Solar Energy News
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AES Launches First-of-its-Kind Robot to Accelerate Solar Construction
The AES Corporation this week ?announced the launch of Atlas, a new first-of-its-kind solar installation robot. Atlas represents a major advance in solar energy technology, making it faster, more efficient and safer to construct new solar facilities. Atlas was designed by AES through a multi-year innovation process and built in cooperation with Calvary Robotics and other third parties. Video: ...
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Electrify America Reaches 30 Megawatts in Installed Battery Energy Storage
Electrify America recently announced that it has installed onsite, behind-the-meter battery energy storage systems (BESS) at over 140 DC fast charging stations around the U.S., including more than 90 installations in California. These systems in total have more than 30 megawatts of energy storage capacity, representing the largest roll-out of onsite behind-the-meter battery energy storage coupled ...
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New IEA Report: Renewables Generation to Set New Records in 2021
The growth of the world's capacity to generate electricity from solar panels, wind turbines and other renewable technologies is on course to accelerate over the coming years, with 2021 expected to set a fresh all-time record for new installations, the IEA says in a new report. Despite rising costs for key materials used to make solar panels and wind turbines, additions of new renewable power ...
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APS Pilot Grid Services Program Participants Could Receive Up To $3,750 per Home
Enphase Energy, Inc., a global energy technology company that reports it is the world's leading supplier of microinverter-based solar and battery systems, recently announced its participation in Arizona Public Service’s (APS) residential battery pilot grid services program. The program offers homeowners with Enphase IQ Batteries in APS’s service territory two ways to participate and earn money ...
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Sunverge and LG Partner on Residential Virtual Power Plant Project
LG Electronics USA and Sunverge Energy are collaborating on a groundbreaking residential virtual plant project with customers in Northern and Central California - one of the first pilot programs in the United States to incorporate both load control and PV/energy storage control holistically. This unique project, which is expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2022, explores ways in ...
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Westbridge Aquires 236 MW Sunnynook Solar PV Project and 100 MW of Battery Energy Storage System
Westbridge Energy Corporation is pleased to announce that it has acquired a 75% controlling interest in Sunnynook Solar Energy Inc., which is developing a new 236 MWdc solar photovoltaic and 100 MW of Battery Energy Storage System project located in Sunnynook, Alberta, Canada , pursuant to a definitive agreement dated November 30, 2021. The Project has secured site control in the form of a ...
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Duke Energy Florida builds innovative, more resilient, environmentally friendly substation
Duke Energy Florida earlier this week opened its new, state-of-the-art Bayboro electrical substation to meet the power needs of downtown St. Petersburg. The electrical substation is known as a gas insulated switchgear (GIS) substation. It is the first in Florida constructed by Duke Energy and was placed in-service Nov. 29. The vast majority of substations are built outside - uncovered - ...
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Australia's Largest Privately Funded Grid-connected Battery To Be Built at Site of Former Hazelwood Power Station
ENGIE, Macquarie's Green Investment Group (GIG), and Fluence have partnered to deliver Australia's largest privately-funded and owned utility-scale battery. The project is fully committed and will connect to existing network infrastructure to support the transition to renewable energy at the site of the former Hazelwood Power Station in the Latrobe Valley.Providing 150MW/150MWh of flexible ...
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PG&E Paves the Way for More Community-Proposed Microgrid Projects
As part of its mission to build a stronger, more resilient energy grid for the hometowns it serves, PG&E is paving the way for more community-proposed microgrid projects to be constructed in its Northern and Central California service area.The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) recently approved PG&E’s request to update its Community Microgrid Enablement Tariff (CMET), broadly ...
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Form Energy Contributes to LDES Council Report Detailing Global Requirement for Long Duration Energy Storage to Reach Net Zero by 2040
Form Energy announces the publication of the Long Duration Energy Storage report to which it is a leading contributing author and a founder member of the LDES Council that has produced the report. The LDES report documents how the world’s power systems could become carbon net-zero through the storage of renewable power such as wind and solar. Form Energy helped form and is a founder ...
By Form Energy
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Panasonic Launches Next-Generation Solar Energy Battery Storage System
Panasonic this week announced the latest innovation in its solar energy portfolio of Total Home Energy Solution offerings, the EverVolt™ 2.0, which offers enhancements for greater customization, and features a convenient modular footprint and weatherproof design. Panasonic reports that the new EverVolt 2.0 provides continuous power output of 7.6 kW off-grid and 9.6 kW with grid, enough to ...
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Solar MEMS at Space Tech Expo Europe 2021
At Solar MEMS we are continually travelling to learn more and to demonstrate our high-tech products among the most important global companies working in the New Space sector. On this occasion we attended the Space Tech Expo Europe, the largest business-oriented space technology event on the continent, which has been held on 16,17 and 18 November in Bremen ...
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Alfa Chemistry Materials Newly Adds Aligned Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
The past decade has witnessed the discoveries and discrete applications of carbon nanotubes in multiple scientific fields. Alfa Chemistry Materials has long been providing a wide range of carbon nanotubes such as amino modified MWCNTs, carbon nanotubes epoxy compound and carbon nanotubes slurry for the science community. To further enrich its product offerings, on November 17, 2021, the company ...
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BluWave-ai and City of Summerside Deliver First AI-Optimized Utility Smart Grid in North America
BluWave-ai and the City of Summerside have announced the first end-to-end AI-optimized smart grid in North America. BluWave-ai notes that it is the first industry proof point of a scalable system applicable to entire states and countries for moving their energy networks towards maximized use of renewable assets. In October, BluWave-ai started streaming commands for controlling battery storage, ...
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Alfa Chemistry Begins to Offer Reduced Graphene Oxide
The past decade has seen rapid growth in demand for the graphene and graphene oxides. Alfa Chemistry is a newly emerging supplier of various graphene-related products and solutions. Earlier this month, the company announces to provide reduced graphene oxide for both scientific and industrial uses. “Scientists and researchers have been exploring the large-scale applications of graphene in ...
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Indiana Michigan Power Enters Rate Settlement Agreement that Provides Significant Customer Benefits
Indiana Michigan Power (I&M), an American Electric Power company, has filed with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) a rate settlement agreement that will reduce base rates for Hoosier residential customers while enhancing reliability. Under the settlement, I&M will reduce its base rates for Indiana residential customers by about 5% over two phases, with a slight decrease of ...
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Berkeley Electric Cooperative Selects Landis+Gyr’s Gridstream Connect for Smart Grid Deployment
Landis+Gyr and Berkeley Electric Cooperative have agreed on a contract for an extensive smart grid technology deployment to connect advanced metering, load management and street light automation on a single network. Berkeley Electric, the largest cooperative utility in South Carolina, is deploying Landis+Gyr’s Gridstream® Connect IoT platform for grid management. It features a multi-purpose RF ...
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Con Edison Expands Clean Energy Commitment On Path To Net-Zero Emissions
Con Edison, Inc. has expanded and deepened its Clean Energy Commitment, reflecting its strategy to lead New York and the nation in the transition to renewables, give customers more control over their energy use, and better prepare the company's energy-delivery system for the impacts of climate change. Con Edison has already reduced its own (Scope 1) emissions by more than half since 2005, and the ...
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EU Invests Over €1 Billion in Innovative Projects to Decarbonize the Economy
The European Union is investing over 1.1 billion into seven large-scale innovative projects under the Innovation Fund. The grants will support projects aiming to bring breakthrough technologies to the market in energy-intensive industries, hydrogen, carbon capture, use and storage, and renewable energy. The projects are located in Belgium, Italy, Finland, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain ...
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New Reports From NREL Document Continuing PV and PV-Plus-Storage Cost Declines
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released its annual cost breakdown of installed solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery storage systems. U.S. Solar Photovoltaic System and Energy Storage Cost Benchmark: Q1 2021 details installed costs for PV systems as of the first quarter of 2021.Costs continue to fall for residential, commercial rooftop, and utility-scale PV systems—by 3%, 11%, ...
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