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Australia’s Townsville battery gigafactory reaches new milestone
Plans to develop an 18 GWh lithium-ion battery factory in northern Queensland have reached an important milestone with the project feasibility study submitted to the Queensland government.
Oct 4, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Storage, Australia, Oceania, lithium-ion battery, Siemens, Magnis Energy, James Cook University, Edify Energy, Cameron Dick, Durr Megtec, Ausenco
255 MW Sunraysia Solar Farm nears completion
UNSW Sydney has announced the looming completion of the Sunraysia Solar Farm in Australia. The university is now on track to run on 100% renewable energy from 2020, as the massive 255 MW project will be operational by the end of this year, with 25% of its generation to be purchased by UNSW.
Aug 6, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, UNSW Sydney, Sunraysia Solar Farm, John Laign, Nicholas Jones, AGL Energy, EPC Decmil Group, Oceania
Chemists progress solar energy storage focused on global difficulties
Enhancing need for electrification in backwoods presents challenges, but additionally produces opportunities for growth of decentralized electrification systems. Compared to conventional electric grids based on large, central power generation terminals commonly used in developed countries, a decentralized approach provides lower resources cost, a smaller sized footprint as well as nimble release.
Jul 27, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, North America, Utah State University, Tianbiao "Leo" Liu, Bo Hu, Maowei Hu, flow battery
Enphase Q2 micro-inverter income drops in spite of need 'rebound'.
Coming off a solid, rewarding very first quarter, Enphase sees the second-quarter results of Covid-19 in pressed profits and a swing to a loss. Gross margins continue to be solid.
Aug 5, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Inverters, USA, North America, Enphase
Victoria takes into consideration 600MW of new renewables to aid drive economic healing
The Australian state of Victoria has started a process to test market interest as well as capacity for brand-new solar, wind and also other renewable energy projects.
Sep 2, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Victoria, Australia, climate council, Oceania, Clean Energy Council, Kane Thornton, covid-19, Tim Baxter
ReneSola Forms JV to Establish 3 GW Solar PV Manufacturing Facility
ReneSola as well as Zhongnan Industry have chosen to enter into a JV to set up a Solar PV manufacturing center with an annual production ability of 3 GW in China.
Sep 8, 2020 // Manufacturing News, China, Asia, modules, renesola, International, Sky Wang, zheng lei
Rio Tinto to power Australian iron ore mine with solar PV
Mining large Rio Tinto has actually authorized the building and construction of a large solar PV as well as battery storage space system for its Koodaideri mine in Western Australia. When finished, the solar plant will certainly be amongst Australia's biggest PV setups at a mining website.
Feb 21, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Australia, Oceania, Rio Tinto, Chris Salisbury
Huawei Supplies Smart PV Solutions for 11 Solar Projects in Spain
Huawei, among the globe's leading solar inverter makers, has actually provided its cutting-edge end-to-end clever photovoltaic (PV) services for 11 solar projects in Spain.
Feb 25, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Inverters, Spain, Europe, Huawei, x-elio, International, Lluis Noguera, PV solutions, solar plants
'Everything about the sun': Solar plant powers up at Sol brewery
Inauguration of solar plant at Sol brewery in Netherlands will certainly help parent firm Heineken reach goal of attaining 70 per cent renewable energy across its production centers
Nov 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, UK, Australia, Europe, Oceania, Netherlands, Africa, South Africa, Sol brewery, Diederik Vos
Global environment-friendly hydrogen investments to top US$ 1bn each year by 2023 - IHS Markit
Yearly international investments in green hydrogen get on track to go beyond US$ 1 billion by 2023 as production prices drop and also governments enhance their support for the modern technology.
Dec 3, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Solar to Fuel, IHS Markit, hydrogen, electrolysis, Soufien Taamallah
How a Butterfly has Helped in Making an Upgraded Hydrogen Sensing Unit?
Influenced by the surface area of butterfly wings, a new light-activated hydrogen sensing unit produces ultra-precise results at room temperature level.
Dec 3, 2020 // Technology, Australia, hydrogen, Oceania, RMIT University, Ahmad Kandjani
10 Asian solar markets have 1GW+ pipes as continent dominates project advancement: Fitch
Asia boasts an expanding variety of markets with solar growth pipes in excess of 1GW, a new report by Fitch has found, with the region dominating the working as a consultant's project data source analysis this year.
Jun 14, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Market Research, Fitch, South america, Brazil, Asia, Mexico, North America
New campaign introduced to assist support women signing up with solar workforce
Nextracker and renewable energy technological training carrier Solar Energy International (SEI) are partnering to launch a worldwide scholarship program to support even more ladies in signing up with the solar workforce.
Aug 23, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, Nextracker, diversity, jobs, equal representation, gender diversity, women in solar, Kristan Kirsh
All that solar jazz
As 2019 enters its final quarter, the solar industry continues to face headwinds, even as the markets for solar deployment in Europe, the United States, and Australia remain strong. Paula Mints of SPV Market Research takes us through what to expect up until 2021.
Sep 27, 2019 // Opinions, USA, Australia, Europe, Oceania, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, North America, Paula Mints
Hydrogen powered mining trucks are coming
The building-sized trucks run on diesel and prompt logistical complications as large amounts of diesel must be shipped to remote mining sites. Attempts to decarbonize the mining sector will have to consider the heavy-duty vehicles.
Oct 15, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Transport, America, France, UK, Australia, Engie, Europe, hydrogen, Oceania, Michèle Azalbert, Anglo American