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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
Betavolt's Atomic Energy Batteries: 50 Years of Power Without Charge
Introducing Betavolt's groundbreaking atomic energy batteries - a game-changer in the world of energy storage. With a lifespan of 50 years and no need for charging or maintenance, these batteries are set to revolutionize aerospace, AI, medical equipment, and more. China's innovation in atomic energy and diamond semiconductors puts them ahead of the game.
Jan 16, 2024 // Storage, Betavolt
EDPR NA Wins 100-MW Solar Deal for Appalachian Power
EDP Renewables North America will build a utility-scale solar project for Appalachian Power—100-MWac/136-MWdc—using a build-and-transfer model to deliver predictable timelines, lower risk, and future storage potential.
May 26, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, EPC, North America, Appalachian Power, EDPR, utility solar
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
Mortenson contracts with GPS-enabled pile driver to redirect workforce to various other tasks
The solar division at Mortenson has actually introduced a collaboration with Orteco, an Italian-based OEM, to create robotic equipment to advance the building and construction of solar power installations. The new GPS-enabled pile circulation system can run autonomously to exactly position piles across utility-scale solar sites during building.
Sep 20, 2022 // Technology, Mortenson, Trent Mostaert, Orteco, Eric Grenz
Solar Cleansing Start-up Solavio Labs Obtains Financing from Canadian Province
Solavio Labs, an Indian tidy tech startup introducing in the photovoltaic panel cleaning innovation space has introduced the completion of funding from Canadian Province-- New Brunswick for Rs 40,60,000 taking their overall fund elevated to Rs 2 crores.
Feb 19, 2021 // Technology, India, Asia, Start-up, Solavio, Suraj Mohan
US solar industry asks Biden to end 'vindictive as well as ill-conceived' bifacial tariffs
Loads of chief executives in the renewable resource sector have demanded that US President Joe Biden reverse the tariff hike Donald Trump's Administration positioned on solar panel imports last year.
Feb 23, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, Policy, USA, SEIA, bifacial, Lightsource BP, North America, Joe Biden, solar tariffs, president biden, Heather Zichal
Solar Sector Sets Records in 2020, On Course to Quadruple by 2030
The UNITED STATE solar market expanded 43% and also mounted a record 19.2 gigawatts (GWdc) of capacity in 2020, according to the UNITED STATE Solar Market Understanding 2020 Year-in-Review report, released today by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and also Wood Mackenzie.
Mar 16, 2021 // Market Research, USA, SEIA, Wood Mackenzie, North America, Abigail Ross Hopper, Michelle Davis
DOE Introduces $24.5 Million for Production Flow Batteries and Resilient Electric Grids
The USA Department of Energy (DOE) has actually introduced USD 24.5 million to sustain production of resilient, modern-day electricity framework, flow battery systems, and to attend to the climate emergency.
Mar 22, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, USA, North America, US DOE, Flow battery system, resilient electricity, Diana DeGette
Solar Sector Establishes Records in 2020, On Course to Quadruple by 2030
The UNITED STATE solar industry expanded 43% and also set up a record 19.2 gigawatts (GWdc) of ability in 2020, according to the UNITED STATE Solar Market Insight 2020 Year-in-Review report, released today by the Solar power Industries Association (SEIA) as well as Wood Mackenzie.
Mar 23, 2021 // Market Research, USA, SEIA, Wood Mackenzie, North America, Abigail Ross Hopper, Michelle Davis








