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Commercialization, Renewable Energy

Masdar to expand Indonesian floating solar project

December 4, 2023

Via: reNews

Masdar has signed agreements to collaborate with Indonesia’s state-owned utility company, PLN, to move ahead with major development plans for Southeast Asia’s largest floating solar power plant and explore green hydrogen opportunities. The partnership has already resulted in the launch […]


Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy

Technology Advancements Support Distributed Solar Generation

December 1, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

Decentralized power generation continues to grow, providing companies in the solar power sector more opportunities to develop technologies to support both economic and efficiency gains, be it with better equipment, software, or installation strategies. New technologies for residential (Figure 1), […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

Using AI as a guide for the better manufacturing of perovskite solar cells

November 22, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

Tandem solar cells based on perovskite semiconductors convert sunlight to electricity more efficiently than conventional silicon solar cells. In order to make this technology ready for the market, further improvements with regard to stability and manufacturing processes are required. Researchers […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

New Solar Power & Energy Storage System Uses Former Electric Vehicle Batteries

November 14, 2023

Via: CleanTechnica

One of the common myths about electric vehicle batteries is that they are hard to recycle when they are no longer being used or can’t be used in a vehicle. This notion is not true, and to the contrary, some […]


Commercialization, Renewable Energy

Masdar team inks PPA for 1.1GW Saudi solar

November 7, 2023

Via: reNews

Masdar, EDF Renewables and Nesma have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Saudi Power Procurement Company (SPPC) to develop the 1100MW Al Henakiyah solar power plant. The estimated $1bn project is expected to reach financial close in early […]


Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy

Solar mini-grids offer clean-power hope to rural Africa

November 2, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

Working as a nurse in her rural Nigerian village, Andat Datau faced more than her share of challenges. But delivering babies by torchlight was always hard. Off-grid for years, her Sabon Gida village relied on diesel generators or lamps and, […]


Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy

Building Progress: Solar & Storage Industry Celebrate Construction Inclusion Week

October 18, 2023

Via: CleanTechnica

America’s solar and storage industry is experiencing rapid growth. Today the industry supports the livelihoods of more than 263,000 workers, and our workforce is expected to double in size over the next decade to nearly half a million jobs. The […]


Commercialization, Renewable Energy

IBEW, IUOE, LIUNA Sign Historic Three-Union Solar Agreement

October 16, 2023

Via: CleanTechnica

This week, the presidents of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the Laborers International Union of North America, and the International Union of Operating Engineers signed a national tri-trade solar agreement governing the construction of utility-scale solar projects, making it […]


Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy

Floating Solar Poised For World Domination, With Tracking

October 12, 2023

Via: CleanTechnica

The floating solar industry is beginning to take off, as investors are attracted by the opportunity to set solar panels off to sail on the waters of existing human-made reservoirs instead of taking up land for solar development. To gild […]


Electric, Energy Consumption

Alexela launches new EV charging site focused on foodservice

October 10, 2023

Via: PetrolPlaza

Alexela unveiled the result of its largest investment in a service station so far. This includes the addition of a restaurant with almost a hundred seats where all food is prepared on site with local ingredients, and the first 400 […]


Commercialization, Renewable Energy

180 MW Of Solar PV To Anchor HDF’s First Green Hydrogen Project in Kenya

October 5, 2023

Via: CleanTechnica

HDF Energy (Hydrogène de France), a developer of large-scale green hydrogen infrastructure and manufacturer of high-power fuel cells, recently announced the start of development studies, the next step on the path to install the first green hydrogen power plant in […]


Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy

Clean Energy in Your Community: Solar Powers America’s Hospitals, Churches, & Rec Centers

October 3, 2023

Via: CleanTechnica

In many communities, hospitals, places of worship, and recreation centers play a vital role in bringing people together and helping in times of need. Now, community centers are turning to solar and storage to provide power and are exploring new […]


Commercialization, Renewable Energy

Using Renewable Energy For All The Wrong Reasons

September 29, 2023

Via: CleanTechnica

The word is out. Renewable energy is in and now everyone wants to get in on the game. This week, there have been news reports about companies we don’t normally associate with climate action queuing up to add solar power […]


Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy

Navigating Remote Partnerships for Power Generation Success

September 19, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

Power generation represents a varied and evolving landscape, both globally and within the U.S., with numerous technology types contributing to the energy mix. From traditional simple cycle gas and turbine peaking plants to modern photovoltaic (PV) solar, battery energy storage […]


Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy

TotalEnergies, Petrobras to collaborate on renewables

September 15, 2023

Via: PetrolPlaza

TotalEnergies, Petrobras and Casa dos Ventos Holding signed a Memorandum of Understanding to evaluate perspectives and joint opportunities in renewable energy and low-carbon hydrogen in Brazil. This agreement will enable the three companies to jointly study opportunities of investment and […]


Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy

Solar Power Europe Predicts EU Will Reach Its Renewable Energy Goal 3 Years Early

September 12, 2023

Via: CleanTechnica

The 2023 annual report from Solar Power Europe comes to a startling conclusion. It says the EU will reach the renewable energy goal it set for 2030 three years early. The report is 148 pages long, so we are going […]


Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy

Community Solar Power — A Policy Unicorn Growing In Popularity

September 7, 2023

Via: CleanTechnica

Community solar power is a special solar power option that has always tickled the minds of solar enthusiasts and policy wonks. It’s truly unique in the solar power market, as a couple of recent guests on our CleanTech Talk podcast […]


Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy

Community Engagement Is Fundamental To The Solar & Wind Permitting Process

September 6, 2023

Via: CleanTechnica

This fading summer will long be recalled for cascading climate disasters hurtling across the country like a runaway train. Fires destroyed Maui’s Lahaina and took more than 115 lives. Dangerous heat waves threatened two-thirds of the country. Smoke from Canadian […]


Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy

Linking two solar technologies is a win-win for efficiency and stability

September 5, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

While conventional silicon-based solar cells have had an unmistakable impact on the buildout of renewable energy resources around the world, additional performance improvements have become increasingly difficult to make as the devices approach their practical efficiency limits. This constraint has […]


Commercialization, Renewable Energy

AEP Sells 1.4-GW Unregulated Contracted Renewables Portfolio to Invenergy-Led Consortium

August 17, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

American Electric Power (AEP), one of the nation’s largest power producers, has completed the sale of its 1,365-MW unregulated contracted renewables portfolio to an Invenergy-led consortium. IRG Acquisition Holdings (IRGAH)—a partnership between Invenergy, CDPQ, and funds managed by Blackstone Infrastructure […]