Category / News
-
Floating solar photovoltaic plant to be installed at Kruonis pumped-storage plant in Lithuania
The Lithuanian Business Support Agency (LSBA) has granted €235,000 (US$267,500) to support development of an experimental floating solar photovoltaic power plant at the existing 900-MW Kruonis pumped-storage hydroelectric plant in Lithuania. Source: Renewable Energy
-
Despite criticism, solar roads remain part of Georgia sustainable highway lab
While solar roads have been criticized as impractical and inefficient, a Georgia foundation says they will continue to be part of its research lab for greener highways. Source: Renewable Energy
-
Onsite solar to power Cambodia cement factory
An onsite solar PV system in now operational at the most advanced cement factory in Cambodia. Source: Renewable Energy
-
U.S. DOE announces competition for using wave energy to power desalination systems
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a prize competition to spur innovation in wave energy-powered desalination systems. The Waves to Water Prize will draw upon U.S. innovators to accelerate technology development through a series of contests to demonstrate small, modular, cost-competitive desalination systems that use the power of the ocean to provide potable…
-
Shedding light on the Hitachi/ABB joint venture and why renewables play a key role
As renewable energy proliferates, major players like Hitachi, ABB and GE are seeing value in combining grid and generation business units. Source: Renewable Energy
-
Energy minister says South Africa will commit to more renewable power
South Africa plans to expand use of renewable power as the coal-dependent nation expects traditional, centralized generation plants to “disappear,” Energy Minister Jeff Radebe said. Source: Renewable Energy
-
Georgia will be home to largest solar PV project in the US to use bifacial modules and tracking
This week LONGi announced that it would be supplying modules to what it says is the largest “bifacial+tracker” power generation project in the United States. The 224-MW project will be built in Mitchell County, Georgia and is expected to be complete this year. Source: Renewable Energy
-
Lower than average wind speeds are hurting US wind power producers
Unusually still weather in the upper Midwest and Great Plains in late 2018 has already taken a bite out of earnings at NextEra Energy Inc. and Avangrid Inc., which both operate large wind farms. Other wind generators have yet to report fourth-quarter results, including Pattern Energy Group Inc., TerraForm Power Inc. and Clearway Energy Inc.…
-
Tuscany mayor plans hunger strike on geothermal incentive delay
Italy’s government is dragging its feet on incentives for geothermal power and one local politician has decided to take his protest to the extreme. Source: Renewable Energy
-
Siemens launches home energy storage battery
The Junelight Smart Battery is now available in Germany and will be launched in Austria in April 2019 Source: Renewable Energy