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NREL Positions for Growth in Cybersecurity for Renewables, Launches New Program Office

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently announced the launch of the new Cybersecurity Program Office (CPO). The CPO was established to accelerate NREL's leadership in securing renewable energy technologies and distributed energy systems. The new office will be led by Jonathan White, former manager of NREL's Secure Cyber-Energy Systems Group. White has significantly increased ...

Jan. 12, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

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Webinar: Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells

Talking about perovskites, the word stability or lifetime soon comes up. A lot of energy has been invested in the research to arrive at stable perovskite based solar cells. New chemical composition, new layers and new barrier technologies combined made these solar cells more resilient to oxygen and moisture. The milestone of one thousand hours in at 85 degrees Celsius and 85% relative humidity is ...

Jan. 12, 2021

By Solliance

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Rolling into 2021: Roller Die’s Projections

The last year brought unexpected challenges and a global situation that no one expected. Everyone at Roller Die + Forming was happy to celebrate the new year and is looking into 2021 with excitement. There are a couple of key trends our team is focused on, making 2021 look like a promising year for those who are ready for the changes. Biden Economic Policy A big change we anticipate in ...

Jan. 11, 2021

By Roller Die + Forming

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Morgan Stanley Energy Partners Announces Strategic Partnership with SolMicroGrid

Investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Energy Partners, part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, announced recently that they have completed an investment in Alpharetta, Georgia-based SolMicroGrid. This strategic partnership will support the growth of SolMicroGrid's business, which offers innovative microgrid solutions through an Energy-as-a-Service business model. SolMicroGrid is a ...

Jan. 11, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

ConnectDER Granted U.S. Patent for Innovations to their Industry-Leading Plug and Play Distributed Energy Resource Connection

Image Source: ConnectDER ConnectDER, an innovative company that enables utilities and homeowners to expand access to distributed energy resources, has received a patent for innovations to their 'plug and play' solutions for distributed energy resources. The patent is for a reinvention of the standard utility power meter; one that combines the ubiquitous metering and communications of a smart ...

Jan. 19, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Duke Energy Florida, Key Consumer Groups Reach Sweeping Agreement For Building A Smarter Energy Grid

Duke Energy Florida (DEF), consumer representatives and business groups have reached a sweeping agreement that will advance the clean energy vision for the state, introduce innovative programs for customers, retire coal plants faster and bring additional certainty to rates through 2024. The agreement, filed on Jan. 14, 2021, is subject to approval by the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC). ...

Jan. 18, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Camp Denali Develops 90kW Solar Project

Located 90 miles from the nearest power grid, Camp Denali has harnessed the benefits of renewable energy for most of its history. From their first hydroelectric system, developed in 1981, to subsequent photovoltaics and passive-solar hot water, they continue to explore evolving ways to power their facilities while minimizing fossil fuel dependence and carbon emissions. ...

Jan. 18, 2021

By Renewable Energy Alaska Project (REAP)

Canadian Solar Subsidiary Recurrent Energy Completes Sale and Breaks Ground on the Slate Project, Expected to Be One of the Largest PV + Battery Storage Projects in the U.S.

Canadian Solar Inc. this week announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Recurrent Energy, completed the sale of the Slate project to Goldman Sachs Renewable Power LLC (GSRP). Revenue from the transaction will be recognized in Q1 2021 and commercial operation is anticipated in late 2021. The Slate project is a 300 MWac solar plus 140.25 MW / 561 MWh storage project located in Kings County, ...

Jan. 14, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

California Energy Commission Awards More Than $5 Million in Grant Funding to Indian Energy for Camp Pendleton Energy Storage Demonstration Project

San Diego-based energy developer, Indian Energy LLC, has accepted a grant of more than $5 million from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to develop and demonstrate long-duration, non-lithium ion based energy storage technologies. This grant is part of the CEC's Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) program, funding research that accelerates clean energy innovation, helping to build ...

Jan. 12, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Vistra Brings World's Largest Utility-Scale Battery Energy Storage System Online

Vistra this week (Jan 6) announced that its Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility connected to the power grid and began operating on Dec. 11, 2020. At 300 megawatts/1,200 megawatt-hours, the lithium-ion battery storage system, located on-site at Vistra's Moss Landing Power Plant in Monterey County, California, will be the largest of its kind in the world. Furthermore, construction is already ...

Jan. 7, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Making Green Hydrogen a Cost-Competitive Climate Solution

Hydrogen produced with renewable electricity could compete on costs with fossil fuel alternatives by 2030, according to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) published today. A combination of falling costs for solar and wind power, improved performance as well as economies of scale for electrolysers could make it possible. ‘Green Hydrogen Cost Reduction: ...

Jan. 4, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Federal Budget and Stimulus Signed into Law - Credits for Geothermal Included

President Trump ended several days of uncertainty last night, signing into law a massive budget, economic stimulus, and Covid-19 relief package. As we mentioned last week, this legislative package includes an extension for commercial and residential geothermal heat pump (GHP) tax credits. See our announcement from last week here. The new law extends the credits for GHP installations through ...

Dec. 28, 2020

By Geothermal Exchange Organization

American Clean Power Association Statement on Renewable Energy Provisions of COVID-19 Omnibus Legislation

The American Clean Power Association (ACP) released the following statement this week after Congress agreed on COVID-19 omnibus legislation that includes targeted renewable energy initiatives, including a one-year extension of the production tax credit/investment tax credit for land-based wind at 60 percent of their full value, a two-year extension of the investment tax credit for solar at 26 ...

Dec. 23, 2020

By Smart Grid Observer

TÜV Rheinland Verifies that Soltec’s Teamtrack can increase the gain of a Solar PV Plant by 6.2%

Soltec, leading firm in the manufacture and supply of single-axis solar trackers and part of Soltec Power Holdings, launches its first technical document about the gain that its Backtracking algorithm, TeamTrack, can generate in a photovoltaic plant. According to this study, Soltec’s TeamTrack is capable of increasing the gain of a photovoltaic solar plant by up to 6.2% on regular ...

Dec. 23, 2020

By Soltec Renewable Energies

The first Solar MEMS Star Tracker will soon be in orbit on an ESA satellite

Solar MEMS is about to achieve another landmark by putting the first Star Tracker sensor into orbit in a satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA) called STNS. It is another project that the company has invested a great deal of time and work in, combining the latest in innovation, technology and creativity to track stars by using photographs and devices of very small size that are cheap but ...

Dec. 22, 2020

By Solar MEMS Technologies S.L.

Pact signed to operate Diam’s facilities with solar energy – Oman

The Public Authority for Water – Diam and Shell Oman have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to operate some water assets of Diam using solar energy. The pact came in accordance with Diam’s vision regarding enhancement of the operational efficiency of its assets, and also within the community initiatives undertaken by Shell Oman. The MoC was signed by Dr Fahd bin Salem al ...

Dec. 21, 2020

By Desalination Institute DME

Vena Energy Selects Doosan GridTech To Deliver Queensland

Vena Energy-Australia has named Doosan GridTech as its engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) partner to build Queensland's largest energy storage system. This battery energy storage system (BESS) will play a major role in improving grid stability and supporting the state's shift to renewable energy. Located near Wandoan in the state's southwest region, the BESS will have a discharge ...

Dec. 16, 2020

By Smart Grid Observer

Global Electricity Demand to Rebound Modestly in 2021 After Historic Shock From Pandemic

After experiencing its biggest decline in decades, global electricity demand is expected to rebound modestly next year, led by growth in China, India and other emerging economies, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency. The historic shock of the Covid-19 crisis is set to result in a 2% decline in global electricity demand in 2020, according to the IEA's first ever ...

Dec. 16, 2020

By Smart Grid Observer

Atomic Layer Deposition for thin-film solar

In this sixth Solliance webinar, we focus on atomic layer deposition. This deposition technique is developing fast and can create ultra-thin layers with high accuracy, which maybe crucial for reliability of flexible, thin film solar. We will discuss the development new functional layers for photovoltaic applications and the challenges for scaling up (spatial) ALD roll-to-roll and ...

Dec. 14, 2020

By Solliance

Webinar - Advanced Interconnection Technologies

In this webinar we discuss advanced interconnection technologies as developed at Solliance partners TNO and Forschungszentrum Jülich. Interconnection technology is needed to create a working solar module from a stack of thin-film photovoltaic layers. Together with researchers Veronique Gevaerts and Stefan Haas we take a look to different strategies to create different cells on a thin-film ...

Dec. 14, 2020

By Solliance

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