Solar Energy News

Oscilla Power, Inc is pleased to announce that it has been selected for a $1.1 million Phase II SBIR award from the US Department of Energy. This award will help Oscilla develop a novel underwater energy storage technology and investigate how large-scale farms of ocean wave energy devices can be best connected to the grid. This award will allow a continuation ...

Jul. 23, 2020

By Oscilla Power, Inc. (OPI)

Rainmaker Worldwide Inc. (OTC: RAKR) is working aggressively to position itself to be a leader in the multi trillion-dollar global Water-as-a-Service (WaaS) industry.  The partnership will produce and distribute bottled water using Rainmaker’s Solar Air-to-Water machines and is estimated to produce up to an annual 27 million USD in revenue when all required 50 ...

Jul. 27, 2020

By Rainmaker Worldwide Inc.

North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association today announces that it has entered into an Agreement ...

Jul. 23, 2020

By North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association

VoltStorage GmbH, founded in 2016 by Jakob Bitner, Michael Peither and Felix Kiefl, develops and produces solar energy storage systems for private homes. VoltStorage is the world’s only home energy storage provider in the market relying on Vanadium Redox Flow (VRF) battery technology. The ...

Jul. 22, 2020

By VoltStorage GmbH

Lightsource bp, a global leader in development and management of solar energy projects, has recently secured planning approval for a new solar farm near Castle Eden in Durham, UK. This site is the latest to join Lightsource bp’s global portfolio of solar projects designed to supply businesses with renewable electricity through corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs). As well as providing ...

Jul. 17, 2020

By Lightsource BP

The bifacial research center BiTEC, located in Livermore, California (USA) and launched by Soltec in 2018, is celebrating its second anniversary. During its two-year history, this center has confirmed the generation of 2.1% more of bifacial gain with the SF7 Bifacial tracker in a 2-in-portrait configuration compared to the same tracker in 1P. This 2.1% more power translates into about $1.4 ...

Jul. 16, 2020

By Soltec Renewable Energies

Scarlet’s New Product,  Apollo M1 (Wireless Solar Crane Camera System) has been awarded  the  Red Dot Design Award 2020 for its outstanding design quality . Scarlet’s Apollo M1 was the best product design for its modern functional design. Through an intensive examination, product testing, and careful evaluation process from the Red Dot 2020 international jury, ...

Jul. 10, 2020

By Scarlet Tech Ltd.

On July 6, NCSEA filed  ...

Jul. 9, 2020

By North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association

Portland General Electric is set to launch a pilot program that will incentivize installation and connection of 525 residential energy storage batteries that PGE will dispatch, contributing up to four megawatts of energy to PGE’s grid. The distributed assets will create a virtual power plant made up of small units that can be operated individually or combined to serve the grid, adding flexibility ...

Jul. 2, 2020

By Smart Grid Observer

Earlier this week, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Chair Kathy Castor (D-FL), members of the U.S. House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis unveiled a comprehensive plan titled "Solving the Climate Crisis: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and a Healthy, Resilient, and Just America." The report lays out the Climate Crisis Action Plan, which contains climate solution ...

Jul. 1, 2020

By Smart Grid Observer

Pforzheim, June 30, 2020: The Generic Solar String Optimizer, the hybrid inverter Symo GEN24 Plus and the REC Alpha series solar panels are among the most pioneering products in the solar industry and are the winners of the Intersolar AWARD 2020. Ferroamp Elektronik AB, Fronius International GmbH and REC Solar EMEA GmbH impressed the panel of judges with their innovations and were honored with ...

Jun. 30, 2020

By Intersolar

Tucson Electric Power (TEP) plans to provide more than 70 percent of its power from wind and solar resources as part of a cleaner energy portfolio that will reduce carbon emissions 80 percent by 2035. TEP's 2020 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), filed last week with the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC), outlines the company's energy portfolio over the next 15 years. It calls for a dramatic ...

Jun. 29, 2020

By Smart Grid Observer

X-energy announced it has teamed with Nuclear Fuel Industries (NFI) to be the exclusive counterparty to supply fuel to the Japanese high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR). X-energy is purchasing the compact press equipment that can make annular fuel compacts for the “prism-type” HTGR core from Japanese-based NFI. X-energy will use the TRISO-X fuel facility and ...

Jun. 26, 2020

By X-Energy, LLC

Soltec, a leading company in the manufacture and supply of solar single-axis trackers belonging to Soltec Power Holdings, consolidates its leadership position as the third largest supplier of solar trackers worldwide, according to its recent ‘Global PV tracker report – 2020’ published by the information provider IHS Markit. Soltec has supplied 9.2% of the world’s total ...

Jun. 24, 2020

By Soltec Renewable Energies

Soltec, leading firm in the manufacture and supply of single-axis solar trackers, supplies its SF7 tracker for a 265- MWDC project currently being developed by Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. in the State of Ohio, USA. PCL, another Canadian firm based in Toronto, is performing the engineering, procurement, and construction of the plant, which is slated to go online by the end of 2020. The plant, ...

Jun. 18, 2020

By Soltec Renewable Energies

Highview Power, a global leader in long-duration energy storage solutions, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a £10 million grant from the UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) for a 50 MW cryogenic energy storage facility (with a minimum of 250MWh), known as the CRYOBattery™, to ...

Jun. 18, 2020

By Highview Power Storage

Orange & Rockland (O&R) and Sunrun Inc. - a leading home solar, battery storage and energy services company - this week announced the companies have received approval to deploy rooftop solar and battery systems as part of an innovative virtual power plant project supporting New York's transition to clean, reliable, locally generated electricity. Beginning this year, Sunrun will bundle ...

Jun. 18, 2020

By Smart Grid Observer

Energy Transition Commission (ETC) and Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) have jointly released the report Achieving Green Recovery for China: Putting Zero-Carbon Electrification at the Core. This report recommends key stimulus programs for China's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn, and proposes that zero-carbon electrification be at the center of China's investment strategy ...

Jun. 18, 2020

By Smart Grid Observer

Following the decision of the Technical Advisory Committee (CAT) on June 12, Solaria will join the Ibex Medium Cap on June 22. The very good performance of the stock (+ 35% YTD), reflecting the strong growth of the company, has allowed the company to enter the antechamber of the Ibex 35. In the words of the President of Solaria, Mr. Enrique Diaz-Tejeiro: “Being part of the IBEX ...

Jun. 15, 2020

By Solaria Energía y Medio Ambiente

By March 2021, Avista Utilities will energize a microgrid in Spokane, Washington's University District that allows buildings to share energy, which will minimize impacts on the power grid and create a local energy market.  The project, known as a micro-transactive grid or MTG, will allow distributed energy resources (DER) to be traded from one building to another as needs shift, forming what ...

Jun. 15, 2020

By Smart Grid Observer