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EESL, MSEDCL Commission 8 MW Solar Agro Project at Devdaithan
EESL and also MSEDCL have actually commissioned an 8 MW solar-agro project at Devdaithan. The service the project was completed in six months.
Dec 15, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Asia, maharashtra, EESL, MSEDCL, Saurabh Kumar, Solar Agro Project, Aseemkumar Gupta
UN fund gets behind plan to unlock finance for South African renewables
UN money will help South African PV players underpin project revenues without the need to resort to the government, after a year when Eskom’s woes have cast doubts on the state-offtaker route.
Oct 9, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, eskom, green climate fund, embedded pv, un, dbsa, Yannick Glemarec
Three steps to fast-charging potassium batteries
Scientists led by Moscow’s Skolkovo Institute of Technology have drawn upon several of their recent battery material innovations to create a potassium-ion device. The institute says its development will pave the way for ultrafast and durable, high capacity metal-ion batteries, to supply rising demand for energy storage innovations.
Nov 14, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Storage, Lithium-ion batteries, Pavel Troshin, Skoltech, Europe, Asia, Russia, Moscow, Roman Kapaev, Philipp Obrezkov
Eskom to collectively establish solar projects at South African coal mines
South African utility Eskom has actually authorized a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with mining business Exxaro as well as Seriti Resources to help decarbonise their procedures by releasing solar PV.
Oct 25, 2021 // Plants, Africa, eskom, South Africa, mining, coal mining
Ford selects Sunrun as installment partner to make brand-new F-150 Lightning backup source of power
Leading United States domestic solar and also storage space company Sunrun has partnered with car manufacturer Ford as the installer of home charging systems for its F-150 Lightning truck.
May 20, 2021 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Transport, USA, Sunrun, North America, Lynn Jurich, electric vehicle battery, ford, power backup
UK to Relax Legislations Making it Easier to Construct Large-Scale Batteries
The UK Government will certainly be kicking back the preparation legislation to make it easier to construct large-scale storage batteries to keep renewable energy
Jul 15, 2020 // Storage, UK, Europe, Kwasi Kwarteng, Policy Relaxation, Kayte O’Neill
High power costs 'affecting EU clean energy supply chains'
Investments in solar PV and also battery cell manufacturing could be mothballed unless electricity expenses fall, says Rystad
Oct 5, 2022 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Europe, rystad energy
Metal-free batteries raise hope for even more sustainable and also economical grids
Rechargeable batteries that utilize ammonium cations as charge carriers could provide ecofriendly and sustainable substitutes to metal-ion-based batteries, researchers at KAUST show.
Jan 13, 2023 // Technology, Storage, KAUST, Husam Alshareef, Zhiming Zhao
Gravitricty plans 4MW storage in former Czech mine
Gravitricity said. Gravitricity managing supervisor Charlie Blair said: "A Low Carbon globe will require vast amounts of energy storage, and also at Gravitricity we
Feb 22, 2023 // Storage, Europe, Czech Republic, Gravitricty
Summit Ridge Energy completes 2.5-MW community solar project in Maryland
Summit Ridge Energy (SRE) as well as Cedar Ridge Community Church held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 30 to celebrate the completion of a 2.5 MWdc community solar project in Montgomery County, Maryland.
May 2, 2022 // Plants, USA, North America, Maryland, Solar Project, summit ridge energy
NUS Scientists Invent World Record-Breaking Solar Cells
NUS scientists have achieved a world record of 24.35% power conversion efficiency in perovskite solar cells, paving the way for a more efficient, cheaper and durable energy source. This groundbreaking research has potential to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and secure the world's energy future.
Jun 22, 2023 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, efficiency, NUS
Dimension Secures $237M for 120-MW Solar Portfolio
Dimension Renewable has secured financing of USD 237 million to construct 28 distributed generation solar projects across the US. The projects, with a total capacity of 120-MW DC, will provide power to over 12,000 households, with more than half being low-to-moderate income households, by 2021.
Sep 12, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Dimension
"Cheaper than Tap Water": Solar-Powered Desalination
Discover the most cost-effective solar desalination system ever developed. Learn how this new system can make drinking water more accessible and affordable around the world.
Oct 3, 2023 // Technology, MIT
New antenna for a better photon harvest
An Italian research team has developed a device that it says can easily be integrated into a PV cell, and can boost its efficiency by converting more light particles into a high energy state before they are absorbed by the cell. The scientists claim that their innovation could offer a green‐to‐blue photon upconversion yield as high as 15%.
Oct 7, 2019 // Technology, Italy, Europe, PV cell, Angiolina Comotti
Machine-learning for PV module cleaning
French researchers have actually established a machine-learning model to clean low-power PV projects and also standalone solar arrays in backwoods separated from the grid.
Sep 3, 2020 // Technology, France, Europe, PV module cleaning