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Planning for Dengie Solar Park was originally submitted in April 2023 but was refused by Maldon District Council. Image: Wikimedia Commons. Maldon District Council has granted planning permission to British Solar Renewables (BSR) for a new solar project in Essex. BSR has developed more than 700 MW of solar PV across 57 projects to date. Dengie Solar Park, in Essex, will generate 19MW of renewable electricity. Planning for the park was originally submitted in April 2023, but was refused by Maldon District Council due to flooding risks at the proposed site and environmental concerns. To mitigate the impact of the…

In his second monthly column for pv magazinethe IEC is highlighting research into flexible crystalline silicon solar cells led by researcher Zhengxin Liu, the vice chairman of IEC Technical Committee 82, which sets standards for solar PV energy systems. June 3, 2024 International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)Although crystalline silicon solar cells possess many advantages, including their material richness, high energy conversion efficiency and operational stability, as well as their mature manufacturing process, it has always been taken for granted that they cannot be used in flexible applications due to the brittle characteristics of crystalline silicon wafers (Fig. 1). For this reason,…

Panel discussion ‘The Reality of Battery Revenues’ on day 2 of the Renewable Energy Revenues Summit 2024 in London last week. Image: Solar media. At the 2024 Renewable Energy Revenues Summit, a panel praised National Grid ESO’s role in facilitating the market and suggested that third-party optimization may not be commoditization as some had expected. Paul Soskin, head of commercial operations at BESS developer and operator Masdar Arlington Energy, said that by criticizing National Grid for being slow to reform the Balancing Mechanism (BM), people are forgetting how much the operator has for the BESS market done. “It’s not their…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is offering grants from $10,000 to $250,000 in the second round of funding of the Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project (ROGEAP) to develop off-grid solar energy in 13 West African and sub-Saharan African countries. The deadline for registration is June 23. June 3, 2024 Patrick Jowett ECOWAS has opened its second call for grants under its ROGEAP initiative. ROGEAP is co-financed by the World Bank, the Clean Technology Fund and the Directorate General for International Cooperation of the Netherlands and aims to expand access to sustainable electricity through off-grid solar products in…

Panhandle Power Solutions (PPS) will serve as EPC for a new battery energy storage system for Whetstone power, a developer of sustainable energy infrastructure. The contract underlines PPS’s commitment to providing specialist full-spectrum EPC services that support the energy transition for its commercial customers. The Colorado-based 202.2 MWh battery energy storage system will demonstrate state-of-the-art technologies that will help reduce peak loads for a local electric utility. It marks a major milestone in the state’s sustainable energy infrastructure and, once completed, will play an important role in increasing the resiliency of the electric grid and optimizing energy resources. “It is…

Scientists in China have tested the influence of row spacing between panels on improving PV system performance in a fully experimental outdoor PV array platform. They found that increased row distances play a limited role in improving thermal convection, noting that solar radiation and wind speed are the most important parameters for optimal PV system design. June 3, 2024 Emiliano BelliniA group of researchers led by the University of Science and Technology of China investigated the influence of the row distance of solar panels on the temperature and efficiency of a PV system and found that excessive row distance does…

The design parameters for this year’s capacity market auction in Poland could make the rollout of battery energy storage systems (BESS) much more difficult. The paper proposes a significant reduction in the BESS derating factor, which could be especially damaging for longer-lived storage systems. June 3, 2024 Marija Maisch Image: UniEnergy Technologies, Wikimedia CommonsFrom pv magazine ESS news placePoland’s battery revolution is in the starting blocks, but a newly proposed regulation could prevent it from reaching its full potential.Earlier this week, a draft regulation was published setting out the parameters for this year’s procurement round (here: https://lnkd.in/eGhde6ft). One of its…

Natural hydrogen researcher Gold Hydrogen says it has discovered 95.8% pure hydrogen at its Ramsay Project on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula, as it seeks to meet growing demand for the gas as a clean energy source. June 3, 2024 David CarollBy pv magazine AustraliaGold Hydrogen said the first phase of well testing at the Ramsay Project’s flagship site produced “exceptional results” with high-purity natural hydrogen confirmed in seven different zones, with helium also identified.Queensland-headquartered Gold Hydrogen said hydrogen with a purity of up to 95.8% was found at a depth of 531 meters on an air-corrected basis. The well test…

The carbon sector is still in its early stages, but there are already a number of different products available on the market. If you’ve spent much time in the carbon credits field, you may have come across the terms GEO, N-GEO, and C-GEO before. These products have been around for a while but, like much of the carbon sector, have flown under the radar of most investors. If you don’t know what they are, or if you do but don’t really know the difference between them, read on. Compensation vs. Compensation Credits You’re probably already aware of European Union Emissions…

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding a total of $1.2 million to semifinalists in an inaugural award for the development of carbon dioxide (CO2) removal technologies and solutions. The 24 semi-finalists of the Pilot Prize for Carbon Dioxide Purchase proposed processes and technologies for direct air capture, biomass capture, carbon sinks and alkaline reactions. Nine projects are working on processes or technologies that capture CO2 from the atmosphere for permanent storage underground or in “long-lived products,” the department said in a statement. Seven others are exploring the use of plants and algae to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere…