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Energy Vault's Gravity Storage to Revolutionize Southern Africa's Energy Landscape
Gravity Energy Storage Solutions partners with Energy Vault to revolutionize energy storage in Southern Africa, addressing power shortages and accelerating the transition to clean, sustainable energy.
Feb 2, 2024 // Storage, Africa, South Africa, Energy Vault
California water district intends country's 1st solar canopy project covering canals
Turlock Irrigation District (TID) in Turlock, California, is intending the country's initial pilot project to construct solar panel canopies over a part of the water energy's existing canals. Project Nexus is intended as a multi-use solar project, analyzing water evaporation reduction from mid-day shade and also wind reduction; improvements to water quality and reduced canal maintenance through minimized vegetative development; as well as generating renewable energy.
Feb 9, 2022 // Plants, USA, North America, Project Nexus, Michael Frantz, Roger Bales, Karla Nemeth, Jordan Harris
Vietnam Solar Supporters Plan a 'Million Green Homes'
Vietnamese advocates of solar power have begun a "Million Green Homes" project, aimed at spreading the use of solar power in the country instead of coal and other fossil fuels.
Oct 4, 2019 // Plants, Residential, Grids, Rooftop PV, Asia, rooftop PV, Vietnam, Van Ngoc Thinh, Trinh Dinh Dung
Transparent Solar Cells That Could Unlock brand-new era of Personalised Energy
A group of scientists has actually successfully developed clear solar cells which they believe can take us in the direction of a brand-new period of customised power.
Nov 3, 2020 // Technology, solar cells, Asia, Korea, International, Innovation, Incheon National University, Joondong Kim
IEA: governments must prepare for 'looming' surge in resources need
Federal governments globally must ensure that there are sufficient raw materials readily available to solar as well as energy storage programmers to safeguard the energy change.
May 6, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Market Research, mining, european commission, Lithium ion, biden, International Energy Agency, raw materials, china imports, copper, Faith Birol
US anti-forced labour regulation gathers momentum as new bill passes House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives has actually passed the Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act, which aims to ban imports from China's Xinjiang region, by a frustrating 428-1 in an action that can have serious consequences for the nation's solar industry.
Dec 10, 2021 // Policy, USA, North America, Xinjiang, china imports, WRO, forced labour, import ban, Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act
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
Covid-19 and also reliance on China's PV supply chain
The Asian Development Bank claims creating nations in Asia as well as the Pacific must take into consideration creating their very own solar sector supply chains as the Covid-19 pandemic has actually revealed their over-reliance on China to finish the power change.
Mar 30, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, India, China, Asia, Vietnam, Asian Development Bank, WORLD, covid-19, Yongping Zhai
Researchers develop a cobalt-free cathode for lithium-ion batteries
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine as well as four nationwide laboratories have developed a way to make lithium-ion battery cathodes without making use of cobalt, a mineral plagued by price volatility and also geopolitical problems.
Sep 22, 2022 // Technology, Storage, USA, North America, University of California, Huolin Xin
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
Photon, Canadian Solar swap project rights in 580 MWp of Aussie solar
Solar power programmers Photon Energy NV (WSE: PEN) and Canadian Solar Inc (NASDAQ: CSIQ) have exchanged rights to 580 MWp of solar projects they partnered on in Australia.
Apr 13, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Canadian Solar, Photon, Michael Gartner
Engie Romania acquires 5.46 MWp solar park in Teleorman county
The Romanian arm of French electric utility firm Engie claimed on Thursday that it has completed the purchase of a 5.46 MWp operational photovoltaic or pv park from a business possessed by two German investors.
May 20, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Solar Park, Engie Romania, Eric Stab
A 1.6 Megawatt Rooftop solar plant to be installed at the Govt Building in Tamil Nadu
A 1.6 million tender that intents to install rooftop solar on government buildings rooftops in Tamil Nadu
Dec 23, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, India, tender, Asia, rooftop PV, CEL
Capital Dynamics buys 8minute’s Californian solar-plus-storage colossus
Asset manager Capital Dynamics has purchased a 400MW solar-plus-storage complex by 8minute Solar Energy, contracted to supply power to the city of Los Angeles at ultra-low prices.
Jan 23, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Capital Dynamics, USA, solar-plus-storage, North America, 8minute Solar Energy
Merit SI as well as KOMIPO America to finish 150MW solar plant in Texas
US-based renewable resource projects developer Merit SI and also KOMIPO America have actually authorized a joint growth contract to finish the growth and also building of 150MW Concho Valley Solar project.
Feb 14, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Merit SI, KOMIPO, Tom Kuster