By Michael Mazengarb A Victorian wind farm, proposed to be built in a pine plantation gets planning green light, but without a planned battery component. The post Victoria approves first pine plantation wind farm, but big battery will need to wait appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Joshua S Hill Neometals invests in University of California spinoff focused on a long-life, fast-charging lithium battery that utilises a vanadium-based anode technology. The post Neometals invests in US start-up working on rapid charge lithium and vanadium battery appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Jonathon Dyson There will always be a need for some form of human oversight of bidding behaviour, even with “the rise of the machines.” The post “Rise of the Machines:” The increasing role of auto-bidding and self-forecasting in the NEM appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Giles Parkinson Another new solar farm has begun sending power to the grid in New South Wales, with the largest facility in northern NSW recording its first output. The post Another 115MW solar farm starts sending power to the grid in NSW appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles:…
By [email protected] (Stephen Edelstein) Vietnamese automaker Vinfast on Tuesday announced a North Carolina EV factory, aiming to start production in 2024. First reported by local newspaper The News & Observer and subsequently confirmed by Vinfast, the factory will be located at Triangle Innovation Point “megasite” in Chatham County, near the state capital of Raleigh. According…
By Sheshawn Foltzer In recent posts, we’ve discussed the concept of Science-Based Targets (SBT) which offer organizations a pathway and series of metrics for setting carbon reduction goals. Last week, we outlined some of the challenges and implications related to the just-released Securities Exchange Commission ruling requiring publicly-traded companies to disclose climate-related risks. And we…
By Seb Kennedy The EU pioneered energy market liberalisation in the belief that free market competition delivers efficiencies that drive down the cost to consumers. The experiment with market-based pricing for natural gas paid off: EU retailers and heavy industry saved billions of euros on gas import bills over the past decade – but will…
By John Engel Follow @EngelsAngle The U.S. needs 2,100 wind turbines, 6,800 miles of cable, 2,100 foundations, 58 crew transfer vessels, and up to 50,000 trained workers to meet the Biden administration’s goal of 30 GW of offshore wind energy deployed by 2030. The U.S. has enough planned offshore wind energy capacity to meet President…
By Kelly Pickerel Chinese solar panel manufacturer LONGi announced it has reached 25.47% efficiency with its gallium-doped p-type HJT silicon solar cells using the M6 (166-mm) wafer size. The record was confirmed by the Institute for Solar Energy Research in Hamelin (ISFH). LONGi’s R&D team has developed a p-type wafer processing solution for HJT cells…
A team has successfully increased the levels of energy absorbed by wafer-thin photovoltaic panels by 25%. Their solar panels, just one micrometer thick, convert light into electricity more efficiently than others as thin and pave the way to make it easier to general more clean, green energy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles:…
According to the latest assessment report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a considerable reduction in CO2 emissions is required to limit the consequences of climate change. Producing fuel from renewable sources such as waste wood and straw or renewable electricity would be one way to reduce carbon emissions from the area of transportation….
SeaTwirl aims to demonstrate its vertical-axis floating technology at a test site off the west coast of Norway Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Wind Power News & Analysis RSS Feed
By Kelly Pickerel Southern Power has completed the energy storage additions to two solar projects in California. “These co-located solar and storage projects are a first of their kind for Southern Power,” said Southern Power President Bill Grantham. “We expect these new battery-based energy storage projects to enhance California’s grid reliability. The combination of our…
By [email protected] (Bengt Halvorson) The increasingly partisan divide in Congress over electric-vehicle-related policy spending may be disconnected from reality. That’s one of the potential conclusions from a national poll released Monday by the Zero Emission Transportation Association (ZETA), a policy and advocacy trade group representing the industry around EVs. The poll… Read Full Article Here…
By Rafael Herzberg Consulting to maximize results It is part of the cultural profile of Brazilian solution providers, in the energy area, “teach” the customer. Show how him/her how to think! My experience, in more than 30 years of consulting, indicates that the best results come from another posture: thinking about what the client says!…