ICF report says retiring legacy fossil fuel plants will be more challenging. September 16, 2024 For the first two decades of the 21st century, electricity demand in the U.S. has been relatively flat. This has coincided with the dramatic rise in renewable fuel sources, especially solar and wind. However, a new report from Virginia-based consultancy …
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The plant supplies critical metals for energy transition applications without using fossil fuels. September 11, 2024 Boston-based startup Nth Cycle has cut the ribbon on its first commercial metals refining plant in Fairfield, Ohio. The 20,000 square foot facility houses the company’s proprietary Oyster electro-extraction system that refines nickel and cobalt from scrap materials. The …
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Create Energy and OMCO Solar pair U.S.-made modules and trackers for utility and C&I solar markets. September 10, 2024 OMCO Solar announced a strategic partnership with newly launched Create Energy through which the companies will sell OMCO’s trackers with the ReCreate Discovery Series of solar modules. The two companies say the advantage brought by this …
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ES Solar says its objective is to retrofit 40% of all residential solar arrays in Utah with sonnen VPP batteries. September 5, 2024 Rocky Mountain Power’s Wattsmart Battery Program, a utility model for selling grid-interactive solar and utility controlled residential batteries, is an alternative to solar “grid defection” or going off-grid and eliminates reliance on …
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A survey sponsored by California-based software firm Aurora Solar found that most voting age respondents in the U.S. care about renewable energy and infrastructure and want presidential candidates to address these and related issues. Market-research firm Dynata conducted the survey in August and compiled input from 1,000 people aged 18 and older who were asked …
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Dutch researchers used dynamic modelling to uncover the demand for silicon-based PV materials used in a wide range silicon PV technologies, including perovskite-silicon tandem and back-contact modules. The model included calculating the impact of advances in module efficiency and material intensity, as well as circular closed loop recycling. September 4, 2024 From pv magazine Global …
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At RE+ 2024, Trinasolar US is showcasing its new hail-and-wind-resistant Vertex N modules, a total solar solution, a tracker and an energy storage system–plus the prototype 2000 V module. September 4, 2024 Trinasolar is showing its next-gen n-type TOPCon Vertex N modules, including new hail-and-wind-resistant modules, and a 2000V prototype in booth D30039 at RE+ …
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Solarcycle will serve as Canadian Solar’s preferred recycling partner, with Canadian Solar’s customers now offered the option to secure recycling services at the time of purchase. September 3, 2024 Canadian Solar entered into a partnership agreement with Solarcycle to offer recycling services to U.S. customers. Under the terms of the agreement, Solarcycle will serve as Canadian …
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Part 1 of this blog looked at legislative and utility actions that address the potential grid and energy impacts of data centers, including the future downstream cost issues associated with a utility’s response to the massive amount of incoming load growth and the capital recovery that customers, especially those that are low-income, will have to …
A report based on survey conducted by storage provider Powin says education needed to support future projects. August 29, 2024 Given a choice, most people would prefer new renewable energy projects to new fossil-fuel generation sources. This is the finding of a survey conducted by energy storage systems provider Powin. The company included responses from …
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