Search



United States ROUND-UP: 250MW project finished in California, Black & Veatch safeguards Texas EPC contract
A round-up of the latest information from the US solar market, including the completion of a 250MW plant in California, an EPC offer for Black & Veatch in Texas and also a new PPA from DESRI.
Feb 4, 2022 // Plants, California, USA, EPC, PPA, Texas, Mississippi, North America, rfp, DESRI, CIM Group, Westlands Solar Park, Louisiana, SWEPCO, Buckeye Partners, Black & Veatch
U.S. to consider tariffs on solar panels made in Southeast Asia
The Commerce Department's decision regarding imports from Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam as well as Cambodia was a victory for Auxin Solar. The San Jose, California-based solar supplier this year requested the probe, arguing that Chinese makers moved manufacturing to those countries to prevent paying united state duties in position for virtually a decade on Chinese-made solar goods.
Mar 29, 2022 // Tariffs, USA, North America, Joe Biden, Southeast Asia, solar tariffs, Mamun Rashid
Sumitomo Electric brings 51MWh flow battery online in northern Japan
Among the globe's biggest vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) power storage systems has actually come online on the north Japanese island of Hokkaido in the last few days.
Apr 6, 2022 // Storage, Japan, Asia, grid congestion, Sumitomo Electric, Vanadium, flow battery, hokkaido
Pattern Energy ‘Draws Interest’ From Potential Buyers
Brookfield Asset Management is reported to be considering merging its own TerraForm Power business with the U.S. wind operator.
Aug 14, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, USA, New York, SunPower, pattern energy, terraform power, SunEdison, American Wind Energy Association, North America
Ashtrom Launches 306-MW Solar Park Ahead of Schedule
Ashtrom Renewable Energy's Tierra Bonita solar park lights up Texas, energizing 75,000 homes ahead of schedule with $435 million investment in sustainable power.
Oct 9, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Texas, North America, PV Power Plant, Ashtrom Renewable Energy
Rabobank Funds Pathway Power's Ambitious Solar Initiative
Pathway Power accelerates its renewable energy impact, securing a pivotal deal with Rabobank to expand its 6-GW solar and storage portfolio across the U.S. grid.
Nov 5, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Pathway Power
Air Products, Tatung Sign Solar Energy Pact in Taiwan
Air Products partners with Tatung Forever Energy to harness solar power in Taiwan, aiming to cut emissions equivalent to 80,000 households by 2024. Clean energy for a sustainable future!
Aug 29, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Taiwan, Air Products
EDPR Secures 15-Year PPA for 100 MW New California Solar Park
EDPR with as well as Redwood Coast Energy Authority have actually carried out a 15-year PPA for 100 MW for the Sandrini Sol 1 Solar Park in Kern County, California.
May 7, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, California, USA, PPA, North America, Miguel Prado, International, EDPR, RCEA, Matthew Marshall
A closer consider clouds to maximize power projections
A team of researchers in the United States has actually created a weather forecasting design made to much better anticipate the solar irradiation that an offered location will certainly obtain. The version utilizes satellite information to approximate the light transmission residential or commercial properties of clouds, a statistics commonly forgotten in conventional weather forecasting, yet however essential in modeling PV power return.
Apr 16, 2020 // Technology, USA, North America
Battery Ventures Obtains Specialty Products Provider Goodfellow
Battery Ventures, a technology-focused investment firm, has obtained Goodfellow, a professional vendor of high-grade materials for research and development, prototyping and specialized manufacturing. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Sep 30, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Battery Ventures, Goodfellow, Jesse Feldman, Simon Kenney, Specialty Materials Supplier
Coupling pumped hydro with renewables and other storage technologies
The combination of pumped hydro with other storage technologies can increase renewables penetration, improve operational safety and reduce maintenance costs at large-scale hydropower plants, according to new research. The study also focuses on techniques to determine the optimal size of renewables-based pumped hydro storage systems. Costs for hybrid solar-pumped hydro projects currently range from $0.098/kWh to $1.36/kWh.
Dec 5, 2019 // Technology, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Sweden, Poland, Europe, shanghai, Jiao Tong University, pumped hydro, Mälardalen University, AGH University of Science and Technology
esVolta Secures $110M for California Battery Project
EsVolta secures $110M to power California's energy future with its cutting-edge Hummingbird battery storage project, set to enhance PG&E's sustainability by 2025.
Nov 14, 2024 // Storage, California, USA, North America, EsVolta
3 Startups With Solar, Storage Tech Selected for GameChanger Accelerator
The Shell GameChanger Accelerator Powered by NREL has actually revealed 3 brand-new start-ups associated with solar as well as storage space innovations are to join the program
May 4, 2020 // Technology, NREL, shell, startup, International, Martin Keller, GameChanger Accelerator, Adam Duran, Haibin Xu
A much more efficient means to discover a much more reliable battery
The rate of development in the renewable energy sector is restricted not only by the technology to catch energy from the sun, the wind, the seas or the Earth's convected heat, however additionally by the capacity to properly keep and also deploy that energy after it has been utilized.
Sep 10, 2021 // Technology, Storage, USA, North America, Vijay Ramani, Washington University, Kritika Sharma
California firm contracts ‘astoundingly’ cheap solar-plus-storage pipeline
The US state of California has witnessed yet another claim of ultra-low solar prices, recorded in the context of a major contracting exercise by a community energy group.
Oct 1, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Tariffs, California, USA, Nick Chaset, EBCE, sPower, pv power plants, solar-plus-storage, BESS, North America, 8minutenergy, terra-gen, 8minute Solar Energy