Researchers have proposed a new battery performance standard for Australia and possibly the world. If adopted, the standard could clarify consumer confusion around which energy storage system is right for them.
From pv magazine Australia
For many of us, the last two months have felt like two...
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Bill Gates and Breakthrough Energy see enhanced transmission as facilitating electrification and grid reliability. Increasing transmission development at the “seams” between regions could save consumers more than $47 billion and return more than $2.50 on every dollar invested.From pv magazine USA
The American Council on Renewable...
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8minute Solar Energy has executed a power purchase agreement with Monterey Bay Community Power Authority (MBCP) and Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) on the Aratina Solar Center, a 250-MWdc/200-MWac, 150-MWh solar plus storage project. “Community Choice Energy providers across California are taking proactive and ambitious...
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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced plans on Tuesday to develop an offshore wind port on an artificial island along the Delaware River, potentially giving the state a leg up in the race to attract offshore wind jobs and manufacturers.
The New Jersey Wind Port, which is unlike anything...
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Veteran roofer and solar installer PetersenDean filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June with the intention of reorganizing its business and debt.
The California-based company released a statement Tuesday citing the effects of the coronavirus pandemic as the motivation for the claim. The company’s leads had...
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The US solar industry’s largest trade show goes hybrid, with a virtual and outdoor event at the Las Vegas Convention Center Oct. 21-22 — and organizers say, no swag, please.From pv magazine USA.
North America Smart Energy Week — aka Solar Power International (SPI) — is...
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SolarPower Europe has predicted the volume of new PV capacity added this year will be 4% less than last year’s figure because of the Covid-19 crisis. At the end of 2019, the world had topped 630 GW of solar. For 2020, around 112 GW of...
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The Ukrainian government’s conference rooms have been stuffier that usual lately, as policymakers and renewable energy industry representatives attempted to thrash out a compromise to reduce the financial burden left on the administration by a feed-in tariff incentive regime which drove almost 2 GW of...
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SMA America has launched a new Online Service Center to elevate service quality and expedite response. Installers can now access resources that previously required calling a service technician. In the new online service center, customers can track the progress of a service case, inverter exchange...
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Panasonic today announced the expansion of its 25-year warranty on solar panels to include labor on all components of the residential solar system, including the monitoring and interconnection hardware and racking system. This builds on the company’s recent warranty expansion to cover labor on Enphase microinverters included...
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