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New Jersey is home to the country’s largest floating solar array
Ciel & Terre USA, floating solar power systems providers, in conjunction with Solar Renewable Energy and RETTEW are pleased to announce the completion of its Hydrelio floating solar solution for a 4.4.-MW floating array on the town of Sayreville, New Jersey’s pre-treatment water storage pond. This represents the largest floating solar array installed in North America to date.
Oct 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, USA, New Jersey, floating PV, North America, Ciel & Terre USA, Solar Renewable Energy, RETTEW, Dan Frankel, Jason Wert, Chris Bartle
Amazon is to develop the first large solar project in Spain
The corporate giant is creating three utility-scale solar arrays in Spain and USA within the framework of its green power plans.
Dec 3, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Amazon, Europe
Ørsted Acquires 227 MW Under Construction Solar Plant in the US
Ørsted is broadening its solar footprint with the procurement of the 227 MW a/c unfinished Muscle Shoals solar project found in Alabama, US.
Jul 10, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, International, Solar Project, Orsted, Vishal Kapadia, Neil O’Donovan
Do lead batteries have a role in the clean energy transition?
The Consortium for Battery Innovation has outlined research goals for advanced lead-based battery concepts, claiming the potential of the technology is “nowhere near fully exploited”. The group, comprised of lead-battery industry stakeholders, says such devices can play an important role alongside lithium-ion and other storage technologies in electric vehicles, renewable energy storage and other applications.
Oct 9, 2019 // Technology, Storage, storage, Consortium for Battery Innovation, Alistair Davidson
It's Official: Solar Is the Cheapest Electricity in History
The International Energy Agency (IEA) says the expense per megawatt to build solar plants is listed below nonrenewable fuel sources worldwide for the very first time.
Public success tales like Elon Musk's solar as well as wind battery farm in Australia have actually helped move public view.
All 4 IEA situations consist of a mix of renewables in addition to nuclear and the globe's continuing to be nonrenewable fuel source plants.
Oct 22, 2020 // Market Research, USA, India, Elon Musk, China, Europe, Asia, North America, International Energy Agency
Double-sided solar panels that follow the sun confirm most economical
Solar energy systems with double-sided (bifacial) photovoltaic panels - which accumulate sunshine from 2 sides as opposed to one - and also single-axis monitoring innovation that tilts the panels so they can comply with the sun are the most cost effective to day, researchers report June 3rd in the journal Joule. They identified that this combination of modern technologies generates practically 35% more energy, typically, than stable single-panel solar systems, while lowering the expense of electrical energy by approximately 16%.
Jun 4, 2020 // Technology, Solar Panels, Washington DC, Carlos Rodriguez-Gallegos
Ultra-fast electron dimension gives important findings for the solar industry
Using a new method, physicists from TU Freiberg, together with researchers from Berkeley and Hamburg, are for the very first time evaluating at the femtosecond range the processes in a version system for natural solar cells This can be utilized to develop high-performance as well as reliable solar cells. Trick to this are ultra-fast flashes of light, with which the team led by Dr. Friedrich Roth operates at FLASH in Hamburg, the globe's initial free-electron laser in the X-ray area.
Mar 2, 2021 // Technology, Hamburg, solar cell, efficiency, Berkeley, TU Freiberg, Friedrich Roth, Roth from, Serguei Molodtsov
Capital Dynamics, Sol Systems Financing Renewable Energy Projects Throughout the US
Capital Dynamics, an independent worldwide exclusive possession monitoring company, today revealed that the joint endeavor entitled Sol Customer Solutions between its Clean Energy Infrastructure (CEI) business as well as Sol Systems, among one of the most seasoned solar financing and growth systems in the United States, has actually secured a Distributed Generation (DG) Tax Equity Commitment from Bank of America.
Oct 20, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Capital Dynamics, rooftop solar, sol systems, bank of america, Tim Short, Clean Energy Infrastructure, Nebraska Public Power
Massive solar farm project near Taupō about to see the light
Plans to build a 400MW solar energy station on farmland near Taupō will be listened to by an independent resource authorization commissioner later this month.
Sep 5, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, New Zealand, Oceania, PV Power Plant
Jolywood manufactures solar modules for the biggest n-type power station
Jolywood Suzhou has been selected as the only supplier of bifacial silicon solar panels to the Oman-based biggest bifacial photovoltaic array in the world.
Jan 13, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, bifacial, solar modules, Jolywood, International
AC Energy begin on 283-MW solar park in the Philippines
AC Energy Corp (PSE: ACEN), part of Philippines-based empire Ayala Corp (PSE: AC), has begun constructing what will certainly be the biggest solar park in its residence nation, a 283-MW facility in Zambales province.
Nov 8, 2021 // Plants, Asia, Philippines, AC Energy, PV Power Plant, Solar Park
Why the World's Most Advanced Solar Plants Are Failing
These facilities of the future are riddled with troubles-- but it's not far too late to locate fixes.
Jun 24, 2020 // Thermal, USA, NREL, North America
Report finds tribal utility-scale solar is booming in the Southwest
Deals for utility-scale solar installations are accelerating on tribal lands in the Southwest U.S., according to a report published by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).
Oct 23, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, North America, IEEFA, LADWP
Japan sets feed-in tariffs for the 2020 Japanese Financial Year
Feed-in tariffs (FiTs) in Japan for solar PV systems have actually now been provisionally set by the national Ministry of Energy Trade and Industry (METI) for the next financial year, which starts in April.
Feb 6, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, Japan, Asia, rooftop PV, feed-in tariffs, third-party ownership
Walmart calls off the claim against Tesla regarding solar installation fires
Walmart has stopped a court accusation it started against Tesla in August, when it associated a string of store fires to the Musk’s alleged carelessness with solar installs.
Nov 8, 2019 // Solar, USA, TESLA, Elon Musk, Walmart, North America