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Scatec awarded 540 MW solar plant with storage in a federal government tender in South Africa
Scatec has today been awarded Preferred Bidder standing on three projects totaling 150MW (3x50MW) of Contracted Capacity, by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy in South Africa under the technology agnostic Risk Mitigation Power Procurement Programme (RMIPPP). The tariffs awarded to the projects drop within the series of the formerly granted preferred bidders.
Jun 2, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Raymond Carlsen, Scatec, Africa, South Africa, PV Power Plant, RMIPPP
The Philippines readied to massively increase solar capacity, project pipe grows 10-fold in a year
The Philippines looks set to substantially increase its solar implementation, according to Fitch Solutions, which has actually changed up its forecasts for the country's non-hydro renewables industry in accordance with a rapidly-expanding project pipeline as well as growing governing assistance.
Apr 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Asia, Philippines, fitch solutions, coal, large-scale solar, pipeline
Tesla Sets Record for EV Deliveries, but Losses and Solar Shrinkage Endure
2019 is supposed to be “the year of the solar roof,” but Tesla’s solar business continues to wither.
Jul 26, 2019 // Storage, California, USA, TESLA, Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, Motor Trend, North America
Tesla Sets Record for EV Deliveries, but Losses and Solar Shrinkage Endure
2019 is supposed to be “the year of the solar roof,” but Tesla’s solar business continues to wither.
Jul 29, 2019 // Storage, TESLA, Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, Solar Shrinkage Endure, China and Model Y
Solar Tariffs Drop to a brand-new low of Rs 1.99/ kWh in Latest Gujarat Auction
The most up to date round of public auctions for 500 MW worth of solar projects in Gujarat has seen tariffs drop to a brand-new low of Rs 1.99/ kWh in India.
Dec 21, 2020 // Tariffs, India, tender, Asia, gujarat, GUVNL
Commercial solar at grid parity in China but a hard line is needed on soft costs
Deploying commercial and industrial PV in China without subsidy is already profitable in some areas, according to a new study, but prohibitive soft costs and cheap electricity are the main barriers for such installations in areas where grid parity remains out of reach.
Aug 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Grids, Tariffs, China, PV module, solar rooftops, subsidy
A novel concept for photovoltaics that exploits the ability of products to exist in various crystalline phases
The group of Prof. Yana Vaynzof at the Integrated Center for Physics as well as Photonic Materials (IAPP) and also the Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) at Technische Universität Dresden has demonstrated a novel concept for solar cells that exploits the ability of materials to exist in various crystalline phases. The relevant study has actually now been released in the journal Nature Energy.
Nov 16, 2022 // Technology, solar cell, Yana Vaynzof, Technische Universität Dresden, Integrated Center for Physics and Photonic Materials, IAPP
Los Angeles signs a 25-year-lasting purchase agreement for solar power from Kern County facility
LA is rushing to renewable energy. The city has just approved a contract with a 25 year term to get powered by a solar plant in Kern County. The project is being implemented in the framework of the Global Green New Deal.
Nov 8, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Los Angeles, Kern County
Enhancing the stability of perovskite solar cells with a green as well as low-cost organic additive
Just Recently, Junyou Yang and Yubo Luo from the Huazhong University of Science as well as Technology, in cooperation with Xin Li from the National University of Singapore, released an article labelled "Enhancing the stability of planar perovskite solar cells by green as well as affordable cellulose acetate butyrate" in Journal of Energy Chemistry.
Oct 26, 2022 // Technology, solar cells, perovskite, National University of Singapore, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Junyou Yang, Yubo Luo, Xin Li
Mixing it up: A low-cost means to make efficient, steady perovskite solar cells at business scale
An essential part of next-generation solar panels can be developed without pricey, high-temperature construction methods, demonstrating a pathway to huge scale, inexpensive manufacturing for commercial applications.
Jun 30, 2021 // Technology, Australia, solar cells, perovskite, Oceania, efficiency, CSIRO, ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science
A strategy to improve the effectiveness as well as carrier lifetimes of all-inorganic perovskite solar cells
All-inorganic perovskites have actually recently confirmed to be extremely promising for the development of photovoltaics (PVs), as they could potentially accomplish better thermal stabilities than crossbreed perovskite solar cells based upon both natural and also inorganic products.
Apr 5, 2023 // Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, perovskite solar cells, Xinbo Chu
UNITED STATE to have a hard time to fulfill Biden's power grid climate goal -Woodmac.
The USA will certainly have a hard time to fulfill Head of state Joe Biden's environment objective to decarbonize the power grid by 2035 as innovation and also plan take some time to create, natural deposits consultancy Wood Mackenzie stated on Thursday.
Sep 16, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Joe Biden
Queensland aims to 'turbo charge' a lot more renewables projects with AU$ 2bn jobs fund
Queensland will certainly invest AU$ 2 billion (US$ 1.55 billion) on renewables and hydrogen jobs to sustain the Australian state's financial recovery from COVID-19 as well as aid it provide on its 50% clean energy target by 2030.
Jun 11, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Australia, queensland, Oceania, Clean Energy Council, green hydrogen, employment, covid-19 recovery, jobs
There's a Ton of money to Be Made in the Obscure Metals Behind Clean Power
The era-defining shift from fossil fuels to clean energy will certainly supply an unmatched brand-new boom for assets-- as well as an opportunity for financiers-- as a variety of relatively unknown materials come to be essential to supplying emissions-free power, transportation and also heavy industry.
Sep 21, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Lithium-ion batteries, China, solar pv, Asia, BloombergNEF, EV chargers, Wind Turbines
Over a million tons of Li-ion batteries are expected to reach end of life by 2030
The recycling industry volume is expected to increase ten times by 2030, driven by vast battery usage in electric vehicles and portable electronic devices. Reusing of valuable materials is becoming a vital necessity. Scores of companies around the world are ready to give second life to the used lithium batteries.
Nov 5, 2019 // Storage, USA, storage, China, Asia, recycling, lithium, North America, Circular Energy Storage, Hans Eric Melin