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Microgrid

Virtual Power Plants Can Cost-Effectively Support the Grid— If We Let Them

(A rooftop solar system.)Contributed by Mathew Sachs, CPowerStrained by the double burden of increased demand and more frequent extreme weather events, our grid…

Energy Storage Project

EDP Renewables Acquires 50MW Bess Asset in Kent

EDP ventured into the EU solar market in 2021. Image: Pixabay.Wind and solar producer EDP Renewables (EDPR) will install its first standalone battery energy sto…

Solar Battery (Storage)

Solar Batteries: A New Material Makes It Possible to Simultaneously Absorb Light and Store Energy

A collaborative effort between the University of Cordoba and the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (Germany) is making progress on the design of a s…

Solar Panel

Portuguese Solar Developer Gets $275 Million From EIG to Boost Capacity

Portugal' solar project developer Prosolia Energy said on Thursday it had received 250 million euros ($274.70 million) in financing from U.S.-based fund EIG…

Wind Farm

US Moves to Link More Wind and Solar Projects to Electric Grid

Plants grow through an array of solar panels in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S., May 6, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File PhotoU.S. regulators on Thursday approved…

Energy Storage Project

First Solar Plans $1.1 Billion Investment in Fifth U.S. Panel Factory

An overview of solar panel manufacturing is seen at First Solar in Perrysburg, Ohio July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Megan JelingerFirst Solar Inc (FSLR.O) on Thursday ann…

Energy Saving

US Launches $8.5 Billion in Rebates for Home Energy Efficiency

Fields of heliostat mirrors reflect sunlight onto a boiler mounted on a solar power tower at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, the world’s lar…

Solar Panel

In May, Solar Sets a Record-High 7.3% Of U.S. Electrical Generation as All Renewables Combined Account For 26.0%

Washington DC – According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), solar's share…

Solar project

The EIB Grants a Loan of 575 Million Euros to Repsol for Wind and Solar Energy in Spain

The financing signed today amounts to 400 million euros and is the first tranche of the total approved loan, which will be used to finance wind farms and photov…

Solar Power Plant

Japan's Net Zero Goal Requires 689GW of Solar and Wind Power by 2050

According to a study conducted by BloombergNEF (BNEF), Japan will need to have a total installed capacity of 689GW for solar and wind power generation by 2050 i…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Summit Ridge Energy adds 30-MWh storage capacity for NYC

Solar and energy storage company Summit Ridge Energy announced the commission of the 15-MWh Arlington and 15-MWh Littlefield energy storage systems (ESS)—the f…

Solar Panel

Polar Racking Supplying and Building 10-Mw New York Landfill Solar Project

Polar Racking was selected to supply its CORE fixed tilt ground mount solar racking and ballasted foundations and complete a full mechanical installation of the…

Solar Power Plant

Johnson Controls Enters Ppa for 29 MW of New Solar Power

Johnson Controls has announced an agreement with Constellation to support the development of two new solar plants and match the power needs of four major Johnso…

Solar project

Connecticut Aquarium Makes Marine Preservation Green With 272-Kw Solar Project

Verogy, a West Hartford, Connecticut-based solar energy developer, completed a 272-kW solar installation at Mystic Aquarium in Mystic. The system is composed of…

Photovoltaic （PV）

SDN Unveils 600 W Solar Modules for Floating PV

SDN Co Ltd, a South Korean provider of PV modules and marine propulsion systems, has unveiled a plan to build a new heterojunction solar module factory at its f…