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NASA Solar Array Technology Now Powering Communications Satellites
Compact Telescoping Array (CTA), a technology developed at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, is used to give solar energy to satellites precede. A solar array is a collection of numerous photovoltaic panels that create power as a system.
Jul 23, 2021 // Technology, NASA, Northrop Grumman, solar array, Charles Taylor, Compact Telescoping Array, CTA, Richard Pappa
KORE Power to build huge lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in Arizona
KORE Power has plans to create a lithium-ion battery production facility in Maricopa County, Arizona.
Jul 31, 2021 // Storage, USA, North America, lithium-ion battery, KORE Power, Lindsay Gorrill, Buckeye Mayor Eric Orsborn
Solar to overtake wind in corporate renewable procurement
A new report by Wood Mackenzie and the American Wind Energy Association shows solar taking the favor of corporate renewable purchasers in 2021 and holding that crown to infinity and beyond.
Aug 22, 2019 // Solar, USA, Wood Mackenzie, American Wind Energy Association, North America, Target
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
Jena research study group provides unique approach to the storage of solar energy
Utilizing the power from the sunlight as successfully as nature does and also transforming it right into chemical energy might drastically lower worldwide CO2 emissions. A research team from the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz IPHT) and also the Friedrich Schiller University Jena has actually now come one action more detailed to this vision.
Sep 28, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Germany, Europe, Leibniz IPHT, Martin Schulz
Canadian 400 MWac merchant solar plant protects funding
The project will operate at a profit in part thanks to an emissions plan introduced by the province of Alberta on January 1. The plant will have the ability to sell its carbon certificates.
Feb 4, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Canada, North America, Dan Balaban, Christian Skakkebaek
Hanwha Q Cells Dedicates Largest Solar Panel Factory In Western Hemisphere
Hanwha Q Cells officially opened its 300,000 square foot solar panel factory in Dalton, Georgia last week, claiming it is the largest such manufacturing facility in the western hemisphere.
Sep 30, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Tariffs, Policy, USA, Georgia, Jinko Solar, First Solar, Trump, Europe, North America, Hanwha Q Cells, Brian Kemp, Scott Moskowitz, LG
‘They created a rechargeable world’
American John B. Goodenough, Brit Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino, from Japan, have received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for developing the lithium-ion battery. A statement from the Royal Academy of Sciences of Sweden said the invention “laid the foundations of a society without wires and fossil fuels, and [they] are of great benefit to humanity”.
Oct 9, 2019 // Technology, Storage, USA, Japan, Lithium-ion batteries, Germany, UK, Europe, Asia, North America, John B. Goodenough, Brit Stanley Whittingham, Akira Yoshino, Nobel Prize
Origami's steel solar panel frame surpasses aluminium in independent screening
A solar PV module frame made from recycled roll-formed steel has outperformed conventional aluminium frames in screening by an independent third party.
Aug 10, 2022 // Manufacturing News, testing, aluminium, testing labs, module frame, origami solar, steel frame
Renewables execs slam US government over solar tariff petition
United States solar players have actually struck out at the Department of Commerce's (DOC) transfer to investigative supposed circumvention of antidumping as well as countervailing duties (AD/CVD), advising that the hazard of tariffs is already jeopardising President Biden's climate goals.
Apr 25, 2022 // Tariffs, USA, North America, NextEra, NextEra Energy, import tariffs, biden administration, American Clean Power Association, antidumping, circumvention, department of commerce, AD/CVD, SOLV Energy, doc, countervailing
Nuru Seeks $300 Million for Mini-Grids in Power-Starved Congo
Series B round to raise $60 million, Series C $90 million Company is backed by UK Agency REPP, IFC and Proparco
Apr 5, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Grids, Africa, Nuru, Congo
Photovoltaic Panel Orders Point to Clean Energy Boom From United States Climate Law
The full results of the Inflation Reduction Act have yet to be felt, but a take a look at one significant solar firm's order publication suggests massive demand.
May 5, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America
AESI Announces Malaysian Factory and New Strategic Partnerships
AESI's new Malaysian facility, set to enhance U.S. supply chains and cut costs, marks a pivotal step in energy storage innovation with global partnerships and ambitious growth.
Sep 12, 2024 // Storage, Malaysia, Asia, AESI
Runergy Opens 2-GW Solar Plant in Alabama
Jiangsu Runergy launches a groundbreaking 2-GW solar module factory in Alabama, boosting local production and powering the U.S. renewable energy revolution!
Oct 7, 2024 // Manufacturing News, USA, Alabama, North America, PV Power Plant, runergy
Boviet Solar Set to Launch 2-GW Factory by 2025
Boviet Solar is set to revolutionize renewable energy in the U.S. with a massive 2-GW PV module factory in North Carolina, launching production in early 2025!
Oct 10, 2024 // Manufacturing News, USA, PV module, North America, Boviet Solar