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Solar EPC provider, Sterling and Wilson Solar Limited (SWSL), announced yesterday that it has commissioned its maiden solar PV project in Oman, approximately 210 km northeast of Thumrai, making SWSL the first Indian company to commission…

Europe's power system will look very different in 2030, with energy storage supporting the “dominance” of wind and solar generation, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie. The big five European markets — Germany, the U.K.,…

Batteries Published on June 4th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan June 4th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan There have been several announcements about big new solar power projects this past week. Rather than try to tackle them one at a time (that…

Walcha Energy is to test market interest in what it describes as the biggest renewable energy and storage project in Australia’s main grid – a proposal to build up to 4.5 gigawatt of wind and solar and up to 10 gigawatt hours of battery…

One of Australia’s first utility-scale PV projects, the 53 MW Broken Hill Solar Farm in New South Wales, has emerged as a top solar performer in the National Electricity Market in May. June 6, 2020Marija Maisch One of the five solar…

The federal government has announced funding for a series of microgrid feasibility studies that will seek to unlock more secure, affordable, and reliable energy for regional and Indigenous communities. June 6, 2020Marija Maisch The…

Tesla restarted work at its Buffalo, New York Gigafactory in May, not long after resuming production at its other U.S. factories in California and Nevada, according to a company letter first reported by Buffalo Business First. Work was on…

The island state of Hawaii has clearly taken the lead in the global pursuit of long duration battery storage, after its main electric utility revealed this week the details of 16 winning battery storage tenders in a second round of…

Clean Power Published on June 5th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan June 5th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan There are different options for going solar, and they’re all good ones. Utility-scale solar offers the lowest electricity prices on the…

FERC Order 1000 opened higher voltage (345 kV and above) for competitive transmission. But not many projects in PJM’s expansion plan are of higher voltage. For renewable energy developers to benefit from storage as a transmission asset,…