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Solar PV, wind continue to be most inexpensive generation technologies in Australia
New research study has actually exposed that solar PV as well as wind continue to be the least expensive new-build electrical energy generation choices in Australia, even when considering their additional combination expenses such as power storage space and also transmission.
Dec 20, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, LCOE, Oceania, CSIRO, cost declines
Washington state reveals policies to guide utilities to carbon-free generation by 2045
Utilities running in the US state of Washington should remove coal-fired generation by the end of 2025 as well as resource 100% of their electricity from sustainable or non-carbon-emitting resources by 2045, according to new guidelines revealed by regulators.
Jan 12, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, USA, Washington, utilities, North America, legislation, pacific power, avista, puget sound energy
Cero Generation creates JV with Wattcrop to create 750MW of solar in Greece
Cero Generation, a solar portfolio business of Macquarie's Green Investment Group, has formed a joint venture (JV) with renewables designer Wattcrop that will certainly aim to advance 750MW of PV in Greece over the next four years.
Jul 13, 2021 // Plants, Greece, Europe, macquarie, Green Investment Group, joint venture, macquarie green investment group, cero generation, Wattcrop
UK renewables generation soars as solar, storage space pipelines grow rapidly
Generation from renewables in the UK soared in the initial quarter of 2020, main statistics reveal, as the nation's shovel-ready renewables pipeline continued to proliferate.
Jul 13, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Storage, Market Research, ENERGY STORAGE, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, UK, Europe, Market research, renewables output, generation
Natixis leads US$ 360 million financing round for 360MW of distributed generation in Chile
Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking (Natixis CIB) has actually led a US$ 360 million financing round for a Chilean PV portfolio consisting of more than 360MW.
Aug 23, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Natixis, Chile, South america, project financing, pmgd, cc&l infrastructure, distributed generation, carbonfree technology
Wind and solar account for nearly 10% of U.S. electrical generation in first eight months of 2019
Renewable energy sources (biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) accounted for 18.49% of net domestic electrical generation during the first eight months of 2019, according to a SUN DAY Campaign analysis of just-released data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). A year earlier, renewables’ share was 17.95%.
Oct 28, 2019 // Solar, USA, North America, EIA, SUN DAY
Solar 'begins to soar' in Europe as generation leaps 27% in two years-- Ember
Solar is booming throughout Europe, generating 27% even more power last year than in 2019, according to brand-new analysis from power thinktank Ember.
Feb 3, 2022 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Spain, Italy, Europe, Netherlands, European Union, Ember
Researchers design next-generation electrolytes for lithium metal batteries
A team of scientists has found a new mechanism to stabilize the lithium metal electrode and electrolyte in lithium metal batteries. This new mechanism, which does not depend upon the typical kinetic technique, has the potential to considerably enhance the energy density-- the amount of energy stored relative to the weight or volume-- of batteries.
Oct 28, 2022 // Technology, Storage, University of Tokyo, lithium metal batteries, Atsuo Yamada
Mainspring Energy Launches New Power Generation Technology and Announces $150 Million Contract with NextEra Energy Resources
Mainspring Energy, Inc. today launched the Mainspring Linear Generator, the first product in a brand-new classification of power generation technology for business as well as industrial buildings, utilities, as well as microgrids.
Mar 10, 2021 // Technology, California, USA, North America, Renewable Energy, electric grid, Mainspring Energy, Shannon Miller, John Ketchum
Ordered chaos: The key to next-generation solar technology
Scientists in Australia have actually dealt with a basic design difficulty in next-generation perovskite solar cells, bringing their widespread usage a step better
Oct 29, 2020 // Technology, Australia, solar cells, perovskite, Oceania, efficiency
NASA is launching a solar power generation prototype created in Israel into space
Next year, NASA is planning to forward a Ben-Gurion-created photovoltaic prototype to International Space Station, which is supposed to become a huge move toward nongovernmental individual space operations, as was stated in Tazpit Press Service.
Nov 11, 2019 // Technology, USA, NASA, Asia, Israel, North America, J.Gordon
LONGi Launches New 66C Type Hi-MO 4m Module for Global Distributed Generation (DG) market
LONGi, the world leading solar technology company headquartered in Xi'an, China, has actually officially introduced its brand-new 66C kind Hi-MO 4 monofacial PV module (Hi-MO 4m) for the global dispersed generation (DG) market.
Feb 2, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, China, Solar Panels, pv modules, Asia, LONGi, tuv rheinland, PERC technology, solar technology
South Africa to tender 6.4 GW of solar and wind, 513 MW of storage and 4.5 GW of conventional generation
The country's regulator has approved a government plan to tender for 11.81 GW of power generation capacity on top of the 2 GW tender opened last month.
Sep 17, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, tender, Africa, South Africa, Gwede Mantashe
US solar generation up 25% in 2021, renewables' share of power mix set to surpass coal in 2022
Solar power generation in the United States rose by 25.23% in 2021, making it the country's fastest-growing source of electrical power, while renewables made up 21.02% of all electrical energy and also look set to surpass coal in regards to total manufacturing in 2022.
Mar 1, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, North America, coal, EIA, sun day campaign, us energy mix
Software application developer asserts its platform can unlock a distributed generation globe
U.K.-based Power Transition today introduced a crowdfunding workout to raise the ₤ 300,000 it claims it requires to scale up its blockchain-based, peer-to-peer power trading platform beyond a 47-home demonstration job.
May 27, 2020 // Technology, Software, UK, Europe, Power Transition, Hedera Hashgraph