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New electrolyte enables high efficiency of secure, sustainable zinc batteries
Scientists led by an Oregon State University scientist have developed a new electrolyte that elevates the efficiency of the zinc metal anode in zinc batteries to almost 100%, an innovation on the way to an alternative to lithium-ion batteries for large-scale energy storage.
Mar 28, 2023 // Technology, Storage, Oregon State University, lithium-ion battery, efficiency, Zinc Battery, Xiulei "David" Ji
Political uncertainties and market speculation
After several years of stagnation, Spain has started to see a revival in its PV market, writes IHS Markit’s Maria Chea. The country’s newfound growth has been due to a combination of tender and private PPA projects, along with decreasing component costs.
Oct 29, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Opinions, Spain, Europe, auction, enel green power, x-elio, PV market, Maria Chea, ACS Cobra, Northleaf
LevelTen Energy to Expand Asset Marketplace to Europe
LevelTen Energy, a leading service provider of sustainable transaction infrastructure, today revealed the European development of the LevelTen Asset Marketplace, an on-line platform for buying and selling renewable energy assets.
Oct 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, PPA, Iberdrola, LevelTen Energy, m&a, Aura Power, Black Mountain Energy Storage
LevelTen Energy to Expand Asset Marketplace to Europe
LevelTen Energy, a leading service provider of renewable purchase facilities, today revealed the European development of the LevelTen Asset Marketplace, an online platform for dealing renewable resource assets.
Oct 7, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, PPA, Iberdrola, LevelTen Energy, m&a, Renewable Energy, Aura Power, Black Mountain Energy Storage
High RESS strike costs down to link expenses as well as PPA size
High grid link prices led to a solar strike cost in Ireland's first Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) public auction "dramatically greater than anywhere else in Europe" according to the Irish Solar Energy Association (ISEA).
Aug 13, 2020 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, UK, PPA, Europe, ISEA, Ress, David Maguire
Indonesian Anantara Joins the Listing of Singapore's Renewable Energy Suppliers
A USD 5 billion (EUR 4.64 bn) JV in between Quantum Power Asia and ib vogt GmbH
Anantara project will certainly generate more than 3.5 GW as well as shop 12GWh of renewable energy
Singapore plans to import approximately 4GW of clean energy by 2035
May 2, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Masdar, ib vogt GmbH, Quantum Power Asia, AAPowerLink, Anantara, Anantara Energy Holdings Pte Ltd, Union Energy Corp, UEC
Canada extends trade measures against Chinese metal silicon
With the anti-dumping and countervailing duties imposed in November 2013 set to expire nine months ago, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal has extended them for another five years, ruling their expiry would harm the nation’s only domestic manufacturer.
Aug 27, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Canada, China, polysilicon, Asia, North America, metal silicon, Quebec Silicon Limited Partnership, Canadian International Trade Tribunal, QSIP Canada ULC, Wacker Chemie AG, Pedro Larrea
Harmony Energy Income Trust eyes IPO to establish 213.5 MW of Tesla battery storage space
Battery energy storage space company Harmony Energy Income Trust (Harmony) has revealed its intent to embark on a going public (IPO), to fund the development of 213.5 MW of projects using Tesla's battery storage space technology.
Oct 11, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, IPO, Europe, Harmony Energy, Tesla Megapack
Agricultural PV becomes Japan's following possibility
Self-consumption, the capacity to isolate from the grid as well as supply power in case of blackouts, and also farming solar are crucial parts in the 2020 revisions to Japan's feed-in toll program, reports RTS Corp.'s Izumi Kaizuka.
Jun 2, 2020 // Opinions, Japan, Asia, Izumi Kaizuka
German report makes recommendations for private PPA adoption in China
The German Energy Agency has drawn up a list of proposed measures which it says could help the world’s biggest solar market accelerate its clean energy plans through the adoption of subsidy-free – private – power purchase agreements.
Oct 15, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, Policy, PPAs, Germany, China, Europe, Asia, tariff, Dena, subsidy-free PPAs
History of Solar Energy: The Evolution and History Behind Solar Energy
The development of modern-day devices that allow us to trap solar energy and convert it into usable electrical energy was not an easy task. Numerous efforts
Jan 28, 2022
New US study finds renewable energy storage costs need to drop 90%
Researchers in the US have published a study that brings 20 years of renewable energy (solar PV and/or wind plus storage) generation into line with historical energy-demand profiles, to ascertain at what storage cost point renewables can cost-effectively consistently meet 100% demand.
Aug 12, 2019 // Technology, Storage, Tariffs, USA, storage, solar pv, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, BESS, PHES, CAES, Jessika Trancik
‘Energy storage is not enough, a renewables grid needs flexible gas back-up’
The managing director of London-based energy infrastructure company Statera has told pv magazine a clean energy grid in the U.K. will require as much flexible gas plant capacity as battery storage.
Sep 1, 2019 // Plants, Storage, Grids, storage, UK, Europe, flexible gas plant, Statera, Tom Vernon
BayWa r.e. braves bank-free, shorter-PPA approach with zero-subsidy sequel
To hear Dr Benedikt Ortmann tell it, the deployment of a subsidy-free solar successor to BayWa r.e.’s landmark 175MWp Don Rodrigo was nothing short of a foregone conclusion.
Sep 4, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Inverters, PPA, utility-scale PV, Europe, subsidy-free solar, Huawei, baywa r.e., Dr Benedikt Ortmann, Don Rodrigo, GCL modules
Floating solar panels on 1% of tanks 'might double' Africa's hydropower capacity
Floating solar could be a beneficial tool to assist African countries broaden their power framework sustainably, according to a new study and a power expert.
Feb 15, 2021 // Plants, Floating PV, Africa, Jenny Chase, Samuel Gyamfi, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Mohamed Adow









