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Ensuring Energy Security for Your Home When our daily lives are dependent on electricity, making sure you have a reliable power supply has become more important than ever. Keeping our food fresh, powering our work-from-home setups, and more require electricity in the modern household. Power outages because of extreme weather events, grid failures, or routine maintenance can disrupt our lives and potentially lead to inconveniences or danger. This is where home backup power systems come into play. These systems provide an alternative source of electricity when the main power grid fails, ensuring that your essential appliances and devices continue to…
Philippine Marcos opens first EV battery factory President Ferdinand Marcos on Monday inaugurated the Philippines’ first electric vehicle battery factory, calling it the “future” of clean energy. The Australian-owned lithium iron phosphate plant aims to produce two gigawatt hours of batteries per year by 2030, capable of powering about 18,000 electric vehicles or nearly half a million home battery systems. “We have worked very hard and done our best to bring this kind of technology to the Philippines, with the clear recognition that this is the future,” Marcos said in a livestreamed speech. “As the first factory in the Philippines…
A group of researchers has proposed a new method for sizing PV systems that does not rely on an anti-dumping system and operates without the ability to inject power into the grid. The new approach requires an estimation of the annual hourly profile and the minimum required power, as well as the use of an irradiation meter and an electrical network analyzer. October 2, 2024 Emiliano BelliniResearchers from the Dominican research institute Instituto Especializado de Estudios Superiores Loyola (IEESL) have outlined a new methodology for sizing rooftop PV systems in markets without net metering or feed-in tariffs, where all energy…
UK-based Caldera has developed a new heat storage technology that it says can convert on-site solar energy into heat on demand, replacing conventional gas boilers. The system uses a composite of recycled aluminum and volcanic rock to store heat up to 500 C and produce steam. October 2, 2024 Emiliano Bellini By ESS newsBritish startup Caldera has developed a modular heat storage technology based on an earth-abundant aluminum-rock composite.The new storage technology, called Megacell, is described as an ideal solution to decarbonize industrial processes and store on-site photovoltaic energy. The system’s stone-aluminium core is claimed to have the same thermal…
Austrian researchers developed a model to quantify the benefits of vehicle-integrated solar photovoltaics (VIPV) on the energy needs of three different sizes of electric vehicles in the city of Graz, Austria, specifically the effect on battery energy and mileage the vehicle. October 2, 2024 Valerie ThompsonResearchers have developed a model to quantify the benefits of vehicle-integrated photovoltaic (VIPV) solutions on three different sizes of electric vehicles (EVs) in the city of Graz, Austria, specifically the effect on battery energy and mileage.The model revealed several key factors that influence energy yield and EV traffic yield, including understanding the weight range, the…
The country accounted for 64% of global jobs in the photovoltaic sector and 63% of added PV capacity last year, according to a new report. October 1, 2024 Edgar MezaPhovoltaics continued to lead job growth in the global renewable energy sector last year, supporting a total of 7.2 million jobs around the world, of which almost 64%, or 4.5 million, are in China, the dominant PV manufacturer and installer, according to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the International Labor Organization (ILO).Overall, 2023 saw the highest ever increase in renewable energy jobs, from 13.7 million…
RWE employees and Baroness Taylor from Stevenage made the announcements at RWE’s Cotmoor Solar Project. Image: RWE. Energy producer RWE has announced it has broken ground on four new solar projects in the UK, while also reaffirming its commitment to responsible development. The company has started construction on the Copse Lodge, Fraddon, Laynes Wood and Wick Farm solar projects, which will have a combined capacity of approximately 200MW. With these developments underway, RWE now has a total of 11 solar projects under construction. The four newly started projects are expected to be operational as early as 2026. At the same…
China’s solar energy production capacity is facing a downturn that is unlikely to translate into growth in other regions, writes S&P’s Edurne Zoco. October 1, 2024 Edurne ZocoThe PV module supply chain will undergo a transformation in 2024, characterized by oversupply, policy uncertainty and low prices that will affect production capacity expansion and factory utilization rates.Oversupply has been at the center of the solar supply chain since the second quarter of 2023, but there are signs that the trend is changing. In 2024, the supply chain has experienced a slowdown. Rationalization efforts in China are aimed at controlling corporate expansion…
Jenny Laven, Lance Laven, Kevin Good, Shana Good, and Malcolm Proudfit after the sale of Laven Electric to Good Energy Solutions. Good Energy Solutions announced its acquisition of Laven Electric, a provider of electrical and solar services based in Leavenworth, Kansas. This strategic move strengthens Good Energy Solutions’ commitment to enhancing clean energy access and expanding its electrical service offerings in Northeast Kansas and the Kansas City area. Laven Electric was founded in 2003 by brothers Lance and Luke Laven with the purpose of providing quality electrical services in the Leavenworth area. The acquisition will enable Good Energy Solutions to…
Pakistan-based Solar Asia said its new heterojunction product uses 210mm cells from Chinese manufacturer Tongwei. The panel was designed and developed in Germany by Sonnex Energie and is initially intended for sale in the Pakistani market. October 1, 2024 Emiliano Bellini The SA-730HJT-N panelImage: Asia solar energyPakistan-based solar panel provider Asia Solar has unveiled new double-glazed heterojunction solar panels for large-scale PV installations.“The modules use G12 solar cells from Chinese manufacturer Tongwei,” said company CEO Imran Shafiq. pv magazine. “The cells have a thickness of 120 urn and an energy conversion efficiency of 25.5%.”Shafiq also explained that the modules are…