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Renewables can fulfill all electricity demand in Australia at certain times of day by 2025
Accelerating release of utility-scale solar as well as wind means much of Australia can have adequate eco-friendly generation to fulfill 100% of consumer demand at specific times of the day by 2025.
Aug 31, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, AEMO, NEM, rooftop PV, Oceania, Daniel Westerman
Japanese companies strike Australian green hydrogen deal
MoU with infrastructure firms to analyze gas production and export from Queensland
Sep 15, 2021 // Storage, Solar to Fuel, Japan, Australia, Asia, Marubeni, Oceania, green hydrogen, KANSAI
Bipartisan bill looks to simplify distributed solar permitting in US
A Republican senator from Maine and a Democratic senator from New Mexico have introduced legislation that aims to slash costs and red tape currently complicating local permitting for distributed renewable energy, energy storage and electric vehicle (EV) charging systems.
Sep 10, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, Rooftop PV, USA, storage, North America, rooftop solar system, distributed solar, investment tax credit, Ross Hopper, Maine
The US tops 37.9 GW of large scale solar
That record figure of utility scale PV was under contract at the end of June with 8.7 GWdc under construction. However, installation levels fell slightly, year-over-year.
Sep 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, USA, ITC, Texas, Wood Mackenzie, North America, Minnesota
India to fall well short of 175 GW renewables target
A report by Indian ratings agency CRISIL points to a rising rate of tender failures, an inconsistent policy approach from central and state governments and restrictive solar energy tariff caps and says India could have just 104 GW of renewables capacity by 2022.
Oct 9, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, India, SECI, Asia, tariff, CRISIL
Western Australia: 800MWh BESS & graphite project feasibility studies progress
Renewable resource developer ZEN Energy has actually handled responsibility for a 600-800MWh battery energy storage space system (BESS) project in Western Australia while the regional government is funding a downstream graphite facility project for battery applications at the exact same place.
Apr 26, 2022 // Storage, Western Australia, Zen Energy
In the direction of more effective, non-toxic, and flexible thin-film solar cells
Climate change, among the major global worries today, has actually made it clear that fossil fuels are harmful to our atmosphere and are not a sustainable source of power. It is important to adopt clean sources of power, and also solar cells are a prominent prospect on this front.
May 13, 2022 // Technology, Japan, solar cells, Asia, efficiency, Ritsumeikan University, flexible thin-film solar cells, Jakapan Chantana, Takashi Minemoto
Australia's new prime minister vows to make nation 'renewable energy superpower'
Australia's new head of state, Anthony Albanese, has promised to make the nation a renewables "superpower" following his Labor Party's victory in Saturday's federal election, which ousted predecessor Scott Morrison's conservative coalition.
May 23, 2022 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Grids, Policy, ENERGY STORAGE, Australia, climate council, Oceania, rooftop solar, policy, net zero, national electricity market, grid upgrades, Anthony Albanese
China's compressed air energy storage industry makes progress
A 300MWh compressed air energy storage system capacity has actually been linked to the grid in Jiangsu, China, while a pressed air storage start-up in the nation has increased nearly US$ 50 million in a financing round.
Jun 1, 2022 // Storage, Grids, China, Asia, investment, peak shaving, long-duration, funding round, compressed air energy storage
ZapBatt, Toshiba Collaborate On Lithium Titanium Oxide Battery Technology For Micro-Mobility
Toshiba desires ZapBatt to solve 3 challenges of using LTO chemistry in batteries: Chips, Voltage and also Energy Density. The combined option enables lithium titanium oxide to be a quicker, smarter, and also a lot more cost-effective battery system.
Jul 21, 2022 // Technology, Storage, electric vehicle, Toshiba, AI software technology, Amiad Zionpur, chips, Greg Mack, lithium titanium oxide, TOSBF, voltage, ZapBatt
Solar Energy Corporation of India's 1,000 MWh energy storage space tender winner revealed
Bidding process took place last week in a reverse auction to contract for 500MW/1,000 MWh of standalone battery energy storage space capacity with the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI).
Aug 30, 2022 // Storage, India, tender, Asia
Sunrun will set up 17-MW VPP on Puerto Rico for PREPA
Puerto Rico's sole electric utility service provider, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), has actually chosen Sunrun as the installation firm and also battery supplier for the island's first virtual power plant (VPP). The 17-MW VPP will certainly network together more than 7,000 Sunrun solar + storage space systems installed on homes.
Nov 1, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Sunrun, North America, Puerto Rico, PREPA
Deutsche Bank attempts to wind up Singyes Solar
The German lender has issued a winding up petition over a $6.27 million debt and could scupper the manufacturer’s plans to restructure its defaulted payments and be taken over by a Chinese state-backed entity.
Aug 12, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Markets & Finance News, Singyes Solar, Germany, Hong Kong, Deutsche Bank AG, Water Development HK, Comtec Solar
Czech federal government strategies retroactive cuts for PV motivations, once more
According to the Czech Solar Association, the action versus solar will likely activate defaults for hundreds of PV projects. The Czech federal government likewise intends to develop even more nuclear reactor as well as has actually pledged to prolong the life-span of its coal-fired plants.
May 25, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, Europe, Czechia, Martin Sedlak
Czech federal government strategies retroactive cuts for PV rewards, once more
According to the Czech Solar Association, the relocation versus solar will likely cause defaults for hundreds of PV projects. The Czech federal government additionally prepares to construct even more nuclear reactor and also has actually pledged to prolong the life expectancy of its coal-fired plants.
May 25, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, MIT, North America, EV batteries, Ian Mathews