables, a New York State programmer focused on community solar possessions. The three projects, one of that includes solar + storage, were created by Source Renewables and also are anticipated to get to commercial operation next summer season.
Dec 1, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Dispersed Solar Development, DSD, Lauren Craft, Andrew Day
RatedPower updates pvDesign software program to align with NEC as well as IEEE criteria
RatedPower has actually improved the means the NEC is carried out in its pvDesign software for wire sizing, has actually presented the IEEE Standards to size affiliation facilities as well as currently supplies all of the downloadable documentation in Imperial Units.
Dec 1, 2020 // Software, USA, North America, RatedPower, NEC, IEEE