North America

Lightsource BP to develop 132-MW solar project for Arkansas utility
The Conway Corp Board of Directors authorized a 20-year acquisition power arrangement with Lightsource BP, an international solar developer, at its April 3, 2020 conference. The arrangement is for the advancement of a 132-MWDC solar power project in White County, Arkansas.
Apr 9, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Lightsource BP, North America, Kevin Smith, Bret Carroll, Arkansas
A large grid service to harness little solar arrays
Researchers at the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory are establishing an interaction system to work with as well as manage the quantities of solar energy infused right into grids by tiny range solar arrays.
Apr 9, 2020 // Technology, Residential, Grids, USA, NREL, North America
WoodMac expects 106 GW of newly deployed solar this year
As Chinese PV makers are currently on the way to completely utilizing their production capacities, it is becoming increasingly clear how much coronavirus containment actions will impact global need. Timber Mackenzie anticipates a decrease in domestic PV need as well as a shift in investment to business projects, which is why it currently just expects 106 GW of capacity additions this year.
Apr 8, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, China, Europe, Asia, woodmac, North America
New SunLogix Virginia stockroom supplies essential storage space ability for solar power sector
SunLogix reports it has actually gotten 500,000 square feet of warehousing room in Danville, Virginia. The storehouse offers added room on the East Coast for Safe Harbor storage space, long-lasting storage space as well as temporary room to keep solar energy devices in case of project hold-ups or various other factors.
Apr 6, 2020 // Storage, USA, Virginia, North America, SunLogix, David DesVerney
Recalling over lithium
Currently in charge of altering the means we interact and also power mobile tools, lithium-ion innovation is currently driving transformations in both transportation and also power supply all over the world. A brand-new paper released by Arumugam Manthiram of the University of Texas at Austin checks out the innovation's growth, from first explorations made in the 1970s to the factors to consider these days's scientists dealing with the 'batteries of the future'.
Apr 6, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, lithium, North America, Arumugam Manthiram, John Goodenough
General Electric works with grid-forming inverter controls
The U.S. empire prepares to release as well as examine brand-new controls with its business PV LV5 inverter system. It intends to establish "grid-forming" controls to enable wind as well as solar inverters to create voltage and also regularity degrees like standard generators. The firm wishes to boost sychronisation and also synchronization amongst several grid-forming sources, as well as is servicing wise PV get regulates to enhance the short-term security of systems with high renewables infiltration.
Apr 6, 2020 // Technology, Inverters, USA, North America, Maozhong Gong, General Electric, LV5 inverter
When we're socially distanced, it's an excellent suggestion to bill an EV with solar
Exists any type of great factor for placing solar on a Tesla Cybertruck? Or is it simply merit signaling? On the other hand, exactly how much are you driving tomorrow? Do you have variety anxiousness or simply basic anxiousness?
Apr 6, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, TESLA, Elon Musk, North America, Cybertruck
New york city's financial alleviation strategy to back 'quick change to tidy renewable resource'
Severely struck by the COVID-19 dilemma, New York State has actually decided to "drastically accelerate the siting as well as building of tidy power projects" as one aspect of its roadmap for financial return.
Apr 6, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, USA, New York, North America, energy transition, covid-19, legislation, permitting, large-scale renewables, community benefit, clean energy targets, economic stimulus, employment, labour
NextEnergy Capital proceeds financial investment charge with New york city area solar profile acquisition
Solar capitalist NextEnergy Capital (NEC) has actually proceeded its recently established venture right into the United States solar market, finishing on a string of neighborhood possessions throughout New York.
Apr 3, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, New York, ssfusa, investment, North America, nextenergy capital, Community Solar, Lorena Ciciriello
COVID-19: Latest evaluation on influence to United States utility-scale as well as domestic solar
The background for the United States property market has actually swiftly soured after California-headquartered SunPower Corp warned of reduced anticipated company and also succeeding hit to its annual report estimates for 2020.
Apr 2, 2020 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, California, USA, Wood Mackenzie, pv power plants, pv modules, residential, Sungevity, North America, Roth Capital, Coronavirus, covid-19, sunpower corporation, sunworks inc
Neoen plugs in 140-MW solar park in El Salvador
France's Neoen SA (EPA: NEOEN) on Wednesday began business procedure of the 140-MW Capella Solar photovoltaic (PV) park in El Salvador, fulfilling the legal due date established for April 1, the firm's regional system revealed on Twitter.
Apr 2, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, France, El Salvador, Europe, neoen, North America
Carbon nanotubes lead the way for silicon in storage
Researchers in the United States have actually established a carbon nanotube approach of producing a lithium-ion battery with a silicon anode. The gadget apparently showed far better than 87% capability retention after 1,500 cycles. The designers claim their exploration gets over a number of the challenges to using silicon as an anode as well as might open making use of various other products for electrodes in lithium-ion gadgets
Apr 2, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, silicon, North America, lithium-ion battery, PNNL, Rice University, carbon nanotube method
A Truly Green Electric Grid Will Need Very Big Batteries
It takes a great deal greater than simply solar farms and also wind generators. Keeping excess power is important for renewable resource to truly be renewable.
Apr 1, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, NASA, Australia, Oceania, North America, Sumitomo Electric, San Diego Gas & Electric, Vanadium, Maria Skyllas-Kazacos
Canadian Solar's shingled modules declared to infringe Solaria license
US-based high-efficiency module vendor Solaria Corp has actually sued versus 'Solar Module Super League' (SMSL) participant, Canadian Solar, declaring license violation of its 'shingled' solar battery modern technology.
Apr 1, 2020 // Manufacturing News, USA, Canadian Solar, China, pv modules, c-si manufacturing, Asia, solar cell, monocrystalline wafer, North America, solaria corporation, andre susanto
Concentrate on the downsides: A brand-new course to extremely effective tandem cells
Researchers in the U.S. and also South Korea have actually recognized what could be a brand-new course to high-efficiency perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells. With design adversely billed bits in the passivation layer, the team made a tandem cell with 26.7% performance. With more tweaks to the silicon layer they anticipate to be able to exceed 30%.
Mar 31, 2020 // Technology, USA, NREL, South Korea, Asia, solar cell, North America, perovskite-silicon, Kai Zhu