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Tesla 2.2MWh battery to help solar power South Australia poultry farm
Image: AAM Investment Group
A 2.28MWh commercial-scale Tesla battery system added to a 1.4MW rooftop solar array will slash the grid electricity consumption of a South Australian poultry farm by more than 70 per cent, and its emissions by…
Capital Dynamics and Tenaska Partner on 4.8 Gigawatts of Solar Development
Capital Dynamics, the Swiss asset manager that is now a heavyweight solar investor, will partner with energy developer Tenaska on a 4.8-gigawatt solar portfolio in the Midwest and the Southeast, the companies announced…
PacifiCorp’s IRP seeks 4.3 GW of wind, solar and energy storage by 2023
West coast electricity utility PacifiCorp has issued its largest request for renewable energy capacity ever, seeking 4,300 MW in solar, wind and battery storage additions within the next three years. Oregon-based PacifiCorp is seeking…
5 Breakthrough Innovations for the US Solar Industry
This special 20-page paper examines five solar market innovations that are lowering project costs and helping the industry achieve its "solar-plus decade," including: Automated permitting
Agriculture-integrated solar
Virtual power plants…
First unit of China’s 10,200-MW Wudongde hydropower station connected to grid
The first unit of the 10,200-MW Wudongde hydropower
station has been connected to the grid for power generation and completed 72
hours of trial operation, according to a press release from GE Renewable Energy.
The project is owned by…
First Tesla Megapack big battery system switched on in UK
Six Tesla Megapacks with a combined capacity of 15MWh have been installed on the grid in Dorset, in the UK, marking the first of many big batteries to be rolled out through a partnership between global outfit Fotowatio Renewable Ventures…
Big news in the residential solar space as Sunrun acquires Vivint Solar in transaction worth $3.2B
Today, Sunrun and Vivint Solar announced that Sunrun will acquire Vivint in an all-stock transaction. Vivant Solar common stock will be exchanged for 0.55 shares of Sunrun common stock, representing a combined Enterprise Value of $9.2…
IEA: Critical need for acceleration in clean energy innovation
The world has seen a proliferating number of pledges by numerous governments and companies to reach net zero emissions in the coming decades as part of global efforts to meet long-term sustainability goals, such as the Paris Agreement on…
Tough Questions for Massachusetts in Weighing Solar Development Against Land Conservation
Sally Pick lives in Montague, Massachusetts, a town of under 9,000 residents in the western part of the state. It’s made up of five smaller villages established among forest and farms and is also home to the Montague Plains Wildlife…
Deakin Uni leads research hub looking beyond lithium for next generation batteries
Deakin University will host a new research centre for ‘safe and reliable’ battery storage technologies, after winning a $5 million grant from the Australian Research Council.The Research Hub in New Safe and Reliable Energy Storage and…