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PV plant supplying grid supplementary services in Chile
Chile's National Electric Coordinator has actually approved authorization for a brand-new First Solar PV project to supply supporting grid services on a commercial basis. The setup has actually done much better than gas generator innovations.
Aug 21, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, First Solar, Chile, South america, PV Power Plant, Carlos Barria
Tape-record high values of peak power with picosecond generators
Effective picosecond generators are in need in different fields of speculative electrophysics to create ultrashort electron beams as well as X-ray pulses in vacuum cleaner diodes and to develop runaway electron flows in gases.
Oct 15, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, Washington, North America, Sergei Rukin
Appalachian Power Issues RfP for 200 MW Solar Projects in Virginia
Appalachian Power has issued an RfP for up to 200 MW of solar energy that will reduce customer costs and further diversify its electric generation mix
Jan 27, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Virginia, tender, North America, Appalachian Power, International, Chris Beam
Tender For 100 MW Floating Solar Hybrid Mumbai's On Middle Vaitarna Dam
Mumbai's Middle Vaitarna dam, whose tank is among the 7 key lakes that provide drinking water to the city, could quickly be providing power too, to the city. The Municipal firm of Greater Mumbai has floated a tender for the establishment of a Hybrid floating solar PV plant on the lake, of 100MW capacity.
Nov 18, 2020 // Plants, Floating PV, tender, floating PV, Mumbai, middle vaitarna dam
Alabama Power, Mercedes Benz get green light on 80-MW solar project
Alabama Power and Mercedes Benz U.S. International (MBUSI) obtained authorization today from the Alabama Public Service Commission for the recommended 80-MW Letohatchee Solar Project in Lowndes County, south of Montgomery.
Dec 8, 2021 // Plants, USA, North America, Solar Project, Alabama Power, Mercedes Benz U.S. International, MBUSI, Mark Crosswhite
Australia's Victoria promotes rooftop solar as part of gas substitution roadmap
The Australian state of Victoria is promoting the uptake of rooftop solar as part of a new approach focused on minimizing gas use and also decreasing household power bills.
Jul 5, 2022 // Storage, Rooftop PV, Victoria, Australia, Oceania, decarbonisation
PV for cooking
Traditional solar cookers concentrate sunlight on mirrored surfaces and convert it into heat. But this summer, Sunspot unveiled Sunspot Solar Electric Cooking, a new cooker based on PV technology. The system relies on two PV modules, a lead-carbon battery, an inverter, and an induction cooktop.
Aug 21, 2019 // Technology, USA, North America, Sunspot Solar Electric Cooking system, Elsevier, International Solar Energy Society, David Renne
Kentucky obtains second large-scale solar task with 160-MW PPA news
Geronimo Power, a National Grid business, and Huge Rivers Electric Company revealed the PPA for the Unbridled Solar Task in Henderson and also Webster Counties, Kentucky. Unbridled Solar is a 160-MW clean solar power job located in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) market, with an expected conclusion of 2023. This is the 2nd massive solar array revealed in Kentucky, the various other being a 100-MW range in Hardin Region.
May 29, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Geronimo Energy, North America, Bob Berry, David Reamer, Brad Schneider
EV batteries supplying grid stabilization services at Italian vehicle manufacturing facility
Fiat Chrysler has actually started building of a vehicle-to-grid pilot at its Mirafiori manufacturing facility in Turin. The project, which likewise consists of 5 MW of PV, will ultimately become a virtual nuclear power plant.
Jun 5, 2020 // Storage, Italy, Europe, EV batteries, Fiat Chrysler, Engie EPS, Roberto Di Stefano
Panasonic, Span collaborate for home battery backup and energy management
Period's passion is to "transform the electric panel right into an intelligent portal" and increase the adoption of solar as well as electric vehicles, as well as storage systems like Panasonic's property battery.
Jun 10, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, Panasonic, North America, Arch Rao
India can come to be electrical vehicle manufacturing center within 5 years: Nitin Gadkari
The sector requires to reduce a dependence on electric vehicle battery imports from China, according to the roadway transport preacher, who stated the government is wanting to support research study into alternatives to lithium-ion innovation.
Jun 23, 2020 // Storage, India, Asia, EV, covid-19, Nitin Gadkari
Clearway finishes 2nd solar + storage project on Kamehameha Schools land in O'ahu
Clearway Energy Group's 36-MW solar farm with 144 MWh of battery storage on Kamehameha Schools' lands in Waiawa in Central O'ahu just recently achieved commercial procedures after passing every one of its necessary commissioning tests.
Jan 13, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, PV Power Plant, clearway, Craig Cornelius, Shelee Kimura









