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Swiss solar fuel innovator Synhelion has successfully powered a 1985 Audi Sport quattro using solar gasoline, marking the first-ever use of solar-derived gasoline as a car fuel. ...
The Toolkit is the result of a multi-year project called “BATRIES” (Building a Technically Reliable Interconnection Evolution for Storage), supported by a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office. The project team is led by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) and includes the Electric Power Research ...
Smart charge management approaches will include optimization for renewable energy matching, reduced grid congestion, timer peak smoothing, expanded charging access for multifamily housing, and both vehicle-to-home and vehicle-to-grid technologies. (Award amount: $6 million) The six projects selected today will demonstrate the capabilities of grid-edge ...
Nextracker and the University of California Berkeley Engineering announce a strategic partnership aimed at advancing solar power plant technology to meet rising global energy demand. The collaboration will establish the CAL-NEXT Center for Solar Energy Research that will drive a leading-edge research program and a planned state-of-the-art ...
We are constantly looking at how we can drive operations and integrate technology that delivers more efficiently and more sustainably." Rod MacGregor, CEO of GlassPoint, stated: "We are proud to partner with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to develop not only the largest industrial solar thermal project in history, but also a pioneering technology ...
Technical assistance providers will provide expertise on key topics to strengthen the ability of Collaboratives to serve as a trusted source of information on clean energy planning, siting, and permitting within their states.Topics of InterestThe activities being conducted by R-STEP Collaboratives are focused primarily on large-scale solar, wind, and battery energy storage ...
While China is adding the biggest volumes of renewables, India is growing at the fastest rate among major economies.In terms of technologies, solar PV alone is forecast to account for a massive 80% of the growth in global renewable capacity between now and 2030 – the result of the construction of new large solar power plants as well as an ...
IRENA’s new report shows that after decades of falling costs and improving technology particularly for solar and wind, the socio-economic and environmental benefits of renewable energy deployment are now uniquely compelling. ...
These values will show how much money a facility could lose if risks go unaddressed, as well as what it might cost a facility to invest in technologies, processes, and employees that will help address the facility’s cybersecurity risks. ...
Examples include managed EV charging, low-power appliances, smart panels, energy storage, energy efficiency, and rooftop solar, as well as innovative distribution and grid planning strategies."It is vital that we plan for a power system that is secure, efficient, and flexible using grid edge technologies," said Jeff Marootian, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary ...
Amidst ongoing power outages and calls for investigations in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, the Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance (TAEBA) is advocating for Texas leaders to reevaluate the state’s approach to grid resilience.“Solar panels, battery storage, and other energy resources located in homes and businesses can provide significant relief for Texans who are disconnected ...
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) and Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) recently announced the Solar Technologies’ Rapid Integration and Validation for Energy Systems (STRIVES) funding opportunity, which will provide up to $31 million for research, development, and ...
Department of Energy's National Community Solar Partnership (NCSP) Annual Summit this week, Jeff Marootian, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, challenged the community solar industry to commit to meeting the NCSP target of 20 gigawatts of community solar by 2025 up from seven GW today. ...
IEC’s vision to create a safer, more efficient world gained further momentum recently with the launch of a new project supported by the IEC Global Impact Fund (GIF). Differ Community Power (DCP), an international provider of solar energy services to communities, has been selected to determine the feasibility of using second life lithium batteries to rehabilitate solar PV installations at ...
IEC’s vision to create a safer, more efficient world gained further momentum recently with the launch of a new project supported by the IEC Global Impact Fund (GIF). Differ Community Power (DCP), an international provider of solar energy services to communities, has been selected to determine the feasibility of using second life lithium batteries to rehabilitate solar PV installations at ...
The $8.4 million in DOE funding includes $6.8 million from OE and $1.5 million from EERE's Wind Energy and Solar Energy Technologies Offices. "DOE's goal to modernize America's electricity grid will make the 21st-century power grid a reality rather than a far-away concept," said Gene Rodrigues, Assistant Secretary for Electricity. "Modernization will integrate ...
DOE convened a broad group of clean energy stakeholders through its Interconnection Innovation e-Xchange (i2X) to develop the roadmap, which is intended to serve as a practical guide for implementing near-and long-term solutions to interconnect clean energy sources and to clear the existing backlog of solar, wind and battery projects seeking to get built. The country will need to ...
The National Association of State Energy Officials and the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, with support from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office, released the Cybersecurity Advisory Team for State Solar (CATSS) Toolkit. ...
Together they represent the majority of global capacity installations and play key roles in the manufacturing of equipment, engineering and associated services. Solar photovoltaics (PV) was once again the largest employer in 2022, the Annual Review found, reaching 4.9 million jobs, more than a third of the total workforce in the renewable energy sector. ...
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) announced the Solar-thermal Fuels and Thermal Energy Storage Via Concentrated Solar-thermal Energy funding opportunity, which will award $30 million for projects to produce fuels via renewable energy resources and improve thermal energy storage ...