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The French association creates a hybrid energy storage and cogeneration solution
Smart Energy Hub system can work both as an electrolyser and as a fuel cell. In the first case, it stores energy in the form of biogas. In the second case, it converts gas into heat and electricity. The system has been developed by Sylfen and French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission.
Nov 6, 2019 // Technology, Storage, Solar to Fuel, France, Europe, Smart Energy Hub, Sylfen, Solar to Fuel, Solar to Hydrogen, Producing Hydrogen, Hydrogen from renewable, Renewable fuels
US Power Generation Soars Amid AI, Solar Boom
Power capacity surges 20.2 GW in 2024! Demand from AI and data centers fuels solar growth, signaling a historic shift towards greener energy solutions.
Aug 20, 2024 // Technology, USA, North America
Micro and Mini-Grids as a New-Era Innovation Systems
The new era of renewable energy starts in 2020. Its development is expected in 2021 and next years. One of the hot-topic systems is micro and mini-grids powered by RE resources. Solar energy is used as the main electricity source, so this type of generator started to be implemented more often throughout the world
Feb 24, 2021 // Grids, Africa, Microgrids, Peter Lilienthal
South Africa PV industry welcomes 6GW allocation despite time gaps
A decision by South Africa's Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) to allocate 6GW of new large-scale solar over the next decade has been welcomed by the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) for giving a “moderate level of certainty” to the industry.
Oct 22, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, ENERGY STORAGE, Africa, coal, reippp, doe, dmre, embedded generation, sapvia, irp, Wido Schnabel, Niveshen Govender
Australian Capital Territory ends 250MW first phase of renewables-and-storage reverse auctions
The Australian Capital Territory government has announced the final step of the first phase of its ‘reverse auction’ programme, with the announcement of a tender for 250MW of renewable energy generation alongside a 20MW/40MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).
Sep 12, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Battery Storage, Australia, auctions, Oceania, tenders, autralian capital territory, act greens
Enery Launches 50-MW Solar and Storage Plant in Romania
Enery's new Sarmasag solar farm in Romania promises sustainable energy, powering 38,270 homes and reducing 16,208 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually. A bright future for green energy!
Oct 24, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Romania, Enery
Better Energy safeguards power offer for Danish PV
Seven-year PPA with Lundbeck takes pharmaceutical firm to 100% renewable electricity
Jan 29, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, PPA, Europe, Rasmus Lildholdt Kjær, Lundbeck
Wind and solar overtake gas in EU power generation in 2022
Wind and solar produced a record 22% of EU power last year, helping Europe to prevent a go back to coal power in the middle of the 2022 energy crisis, according to a report published today by power brain trust Ember.
Jan 31, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Europe
United States plans to halve leas as well as fees for solar projects on public lands
Rents and also fees for releasing solar as well as wind on United States federal lands are readied to be substantially decreased as part of a new policy from the Biden management focused on enhancing rate predictability for programmers.
Jun 2, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Policy, USA, North America, permitting, biden administration, department of interior
Brazil’s Cemig contracts renewable power from 197 MW of project capacity
Solar and wind projects selected in the company’s latest clean energy procurement exercise have been awarded a 19-year power purchase deal, starting from 2023. Cemig has now contracted green power from 780 MW of renewable project capacity in three tender rounds held since June last year.
Sep 18, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Engie, Enel, tender, South america, Brazil, Cemig
Extremely reliable grid-scale power storage at 5th of cost
Researchers in WMG at the University of Warwick, in cooperation with Imperial College London, have located a means to boost crossbreed flow batteries as well as their commercial use. The brand-new strategy can save power in these batteries for long periods for concerning a 5th the rate of present innovations, with very little place restraints and also absolutely no discharges.
Jan 25, 2021 // Technology, Storage, Lithium-ion batteries, UK, Europe, University of Warwick, redox flow battery, Barun Chakrabarti
Shell to power Philippines refinery with solar, storage and natural gas
In a bid to reduce its carbon footprint the oil giant is ramping up its renewable energy production at a refinery in the Philippines. The news was announced by the company in a week which saw it named seventh worst corporate contributor to the climate crisis since awareness of emissions-related damage first emerged.
Oct 15, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Solar to Fuel, Asia, hydrogen, Philippines, shell, Cesar Romero, Solar to Fuel, Solar to Hydrogen, Producing Hydrogen, Hydrogen from renewable, Renewable fuels
SEIA asks for solar to reach 30% of US electrical power generation by 2030
The United States must aim for solar to account for 30% of the country's power generation by 2030, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), which has actually elevated its previous target as a result of the growing necessity to deal with the environment dilemma.
Sep 30, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Policy, USA, SEIA, North America
Switzerland plans large scale solar auctions
The Swiss Federal Council intends to increase competition in the solar sector and set fixed tariffs for large PV projects using tenders. The electricity market will be fully opened up in a move industry association Swissolar says will discriminate against PV and threaten the rapid expansion of renewables.
Sep 30, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Tariffs, tender, Europe, auction, Switzerland, Swissolar
San Jose Clean Energy, EDP Renewables sign large solar-plus-storage PPA
San Jose Clean Energy (SJCE) and EDP Renewables SA (EDPR), through its fully owned subsidiary EDP Renewables North America, signed a 20-year power purchase agreement for 100 megawatts of new solar energy and 10 MW of battery storage at the Sonrisa Solar Park in Fresno County, California. The project is anticipated to be operational in 2022.
Aug 9, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Storage, California, USA, storage, CCA, San Jose Clean Energy, EDP Renewables SA, EDP Renewables, Mayor Sam Liccardo, East Bay Community Energy