The China-based ICT solutions company Huawei recently expanded its presence in the European solar energy market via the utilization of its string inverter solutions technology at a 7.8 MW solar energy power plant located in Germany, according to recent reports. This solar facility was built with Huawei’s SUN2000 string inverters, … [continued]
Originally published on Kompulsa. IBM researchers in India have discovered that 70% of discarded laptop batteries have enough capacity to power an LED light bulb for 4 hours per day for a year. This is due to the fact that laptops lose their portability long before their batteries are completely … [continued]
By Byron Anderson Utility-scale energy storage is often discussed like it’s the flying car of renewable energy, but unlike the flying car, there is an immediate need and an eventual trillion-dollar global market to go along with it. After speaking with EnerVault’s new CEO, Ron Mosso; Temporal Power’s President and … [continued]
A new large-scale battery energy storage system was recently unveiled at the Alt Daber solar power plant in Germany by the companies Belectric and Vattenfall, via a ribbon-cutting ceremony. This new energy storage facility — the first large-scale battery storage system to be installed at a large PV farm in … [continued]
If the stock market’s response is any indication, E.ON has the right idea. Shares are selling at a two-year high. A little over two weeks ago, the price was €12.948; yesterday’s closing sale was €15.09. On November 30, Germany’s largest utility announced that it would split into two parts. A new company … [continued]
The energy storage news keeps coming. LG Chem is one of the largest lithium-ion battery manufacturers in the world. Siemens is one of the largest engineering companies in the world and has made some of the largest wind turbines. (It is also a world leader in offshore wind turbine construction.) … [continued]
We’ve been hearing a lot about fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) lately, thanks in large part to Toyota and its Mirai. But how does a FCEV really compare to a battery-electric vehicle (BEV) like the Tesla or a LEAF? I wanted to look at the economics between FCEVs and BEVs, and then … [continued]
Alongside our EV news roundup, here’s one for solar energy. But make sure you read all of our solar energy stories first. 😉 US Stuff One-Hour Solar Panel Installation (Seriously, One Hour!) The Fastest Growing Solar State In US Is Georgia $250 Million Dollar Funding Round For Solar Power Company Sunnova … [continued]
The US Navy is launching a cutting edge microgrid with energy storage and solar energy in California, which gives the ol’ Bronx Cheer to the oil lobby.
Originally published on RenewEconomy. A new report by a Western Australia academic has underlined the importance of grid-scale battery storage, particularly as the penetration of rooftop solar rises to the point where baseload generation will no longer be needed during the daytime. That scenario could arrive soon. The report by Bill … [continued]
