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The leadership teams of BW Ess and Sungrow during the groundbreaking ceremony. Image: BW Ess/Sungrow BW ESS and Sungrow have announced the start of commercial activities of the Bramley Battery Energy Storage System (Bess), a project of 100 MW/331MWH in southern England. Sungrow supplied the battery units for the project and supplied the 3-hour duration of the Powertitan 2.0 company. Sungrow has concluded deals with other developers to provide them with this Powertitan 2.0 units, including for the 1.4GW Thorpe Marsh Bess by Fidra Energy and 500 MW West Burton C Bess. The Thorpe Marsh Bess recently received a building…
By SB staff February 18, 2025 Proponents of American solar and agriculture have come together to support a national policy mile post to promote Agrivoltaics. The Solar and Farming Association (SAFA) The initiative announced that the agricultural families and economies in the countryside will strengthen. At 2025 American Farm Bureau Federation (AFFF) Convention on January 28 in San Antonio, Texas, delegates voted with the priority of solar projects with verified shared agricultural use in the AFFF policy book. This paves the way for supporting more American energy from homegrown and ensures that agricultural land remains in production. “This milestone shows…
Solar services company Sunnova Energy announced it would cut 300 jobs to reduce costs and streamline its operations. Credit: Sunnova The 300 layoffs are mostly in its commercial organization and represent 15% of the company’s total workforce. Sunnova will have $35 million in annual cash savings due to the job cuts. Sunnova said it is positioning itself for long-term success in an evolving market that is currently facing high interest rates and policy uncertainty. “As we continue to focus on capital efficiency and our high-margin core customers through TPO origination, we must always optimize within the current economic and policy…
The tool is free and open-source and available to everyone. Image: Stephen Dawson via Unsplash. Pulse Clean Energy has today (18 February) published an industrial-first tool with which the battery energy storage system (BESS) asset managers can follow and certify the carbon emissions that have been saved by BESS use. The British Bess Cool Emissions Calculator -Tool, founded in collaboration with LCP Delta and the UK’s National Wealth Fund, is designed to give a better insight into the positive environment -impact of Bess developments. With batteries that are mainly used to save excess renewable energy in times of high generation…
The new production facility requires an investment of CNY 8 billion ($ 1.1 billion) and will be located in the province of Sichuan, Schuan. February 18, 2025 Vincent Shaw State Power Investment Corporation (Spic) broke ground on a 10 GW very efficient heterojunction (HJT) Solar Cell and Module Manufacturing Project in Suining, province of Sichuan. The project, with an investment of CNY 8 billion ($ 1.1 billion), will be built in two phases. The first phase, which covers 480 hectares with an investment of CNY 5 billion, will include a 5 GW HJT sun cell and module production line, with…
The Argentinian authorities are planning to install the new storage capacity in critical nodes of the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, with an estimated investment of $ 500 million and an execution period between 12 and 18 months. February 18, 2025 Luis Ini By PV Magazine Latam The Argentine Energy Secretariat, which is part of the Ministry of Economy, has launched an international call for proposals that want to add 500 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity in critical nodes in the so -called metropolitan area of Buenos Aires (Amba), with An estimated investment of $ 500 million and…
Scientists in China have conducted an annual study into six “Aquavoltaics” farms that organize the aquacultures of Zeekomkommer under the solar panels. Due to the lower water temperature, the animal’s winter wacker period was reduced, as well as the death, compared to the previous year. February 18, 2025 Lior Kahana Researchers from China conducted research for a year into the impact of PV farms on the aquaculture of the Zeekomkommer. With the help of the statistical technology of the Structural Comparison (SEM), the group collected information from six comparable ponds that were used for the commercial growth of the Apostichopus…
The 75 MW project mounted on the ground has more than 136,000 solar panels that have been used on a site of 80 hectares. Retail Electricity Units of the Filipino energy company Abitizpower will decrease the energy produced. February 18, 2025 Patrick Jowett Palauig Solar Power Plant Image: Gurīn Energy Singapore headquarters with renewable energy sources developer Gurīn Energy has finished a 75 MW Sun Factory in Palauig, in the northeastern province of Zambales of The Philippines. It is the company’s first operational project and offers more than 136,000 on the ground mounted solar panels on a site of 80…
Scientists in Colombia have made a 10-year open data set for PV panel error detection. Data was obtained using an electronic charging system, oscilloscope and thermographic camera in environmental conditions outside. February 18, 2025 Lior Kahana Researchers from the Metropolitan Technological Institute of Medellin (ITM) from Colombia have an open data set of PV performance aggregated under various error conditions. Available onlineThe set contains information from different panels that have been working in the open air for more than 10 years. “This dataset offers valuable insights into the performance of photovoltaic panels in real-world error conditions, including discoloration, cracks and…
Last year, Sungrow organized a 7.8 GWH battery storage contract from Saudi Arabia and plans to strengthen its presence throughout the middle. February 17, 2025 PV -Magazine Global PV -Omsorter and provider of energy storage system Sungrow is currently expanding its presence in the Midden -Oosten and Noord -Africa (Mena) region. “We discussed this market seven years ago, when we won the largest scale -based project, at least at that time. Since then we have improved our localization strategy and built up offices in Saudi Arabia and of course in Dubai, ”said Lei Wu, Coo of Sungrow Mea Region PV…