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Elon Musk offers discounted solar panels and batteries after California blackouts
Tesla is offering a discount on solar panels and batteries to people who are affected by wildfire power outages, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted today. More than 2 million people across California have been affected by power outages since October 25th as utility companies try to prevent their power lines from sparking new blazes. A fire just north of San Francisco has already consumed more than 66,000 acres and is only 5 percent under control.
Oct 29, 2019 // Residential, Storage, Rooftop PV, California, USA, BATTERIES, TESLA, Elon Musk, Solar Panels, North America, Tim Hamor, Alternative Energy Systems
NextEra and Southern Company Rank as Largest Solar Owners Outside China
The global solar market is growing rapidly but remains highly fragmented, Wood Mackenzie says.
Oct 4, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, SOUTHERN COMPANY, Italy, Wood Mackenzie, China, Duke Energy, Europe, Asia, enel green power, North America, NextEra Energy, Dominion Resources, Rishab Shrestha, Tom Heggarty
Geronimo and also Cargill Announce VPPA for 200 MW Solar Project
Geronimo Energy and also Cargill have actually revealed the implementation of a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) for the 200 MW Prairie Wolf Solar Project in Illinois.
Apr 23, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Geronimo Energy, Solar, North America, vppa, International, Cargill, Geronimo Cargill VPPA Solar, Eric Hoegger, Blake Nixon
Ukraine solar industry poised between optimism and fears of FIT renegotiation
Ukrainian energy market reforms are continuing and amid uncertainty about future auction mechanisms and prices, attendees at the SEF Kyiv sustainable energy forum again called out the government for dragging its heels on the legislation. However, there was also evident optimism at the show.
Oct 20, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Ukraine, Europe, Vitaliy Tymoshchenko, Philipp Leckebusch, DTEK Renewables, Narek Tunyan, Recom
Chile and South Australia established sights on eco-friendly hydrogen exports
Enthusiastic proposals to increase environment-friendly hydrogen production in Chile and South Australia have been introduced this week, as both look to capitalize growing supplies of renewables to help decarbonise their economic situations and also meet eco-friendly energy targets.
Nov 5, 2020 // Storage, Australia, Chile, South Australia, South america, hydrogen, climate council, Oceania, Juan Carlos Jobet, green hydrogen, Amanda McKenzie, Steven Marshall
Australia’s green bank will prioritise storage and grid stability in FY20
Australia’s state-run renewable energy financier, Clean Energy Finance Corp (CEFC) will shift gears over the next 12 months to prioritise investments in grid stability and large-scale energy storage, according to its latest funding update.
Jul 31, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Clean Energy Finance Corp, CEFC, Oceania
Solar manufacturers, utilities and also programmers back anti-forced labour promise
Leading solar producers, energies as well as designers consisting of SunPower, ENGIE North America, Lightsource BP, Tesla and also LONGi have signed a promise to make certain the market's supply chain is "without compelled work".
Feb 4, 2021 // Manufacturing News, TESLA, Sunrun, SunPower, China, Lightsource BP, polysilicon, JinkoSolar, Asia, Zaid Ashai, John Smirnow, labour, siea
JinkoSolar developing multi-junction solar cell for space and terrestrial applications
Leading ‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, JinkoSolar has partnered with the Shanghai Institute of Space Power-Sources (SISP) to co-develop high-efficiency multi-junction solar cell technology for both space and terrestrial applications.
Jan 8, 2020 // Manufacturing News, China, c-si manufacturing, JinkoSolar, Asia, solar cell, iii-v, Jin Hao
EDF and also ODEC Announce Increased Portfolio of Distributed Solar Projects
ODEC and also EDF Renewables North America have actually revealed a boost to a formerly revealed collaboration to create a profile of dispersed solar projects
Mar 18, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, EDF Renewables, International, ODEC, Marcus Harris, Delaware
Ultrafast and also broadband perovskite photodetectors for large-dynamic-range imaging
Photodetectors, a crucial optoelectrical element for the translation of optical signals right into electric signals, are of excellent rate of interest to a wide variety of commercial manufacturing, army events, biochemical discovery, optical interaction.
Mar 25, 2020 // Technology, China, Asia, perovskite, OIHPs
AGL obtains Australian C&I solar providers Solgen and Epho
Australian utility AGL Energy has protected bargains to get two commercial as well as industrial (C&I) solar firms, Solgen Energy Team and also Epho, as it looks to reinforce its existing PV capacities.
Mar 10, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, utility, Brett Redman, acquisition, AGL, commercial and industrial, sol distribution, Solgen
Investor Partners Group obtains area solar and storage space developer Dimension
Investment firm Partners Group has agreed to obtain a regulating risk in Dimension Renewable Energy, a US-based distributed energy platform concentrated on neighborhood solar as well as battery storage space.
Jun 30, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, acquisition, Dimension Renewable Energy, Partners Group, Todd Bright
CIGS solar cell with IBC structure and up to 19.7% efficiency
Researchers in the Netherlands have actually shown an interdigitated back call copper-indium-gallium-selenide solar cell with a sub-micron thickness of 673nm. The device has a light weight aluminum oxide as well as magnesium fluoride-based anti-reflective coating.
Jun 15, 2020 // Technology, Europe, solar cell, Netherlands, efficiency, CIGS
Invenergy and also AT&T signed PPA for 500 MW
AT&T Inc. announced to buy the power from 500 MW from Invenergy's new "Samson Solar Energy Center in Texas".
Nov 25, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, USA, PPA, Invenergy, North America, at&t
Toyota Gives Solar Panels A Redo With Vibrant Colors And Patterns
The majority of photovoltaic panels are a boring black, but Toyota has generated a first-of-its-kind innovation that permits them to be much more colorful
May 16, 2023 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Toyota, solar panel