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Octopus Energy Expands South Korea Solar Investments
Octopus Energy and Skygreen team up to power 45,000 homes with solar, advancing South Korea's green goals and cutting coal reliance.
Apr 14, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, South Korea, Asia, Octopus Energy, Skygreen
Trina Solar betting on largest wafer size and third cut cells for 500W-plus modules
‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, Trina Solar has started producing PV modules using the largest wafer size (210mm x 210mm) technically possible today with multiple other features to provide 500W-plus modules.
Jan 24, 2020 // Manufacturing News, pv modules, c-si manufacturing, solar cell, Risen Energy, Trina Solar, monocrystalline wafer, PERC
Techniques to stop overvoltage-induced inverter disconnections
Australian scientists have actually recognized 7 methods to avoid PV losses when overvoltage-induced inverter disconnections happen. The techniques consist of battery storage space, responsive power inverters, export restrictions, distribution static synchronous compensators, the replacement of old conductors in power grids, load reconfiguration, as well as dynamic voltage repair.
Jul 31, 2020 // Technology, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Inverters, Australia, Oceania
Argonne materials scientists go after a new generation of batteries
Progress in used research at Argonne National Laboratory increases hopes that solid-state batteries will certainly change standard lithium-ion batteries quicker rather than later.
Oct 28, 2021 // Technology, Storage, USA, Lithium-ion batteries, North America, Argonne National Laboratory, Jessica Durham
Photovoltaic panel: we require to recycle parts of them to use once again and prevent a mountain of waste
Billions of photovoltaic panels globally will quickly come to the end of their lives, however when they obtain thrown away important products that are required to make future panels are being wasted.
Nov 26, 2021 // Technology, Solar Panels, Swansea University
SunSpec Alliance forms Blockchain Work Group to advance system security
The SunSpec Alliance and members Doosan Gridtech, Kitu Systems and Wivity announced the creation of the SunSpec Blockchain Work Group. The work group will create requirements and specifications for a decentralized application to protect the security credentials of distributed energy resource (DER) systems such as solar PV systems and electric vehicles.
Oct 23, 2019 // Solar, SunSpec Alliance, Blockchain Work Group, Doosan Gridtech, Kitu Systems, Wivity, Tom Tansy, Gordon Lum
Bolivia eyes battery industrialisation drive as solar capacity rises
Bolivia will try and capitalise on its large lithium reserves to set up an industrial ecosystem around batteries and other storage technologies, according to a top government official.
Sep 24, 2019 // Storage, USA, storage, South america, Latin america, BESS, lithium, lithium-ion, North America, esslatam, Bolivia, Alvaro García Linera
Bahrain opens up tenders for 7.5 MW of solar
Bahrain is seeking to award contracts for the building and also procedure of 7.5 MWac of grid-tied solar capacity in 2 tenders as well as anticipates bids for power plants to be set up on building roofs as well as parking lot of authority structures by December 22.
Dec 7, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, tender, Asia, Bahrain
China's Solar Giants Fall After U.S. Climate Plan Failure
Solar companies in China fell Monday after a $2 trillion U.S. economic plan with important climate stipulations endured a possibly fatal problem in Congress.
Dec 20, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, China, Asia, Trina Solar, North America, Longi Green, Lori Lodes
550MW Chinese solar project powers up
Wenzhou Taihan has been built on tidal land along with an aquaculture site
Dec 22, 2021 // Plants, Grids, China, Asia, Solar Project
DoE aims for split second permits to speed roof solar development
The Biden management states it is releasing a device that permits instant allowing of roof solar setups, dealing with a resource of industry hold-ups and possibly decreasing costs for homeowners.
Jul 16, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, doe, Invesco Solar ETF, biden
Pathfinder safeguards authorization for 26-MWp solar farm in England
UK solar and also battery storage designer Pathfinder Clean Energy (PACE) on Monday stated it has actually gotten preparing authorization for its 26-MWp Attleborough solar park near Norwich, Norfolk.
Sep 7, 2021 // Plants, UK, Europe, England, solar farm, Pathfinder
Solar fuel maker Synhelion buys CSP expert Heliokon
Swiss solar fuel producer Synhelion SA has actually gotten German concentrated solar power (CSP) technology firm Heliokon GmbH to increase right into the neighbouring country and include complementary technologies to its portfolio.
Sep 29, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Synhelion, Swiss, Heliokon
Georgia Power acquires green light for 65MW battery
The facility will be the first standalone device on the US state's integrated transmission system
Oct 8, 2021 // Storage, USA, Georgia Power, North America, Wartsila, Wilson Mallard
Meyer Burger and CSEM extend solar R&D partnership
Meyer Burger and CSEM have extended their enduring solar cell and module R&D partnership for a more three years.
Oct 27, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Europe, heterojunction, meyer burger, CSEM, r&d, Christophe Ballif, Gunter Erfurt