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Australian Renewable Energy Agency backs ultra-fast EV highway network
ARENA will top up Evie Networks’ ultra-fast battery electric vehicle charging plans for Australia’s highways with AUS$15 million of federal funding.
Aug 27, 2019 // Transport, TESLA, Australia, Oceania, ARENA, electric vehicles, Evie Networks, Darren Miller, Chris Mills
An oasis of PV
A new study shows that solar may help reduce water pumping costs in a desert oasis of Mauritania by more than 300%, while also considerably reducing water losses. The researchers claim that PV water pumping may also help prevent the desertification of these areas.
Oct 7, 2019 // Technology, Storage, storage, Africa, thin-film PV, Mauritania, PV water pumping systems, Sahara Desert
Shell to power Philippines refinery with solar, storage and natural gas
In a bid to reduce its carbon footprint the oil giant is ramping up its renewable energy production at a refinery in the Philippines. The news was announced by the company in a week which saw it named seventh worst corporate contributor to the climate crisis since awareness of emissions-related damage first emerged.
Oct 15, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Solar to Fuel, Asia, hydrogen, Philippines, shell, Cesar Romero, Solar to Fuel, Solar to Hydrogen, Producing Hydrogen, Hydrogen from renewable, Renewable fuels
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
COP, climate, class struggle?
The World Climate Summit in Santiago de Chile, set to be held in just a few weeks, has just been cancelled. Against a background of social protests in the country, concerns have recently grown as to whether logistics and security could be guaranteed for the event. Nevertheless, social problems and environmental protection must not be played off against each other: Both are closely linked to the economic paradigms of recent decades.
Nov 1, 2019 // Opinions, Chile, South america, Stephan Franz
Tata and Rockefeller launch India-focused clean energy microgrid unit
Two giants in financing and Indian power are collaborating on a clean energy microgrid operation they claim will deliver power to five million Indian households with 10,000 grids over the next decade.
Nov 5, 2019 // Plants, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, India, Asia, maharashtra, Ashish Khanna, Microgrids, rockefeller foundation, tprel, tata power, Praveer Sinha, Rajiv J. Shah
Coronavirus could trigger solar panel cost spike
The coronavirus outbreak in China could raise solar module costs in the near term as manufacturers have actually already begun experiencing wafer and solar glass shortages. Production rates are likewise being affected by an extended brand-new year holiday introduced by the authorities as a step to deal with the infection, and the requirement employees from infected areas quarantine themselves for two weeks.
Feb 4, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, China, Europe, Asia, solar panel, Coronavirus
SB Energy to Use SenseHawk's SaaS Tech for Solar Site Ops Digitization
SB Energy's implementation of the SenseHawk area mobility and property details service for solar will enable remote management of all possessions via a solitary, powerful dashboard. Every component, event, and extra component on the site is digitized and packed into SenseHawk's map-based platform.
Nov 3, 2021 // Software, SenseHawk, Swarup Mavanoor, SoftBank Group Corp, Abhijit Sathe, Don Nista, solar software as a service, SaaS
There's a Fortune to Be Made in the Obscure Metals Behind Clean Power
The era-defining shift from fossil fuels to clean energy will supply an unprecedented new boom for commodities-- and also a possibility for financiers-- as a series of fairly obscure materials become important to providing emissions-free power, transport as well as heavy industry.
Jan 4, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, China, Asia, PV module, North America, Metals, Robert Johnston, Jessica Fung
Energy Vault Inks $100 M Offer to Deploy its Energy Storage Tech in China
Energy Vault has actually announced a License and Royalty arrangement for renewable resource storage with Atlas Renewable and their bulk capitalist China Tianying, an international environmental management and waste removal company. The agreement sustains the implementation of Energy Vault's proprietary gravity energy storage modern technology and energy administration software program platform within mainland China as well as the Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of Hong Kong and Macau.
Feb 2, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, China, Asia, Energy Vault, Atlas Renewable, Neil Bush, Yan Shengjun
Brookfield to get in 161MW/644MWh battery project in Ontario IESO tender
A subsidiary of Canadian renewable resource investor Brookfield Renewable has actually suggested a 161MW/644MWh battery storage system to complete in an Ontario grid operator Request for Proposals (RfP).
Jul 13, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Canada, North America, IESO, rfp, lfp, co-location, Brookfield, ontario
New tool to assist maximize Australia's solar as well as wind potential
A new tool created by scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) shows the very best places around Australia that could be utilized to develop new wind or solar farms.
Dec 16, 2022 // Technology, Australia, Oceania, Andrew Blakers, Australian National University
Energy Vault, 2 Others Construct Gravity-Based Energy Storage in China
The 100 MWh EVx system is being developed beside a wind farm as well as nationwide grid site in Rudong situated outside of Shanghai. Energy Vault and Atlas Renewable signed a $50 million licensing contract for making use of Energy Vault's proprietary gravity-based energy storage space technology.
May 6, 2022 // Storage, USA, ENERGY STORAGE, China, Asia, North America, Energy Vault, Atlas Renewable, robert piconi, China Tianying, Eric Fang, EVx, Rudong, Yan
Silicon Ranch flips activate 3.25-MW Tennessee solar project
Silicon Ranch Corporation and Bolivar Energy Authority (BEA) flipped the turn on the new 3.25-MWAC Bolivar Solar Farm in Hardeman County, Tennessee, together with Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The solar center will give enough inexpensive solar power to power more than 500 homes and aid maintain rates reduced for BEA's more than 11,000 clients.
Mar 22, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Silicon Ranch, Solar Project
Nuru Seeks $300 Million for Mini-Grids in Power-Starved Congo
Series B round to raise $60 million, Series C $90 million Company is backed by UK Agency REPP, IFC and Proparco
Apr 5, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Grids, Africa, Nuru, Congo