The Vermont Public Power Supply Authority commissioned Encore Renewable Energy to build the project, which is part of a planned 10 MW deployment. Door panels, tire rims, headlights, and solar. Maybe not the typical find at your favorite junk yard. But Encore Renewable Energy and the Vermont Public Power Supply Authority (VPPSA) just commissioned a 2.1…
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The frameless design of the 50 kW facade was made possible by a concealed suspension technology that, according to its creators, eliminates the need for additional edging at the edge of the module. The installation was built with 135 W CIGS solar modules. German research institute Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB) has commissioned a 50 kW solar facade…
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The airplane is powered by 22 square meters of solar cells with an efficiency of up to 24% and 14 kWh of lithium-ion batteries. According to its creators, it can reach an altitude of 25,000m. Swiss start-up SolarXplorers is currently developing the world’s first PV-powered stratospheric plane, at the Payerne military airfield in Switzerland. Called…
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The Footprint Project is seeking hardware and monetary donations to construct solar power plus energy storage mobile microgrids in New Orleans. It also is the focus of a GoFundMe page. The Footprint Project is seeking hardware and monetary donations to construct solar power plus energy storage mobile microgrids to be deployed in New Orleans. The non-profit can…
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The facility will be the first in the United States for the company and could produce 290,000 units annually by 2027. Electric vehicle charging systems maker Wallbox said it will build a U.S. manufacturing facility in Arlington, Texas. The 130,000-square-foot plant will have enough capacity to support its North American expansion plans for the next…
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Solar PV module shipments reached a record high in 2020, growing 33% year over year. U.S. solar PV module shipments (including imports, exports, and domestic production and sales) rose by one-third year-on-year from 2019 to 2020, said the Energy Information Administration (EIA). EIA reported a record high 21.8 million peak kW shipped in 2020, a 5.4 million…
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The capacity will be coming across two RWE solar + storage projects in the US, though the specific projects have not yet been announced. RWE Renewables has signed supply contracts with LG Energy Solution to provide an integrated battery energy storage system (BESS) for two of RWE’s upcoming solar + storage projects in the U.S.…
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The program supports clean energy innovation and technology development across Massachusetts. Here are some of the recent cash awardees in solar and energy storage. Massachusetts announced a $2.6 million funding program managed by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (CEC), MassVentures, and the InnovateMass program, to support clean energy innovation. The programs aim to ensure early-stage ventures have…
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In a series of articles pv magazine identifies the largest solar power stations operating in the world today. Here, we look at the largest stations in 2019. In 2019, the top five solar parks had a combined capacity of 6.6 GWAC. Fast forward to 2021, and today’s top five total over 12.5 GWAC.The intervening Covid-19 pandemic has clearly…
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Dutch start-up SolarDuck has secured approval-in-principle for its floating offshore platforms. Its 64 kW pilot project on the inshore water of the Netherlands’ widest river was validated by Bureau Veritas. Netherlands-based testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) provider Bureau Veritas (BV), has granted approval-in-principle (AIP) to Dutch start-up SolarDuck for its offshore floating solar solution ‘King Eider.’ An AIP is…
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