China houses five of top ten mega capacity coal power plants globally, says GlobalData
While renewable energy is improving its share in the global power generation mix at a faster pace, coal still accounts for the majority of the world’s electricity. Against this backdrop, five of the top ten coal-fired power plants in the world by active capacity in 2018 were from China, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData’s research reveals that the global coal-based power generation is likely to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.1% from...
Innovation project to reduce cost of floating solar plants
Large-scale floating photovoltaics plants can be one of the solutions for a sustainable energy supply. The EU has now approved a project that will optimize the anchoring and mooring of floating solar plants and adapt the anchoring to ocean environment as well. The aim is to significantly reduce the cost of anchoring floating solar parks. RISE is part of a consortium of Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese players who have now received funding from the European Union's European Maritime and Fishe...
Latin America and Caribbean on the Brink of Massive Solar Power Growth
Lima, Peru – Latin America and the Caribbean could grow their installed solar capacity by a factor of 40 by 2050, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) shows. Annual investmens exceeding seven billion would see the region's solar PV capacity rise from 7 gigawatts (GW) today, to more than 280 GW by mid-century. While solar energy remains the highest in Asia, North America and Europe, market growth is set to shift to other regions in the world. By that time, solar PV...
Perovskite Solar Cells Get An Upgrade
HOUSTON – Rice University scientists believe they’ve overcome a major hurdle keeping perovskite-based solar cells from achieving mainstream use. Through the strategic use of the element indium to replace some of the lead in perovskites, Rice materials scientist Jun Lou and his colleagues at the Brown School of Engineering say they’re better able to engineer the defects in cesium-lead-iodide solar cells that affect the compound’s band gap, a critical property in solar cell efficiency. As a...
Nexans is Preferred Power Export Cable Supplier for the Seagreen Offshore Find Farm Project
Nexans is SSE’s preferred supplier for the design, manufacture and installation of the onshore and offshore export cables for the 1,075MW Seagreen wind farm project Nexans will supply and install the three 65 km offshore export cables and three 20 km onshore export cables for the project Paris La Défense, November 4, 2019 – Nexans has been appointed by SSE as the preferred supplier to design, manufacture and install the onshore and offshore export cables for the Phase 1 developmen...
Minnesota DOT Makes 25-Year Deal for ‘Solar Garden’ Energy
The Minnesota Department of Transportation officially inaugurated two 25-year agreements October 25 to purchase a total of 7.4 million kilowatt-hours annually from 23 soon-to-be-built community “solar gardens” located throughout the state; equivalent to approximately 24 percent of the agency’s total annual electricity use. “The Minnesota Department of Transportation is pursuing solar energy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, save money and support the health of people, the environment and ou...
Stantec to Provide Sesign services for Pennsylvania’s Largest Solar Project
Penn State University, in partnership with Lightsource BP, has broken ground on the largest solar project in the state of Pennsylvania. The project is expected to provide 25 percent of the university’s electricity, at a savings of over $14 million, over the next 25 years. Lightsource BP will build, own and operate the facility and sell the electricity to Penn State under a long-term power sales contract. As one of the lead engineering firms on the project, Stantec has been hired by Rosendin,...
Experts Say Rooftop Solar Energy Can Help Poland Triple PV Output
According to the latest analysis, a quarter of Europe’s electricity needs could be covered by rooftop solar energy. This may be a suitable solution for Poland, which is still the largest consumer of coal in the EU. Initiatives to implement such projects already exist in the country. The report claims that many EU countries can produce levelized solar electricity at a lower cost than retail electricity prices by tapping into rooftops of the already existing real estate, making it a possible so...
Highview Power to Develop Multiple Cryogenic Energy Storage Facilities in the UK and to Build Europe’s Largest Storage System
Highview Power, a global leader in long-duration energy storage solutions, today announced plans to construct the UK’s first commercial cryogenic energy storage facility (also referred to as liquid air) at large scale, which will be located at a decommissioned thermal power station in North of England. The 50 MW/250 MWh project is a clean large-scale energy storage facility that can help the UK achieve its goal of decarbonising industry, power, heat, and transport. The project being developed wa...
Work Begins on Huge Australian Rooftop Solar Array
The 7400 panels are being fitted to the 5-hectare roof of the Tonsley Innovation District, which will have a total installed capacity of 2.34MW.There are plans to increase the solar capacity at the site to as much as 6MW and over 20,000 solar panels as the district grows over time. The solar installation will work in conjunction with on-site battery storage and smart technologies as part of Enwave Australia’s Tonsley District Energy Scheme. The panels are being installed by Tonsley-based ZEN...
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