USA

The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has announced that the development of a 700MW ability solar-plus-storage project on Californian government land has actually been accepted.

Talen will certainly begin with 2 20MW trial projects at its centers in Maryland and also New Jersey

Permian Energy Center brings onshore operating ability in the nation to 2.1 GW.

6 of the nine projects approved connect to PPAs while 3 are owned and operated by the firm

Wilmot Energy Center will provide electrical power to Tucson Electric Power consumers

A pair of physicists at the University of California, Riverside, are aiming to convert light falling on atomically thin semiconductor materials into power, having actually obtained more than $582,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of the Army.

Land performance could be greatly boosted by incorporating sheep grazing and also solar energy production on the same land, according to brand-new study by Oregon State University researchers.

Power item provider Generac's sales got better in the initial 3 months of 2021, raising 70% compared to the same duration last year.

United States utilities group Duke Energy Corp (NYSE: DUK) will certainly seek to create 23% of its electricity from wind, solar and hydropower by 2030 as it devotes to add more renewables into the mix.

In a paper entitled 'Influence of Post-selenization Temperature Level on the Performance of Substrate-Type Sb2Se3 Solar Cells', published in the peer-reviewed journal ACS Publications (whose parent organisation is American Chemical Society), scientists working at the University of Toledo in the USA have actually developed a 6.43%-efficient solar cell utilizing antimony selenide (Sb2Se3) films with favourable crystalline properties.

Researchers in the products department in UC Santa Barbara's College of Engineering have uncovered a significant reason for constraints to effectiveness in a brand-new generation of solar cells.

US designer crazy about brand-new solar, onshore wind and also energy storage projects

Hoosier Solar Holdings is establishing 1,600 MW of solar projects in financially troubled, country communities across Indiana that have actually been designated as "Qualified Opportunity Zones."

California-headquartered solar tracker manufacturer Nextracker is moving forward with a proposed going public (IPO) of the business.

Sunnova has reported a surge in Q1 2021 profits as the US residential solar installer lauded its software application as well as services capabilities.