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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
Globe's leading utility-scale solar project developers Europe increases once again
The introduction of unsubsidised projects is assisting European business to increase back up the checklist of the globe's leading utility-scale solar project developers.
Apr 24, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Market Research, USA, Scatec Solar, Canadian Solar, China, Engie, First Solar, Cypress Creek Renewables, Europe, JinkoSolar, Asia, neoen, enel green power, GCL-Poly Energy Holdings, Trina Solar, SunEdison, North America, x-elio, 8minutenergy, ACWA Power, shell, NextEra Energy, Adani, tata power, Azure Power, Enerparc, Sempra Energy, AES Corporation, Shunfeng, sunpower corporation, State Power Investment Corporation, ACME Solar, juwi AG, China Three Gorges New Energy, EDF Energies Nouvelles, Abengoa Solar, Softbank, Hareon Solar, Greenko Energy Holdings, China Singyes
Advanced macro grid effort introduced in United States
Costs Gates and Breakthrough Energy see boosted transmission as promoting electrification as well as grid integrity. Raising transmission advancement at the "joint" between regions can save customers more than $47 billion as well as return greater than $2.50 on every buck spent.
Jun 17, 2020 // Grids, USA, North America, Bill Gates, Breakthrough Energy, Gina McCarthy
Researchers create molecule to store solar energy
Researchers at Linkoping University, Sweden, have created a molecule that takes in power from sunshine as well as shops it in chemical bonds. A feasible long-lasting use of the molecule is to catch solar power efficiently and save it for later on consumption. The current outcomes have actually been released in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, JACS.
Sep 2, 2020 // Technology, Sweden, Europe, Bo Durbeej
Penn State's 70-MW solar project portfolio is now creating power and sustaining sheep grazing
Penn State University has actually begun buying sustainable power produced from 3 Lightsource bp solar farms that have actually finished building and construction in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The projects were launched in 2019 upon the finalizing of a 70-MW PPA under which Penn State would certainly purchase 100% of the electricity created by the projects created and also operated by Lightsource bp.
Oct 16, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Lightsource BP, Pennsylvania, North America, penn state university, Kevin Smith, Solar Project, David Gray, Eric Barron, Emilie Wangerman
United States allocates US$ 125.5 countless government money for solar R&D
The United States Department of Energy (DoE) revealed on Wednesday a US$ 125.5 million bundle for a variety of innovative solar R&D initiatives.
Feb 6, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, solar pv, pv modules, solar cell, North America, microgrid, department of energy, eere, csp, artifical intelligence
Honda & Nike Secure New Renewable Energy Supplies
Honda has just inked two virtual power plant agreements that will cover more than 60% of its electricity usage in North America.
Sep 27, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Europe, Africa, North America, honda, Oklahoma, Nike, Eric Sprunk
The largest private coal company in the United States just went bankrupt
Despite promises by President Trump to save the coal industry, the crisis in the sector is clear. Solar, wind and batteries have the world to gain.
Oct 31, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Trump, North America, Rick Perry, Bob Murray, Murray Energy, bankruptcy, Louisiana
Home Solar Demand Surges Through the Roof in 2020
All over the world, the property solar sector is solid. Lockdown limitations have offered customers extra reason to take notice of their power costs, and more time to pursue residence enhancements like solar.
Nov 18, 2020 // Residential, Market Research, USA, Germany, Australia, Europe, Oceania, North America
Novasource merges with SunSystem, Primergy begin on Gemini PV-storage project
A round-up of the latest news from the US solar market, including updates from NovaSource, SEIA, Borrego and also Primergy.
Jan 26, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, SEIA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, solar-plus-storage, mergers and acquisitions, Abigail Ross Hopper, novasourcepower, executive appointments, usaa, borrego, primergy solar, sunsystem technology, Jack Bennett, Mike Hall
US adds over 17,000 solar jobs in 2021, with 40% of all energy jobs now concentrated on net zero transition
The United States solar market added 17,212 jobs in 2021, up 5.4% on 2020 numbers, with 40% of all United States energy jobs now focused on the transition to a net zero economic situation, according to the Department of Energy's (DOE) US Energy as well as Employment Report (USEER).
Jun 29, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, doe, solar jobs, department of energy, clean transport, demographic, useer
Biden devotes to halving United States discharges in week of new climate promises
Head Of State Joe Biden has actually said this is the "definitive decade" for combating climate modification, as he unveiled a new goal to a minimum of half United States exhausts by 2030.
Apr 23, 2021 // Policy, UK, Europe, European Union, Joe Biden, energy transition, ACORE, paris agreement, carbon emissions, decarbonsiation
New Consortium US-MAC intends to Raise CdTe PV Performance to 30%.
A timely reaction to the worldwide need for clean energy has actually originated from universities as well as research centres like Colorado State University (CSU), the Wright Center for Photovoltaics at the University of Toledo, as well as the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), in addition to US-based industrial solar business working with Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) thin-film solar panel production, which have joined pressures to develop the UNITED STATE Production of Advanced Cadmium Telluride (US-MAC) photovoltaics consortium.
Apr 27, 2021 // Technology, USA, NREL, North America, efficiency, Martin Keller, CdTe PV, Colorado State University, CSU, Jim Sites
Energy Vault, 2 Others Construct Gravity-Based Energy Storage in China
The 100 MWh EVx system is being developed beside a wind farm as well as nationwide grid site in Rudong situated outside of Shanghai.
Energy Vault and Atlas Renewable signed a $50 million licensing contract for making use of Energy Vault's proprietary gravity-based energy storage space technology.
May 6, 2022 // Storage, USA, ENERGY STORAGE, China, Asia, North America, Energy Vault, Atlas Renewable, robert piconi, China Tianying, Eric Fang, EVx, Rudong, Yan