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HEIT’s 98MW/196MWh Pillswood BESS project. Image: Harmony energy. Harmony Energy Income Trust (HEIT) expects to receive offers for battery storage in its UK portfolio by the end of September. This morning, the investor, launched by battery energy storage system (BESS) developer Harmony Energy, issued an update to its unaudited Net Asset Value (NAV), a portfolio and operational update for the three months ending July 31, 2024. It also provided an update on the asset sale, which was first announced in May. HEIT had scrapped its first-quarter dividend, saying the fund’s shares were undervalued by the markets. This has led to…
The green hydrogen plant, an equal joint venture between ACWA Power, Air Products and NEOM, will produce up to 600 tonnes of carbon-free fuel daily when fully operational by the end of 2026. August 23, 2024 Sergio MatalucciNEOM Green Hydrogen Company (NGHC) has announced a “recruitment drive” for the construction and operation phases of the world’s largest green hydrogen plant in Oxagon, Saudi Arabia. “This initiative aims to build a strong, talented team across functions including Corporate, EHSS, Risk, Operations & Maintenance, Finance, IT & Cyber Security, as the construction of the green hydrogen plant continues to progress on schedule.…
The Leisrue center will also install air source heat pumps to become more energy efficient. Image: Rushcliffe Borough Council. Rushcliffe Borough Council (RBC) has been awarded £1.2 million to reduce CO2 emissions from the Cotgrave Leisure Centre, with plans to utilize solar PV modules and air source heat pumps. The funding was allocated under the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s Public Sector Decarbonization Scheme. RBC also secured £250,000 from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport through the Swimming Pool Support Fund, managed by Sport England. As part of the initiative, solar panels will be installed on the…
In a new weekly update for pv magazineOPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a brief overview of the major price trends in the global PV industry. August 23, 2024 OPISThe Global Polysilicon Marker (GPM), the OPIS benchmark for polysilicon outside China, was valued at $22,567/kg this week. This is unchanged from the previous week, as the fundamentals of this market segment remain largely stable for now.Wafer factories in Southeast Asia have reportedly ramped up operations recently, with the aim of diverting these wafers to countries in the region beyond the four countries currently under investigation by the US, where they…
EDF renewable energy sources A review by the SUN DAY campaign of semi-annual data just released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) shows that the mix of renewable energy sources (i.e. biomass, geothermal, hydro, solar, wind) now amounts to 30% of total US electricity generation capacity. In addition, June marked the tenth consecutive month in which solar was the largest source of new capacity, putting the country on track to become the nation’s second-largest source of capacity within three years – behind only natural gas. Renewables made up 99% of new generation capacity in June and 91% in the…
In this week’s column, Women in Solar Europe (WiSEu) explains why mentoring can be a powerful tool to combat contemporary issues such as the gender pay gap, leadership inequality and widespread gender bias, both conscious and unconscious. August 23, 2024 Women in Solar Europe (WiSEu)Mentoring has become a powerful tool to combat modern issues such as the gender pay gap, leadership inequality and widespread gender bias, both conscious and unconscious. It plays a crucial role in personal and professional development, promoting growth and creating a more supportive and effective workplace and company culture for everyone. Research shows that 75% of…
Researchers from Canada’s Western University have developed an open-source, blockchain-based virtual utility for peer-to-peer (P2P) solar trading, using smart contracts to save up to $1,600 (US dollars) for 10 homes in simulated scenarios. August 23, 2024 Lior KahanaScientists from Canada’s Western University have designed a new open-source autonomous virtual utility to monitor PV users and enable P2P trading. Their SolarXchange A system based on blockchain technology creates smart contracts on its own and facilitates transactions between users on an hourly basis. “We are very interested in working with forward-looking electric utilities that want to enable widespread distributed solar generation and…
Researchers covered part of a rooftop solar power plant with different numbers of layers of shade cloth to measure their power, current and voltage. They were able to identify a point after which the value of the system current and maximum power is no longer sensitive to the severity of the shadow. August 23, 2024 Lior KahanaA group of scientists from India’s Aligarh Muslim University conducted a field experiment to analyze the impact of shade heaviness on voltage, current and power on PV modules and strings.To measure the shade’s heaviness, the group used several layers of shade cloth to identify…
HySpex Payloads Successfully Complete Major Daily Stratospheric Flight Sceye, an aerospace company known for its expertise in materials science and High-Altitude Platform Systems (HAPS), has announced the successful completion of a daily stratospheric flight, marking a major milestone toward long-duration flight on solar energy. The HAPS, launched from the Sceye facility in New Mexico on August 15 at 7:36 a.m. MST, landed the next day at 12:21 a.m. MST after successfully completing all flight test objectives. The mission demonstrated the potential of using solar power during the day and battery power at night, paving the way for continuous use for…
Scientists have used stearic acid and a combination of stearic acid and carbon black to increase thermal conductivity in a photovoltaic-thermal system linked to a heliostat field concentrator. From a temperature of 30 C at the inlet, they could heat the water to 59 C. August 23, 2024 Lior KahanaResearchers from Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology in Bangladesh have built and tested a heliostat field-integrated photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) system supported by two different organic phase change materials (PCMs) to improve its thermal conductivity.PCMs are can absorb, store and release large amounts of latent heat within a certain temperature range and…