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Take a break on the solar bench – but not for too long
Engie has raised eyebrows with the installation of several solar benches in Biarritz, southwestern France, as a local official has asked citizens to avoid sitting on them for long periods of time in order to keep their energy yield up. But the authorities over in Cannes are clearly impressed, as the municipal government in the French Riviera resort town has also revealed plans to buy more of the PV benches, which are designed by Croatian startup Include.
Aug 22, 2019 // Solar, France, Engie, pv modules, Europe, Guillaume Barucq, solar benches, Cannes
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act enters into force in the United States
The US' Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) has entered into pressure today as well as thinks that any type of things "completely or partially" made in China's Xinjiang region are a product of the area's affirmed labour camps for ethnic minorities, meaning they are banned from going into the US.
Jun 21, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Policy, USA, China, Asia, North America, Xinjiang, imports, import ban, Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act, customs and border protection, UFLPA
Meralco, Vena break ground on 68-MW solar project in the Philippines
Singapore's Vena Energy as well as the green energy arm of Philippine power generator Meralco PowerGen Corp (MGEN) have formally released the construction of a 68-MW solar park in the Philippines' Ilocos Norte province.
Aug 25, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Asia, Philippines, Meralco, Solar Project, Vena break
A brand-new solid-state battery shocks the researchers who developed it
Engineers created a brand-new kind of battery that weaves 2 promising battery sub-fields right into a solitary battery. The battery utilizes both a solid state electrolyte and an all-silicon anode, making it a silicon all-solid-state battery.
Sep 24, 2021 // Technology, Storage, University of California San Diego, Shirley Meng, LG Energy Solution, Darren H. S. Tan, Myung-hwan Kim
Vietnam to keep the existing feed in tariff for one more year
The government of the country finds it vital not to change the existing FIT till the end of the year in order to keep rooftop solar development at high level.
Jan 27, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Tariffs, Rooftop PV, Asia, rooftop PV, Vietnam
Renewables permitting in Iberia unfit for the new power paradigm, investors say
Solar implementation in Iberia is being held back by planning as well as permitting and also laws unfit for the emerging power paradigm and European Commission intervention might be essential, a panel of investors has concluded.
Mar 9, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Spain, Portugal, Europe, iberia, permitting, Pablo Otin, guarantees of origin, regulations, Carlos Rey Micolau, Tiago Thomaz
Sunpin protects hedge for 70-MW solar park in The golden state
United States designer Sunpin Solar LLC has actually authorized a hedge contract covering monetary facets of its 70-MW/98-MWp Titan Solar 1 park in California's Imperial Region.
Feb 17, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Sunpin Solar, Solar Park
Colorful photovoltaic panels could make the innovation a lot more eye-catching
Solar panels aren't just for rooftops anymore-- some structures also have these power-generating structures throughout their facades. Yet as even more buildings and also public areas include solar innovations, their dull black color can leave sightseers underwhelmed.
Aug 16, 2022 // Technology, solar panel, American Chemical Society
Renewed insight into the clean-energy job transition for coal-industry towns
Renown think-tank Beyond Zero Emissions has published a new report looking directly at the near-future for fossil-fuel industry dependent towns and communities like Collie in WA. The report suggests that Collie has great hope for renewal, a hope founding on the state’s rapid transition to renewable energies.
Jan 16, 2020 // Market Research, Australia, Oceania, Beyond Zero Emissions
These solar panels don't require the sunlight to create energy
Over cast days position an actual trouble for solar panels. Yet a brand-new advancement can transform UV light to energy-- even if the sunlight isn't beaming.
Nov 23, 2020 // Technology, USA, solar panel, North America, AuREUS, Carvey Ehren Maigue, James Dyson, Tom Crawford
Can floating solar islands meet the globe's future power needs?
Trygve Kristiansen researches on floating solar power, which are photovoltaics supported on the water. He believes that floating solar panels might play an important worldwide duty in the transition to greener modern technologies. He is a professor of marine innovation at NTNU.
Jan 6, 2023 // Floating PV, NTNU, Trygve Kristiansen
RWE makes floating solar launching with 6.1 MWp project in the Netherlands
German utility RWE has actually chosen the website of a biomass as well as coal-fired power plant in the Netherlands for its initial floating solar project, which will certainly have a capacity of 6.1 MWp as well as be commissioned by the end of 2021.
Mar 11, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, floating PV, Europe, Netherlands, Floating solar, rwe, utility, Katja Wünschel, Roger Miesen
Canadian Solar Raises $260 Mn in Preparation for the Carve-Out IPO
Canadian Solar has accepted USD 260 million resources increasing for CSI Solar-- a crucial action for it to qualify for the prepared carve-out IPO in China
Oct 1, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Canadian Solar, IPO, pv modules, Shawn Qu, CSI Solar
Power from the East: China funds largest solar park in Latin America
China is the world’s largest producer of solar panel technology – tech that is now being exported and that is transforming energy sectors in countries such as Argentina, where the largest solar park in Latin America has recently been inaugurated.
Oct 9, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, China, Latin america, Asia, Tu Shuiping, Pablo Ferrara, University del Salvador, Juan Prioletta
The 1.9 MWp Solar project in Taiwan is ready for commercial use
Taiwan’s 1.9 Mwp solar project located in Hualien Rongkai can now provide energy in a commercial quantity.
Dec 24, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Canadian Solar, solar pv, Taiwan, Dr. Shawn Qu, Solar Power Plant, TaiPower