By Len Rosen Today a state-of-the-art solar panel on Earth can convert between 20 to 30% of the energy it collects from sunlight into electricity. At night solar panels here contribute nothing. But in space with nothing to block the Sun, that same Earth-based solar panel becomes thirteen times more efficient. And that is enough…
By Kelsey Misbrener Global renewable energy company and service provider BayWa r.e. announced it has entered into 10-year agreements with REV Renewables to provide operations and maintenance (O&M) services to 13 existing solar power plants in the ISO New England and PJM Interconnection territories, including sites in Vermont, Ohio, North Carolina, Maryland, Delaware and New…
By Jennifer Runyon Distributed energy resource management system (DERMS) provider AutoGrid said on May 11 that it has been acquired by Schneider Electric, a global company focused on energy management and automation. The companies said the acquisition will provide AutoGrid with additional resources and global reach to accelerate growth and innovation. Distributed energy resources (DER)…
By Renewable Energy World Jo Seel & Will Gorman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory One of the most important electric power system trends of the 2010s was the rapid deployment of windturbines and photovoltaic arrays, but early data suggests a twist for the 2020s may be the rapiddeployment of ‘hybrid’ generation resources. Subscribe today to the…
By Dan Yurman California May Yet Save Diablo Canyon with Federal Credits Nuclear Power for Ships Gets New Ideas Japan’s PM Fumio Kishida – Nuclear Energy Needed Now UK May Build Seven Nuclear Plants By 2050, Probably More UK in Talks With South Korea to Build Nuclear Power Plants DARPA Seeks Proposals for Nuclear Thermal…
By Renewable Energy World Idaho Power asked its regulators to approve a plan for it to install and own 524MWh/120 MW of battery storage, to come online in the summer of 2023. If approved, the batteries would be the first utility-scale storage system in Idaho. The company issued a request for proposals in May 2021…
By Sponsored Content By GoodWe The solar power plant installed on the roof of the Ali Sami Yen Sports Complex Nef Stadium by Enerjisa Enerji in Istanbul, Turkey, received a Guinness World Records title “most powerful solar power output from a sports stadium” in terms of installed capacity and went down in history. The solar…
By Dan Yurman China Greenlights Six New Nuclear Reactors Russia’s Mixed Prospects for Exports Due to Its Invasion of Ukraine Update on Prospects for New Nuclear Power Plants in Poland NuScale Spins Up Supply Chain for Major Reactor Components Japan / JAEA And MHI Join Global Race To Generate Green Hydrogen From Nuclear China Greenlights…
By National Wind Watch Coal operations set to be extended beyond planned September shut-off. Coal-fired power stations have been asked to stay open for longer as part of Government plans to avert an energy crunch amid Russia’s war on Ukraine. Kwasi Kwarteng, the business secretary, has written to the owners of Britain’s three remaining coal-fired…
By FORESIGHT Contributor From FORESIGHT Climate & Energy, Watt Matters is a podcast all about the energy transition and the shift to a decarbonised economy. Much of the power across Eastern Europe is still supplied by destructive coal power plants. However, many of these markets across the region also have considerable renewables potential. Untapping this…
By Billy Ludt Solar racking manufacturer Nextracker launched a new facility with JM Steel to produce tracker components for solar power plants throughout the southern United States. A dedicated solar tracker production line is at the new Steel Dynamics facility near Corpus Christi, Texas. “Customers want protection from steel and logistics cost volatility and logistics…
By Simon Goess Originally posted here and co-authored by Alex Schmitt, Christoph Kellermann, Calvin Triems, Huangluolun Zhou. The European energy system will change dramatically in the coming decades. In addition to climate change and an outdated power plant fleet, current geopolitical tensions are also forcing the European Union and many countries to change their energy…
By Billy Ludt Regional utility Duke Energy completed a 22.6-MW solar power plant in Surry County, North Carolina. The Stony Knoll Solar project is owned and operated by Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions (DESS). The project was selected in a competitive bidding process established by 2017’s solar legislation in North Carolina. Stony Knoll contains 76,600 panels…
By Rob Davies and Peter Walker Prime minister claims he has delivered ‘clean, affordable, secure power for generations to come’Boris Johnson claimed on Thursday that his energy security strategy had delivered “clean, affordable, secure power to the people for generations to come”.In comments issued as he launched the policy at Hinkley Point C nuclear power…
By Sophie Vorrath Analysis shows big increase in amount of toxic air pollutants emitted by Australia’s ageing fleet of coal-fired power plants, even while generation output of some has decreased. The post New data shows big jump in toxic coal plant pollution, even as output falls appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For…