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Converting solar energy to hydrogen fuel, with aid from photosynthesis
Worldwide economic development features enhancing demand for energy, yet stepping up energy manufacturing can be challenging. Recently, scientists have attained record performance for solar-to-fuel conversion, and also now they want to include the machinery of photosynthesis to push it further.
Aug 18, 2020 // Technology, Solar to Fuel, USA, hydrogen, North America, Lilac Amirav
Qcells Sells 142-MW Solar Project to Puget Sound Energy
Qcells USA powers up Washington's clean energy future as it transfers 142-MW Appaloosa solar farm to Puget Sound Energy, set to energize over 30,000 homes by 2026!
Oct 2, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PV Power Plant, Qcells USA
GFG Alliance as well as Ignis to purchase 1.2 GW of Spanish renewable energy projects
Industrial empire GFG Alliance has actually signed an agreement with Ignis to co-invest in the growth, building, procedure as well as upkeep of Spanish solar and wind projects with a capacity of around 1.2 GW.
Oct 1, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, joint venture, ignis, simec, gfg alliance, Sanjeev Gupta
House of Lords gets in touch with Government to support community energy projects
Members of the House of Lords have actually contacted the government to promote the development of community energy projects in its new Energy Bill.
Aug 15, 2022 // Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, James Newcombe, Steve Shaw
Photon Energy powers up 1.4-MWp merchant PV plant in Hungary
Amsterdam-based solar programmer Photon Energy NV (WSE: PEN) claimed on Friday it has actually brought online a 1.4-MWp solar plant in Hungary, increasing its portfolio of proprietary solar farms in the nation to 51.8 MWp.
May 9, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Hungary, Europe, photon energy, PV Power Plant
EFG Hermes' Vortex platform to invest EUR625m in Ignis Energy's development
Vortex Energy has actually accepted spend more than EUR625 million (US$ 725 million) right into Ignis Energy Holdings with a series of funding injections that intend to develop Ignis into a "fully incorporated eco-friendly IPP" in Spain and elsewhere.
Oct 4, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, IPP, ignis, efg hermes, vortex
Puerto Rico concerns RFP for 1.5 GW renewables as well as energy storage
The island of Puerto Rico has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to build 1GW of renewable energy capacity as well as 500MW of battery power storage on the island.
Feb 24, 2021 // Plants, Storage, USA, North America, Puerto Rico, request for proposals, caribbean solar, solar and storage, renewables and storage, Ricardo Rosselló
7X Energy stockpiles 2GWac of inverters to make most of closing ITC window
Solar and storage developer 7X Energy has spent more than US$100 million to stockpile 2GWac of Power Electronics inverters in order to take advantage of the full investment tax credit (ITC) before it starts to taper next year.
Oct 10, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Inverters, USA, SunPower, Inverters, North America, 7x energy, power electronics, hannon armstrong sustainable infrastructure capital, Clay Butler
New roadmap to much better carrying out solar energy cells
Perovskite solar cells are in numerous ways currently as effective as traditional crystalline silicon-based solar cells; perovskite has actually the added benefit of being a lot more affordable than its silicon equivalent. Perovskites are also being presented in numerous gadgets such as light-emitting diodes, lasers, memory gadgets and much more.
Sep 28, 2021 // Technology, Canada, solar cells, perovskite, North America, Sam Stranks, University of Surrey, University of Cambridge, Wei Zhang, University of Toronto
Australian Renewable Energy Agency Awards $30 Million For Cheaper Solar Gains
The University of New South Wales Sydney have actually been awarded $30 million under ARENA R&D Program to sustain R&D and commercialisation activities to significantly reduce the cost of solar.
The scientists are going to receive $30 million for 9 projects across the cells and also modules stream, and the Balance of System, Operations as well as Maintenance stream.
Jan 10, 2023 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, ARENA, unsw, balance of system, Australian Renewable Energy Agency, Cells and Modules stream, improve cell and module efficiency, Operations and Maintenance stream, Nicholas Ekins, Nicholas Fisk, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales Sydney
Swedish-Israeli research group will certainly examine the self-healing abilities of perovskite solar cells
A research collective project involving scientists from Sweden's Karlstad University and also Israel's Ben-Gurion University of the Negev as well as Weizmann Institute of Science will take a look at exactly how perovskite solar cells could recover and self-repair at night.
Jan 9, 2023 // Technology, Sweden, solar cells, Europe, Asia, Israel, perovskite, Karlstad University, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Weizmann Institute of Science, Ellen Moons
Phelan Energy Unveils New Floating Solar Panel Technology
Phelan Energy Group (PEG) introduced a brand-new floating photovoltaic panel at the SolarPlaza, Floating Solar meeting, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the other day. This new concept layout and also performance will make its power result rate competitive, or less than land based planetary systems, claimed Chairman Paschal Phelan.
Sep 29, 2021 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Floating PV, Amsterdam, Paschal Phelan, Phelan Energy Group, PEG, SolarPlaza Floating Solar conference
Elgin Energy aiming to release 5GW of solar-plus-storage in 3 years after US$ 33m raise
UK designer Elgin Energy is targeting 5GW of solar-plus-storage throughout its core markets by 2025 after finishing a ₤ 25 million (US$ 33.3 million) fundraising round.
Nov 29, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, solar-plus-storage, Elgin Energy, Jack O’Keeffe, fundraising, focus capital partners
CS Energy Finishes Building of Largest Solar Plant in New Jersey
CS Energy has actually revealed that it has actually effectively finished the building and construction deal with the biggest solar plant in New Jersey.
May 19, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, New Jersey, North America, PV Power Plant, International, CS Energy, US Navy
Hunt Energy Network targets placing 500MW of distribution-level batteries into Texas' ERCOT market
An energy storage space project pipeline of 500MW in Texas's ERCOT market is being developed by Dallas-headquartered distributed energy sources programmer as well as driver Hunt Energy Network.
Mar 26, 2021 // Storage, USA, North America, ERCOT, Hunt Energy Network, Patrick Norton, Pat Wood