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Giving a "tandem" increase to solar-powered water splitting
Averting from nonrenewable fuel sources is necessary if we are to avert an ecological situation as a result of international warming. Both industry as well as academia have actually been focusing greatly on hydrogen as a practical clean choice.
Jul 14, 2021 // Technology, Japan, Asia, hydrogen, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Masashi Kato
Valley Clean Energy celebrates groundbreaking of 3-MW solar + storage project in Winters, California
With the public unveiling last week of a 3-MW solar + storage project west of Winters, Valley Clean Energy (VCE) took an additional step toward its objective of supplying more regional sustainable power generation for its clients.
Aug 17, 2021 // Plants, Storage, USA, North America, PV Power Plant, Valley Clean Energy, Jesse Loren
Metal-halide perovskite semiconductors can take on silicon equivalents for solar cells, LEDs
Climate modification and its effects are becoming significantly obvious, and also solar cells that transform the sunlight's power into electrical power will play an essential role worldwide's future power supply.
Oct 27, 2021 // Technology, solar cells, perovskite, American Institute of Physics, Lukas Schmidt-Mende
SEIA lays out its vision for US interconnection reform, suggests sweeping adjustments at numerous levels
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has actually released a whitepaper detailing the reforms it thinks are needed to the US interconnection system, in which it outlines a collection of proposals for both regional transmission organisations (RTO) as well as the US-wide Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
Jun 16, 2022 // Plants, Storage, Grids, USA, SEIA, FERC, pv power plants, interconnection, North America, doe, grid connection, connection queues, RTOs, interconnection reform, whitepaper
French solar tools distributor proclaims totally automated assembly line
Start-up Solean asserts that its brand-new totally automated manufacturing devices supplies a very flexible method to bring panel production back to Europe.
May 8, 2020 // Manufacturing News, France, Europe, Start-up, Solean
ReneSola go back to earnings, acquires 'corresponding' United States properties
PV project programmer and operator ReneSola Power is increasing down on initiatives to expand its organisation in the United States and Europe, targeting a complete project pipeline of 1GW by the end of 2020.
Aug 28, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, France, Germany, UK, China, Battery Storage, Hungary, Europe, Asia, North America, renesola, pipeline, acquisition
Solarise Africa raises $10 million to spearhead its tidy power development in Africa
Financial options business Solarise Africa has actually elevated US$ 10 million to sustain its investment in solar PV projects in Kenya, Rwanda and South Africa. The business has actually also set its sights on more "challenging" territories, like the DR Congo, Chad and Sierra Leone. CEO Jan Albert Valk spoke with pv magazine about the company's plans, as well as the "overwhelming" demand for more renewable resource investment on the African continent.
Sep 23, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, Jan Albert Valk
New solar panel producer to establish in Georgia with 500-MW center
A brand-new company plans to open up a 500-MW solar panel setting up factory in Madison, Georgia, in loss 2023.
Dec 15, 2022 // Manufacturing News, USA, Georgia, Europe, North America, Philip Devlin, Adion Solar
Disentangling an essential action in photosynthetic oxygen manufacturing
Photosystem II is a healthy protein facility in plants, algae and also cyanobacteria that is in charge of dividing water and also creating the oxygen we take a breath. Over the past couple of years, a global partnership in between researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory as well as a number of various other organizations have actually had the ability to observe numerous actions of this water-splitting cycle at the temperature level at which it happens in nature.
May 21, 2020 // Technology, SLAC, Uwe Bergmann, Vittal Yachandra, Junko Yano, Jan Kern
New batteries to allow EVs drive longer
Korean scientists are studying a lithium-air battery to improve the discharge capacity and durability of the device, which would allow e-vehicles to cover long distances without recharging.
Jan 13, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Asia, Korea, e-vehicles, lithium-air battery
Solar automobile tarpaulin to reenergize EV batteries
French solar thin-film expert Armor has actually made a retracting automobile solar cover. It has actually released a first model on a Gazelle electrical cars and truck, yet it stated that the cover can be made use of on any kind of sort of electrical lorry.
Apr 6, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Storage, Transport, France, Europe, thin-film PV, EV batteries, Armor, Moïra Asses
Ikea owner buys into 403 MW of US solar parks
Ingka Group, the proprietor as well as driver of Ikea shops, has actually gotten minority passions in 403 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) parks in the United States from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP).
Apr 10, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, ikea, ingka group
Kentucky Solar Industries Association becomes official SEIA affiliate
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the national trade association for the U.S. solar energy industry, announced that the Kentucky Solar Industries Association (KYSEIA) is now a formal SEIA state affiliate.
Oct 7, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, SEIA, North America, KYSEIA, Kentucky, Abigail Ross Hoppe, Matthew Partymiller
Galp to purchase 4.8 GWp of solar, wind projects in Brazil
Portuguese power group Galp Energia SGPS SA (ELI: GALP) introduced today that it has accepted acquire a portfolio of solar and also wind projects in Brazil with an incorporated capacity of 4.8 GWp.
May 3, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Galp, South america, Brazil, solar projects, wind projects
InterGen wins Capacity Market agreement
Result represents landmark for 320MW Gateway BESS project in south-east England
Feb 24, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, InterGen, Jim Lightfoot