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Berkeley Lab recommends subsidies remain driver of solar adoption among low-income US families
Subsidies can still be a vital driving force of solar adoption among reduced- as well as moderate-income (LMI) families in the US offered the reasonably high up-front cost of mounting PV systems, according to Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (Berkeley Lab).
Mar 21, 2022 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Rooftop PV, California, USA, North America, Connecticut, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, low income households
Solid growth in Asia's non-hydropower renewable industry will assist satisfy rising power demands but coal still major player
Major capacity enhancements in Asia's non-hydropower renewables sector will facilitate the area's capability to provide electricity in the middle of rising power intake needs, which look set to exceed all various other areas as economic situations continue to expand after the easing of COVID-19 limitations, according to a Fitch Solutions' report.
Apr 13, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, India, China, pv power plants, Asia, fitch solutions, coal, hydropower, power consumption
Solar project commissioned by Nestle, Yellow Door in Dubai
Nestle has set up greater than 2,500 solar panels on the carport structure of its Dubai manufacturing facility. The project will reduce the carbon emission by one million kilogrammes each year and also assist in recognizing the target of Nestle to come to be net-zero emitter by 2050.
Apr 19, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Jeremy Crane, Yellow Door Energy, Clean Energy Strategy, Matthias Riehle, Nestle Pure Life
Network Rail and EDF sign UK solar PPA
French utility will make 50MW of power available from its Bloy's Grove PV in Norfolk
Aug 10, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UK, PPA, EDF, Europe, Matthieu Hue, Network Rail, Jo Lewington, Wendy Morton
North America's EDF Renewables Operationalises Palen Solar Site With Storage
The site consists of four projects totaling 620 megawatts (MWdc) of solar PV plus 200 MWh of battery power storage. The projects integrated generate enough decarbonized power to meet the consumption of up to 217,000 typical California homes.
Aug 23, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, solar farm, EDF Renewables North America, Benoit Rigal, Maverick, Palen Solar site, Solar site in California
From the spare room to outer space: A DIY project that can transform solar energy
A do-it-yourself gadget that started life as a hobby and took off throughout COVID-19 could help to unlock the future generation of solar power, consisting of innovative technology for room missions.
Aug 25, 2022 // Technology, solar cells, perovskite, ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science, Jamie Laird, University of Melbourne
8minute Solar Energy expands services and rebrands as Avantus
8minute Solar Energy is expanding its services beyond solar development into clean energy products and various other zero-emission offerings. To reflect its broadened scope in the renewable energy space, 8minute has rebranded the company to the name Avantus.
Sep 15, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, 8minute Solar Energy, Tom Buttgenbach, Avantus, Kip Larson
Boviet Solar to Supply 861 MW PV Modules to Vesper Energy
The arrangement will use its Vega Series Mono-Bifacial PERC Double glass PV modules for Vesper Energy projects that lie in Texas and also Ohio. Vesper Energy is a designer of utility scale renewable energy projects with a 12 GW pipe of solar and also storage space projects in The United States and Canada.
Sep 27, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Craig Carson, vesper energy, Boviet Solar, Jimmy Xie, Boviet Solar Technology, Gamma Series Monofacial, Mono-Bifacial PERC Double glass PV modules, PERC PV cells, Vega Series Modules
Improved performance of all-polymer solar cells
Solar cells are an important contributor to a renewable energy supply, but photovoltaic panel waste will quickly end up being an enormous problem. Now, in a study just recently released in Journal of Materials Chemistry A, scientists from Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) have checked out the science that may assist improve the utility of easily mass-producible, all-polymer-based solar cells.
Oct 4, 2022 // Technology, solar cells, efficiency, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Masakazu Nakamura
London 'intending to lower land offered for solar'
Broadening the interpretation of property reserved for farming will reduce areas for new solar farms
Oct 10, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Chris Hewett, solar farm, Guardian, Doug Parr
Shizen Energy, CDPQ to Invest $474 Mn in RE in Japan & Outside
Following this deal, CDPQ has actually gotten a seat on the Board of Directors of Shizen Energy. Shizen Energy will develop a variety of renewable energy resources, including solar, agri-solar, onshore and overseas wind, small-scale hydroelectric as well as biomass power.
Oct 25, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, wind power, CDPQ, Emmanuel Jaclot, Shizen Energy, JPY 20-billion, Ken Isono, Kenji Kawado, Masaya Hasegawa
Turning Heat Into Light Could Make Solar Panels 80% Efficient, Rice Researchers Say
Don’t get too excited. What follows is a report about theoretical research in the lab which is a long way from commercial viability, but the implications of that research are simply staggering. Heat is the enemy of today’s solar panels. If they get too hot, their efficiency plummets. Researchers are working on ways to siphon some of that heat off and use it for other purposes, like making hot water. Others are exploring elaborate cooling systems that would add cost and complexity to solar systems.
Jul 31, 2019 // Solar, Solar, Solar Panels
Windlab starts Australian PV-wind-battery park following grid delay
Australian renewables developer Windlab has connected and energized its landmark energy park in northern Queensland, comprising 43 MW of wind, 18 MW of solar and a 4 MWh battery.
Aug 6, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Grids, storage, Australia, Windlab, Kennedy Energy Hub, grid-scale, Roger Price, Oceania
PV system prices fell 8.9% in Brazil in the first six months of the year
The cumulative capacity of 5 MW-or-smaller solar systems has reached 958 MW in Brazil, according to consultancy Greener. Around a third of that capacity was installed in the first half of this year, with projects relying on half-cell and PERC modules making up the largest share.
Aug 12, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Inverters, South america, Brazil, Greener, PV system prices, PERC modules, Polycrystalline modules, ANEEL
‘New and strange properties’ provide a boost to energy storage
MIT scientists have developed a class of liquid electrolyte with properties they say could open up new possibilities for improving the performance and stability of lithium batteries and supercapacitors.
Aug 14, 2019 // Technology, Storage, storage, MIT, T. Alan Hatton, Xianwen Mao