Lima, Peru – Latin America and the Caribbean could grow their installed solar capacity by a factor of 40 by 2050, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) shows. Annual investmens exceeding seven billion would see the region's solar…
Perovskite Solar Cells Get An Upgrade
HOUSTON – Rice University scientists believe they’ve overcome a major hurdle keeping perovskite-based solar cells from achieving mainstream…
Nexans is Preferred Power Export Cable Supplier for the Seagreen Offshore Find Farm Project
Nexans is SSE’s preferred supplier for the design, manufacture and installation of the onshore and offshore export cables for the 1,075MW Seagreen wind…
Minnesota DOT Makes 25-Year Deal for ‘Solar Garden’ Energy
The Minnesota Department of Transportation officially inaugurated two 25-year agreements October 25 to purchase a total of 7.4 million kilowatt-hours annually from 23 soon-to-be-built community “solar gardens” located throughout the state; equivalent to…
Stantec to Provide Sesign services for Pennsylvania’s Largest Solar Project
Penn State University, in partnership with Lightsource BP, has broken ground on the largest solar project in the state of Pennsylvania. The project is expected to provide 25 percent of the university’s electricity, at a savings of over $14 million, over…
Experts Say Rooftop Solar Energy Can Help Poland Triple PV Output
According to the latest analysis, a quarter of Europe’s electricity needs could be covered by rooftop solar energy. This may be a suitable solution for Poland, which is still the largest consumer of coal in the EU. Initiatives to implement such projects…
Highview Power to Develop Multiple Cryogenic Energy Storage Facilities in the UK and to Build Europe’s Largest Storage System
Highview Power, a global leader in long-duration energy storage solutions, today announced plans to construct the UK’s first commercial cryogenic energy storage facility (also referred to as liquid air) at large scale, which will be located at a decommissioned…
Work Begins on Huge Australian Rooftop Solar Array
The 7400 panels are being fitted to the 5-hectare roof of the Tonsley Innovation District, which will have a total installed capacity of 2.34MW.There are plans to increase the solar capacity at the site to as much as 6MW and over 20,000 solar panels as the…
U.S. Battery Scientists Prepare to Boost Power and Lifetime of Advanced Lead Batteries
Technical Roadmap Charts Research Program to Create Next Generation Technology DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - Researchers have unveiled a program designed to produce high performance batteries in the United States (U.S.) for renewables energy storage and improved…
Australia’s Lyon Group and China Huadian Sign Agreement to Bring Stable Renewable Energy to Asia
Lyon Group today announced that it has signed an agreement with China’s second largest power generation company, China Huadian Corporation, to co-develop and invest in power generation with integrated battery energy storage systems (BESS) in China, Australia…
