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Australian virtual power plant aggregates very first plan of residentially created energy
A virtual power plant (VPP) pilot programme in Western Australia that intends to adjust grid management to support higher uptake of rooftop solar has actually accumulated its first plan of residentially generated energy.
May 5, 2022 // Residential, Rooftop PV, Australia, AEMO, Oceania, Western Australia, VPP, virtual power plant, pilot project, synergy
Green hydrogen infrastructure, legislation required to build on REPowerEU plan
Europe has established a leading position throughout the green hydrogen value chain but now should increase financial investments to develop out infrastructure while committing green hydrogen targets to legislation.
May 18, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, European Union, green hydrogen, european commission, legislation, REPowerEU
Scientist advance slot-die coated perovskite solar cells and also ink properties
Researchers from Germany's Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and also HTW Berlin have taken a look at exactly how precursor inks influence the quality of perovskite thin films. The best cells were scaled approximately minimodule dimension. The team revealed that when slot-die covering the halide perovskite layers on large locations, ribbing results may occur yet can be protected against by adjusting the precursor ink's rheological properties.
Mar 20, 2023 // Technology, Germany, Europe, HZB, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, perovskite solar cells, HTW Berlin
Live fast, die young: MIT study proposes use of 10-year panels
Research has found even short-lived, 10 to 15-year solar panels could provide enough return for bankable projects. The researchers believe panel costs, coupled with an industry mindset now fixed on the final solar energy price rather than costs per kilowatt installed, may open opportunities for PV products currently snubbed because of a short lifecycle.
Sep 24, 2019 // Technology, USA, LCOE, MIT, North America, Bertrand Lempkowicz
EIB Lends $300 Million for Naturgy’s Panama Grid Upgrade
EIB injects $300m into Naturgy to modernise and expand Panama’s power grids, boosting infrastructure reliability and growth across Central America’s energy distribution network.
Nov 12, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Grids, North America, eib, Naturgy, panama
North Carolina energy plan looks to clear remaining regulatory hurdles for solar
Existing solar power policies in North Carolina will go under review as part of the state’s draft Clean Energy Plan. Published last week, it includes the retirement of 4GW of coal and the proposal of measures to drive renewable energy more broadly as well as boosting EV adoption in the US state.
Aug 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, North Carolina, solar pv, ssfusa, Duke Energy, Clean Energy Plan, boosting EV, Stephen De May, North America
New suggested multifunctional nanomaterial can enhance solar power, quantum computer
An irregular two-dimensional sandwich has the yummy component on the outside for researchers as well as engineers establishing multifunctional nanodevices.
Jan 12, 2021 // Technology, Solar Panels, Solar Energy, perovskites, Boris Yakobson, Jun-Jie Zhang, Dongyang Zhu
Juwi starts panel install at 204MW Greek PV website
The EUR136m Kozani solar park is arranged to be connected to the grid by February 2022
Apr 15, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Greece, Europe, juwi, Solar Park, Takis Sarris
German industry body calls for 5 GW cell manufacturing fab in Europe
The VDMA says Europe can restart a solar production sector that can compete on price with Chinese imports by reducing transport costs – provided a Euro supply chain can be established.
Aug 14, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, China, Europe, VDMA, Jutta Trube, Von Der Leyen
HOMER Energy by UL software application currently efficient in modeling crossbreed utility-scale systems
HOMER Energy by UL, global leader in the advancement of standard-setting energy modeling software, announced its most recent service-- HOMER Front + UL Analysis. The new capability assists energy programmers design and enhance the intricacies of front-of-the-meter utility-scale renewable crossbreed power systems that include wind, solar as well as battery energy storage space systems (BESS).
Mar 16, 2021 // Software, USA, North America, HOMER Energy, Peter Lilienthal, UL
Solar connection start-up ConnectDER banks USD 27m in fund-raiser
ConnectDER, a United States provider of meter collars for home solar connection, has actually pulled in USD 27 million (EUR 25.1 m) in fresh capital to broaden its organization in a Series C funding round led by Energy Innovation Capital (EIC).
May 25, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, ConnectDER
Statkraft to buy power from 30-MW solar park in Germany
Norwegian state-owned utility Statkraft AS has inked an offer to procure the electricity from a 30-MW solar farm in Germany that is being developed by project designer Sunovis GmbH.
Jul 13, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Statkraft, Solar Park
Perovskite solar cells from the slot die coater represent a step towards industrial production
Steel halide perovskites are taken into consideration to be a specifically affordable and also appealing course of products for next-generation solar components. Perovskite solar cells can be produced with finishing processes making use of liquid inks made from forerunner materials and different solvents. After finish, the solvents evaporate as well as the perovskites crystallize to create a more or less homogeneous layer.
Mar 17, 2023 // Technology, Berlin, perovskite solar cells, Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Eva Unger, Helmholtz-Zentrum
Linxon, Available Power Agree For 200 MWh BESS Project
The project scope includes the style, construction, setup, and also testing of all equipment needed for the BESS setup.
May 9, 2023 // Storage, USA, Texas, North America, Austin BESS, Available Power, Ben Gregory, BESS in ERCOT market, Greenport Battery Energy Storage, Linxon, Linxon Americas, Nicolas Sanloup, SNC-Lavalin and Hitachi Energy
Enel donates solar panels to Ukraine
The 2MW batch is the initial commitment under a European effort
Mar 3, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Ukraine, Enel, Europe, solar panel