Integrated Solar News
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GM Energy Rolls Out Vehicle-to-Home Product Suite
Available for the first time as part of its expanding product ecosystem, GM Energy’s initial offerings for residential customers will enable the use of vehicle-to-home (V2H) bidirectional charging technology to provide power from a compatible GM EV to a properly equipped home. This is intended to help mitigate the negative impacts of weather-related outages and integrate with future clean energy ...
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DOE Funding Notice: $10M in Funding to Develop Clean Energy Interconnection Tools
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) and Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) recently announced the Solar and Wind Interconnection for Future Transmission (SWIFTR) funding opportunity, which will provide up to $10 million to develop new analytical tools and approaches that will accelerate the reliable interconnection of renewable energy into the electrical ...
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A Recap of Cohort #2: Advanced Insights on Technological Trends in PV
The solar energy achievers are constantly looking for professional growth opportunities. Recognizing the importance of staying updated with important PV market trends, we recently concluded the 2nd cohort of the much-anticipated online course titled “Advanced Insights on Technological Trends in PV.” Held on February 22-23, this event brought together solar energy professionals and ...
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U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Geological Survey Release Online Database of Large-Scale Solar
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) released the largest and most comprehensive database to date on large-scale solar energy projects in the United States. The U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database (USPVDB) includes the location, size, and other characteristics of large-scale solar projects. This new public ...
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SMUD Announces $50 Million Grant to Support Advanced Smart Grid Technologies
This week (Oct 18), SMUD announced it's been awarded a $50 million grant from the Department of Energy Grid Deployment Office's Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership program (GRIP) for new technologies to increase reliability, efficiency and flexibility of the electric grid. SMUD's Connected Clean PowerCity project includes a cost share of $100 million and encompasses a number of ...
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SRP Board Approves System Plan Strategies
SRP's District Board of Directors this week (Oct 2) approved power system strategies to be implemented between 2025 and 2035 that prioritize affordability, reliability, sustainability and customer focus. The strategies are outlined in SRP's new Integrated System Plan, which was developed as part of a two-year, data-driven planning process that incorporated perspectives from Arizona universities, ...
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EGbatt Unveils High Voltage Lithium-ion LiFePo4 Battery Energy Storage System for Residential and Industrial Use
Shenzhen.2023 - EGbatt, a leading provider of innovative energy storage solutions, is thrilled to announce the launch of its new High Voltage Lithium-ion LiFePo4 Battery Energy Storage System. This cutting-edge system is designed to meet the growing demands of residential and industrial customers seeking reliable and efficient energy storage solutions. The EGbatt High Voltage Lithium-ion LiFePo4 ...
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Duke Energy Begins Operating the Largest Battery System in North Carolina
Duke Energy is expanding its battery storage capabilities in North Carolina and has begun commercial operation of the state's largest battery system, an 11-MW project in Onslow County. The battery system will frequently be operated in conjunction with an adjacent 13-MW solar facility located on a leased site within Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, which has been generating carbon-free energy since ...
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Sunverge and Eaton Expand Strategic Collaboration on EV Charging Infrastructure
Sunverge, a provider of a distributed energy resource (DER) control, orchestration and aggregation platform, and intelligent power management company Eaton announced recently their expanded collaboration to enable dynamic utility management of home electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. Bringing together Eaton’s iEV charging solutions with Sunverge’s holistic home energy management and ...
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Duke Energy begins operating the largest battery system in North Carolina
11-MW battery will operate alongside existing solar facility Both are located inside the site boundary of Camp Lejeune on leased land Duke Energy is expanding its battery storage capabilities in North Carolina and has begun commercial operation of the state's largest battery system, an 11-MW project in Onslow County. The battery system will frequently be operated in conjunction with an ...
By Duke Energy
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Duke Energy to mobilize first-of-its-kind microgrid-integrated fleet electrification center
Duke Energy has announced it will build a first-of-its-kind performance center that will model and accelerate the development, testing and deployment of zero-emissions light-, medium- and heavy-duty commercial electric vehicle (EV) fleets. The site will be located at Duke Energy’s Mount Holly Technology and Innovation Center and will incorporate microgrid integration. “Electric fleet ...
By Duke Energy
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Viridian Solar and Bloor Homes Extend Group Deal to 2025
Viridian Solar and Bloor Homes have extended their National Supply Agreement for the second time. This will see the solar manufacturer's Clearline fusion roof-integrated solar system continue to be installed on all homes built by Bloor where there is a requirement for solar PV. First signed in March 2018, the cooperation has led to thousands of homes being fitted with roof-integrated solar, ...
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Duke Energy to Install Microgrid at Camp Lejeune
Duke Energy has been awarded a $22 million utility energy service contract by Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune for the design and construction of a microgrid at the military base. The innovative microgrid solution includes upgraded electrical infrastructure, 5 megawatts of on-site natural gas-fired generation, a 5.4-MW battery energy storage system, integration of an existing solar photovoltaic ...
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Viridian Solar Announces New EV Charging Product
Viridian Solar has announced details of its new electric vehicle (EV) charger, Clearline EV. The first product to emerge from the collaboration between Viridian Solar and EO Charging is a compact 7kW wall mounted socketed charging unit that comes with built-in solar power matching functionality. Clearline EV will be available from January 2023. With new building regulations Part L and Part S ...
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CellCube and G&W Electric Join Forces to Bring Microgrids to the Next Level
Enerox GmbH, better known as 'CellCube', and G&W Electric, a US headquartered power grid solutions provider, have signed a partnership agreement to offer a new and integrated microgrid solution to the US-market. G&W Electric adds CellCube's Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFBs) as a key technology to their microgrid solution portfolio and becomes a Value Added Reseller' for CellCube's ...
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Signing land usufruct agreement for first green hydrogen and ammonia project in Duqm
The Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zones (OPAZ) signed today (22 June, 2022) land usufruct agreement with Green Hydrogen and Chemicals Company (GHC), a joint venture between the UK entity of ACME Company and Norway-based Scatec ASA, to develop phase one of green hydrogen and ammonia project in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm (SEZAD). The agreement was signed by HE Dr. Ali ...
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Solar MEMS wins the ACNES Open Innovation award 2022 for Soltec
We love challenges at Solar MEMS, and this time we decided to tackle the proposal by Soltec, which we were able to win thanks to the work of our team. The challenge was to propose the development of a believable low cost irradiance sensor that could be integrated into a solar network. Our idea was to make one that could easily be coupled into a system of this nature, using our ISS technology, and ...
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Tampa Electric Company Readies for Solar-Plus-Storage Microgrid Pilot
Emera Technologies announced this week that utility Tampa Electric Company (TECO) has successfully purchased, installed and received regulatory approval for its BlockEnergy® microgrid platform for use in a pilot program serving Southshore Bay residential development, a community south of Tampa, Florida. The BlockEnergy™ solar-plus-energy storage microgrid, fully owned and operated by ...
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In a world first, photovoltaic solar panels were installed on protected sites
Integrating photovoltaic solar panels onto historic protected sites has often been a problem without a real solution. However, an important milestone has been reached in the village of Ecuvillens, located in the Swiss canton of Fribourg, where terracotta-red solar panels have been installed on the roof of a farmhouse. Developed by CSEM (Swiss center for microelectronics and microtechnologies) and ...
By ISSOL Ltd.
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Artlite active doré: jean nouvels tours duo in paris cladded with an energy-generating ‘gold look’ façade by solar visuals
For its project Tours Duo, two 180-meter and 125-meter high-rise buildings in the 13e arrondissement ‘Gobelins’ in Paris, that will be completed next year, Ateliers Jean Nouvel has chosen Solar Visuals’ energy-generating façade panels to leverage energy use and minimize the carbon footprint of the buildings. The 1500 square meter façade will be clad with 825 Solar ...
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