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Tesla is offering a discount on solar panels and batteries to people who are affected by wildfire power outages, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted today. More than 2 million people across California have been affected by power outages since October 25th as utility companies try to prevent their power lines from sparking new blazes. A fire just north of San Francisco has already consumed more than 66,000 acres and is only 5 percent under control.

A recent study shows that PV costs have declined faster than any other energy technology over the past two decades. The researcher behind the study said this would not have been possible without the “butterfly effect,” which is based on the idea that a small change in one part of a complex system can have a large impact elsewhere. The researcher also attributed the the rapidly declining cost of PV to Chinese manufacturing and strong US investor support.

Researchers from Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology claim to have developed a highly performant organic PV cell using tungsten disulfide flakes a few atoms thick. The stability of the device, however, is still to be evaluated.

Energy company selected as route-to-market and trading companion on the battery project

Scottish Water has actually announed its "most ambitious solar power scheme to date", with a setup prepared for its Balmore Water Treatment Works in Torrance, East Dunbartonshire that is anticipated to generate 4GWh each year.

San Diego Community Power (SDCP), the not-for-profit community option energy program serving five cities in the San Diego area, participated in a power acquisition contract with an associate of RAI Energy International, Inc.

Two PV projects on Sicily and one in Apulia are expected to reach ready-to-build condition in 2022

Solar-plus-storage is on deal from Swell Energy to Southern California Edison (SCE) customers signing up in its two online power plant (VPP) programs, which are set to improve neighborhood durability.

Social Energy has introduced a brand-new solar export tariff offering 20p/kWh for the very first 1,000 kWh exported annually.

A round-up of the most up to date product information, featuring Philadelphia Solar's prepare for a 1GW module plant in the US, REC Group's brand-new N-Peak 2 panel and also Meyer Burger's IEC certification success.

Vistra lately finished construction on the 100-megawatt Phase II of the plant, which brought the Moss Landing facility's total ability to 400 MW/1.6 GWh, making it the largest of its kind worldwide. Moss Landing is a flagship project in which Vistra established advanced energy storage space capability, for which LG Energy Solution supplied batteries utilizing its newest innovative Transportable Rack (TR1300).

The big win in the middle east's biggest solar project is remarkable for Arctech, which has actually been to boost its reach internationally. Numerous Chinese firms like Arctech, and Trina (which also supplies tracker services) have increased their offerings in the sector.

UK eco-friendly business RES has actually sold its Avonlie solar advancement project to Spanish electric utility Iberdrola. The project lies in New South Wales, Australia, and also is RES' biggest ever solar advancement with generating capacity standing at 245 MW dc/ 190 MW ac.

Wärtsilä is to offer a 50MW/100MWh energy storage space system for SSE's initial grid-scale battery project in Salisbury, Wiltshire.

International system integrator Fluence has actually been awarded a 60MW/96MWh battery energy storage space system (BESS) order in Taiwan for state-owned utility Taipower, its second in the country.