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Harmful lead in photovoltaics – are there sustainable alternatives?
Without globally unified standards in waste management, the risk from toxic materials such as lead will become increasingly important.
Jan 17, 2020 // Opinions, Stephan Kube, Susanne Müller, HELIATEK
United States solar and also wind velocity 'not nearly enough' to satisfy Biden's environment targets
The United States' fleet of solar and wind generation capacity is readied to virtually triple over the next decade, but even this is not nearly enough to satisfy Head of state Biden's enthusiastic decarbonisation targets.
Apr 9, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, BNEF, BloombergNEF, North America, Joe Biden, Solar ITC, itc extension
Iberdrola bags 800MW of UK projects, becomes one of the marketplace's greatest players with 9% of all solar
Spanish energy business Iberdrola has actually bet huge on the UK market with the procurement on 17 solar PV projects from Elgin Energy and Lightsource bp, taking the company's share of UK solar from 2% to 9% and making it one of the greatest gamers in the marketplace.
Jan 17, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Iberdrola, Lightsource BP, Europe, Elgin Energy, acquisition
Global Energy Storage Market Set to Hit One Terawatt-Hour by 2030
The united state and also China will certainly lead, declaring over half of the worldwide installments by the end of this years
Nov 17, 2021 // Storage, USA, Japan, Germany, UK, India, China, Australia, Europe, Asia, Oceania, North America, Yayoi Sekine, Yiyi Zhou
How could pool floaties revolutionize the solar industry?
Sun worshipers that enjoy relaxing on pool mattresses may be on to something - two studies from Michigan’s Open Source Technology lab show the potential of a new type of floating photovoltaic (FPV) that uses foam like common pool toys.
Jan 6, 2021 // Floating PV, fpv, floating photovoltaic
Australian-designed storage system spells grid independence
" We've put together the most effective components to make a special Australian-designed solution that is compliant to the new battery criteria," states EVO Power Managing Director Jamie Allen. Offgrid or upmarket-- simply include solar.
Sep 21, 2020 // Technology, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Storage, LG CHEM, Australia, Oceania, Jamie Allen, Andrew Mears
German report makes recommendations for private PPA adoption in China
The German Energy Agency has drawn up a list of proposed measures which it says could help the world’s biggest solar market accelerate its clean energy plans through the adoption of subsidy-free – private – power purchase agreements.
Oct 15, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, Policy, PPAs, Germany, China, Europe, Asia, tariff, Dena, subsidy-free PPAs
Greece and Hungary pledge to phase out coal
Athens-based policy group The Green Tank labelled Greece’s decision “historic” while Europe Beyond Coal, an alliance of civil society groups working to make Europe coal free by 2030 said Hungary should target a more ambitious 2025 phase-out.
Sep 27, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, USA, Greece, Hungary, Trump, Europe, North America, coal, George Stassis, The Green Tank, János Áder, Kyriakos Mitsotakis’, Nikos Mantzaris
Can a Novel Zinc Battery Deliver Clean Multiday Backup Power?
California is checking Canadian start-up e-Zinc's long-duration modern technology to keep companies powered through wildfires and failures.
Sep 25, 2020 // Technology, Storage, California, USA, North America, startup, Zinc Battery, James Larsen
Global Energy Storage Capacity to Reach 741 GWh by 2030: WoodMac
A new report by Wood Mackenzie's has actually estimated that the global power storage space capacity additions might grow to get to 741 GWh of cumulative capacity by 2030.
Oct 1, 2020 // Storage, Market Research, Elon Musk, China, Europe, Asia, woodmac, Rory McCarthy, Le Xu
New DLR institutes will certainly explore solar-chemical fuels and the future of air transportation
In the future, mobility needs to come to be more eco-friendly - whether artificial fuels from sustainable sources, electrical power or hydrogen, cutting-edge and also low-emission engines, unmanned as well as electric aircraft, or concepts for their assimilation into the air transport system. The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum hair Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is establishing four new institutes as well as facilities to magnify its research on a large range of topics in these important areas. Funding is currently guaranteed adhering to the passing of the Structural Reinforcement Act (StStG) by the German Federal Parliament and the Federal Council on 3 July 2020.
Jul 7, 2020 // Technology, Transport, Germany, Europe, Pascale Ehrenfreund
Solar Energy as well as Battery Storage Space Will Be the Genuine Test for Tesla
This year, the business is attempting to press services for the home as well as the grid.
Jan 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, TESLA, Elon Musk
The Future of Power and Transport Markets Is Decentralization
Numerous solar generation systems and battery systems will certainly be individually possessed
Jan 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Transport, India, Asia, Decentralization
Chemical reactions enhance efficiency of key energy storage approach
Study by the Oregon State University College of Engineering has actually discovered a means to enhance the efficiency of a type of grid-scale storage critical for a worldwide transition toward renewable resource.
Jan 6, 2022 // Technology, Storage, USA, Oregon State University, North America, efficiency, AuYeung
How Energy Traders Turned the Power Grid Into a Speculative Market
When GreenHat Energy collapsed after blowing millions hypothesizing on power costs, it came to be level: Energy traders are basically betting, and ratepayers back every wager.
Nov 5, 2021 // Grids, USA, North America, Andrew Kittell, GreenHat Energy, JPMorgan Ventures Energy Corp., JPMVEC











