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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
Understanding the love-hate relationship of halide perovskites with the sunlight
Solar cells made of perovskite go to the facility of much current solar research. The product is cheap, easy to generate and practically as efficient as silicon, the material generally utilized in solar cells. However, perovskite cells have a love-hate-relationship with the sun. The light that they require to create electrical power, additionally hinders the quality of the cells, drastically limiting their performance and security with time. Research study by scientists at the Eindhoven University of Technology and also universities in China and the United States currently sheds new light on the root causes of this deterioration and paves the way for developing brand-new perovskite compositions for the utmost steady solar cells.
Jul 13, 2020 // Technology, USA, China, solar cells, Asia, North America, efficiency, perovskites, Zehua Chen, Shuxia Tao
A step forward for single-crystal perovskites
Researchers in the United States have actually established a lithography-based process for the construction of single-crystal perovskites. Thin films made using this procedure have been incorporated into a range of devices, including solar cells, and also have demonstrated much better security performance than their more frequently looked into polycrystalline counterparts.
Aug 3, 2020 // Technology, USA, solar cells, North America, perovskites, Yusheng Lei, UCSD, Sheng Xu
Wells Fargo & Ameresco to Install Solar Assets at Nearly 100 Wells Fargo Properties
New rooftop, carport as well as ground install systems installed at Wells Fargo retail and also corporate areas across the U.S. will generate concerning 45,000 megawatt hours yearly
Feb 3, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, USA, North America, ameresco, Wells Fargo, International, Solar Photovoltaic, Electricity, Wells Fargo & Ameresco, Bob Georgeoff
Enbridge Greenlights $900 Million Clear Fork Solar Project Powering Meta
Enbridge will spend US$900 m to build the 600 MW Clear Fork solar farm near San Antonio, supplying all output to Meta’s data centres from 2027.
Jul 22, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Texas, North America, Enbridge, meta, Clear Fork
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
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
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
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
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
CPS Energy, OCI Team Up for Texas Battery Project
CPS Energy teams up with OCI Energy to power San Antonio's future with a groundbreaking 120-MW battery system, boosting sustainability and reliability by 2026!
Dec 9, 2024 // Storage, USA, Texas, North America, cps energy
Phillips 66 Launches Major Solar Project in Bay Area
Phillips 66 teams up with NextEra Energy to unveil a groundbreaking 30.2-MW solar farm, powering sustainability in the Bay Area and slashing grid demands by 50%.
Dec 11, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Bay Area, PV Power Plant, Phillips
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
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