Tag: Featured

March 20, 2023

The gigantic Ossian offshore floating wind turbine array will weigh in at an impressive 3.6 gigawatts when fully built out. It sounds like something that could easily fit anywhere inside the long, long coastlines of the US. However, it will […]

March 20, 2023

Africa is leapfrogging centralized coal-fired power for electricity generation, but what progress is being made in the uptake of electric vehicles? Green shoots are appearing. I have written previously about buses and boda bodas, but what other vehicles are being […]

March 15, 2023

The North American Electric Reliability Corp. ( NERC) warned that disturbances to the electric power grid due the loss of inverter-based resources warrants a handful of actions that generator owners must take before the end of June. NERC issued the […]

March 15, 2023

Scale Microgrid Solutions has decided to try its hand at community solar development and ownership. The company, perhaps better known for its customized microgrid projects, is acquiring 100 MW of community solar projects in late-stage development in New York from […]

March 15, 2023

MJR Power and Automation has announced the successful harbour trials of its platform mounted automated offshore power and charging system, which could charge vessels from offshore wind farms. The harbour trials have been successfully carried out at the Port of […]

March 14, 2023

The solar power industry seems to be caught in the crosshairs of competing legislative agendas. The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) created incentives to increase solar capacity via tax credits, but the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) limits the […]

March 14, 2023

The global competition to build ever-larger offshore wind turbines continues to ramp up, with General Electric (GE) announcing the company’s renewable energy arm is developing a 17- to 18-MW model that could rival those currently being launched by Chinese groups. […]

March 8, 2023

Duke Energy’s largest solar farm to date is now operating in Navarro County, Texas. Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions developed and owns the 250 MW Pisgah Ridge Solar project. The engineering and construction for the project was performed by Moss. Three […]

March 7, 2023

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a conductive polymer coating—called HOS-PFM—that could enable longer lasting, more powerful lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. “The advance opens up a new approach to developing EV batteries that are more […]

March 7, 2023

More than two-thirds (68%) of lithium-ion battery production planned for Europe is at risk of being delayed, scaled down, or cancelled, new analysis shows. Tesla in Berlin, Northvolt in northern Germany, and Italvolt near Turin are among the projects that […]

March 6, 2023

Vistra has reached an agreement to acquire Energy Harbor in a $3.43 billion deal, including debt. When the transaction closes, Energy Harbor’s nuclear and retail businesses would merge under a new Vistra subsidiary the company is calling “Vistra Vision.” Both […]

March 6, 2023

As countries around the globe seek sustainable energy sources and the U.S. endeavors to become a net-zero emissions economy by 2050, renewable energy sources such as solar panels are in high demand. However, solar panels can take up significant space […]

March 1, 2023

US thin-film photovoltaics (PV) maker First Solar Inc (NASDAQ:FSLR) swung to a net loss in 2022, mainly due to increased costs, but projects positive earnings in 2023. The company announced on Tuesday that capital expenditures related to its expansion in […]

February 28, 2023

Madagascar has significant hydropower potential, but to date less than 20% of the country’s energy comes from hydroelectric facilities. The Economic Development Agency of Madagascar (EDBM) estimates the island nation, located in the Indian Ocean off the cost of Southeast […]

February 28, 2023

Solar projects continue to underperform, resulting in millions of dollars of lost revenues, according to a new report. Results of a global survey of solar projects in 2022 were shared by Raptor Maps as part of the project lifecycle software […]

February 27, 2023

Canada-based Li-Cycle Holdings said that it received a conditional commitment for a $375 million loan from the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office, through DOE’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing program. The loan would advance development of Li-Cycle’s first commercial hydrometallurgical […]

February 27, 2023

According to Andries Wantenaar of Rethink Energy, approximately 330 GW of solar modules were manufactured globally during 2022. Wantenaar expects that these modules will primarily be installed in 2023, with worldwide solar installation growth of 330 GW or more this […]

February 22, 2023

Federal Economics and Climate Protection Minister Robert Habeck (pictured) has said both Germany and Europe must strengthen production capacities for renewable energies. The Minister was speaking at the the third virtual production summit to strengthen energy transition technologies. He said: […]

February 21, 2023

A former contaminated industrial site in New Jersey has been remediated and redeveloped as a 17 MW solar farm. The fixed-tilt solar array was constructed in two phases on a site that previously housed a paper mill complex in Holland. […]

February 21, 2023

Constellation said it plans to invest $800 million in new equipment to increase the output of its Braidwood and Byron Generating Stations in Illinois by approximately 135 MW. The utility said that the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 caused it […]