Solar Energy News
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mPrest Selected as DERMS Provider for Richmond Advanced Energy Community Project
mPrest, a leading developer and provider of distributed asset orchestration and optimization software for the energy market, this week announced its mDERMS platform will be used by energy provider MCE in the Richmond Advanced Energy Community (AEC) project. The project is led by the Zero Net Energy (ZNE) Alliance and will develop and test comprehensive, scalable clean energy solutions to ...
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Recurrent Energy Acquires 400 MWh of Standalone Storage Projects in Development in ERCOT
Recurrent Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc., this week announced the acquisition of two standalone energy storage projects from Black Mountain Energy Storage (BMES). The projects, which are in the South Load Zone of the Texas ERCOT market, are each anticipated to store up to 200 MWh of energy. Both projects are currently in development and are anticipated to reach notice to ...
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648 solar panels on the roof of Albers Alligator
The official opening of our solar panel system took place recently in the presence of Alderman Lara de Brito. In cooperation with Atama Solar Energy BV and Qing Sustainable, 648 solar panels were placed on the roof, which will generate 160,000 kWh on an annual basis. In other words, the energy requirement of approximately 50 ...
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Alfa Chemistry: Printing Inks Are Perfect for Organic and Printed Electronics
On the basis of conventional printing techniques, organic and printed electronics bring about fantastic opportunities to create novel products and electronic systems. As a partner in the semiconductor manufacturing industry, Alfa Chemistry recently released its new product offering of printing inks, encompassing conductive ink, dielectric ink, and semiconductor ink for research use. Printing inks ...
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EDF Renewables North America to Awarded 1 Gigawatt of Solar + Storage Projects in New York
EDF Renewables North America this week announced three solar projects were awarded long-term contracts by New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) as part of the 2021 solicitation for large-scale renewable energy certificates. Combined, 1 gigawatt (GW) of solar + storage projects will deliver clean energy for the state. The projects as follows represent nearly 40% of ...
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Largest floating solar power plant in the Southeast at Fort Bragg
Part of larger energy services contract with Duke Energy Project also includes a 2-MW battery The Southeast’s largest floating solar plant will be producing power soon at the U.S. Army’s Fort Bragg in North Carolina after a major utility energy service contract with Duke Energy and its prime contractor Ameresco. The 1.1-megawatt solar facility is part of a $36 million contract ...
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EPRI Advances Distributed Energy Resources with New Public Model
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) announced this weekthe release of an open-source distributed energy resource (DER) model, OpenDER, to support increased renewable energy capacity on the electric grid. The OpenDER model can be used to assess the static and dynamic behaviors of DER for planning and interconnection studies. EPRI also released a free public model specifications document ...
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Simulating the Role of Grid-Forming Inverters in the Future Electric Grid
by Courtney Stenson, PNNLA Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) research team recently developed a new model of an important device that acts as a kind of translator, allowing renewable power sources like wind and solar to better add their power to the electrical grid. The device, called a grid-forming inverter, plays a critical role in converting direct current (DC) electricity produced ...
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Biden Administration Launches Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Initiative to Connect More Clean Energy
The Biden Administration through the U.S. Department of Energy this week (June 1) launched the Interconnection Innovation e-Xchange (i2X) -- a new partnership funded by President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that brings together grid operators, utilities, state and tribal governments, clean energy developers, energy justice organizations, and other stakeholders to connect more clean ...
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Ameresco to Build 42 MW Photovoltaic Solar Array and 42 MW/168 MWh of Batteries on O'ahu
Ameresco, Inc., a clean technology integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, and Bright Canyon Energy, a developer of energy infrastructure, this week announced the proposed Kūpono Solar Project, a combined solar and battery system to be built at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam West Loch Annex in Hawai i. The proposed project is designed to deliver 42 megawatts of ...
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About TrueWay Tec
Our Goal BUILT FOR EFFICIENT, BUILT FOR LONG-LAST. We are committed to becoming an international outstanding solar solution provider for smart solar products, solar irrigation and water treatment systems, and solar ecological treatment systems. Our Story TrueWay Technology Co., LTD is an international supplier integrating R&D, sales and service of intelligent power electronic products. We ...
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SOLARCYCLE Raises $6.6 Million Seed Round to Rapidly Accelerate Buildout of Advanced Recycling Platform for the Solar Industry
SOLARCYCLE, a tech-driven solar system recycling platform, today announced that the company has raised $6.6 million in growth funding from leading renewable energy and circular economy investors – including SolarCity founders Peter and Lyndon Rive, former CEO/CTO of Sunpower Corporation Systems Tom Dinwoodie, Urban Innovation Fund, and Closed Loop Partners. “At SOLARCYCLE we are ...
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Ameresco and Bright Canyon Energy Partner to Build Large Scale Solar and Battery Project Promoting Clean Energy and Resiliency in Hawai‘i
FRAMINGHAM, MASS, PHOENIX, AZ and HONOLULU, HI – June 1, 2022 – Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading clean technology integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, and Bright Canyon Energy, a leading developer of energy infrastructure, today announced the proposed Kupono Solar Project, a combined solar and battery system to be built at the Joint Base Pearl ...
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Middletown Recreation Center Choose Microgrid, Fully Engineered by Clarke Energy
Middletown Recreation Center with funding partner X-Caliber Rural Funding have selected Clarke Energy USA Inc, a KOHLER Company to provide a microgrid system solution developed by Clarke Energy for the newly upgraded recreation center in Connecticut Facility will integrate a 35kW combined heat and power (CHP) unit, a battery energy storage system, solar photovoltaic system, and a KOHLER ...
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Solar Power World - 42-MW solar + storage project to be built at Hawaii Navy base
Ameresco and Bright Canyon Energy are moving forward with the Kupono Solar Project, a combined solar and battery system to be built at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam West Loch Annex in Hawaii. The proposed project is designed to deliver 42 MW of renewable energy to Hawaiian Electric’s grid on the island of Oahu. In 2021, Ameresco and Bright Canyon established a joint venture known as ...
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Alfa Chemistry Shows Proved Capability in Thermal Analysis for Alternative Energy Materials
Never forgetting its mission to bring cost-effective yet high-quality materials to customers worldwide, earlier this year the US-based chemical supplier Alfa Chemistry has successfully introduced a new product line of alternative and renewable energy materials. Considering the vital role these materials play, the company recently also demonstrates its proven capability in thermal analysis for the ...
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How To Deorbit the International Space Station, the largest man-made space object in history
At Solar MEMS we are committed to the sustainability of the space environment and the importance of keeping space debris in LEO to a minimum. In this article we want to explain the plans to deorbit the International Space Station, the largest man-made space object ever made, which has been in use for 25 years and is planned to be deorbited in January 2031. The growing concern among New Space ...
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Podcast - Back from #Intersolar2022 in Munich – Soiling & Solar PV in Eastern Europe
What a show it was! In May 2022, the solar industry has come together in Munich to celebrate its unbroken growth around the globe. In this episode of OTT CAST, Francois Laurent, Sales Manager France, and Marin Dimitrov, Business Development Manager Eastern Europe share the learnings and topics that were discussed at the OTT HydroMet booth. While some regions, such as Eastern Europe are starting ...
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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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CPUC Approves Energy Storage Contracts for SCE
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in ongoing efforts to ensure energy reliability for Californians, this week (May 19) approved energy storage contracts for Southern California Edison (SCE) to come online from August 2023 through June 2024. The CPUC approved five energy storage contracts for a total of 497 megawatts of capacity, which are expected to provide 462 MW of capacity ...
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