UK

Solar Array Allows Karcher To Go Clean On Energy
Q Cells, A South Korea Company has already supplied about 299.77 kWp to the United Kingdom’s headquarters. The company installed a solar system consisting of 967 modules in 7 days. The modules were supplied to Solar Perfect because it lacked adequate storage spaces.
Dec 24, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Q CELLS, South Korea, Europe, Asia, Karcher
2500 MW Auction to Source Power Canceled
The 2500 MW solar installation auction to provide power over three years has been canceled due to a perceived lack of interest from power utilities owned by the state.
Dec 24, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, carport, Oxford City Council
Highview Power plans 50 MW/400 MWh-plus cryo energy storage plant in Vermont
The British company, which has tested its liquid air energy storage technology in the U.K., says it is preparing to deploy its first plant on U.S. soil. Highview claims its CRYOBattery is half the price of utility scale lithium-ion storage.
Dec 19, 2019 // Technology, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Solar to Fuel, USA, UK, Vermont, pv power plants, Europe, North America, lithium-ion storage, Javier Cavada, Salvatore Minopoli, Highview Power
Oxbridge scientists seek to explain electron dynamics in perovskite cells
Researchers from the two prestigious U.K. universities are analyzing spatiotemporal charge-carrier dynamics in the perovskite materials used for solar applications. They have discovered the carriers propagate ballistically over 150nm within 20fs of photon absorption.
Dec 18, 2019 // Technology, UK, Oxford University, solar cells, Europe, perovskite
Zenobe secures ‘ground-breaking’ £25 million funding from Santander to pursue further growth
UK battery storage firm Zenobe has secured £25 million in funding from Santander as it looks to continue its growth.
Dec 17, 2019 // Storage, UK, Europe, Zenobe, Santander
UK water business seeks solar energy from large scale, rooftop and floating plants
Southern Water has issued a request for information to source solar energy through bilateral power purchase agreements. The business is thinking about buying power from a blend of generation facilities.
Dec 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, Floating PV, UK, floating PV, Europe, rooftop PV, large scale plants
AI-driven robots are making new materials, improving solar cells and other technologies
Ada, an AI-driven robot, searches for new solar cell designs at the University of British Columbia.
Dec 12, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, Canada, UK, Europe, solar cell, North America, University of British Columbia, Curtis Berlinguette, Benji Maruyama, Apurva Mehta, Kristin Persson, Keith Brown, Joshua Schrier, John Gregoire
Scottish Power enters solar business
The distribution system operator for southern and central Scotland says it wants to optimize onshore renewables potential with the addition of storage and solar into its clean electricity business. The company said hybrid projects combining wind, storage and solar will become the market standard in 2021.
Dec 7, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, UK, Iberdrola, Europe, Scottish Power
Fotowatio Renewable starts worldwide storage drive with 15MWh introduction in the UK
Fotowatio has a 1.9 gigawatt green power portfolio. The developer declared its initial utility-scale battery storage venture to join a worldwide energy storage drive.
Dec 6, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Grids, UK, Europe, grid-scale, BESS, frv, fotowatio
World’s Second-Largest Ferry Operator Switching From Diesel to Batteries
Washington State Ferries consumes as much fuel as a midsized airline.
Dec 2, 2019 // Storage, Transport, USA, ABB, Washington, UK, Europe, North America, Ian Sterling, Washington State Ferries
Solarwatt offers an innovative smart EV charging solution
Solarwatt and Keba offer a new charging system for solar-powered EV. The product is meant for the United Kingdom’s market.
Nov 27, 2019 // Storage, UK, Europe, Solarwatt, Keba, charging system, solar-powered EV, Rolec
Scientists hit 21.6% perovskite cell efficiency using concentrator PV
An international research group achieved the result on a 9 sq mm, triple-cation based, n-i-p structured perovskite cell using low solar concentration levels. Device instability, however, remains a challenge.
Nov 22, 2019 // Technology, Saudi Arabia, UK, Europe, Asia, perovskite, Switzerland
Newest research on perovskites for solar cell production
A team of German scientists from HZB has performed a thorough research of methylammonium lead iodide structure. The crystal is among the most high-potential perovskites for solar cells. The researchers have discovered some properties, which are likely to help cope with the existing challenges and create cells that can boast both high efficiency and stability.
Nov 20, 2019 // Technology, Germany, UK, Europe, perovskites, HZB
UK-based solar investment company launches the first subsidy-free solar park
LSE-listed investment company NextEnergy Solar Fund has finished the construction of the first unsubsidized solar project in Great Britain.
Nov 15, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Grids, UK, Europe, subsidy-free, NextEnergy Solar Fund
Moixa has 100 megawatts of VPP total capacity in Japan
The energy company insists it has the biggest battery network managed by VPP in the world.
Nov 12, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Storage, Grids, Japan, UK, Europe, Asia, Moixa