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A banner year for advancing non-battery storage
This has been a breakthrough year for non-battery storage, with key advances in pumped hydro, power-to-gas, and thermal storage technologies. Many industry players are moving beyond pilot projects to contracted projects, which could lead to increased scale and lower costs.
Nov 1, 2019 // Technology, Storage, Solar to Fuel, USA, Canada, Germany, Europe, North America, CRYOBattery, non-battery storage, Power-to-hydrogen, thermal storage, Ice Energy, Siemens Gamesa, Solar to Fuel, Solar to Hydrogen, Producing Hydrogen, Hydrogen from renewable, Renewable fuels, cryogenic energy storage, solar cryogenic storage
Disorder-engineered inorganic nanocrystals set a new efficiency record for ultrathin solar cells
Presented over roof covering tops and also in solar ranches, silicon-based solar cells are, up until now, among the most efficient systems in generating electrical power from sunlight, however their fabrication can be pricey and power demanding, in addition to being heavy and also large.
Feb 15, 2022 // Technology, solar cells, efficiency, ICFO, Gerasimos Konstantatos, Yongjie Wang, Ignasi Burgues-Ceballos
Two big solar farms captured in grid congestion pulled from sale
2 of the big solar farms caught up in newly verified congestion problems in the New South Wales grid-- exposed by RenewEconomy on Monday-- have been drawn from sale.
Aug 13, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, new south wales, John Laing, Decmil
10 Charts That Can Help Predict the Year Ahead
By Nathaniel Bullard I’ve picked my 10 favorite charts of 2019. Each one represents a data set that will change in 2020, and in so doing tell us
Jan 8, 2020 // Market Research
First Solar sold out through the second quarter of 2021
‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, First Solar said it was sold out of thin-film cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar modules through the second half of 2021 as the company continues to ramp its Series 6 larger-area modules.
Oct 25, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, First Solar, pv power plants, Mark Widmar, North America, first solar inc, cdte thin-film modules
Australia could start exporting sunshine in the form of hydrogen
The government has been seen as slow to act on climate change, while Labor offered an ambitious carbon reduction policy.
Dec 2, 2019 // Technology, Thermal, Solar to Fuel, Toyota, Australia, hydrogen, Oceania, Darren Miller, Alan Finkel, Craig Buckley, Øivind Wilhelmsen, Solar to Fuel, Solar to Hydrogen, Producing Hydrogen, Hydrogen from renewable, Renewable fuels
The weekend read: Perovskites step out of the labs
Michael van der Gugten, Sales and Marketing Executive at Smit Thermal Solutions, is convinced that perovskite solar cells have reached maturity, and that they are ready to make the step from the lab to production. He is leading the organization of a conference on this topic and expects that the perovskite community, production equipment suppliers and crystalline silicon cell manufacturers will discuss the implementation of perovskite-silicon tandem cells or the production of standalone perovskite modules.
Aug 12, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Opinions, Solar to Fuel, China, Asia, hydrogen, Michael van der Gugten, Smit Thermal Solutions, ALD, OPV, Solar to Fuel, Solar to Hydrogen, Producing Hydrogen, Hydrogen from renewable, Renewable fuels
7 Best Solar Supplies to Acquire Ahead of Possible Tax Debt Regulations
With the Biden management concentrated on environment change, these solar plays are worth your time
Aug 3, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Sunrun, Canadian Solar, Enphase Energy, SolarEdge, NextEra Energy, Brookfield Renewable Partners, Invesco Solar ETF
What You Need to Know about Field Inspection Software for Energy Companies
Project managers are responsible for ensuring project delivery in accordance with contract documents. This includes the plans or blueprints that detail how to
May 27, 2022 // Software, Press releases
Space objective examinations NREL perovskite solar cells
On a clear night, Kaitlyn VanSant will certainly have the ability to watch her work whiz by. Knowing the success of her project, however, will certainly need to wait up until her small, momentary enhancement to the International Space Station returns to Earth.
Aug 31, 2021 // Technology, USA, NASA, NREL, solar cells, perovskite, North America, Kaitlyn VanSant, Timothy Peshek
The weekend read: Unsteady progress of a potential MENA solar superpower
With a combination of scale, a growing population, outstanding irradiation, and available capital, solar PV should be a ‘no brainer’ for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. But early explorations of the technology have soured expectations, and progress has come in fits and starts.
Aug 17, 2019 // Solar, Saudi Arabia, solar pv, Asia, K.A.CARE, REPDO
The weekend read: Reactivating Mexico’s large-scale sector
The Mexican electric power industry is maintaining its dynamism, despite a collective perception of inactivity stemming from a lack of information from the federal government. And renewables are barely mentioned in the National Development Plan for 2019–2024 drawn up by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Aug 26, 2019 // Plants, America, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexica, PEMEX, Federal Electricity Commission, Jeff Pavlovic, Cintia Angulo, Julian Willenbrock, Armando Navarrete
Hold Your Nerve: Energy Transition Risks as well as Red Herrings in 2022
Clean energy has actually had a great pandemic. Global wind and solar implementations struck brand-new documents in 2020 and also 2021, as did electric vehicle sales, and COP26 in Glasgow brought progression on a number of crucial fronts. Government net-zero targets currently cover or are readied to cover 90% of global discharges.
Jan 27, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Market Research, USA, Europe, North America, Glasgow, cop26
Best Solar Powered Water Bottles
Solar water bottles go far and beyond to quench your thirst and power your electronic devices. The latest innovation of the bottles gives you a water storage container, power output, and a lighting solution at night. The bottles are also ideal for storing energy. Wondering how?
Apr 30, 2024 // Manufacturing News, Solar
Declining Renewable Costs Drive Focus on Energy Storage
Declining costs in available technologies have propelled interest in energy storage forward like never before. The price of lithium-ion batteries has fallen by about 80% over the past five years, enabling the integration of storage into solar power systems.
Jan 8, 2020 // Storage, Market Research, USA, storage, NREL, Hawaii, North America