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Only 30% of people had even heard of ‘green skills’. Image: Pexels A report commissioned by UK energy supplier OVO Energy has found that fewer than one in ten people report having received special training in green skills at work, which the company says is a major risk to the rollout of solar energy and other green technology. The research, carried out in partnership with Energy and Utility Skills, found that only 7% of people are developing green skills, while less than one in three (30%) have even heard of ‘green skills’. The report also highlighted the extent of the…
Prices for solar panels with tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) continue to fall. Martin Schachinger, founder of pvXchange.com, explains how this will affect sales of passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) PV modules. May 22, 2024 Martin Schachinger, pvXchange.comThere is little movement this month in the price of solar panels in the low-power class. However, there was a significant price adjustment for modules with an efficiency level above 22%.The prices of these modules, which are now mainly equipped with n-type/TOPCon cells and double glazing, are increasingly in line with those of regular modules. There are only upward outliers for some…
Zenobe said a specific battery storage rating downgrade method for the capacity market should be introduced. Image: Zenobe. National Grid ESO is reviewing the methodology used to calculate energy storage derating factors, with project managers saying they currently undervalue the technology. Increasingly, British capacity market auctions have signed contracts for the purchase of reserve energy capacity from energy storage. The amount paid for a resource depends on its reliability: how well the resource will provide standby capacity. The ESO is reassessing the way it determines how much surcharge is paid on the capacity market, the so-called ‘derating factor’. The derating…
Energy Vault and Enel have unveiled plans to build 18 MW/36 MWh of gravity storage in the United States. They say the project will be the first large-scale storage of gravitational energy in a Western country. May 22, 2024 Pilar Sanchez MolinaEnel Green Power, the renewable energy unit of Italian utility Enel, and British gravity storage specialist Energy Vault have jointly announced plans to build a large-scale gravity storage facility in the United States.The system will operate in the ERCOT market. It will also serve the Solutions Excellence Center in Texas, a research facility for innovative storage technologies currently under…
NPUK aims to raise £1 billion for the solar energy initiative. Image: NextEnergy Capital. Fundraising for NextEnergy Capital’s UK solar infrastructure fund has raised £625 million to date, with additional funding secured through an undisclosed UK defined benefit pension scheme. NextPower UK (NPUK), a private solar fund under international investment company NextEnergy Capital, is looking to raise £1 billion for the initiative. NPUK focuses on acquiring utility-scale solar and battery energy storage system assets at the ready-to-build stage, and is building projects to develop a large operating portfolio. Shane Swords, managing director and head of investor relations at NextEnergy Capital,…
RES, a British renewable energy company, has submitted a planning application for a new 49.9 MW solar farm to South Oxfordshire District Council. If planning permission is granted, RES claims the Nuneham Solar Farm site could supply more than 13,000 homes with electricity and save around 20,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually. The site is designed in such a way that agricultural use on the land, namely sheep farming, can be continued. In addition, the project includes the construction of 2.7 km of hedges and the planting of native trees to support biodiversity in the area. Claire Chamberlain, development project…
Carbon streaming company (“Carbon Streaming” or the “Company”), in partnership with Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”) and Rubicon Carbon Capital LLC (“Rubicon”), is pleased to announce that it has entered into a carbon credit streaming agreement ( the “Azuero Reforestation Stream”) with Azuero Reforestación Colectiva, SA (“ARC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the leading project developer Ponterra Ltd. (“Ponterra”), for the ARC Restauro Azura project (the “Azuero Reforestation Project” or the “Project”) located in Panama.The Azuero Reforestation Project is expected to restore 10,000 hectares of degraded tropical forest on Panama’s Azuero Peninsula, which has been converted into low-density cattle ranches over the…
Solar power has announced that it will offer the Tesla Powerwall 3 through its residential dealer network. The company exclusively promoted its own Sunvault energy storage system to residential customers. “Homeowners are increasingly turning to battery storage to protect themselves from continued energy rate increases and power outages. We have witnessed record battery storage sales in 2024 and see a future where virtually all solar systems are paired with storage,” said Shawn Fitzgerald, SVP Corporate Development and Product Strategy at SunPower. “Pairing Tesla Powerwall 3 with our industry-leading SunPower Equinox solar system was a natural step in bringing the best…
India’s Pahal Solar has launched n-type tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) glass backsheet modules with peak power from 560 W to 595 W and efficiency ranging from 21.68% to 23.03%. May 22, 2024 Uma Gupta By pv magazine IndiaPahal Solar has introduced double-sided glass backsheet modules based on n-type TOPCon technology.The modules are available with peak powers from 560 W to 595 W, with front-side efficiencies ranging from 21.68% to 23.03%. The back delivers up to 30% extra gain in energy generation, leading to a power of up to 774 Wp for the 595 Wp panels.The no-load voltage is 50.82…
The Treasury Department, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that the DOE Qualified Advanced Energy Project Credit Program Applicant Portal (48C Portal) is now open to all interested applicants to register for a new allocation round. Interested manufacturers must submit their concept papers via the 48C Portal by Friday, June 21 at 5:00 PM. DOE will only accept complete applications for projects where concept documents are submitted by the June 21 deadline. Submitting a concept paper is the first step in the application process. To be eligible to submit the full application, a concept…