Solar Photovoltaics News
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ARPA-E Awards Booz Allen $550m Contract to Support Energy Technology Innovation
Booz Allen Hamilton announced this week (March 12) it was awarded a ten-year $550 million contract from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to support the advancement of high-potential, high-impact, early-stage technologies that generate, store, and use energy in entirely new ways to reduce U.S. emissions, improve energy efficiency, and increase the ...
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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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CHP Re-imagined - Fueling a Greener Tomorrow
Introduction: In an era where energy efficiency and carbon footprint reduction are paramount, Combined Heat and Power (CHP) technology stands out for its remarkable fuel efficiency and lower carbon emissions. Historically, the primary function of CHP has been to provide continuous supplies of electricity and heat, achieving efficiencies of around 90% – significantly higher than traditional ...
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Major Growth of Clean Energy Limited the Rise in Global Emissions in 2023
Global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions rose less strongly in 2023 than the year before even as total energy demand growth accelerated, new IEA analysis shows, with continued expansion of solar PV, wind, nuclear power and electric cars helping the world avoid greater use of fossil fuels. Without clean energy technologies, the global increase in CO2 emissions in the last five years ...
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ENVIRIA - Germany’s leading commercial and industrial (C&I) solar company - secures capital commitment of over USD 200 million from BlackRock
ENVIRIA, Germany’s leading commercial and industrial (C&I) decentralized energy solutions provider, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement on an equity investment of over USD 200 million from BlackRock, through its Global Renewable Power IV (GRP IV) fund. The additional capital will support the expansion of the already existing 500 C&I solar projects across Germany as ...
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Vattenfall and Wieland have reached an agreement for a 46-MW solar power purchase agreement in Germany.
Swedish state-owned utility Vattenfall AB and the German copper products manufacturer Wieland Group announced the signing of a power purchase agreement (PPA) that will be in effect for a period of ten years and will help to eliminate carbon emissions from industrial production. This contract is connected to Vattenfall's 46-megawatt solar park in Nauen, Brandenburg, Germany, which is now in the ...
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EDF Renewables Signs Agreement with Southern California Public Power Authority for Solar + Storage
EDF Renewables North America this week announced a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) for a portion of the Bonanza Solar and Storage project. The carbon-free electricity generated by the 125 MWac solar photovoltaic (PV) system and 65 MW 4-hour Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) is guaranteed to begin delivery to SCPPA’s participating ...
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Soltec supplies 164 MW of its SF7 solar tracker to Blue Ridge Power in the United States
Soltec, a company dedicated to the manufacturing and supply of solar trackers for large-scale plants, will supply 164 MW of its SF7 solar tracker for a project by Blue Ridge Power. The photovoltaic plant will be located in the state of Virginia, United States. The project will be equipped with Soltec’s flagship tracker, the SF7. This tracker has a 2-in-portrait configuration. Its design, ...
By Soltec
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Transforming old batteries into new resources to improve lives in Africa
IEC’s vision to create a safer, more efficient world gained further momentum recently with the launch of a new project supported by the IEC Global Impact Fund (GIF). Differ Community Power (DCP), an international provider of solar energy services to communities, has been selected to determine the feasibility of using second life lithium batteries to rehabilitate solar PV installations at ...
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Transforming old batteries into new resources to improve lives in Africa
IEC’s vision to create a safer, more efficient world gained further momentum recently with the launch of a new project supported by the IEC Global Impact Fund (GIF). Differ Community Power (DCP), an international provider of solar energy services to communities, has been selected to determine the feasibility of using second life lithium batteries to rehabilitate solar PV installations at ...
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26.3 MW solar farm constructed by Ameresco in Illinois village
Ameresco Inc., a US renewable energy business (NYSE:AMRC), announced on Wednesday that it has finished a 26.3 MWdc solar project in the US state of Illinois hamlet of DePue, resulting in the creation of the largest solar farm in Bureau County. In its first year of operation, the 65,832 solar photovoltaic panels that make up the DePue facility are anticipated to generate 37 GWh of electricity. ...
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2023 Year in Review: Advancing Puerto Rico's Grid Recovery and Modernization
Natural disasters in recent memory have posed significant challenges to Puerto Rico's electrical grid and the more than three million residents it serves. In September 2017, Hurricanes Irma and Maria caused most of the transmission and distribution system in Puerto Rico to collapse, leading to one of the longest blackouts in U.S. history and leaving residents in some parts of the territory ...
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2023 Year in Review: Advancing Puerto Rico's Grid Recovery and Modernization
Natural disasters in recent memory have posed significant challenges to Puerto Rico's electrical grid and the more than three million residents it serves. In September 2017, Hurricanes Irma and Maria caused most of the transmission and distribution system in Puerto Rico to collapse, leading to one of the longest blackouts in U.S. history and leaving residents in some parts of the territory ...
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Massive expansion of renewable power opens door to achieving global tripling goal set at COP28
The world’s capacity to generate renewable electricity is expanding faster than at any time in the last three decades, giving it a real chance of achieving the goal of tripling global capacity by 2030 that governments set at the COP28 climate change conference last month, the IEA says in a new report. The amount of renewable energy capacity added to energy systems around the world grew by 50% in ...
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Nofar chooses LONGi panels for 576 MW of solar in Romania
Israeli renewables developer Nofar Energy Ltd has inked a EUR-76.6-million (USD 84.4m) agreement to buy solar panels from China’s LONGi Solar for projects in Romania. The contract is for a power generating capacity of 576 MW. Longi will be responsible for the entire delivery process from the manufacturing to the arrival of the panels on-site, the Israeli firm said in a LinkedIn post ...
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EIA Expects Combined U.S. Solar and Wind Generation to Surpass Coal-Fired Generation in 2024
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects, for the first year on record, combined electricity generation from wind and solar to surpass generation from coal in 2024. EIA expects solar generation in 2024 to increase 39% (228 kilowatthours) from 2023, driven by continued increases in solar capacity. "Renewables, particularly solar photovoltaics, are growing rapidly and making large ...
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ISO-NE's Study of Energy Shortfall Risks Produces Innovative Tool for Assessing Energy Adequacy
With the completion of the Operational Impact of Extreme Weather Events study, a first-of-its-kind analysis examining how the region's power system would fare under stressful weather and operational conditions, ISO New England has delivered a detailed snapshot of energy shortfall risks in 2027 and 2032. Energy shortfalls happen when the region's electricity supply falls below consumer demand. ...
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Financial Headwinds for Renewables Investors: What's the Way Forward?
The impressive growth in clean energy investments in recent years has been led by renewable power. Annual spending on solar PV and wind projects has risen by more than USD 300 billion in the last five years, and now accounts for one-third of the total USD 1.8 trillion that we expect to go to clean energy investments in 2023. Deployment has been driven by a virtuous circle of policy support and ...
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PowerFlex doubles rooftop solar array for athletic apparel brand
PowerFlex announced the completion of the second rooftop solar project for athletic wear brand ASICS at its Byhalia Distribution Center in Mississippi. The completion of the 1-MW solar rooftop brings the total solar generated power at the distribution center to 2 MW that will power the building load and directly offset utility costs. The system is the largest solar PV rooftop in Byhalia and ...
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Grid-Connected Hybrid Storage Facility Using Second Life Batteries in Santa Barbara County, CA
B2U Storage Solutions, a leading provider of large-scale energy storage systems using second-life electric vehicle batteries, announced this week that the SEPV Cuyama facility has begun operations. This facility, the company's second hybrid battery storage site, is located in Santa Barbara County, CA near the community of New Cuyama. The 12MWh facility uses hundreds of EV batteries sourced from ...
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