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The project will be able to provide half a million households with emergency power. Image: Sungrow Sungrow has signed a supply agreement with SSE Renewables for a major battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Yorkshire. Sungrow, a manufacturer of PV inverters and energy storage systems, has agreed to supply SSE Renewables with 320MW/640MWh of PowerTitan liquid-cooled BESS units for its Monk Fryston project in the north of England. Once completed, this project will be connected to the UK electricity grid at the highest voltage level, increasing the flexibility of the electricity grid in the local area. The PowerTitan units…
Atess Power says it has developed 100 kW/150 kW commercial inverters with two Maximum Power Point Trackers (MPPTs), a battery voltage range of 600 V to 900 V and an on/off transfer capacity of 10 milliseconds. August 21, 2024 Lior Kahana HPS100/150HVImage: Atess PowerAtess Power, a Chinese PV inverter manufacturer, has released a new series of all-in-one hybrid inverters. The HPS100/150HV inverters are designed for commercial applications. Depending on the model, they have an AC power of 100 kW or 150 kW. It supports system capacity up to 600 kW.“It has two MPPTs to increase the possibility of PV access…
KGAL’s newest green energy fund acquires its first solar power plant in the Czech Republic. The investment and asset manager says the 50 MW plant will be connected to the electricity grid in 2025. August 21, 2024 Patrick Jowett German asset manager KGAL said its KGAL ESPF 5 impact fund has purchased a planned 50 MW solar project in the Czech Republic. The PVPP Saxonie project will be built near the city of Most, close to the German border. The construction phase will begin soon, with Prague-based developer Micronix responsible as engineering, procurement and construction contractor. The electricity will mainly…
Through the ‘Energy for All’ programme, Volt Group Scotland will supply, install and maintain solar PV systems for businesses, property portfolio owners and local authorities across Scotland. Image: Volt Group Scotland. Volt Group Scotland, a multi-trade services company, has partnered with HDM Energies, a Yorkshire-based renewable energy company, to offer rooftop solar installations for commercial properties without capital expenditure. Through HDM Energies’ ‘Energy for All’ programme, Volt Group Scotland will supply, install and maintain solar PV systems for businesses, property portfolio owners and local authorities across Scotland. The installation comes at no cost to the companies, with the energy produced…
Scientists in the Emirates have developed a new lightning tower layout that reportedly eliminates the shadow effect on PV panels. The proposed approach also takes into account the requirements for grounding networks under varying moisture conditions. August 21, 2024 Emiliano BelliniA group of scientists from the University of Wollongong in Dubai have proposed a new approach to deploying direct lightning protection technology in locations hosting PV systems with an east-west orientation and limited spacing between panels.They explained that integrating direct lightning protection into these types of solar panels is difficult in terms of compliance with Earth Terminal System (ETS) requirements…
Enel North America has started operations on the 326 MWdirect current Stampede solar + storage project in Hopkins County, Texas. Nesting is the sole tax equity investor for the project and will also purchase the renewable energy properties of the solar power plant’s entire production. “The Stampede project will add more energy generation to the grid at a time when demand from electrification and data centers is increasing. Additionally, the flexible battery storage system will help stabilize the grid when conditions become more severe,” said Stephen Pike, head of Enel North America’s renewable energy business, Enel Green Power North America.…
US startup Enteligent says it has been awarded $6 million to scale up its electric vehicle (EV) charging technology, which enables direct DC-to-DC charging from solar panels without switching to AC. August 21, 2024 Ryan KennedyBy pv magazine USAEnteligent, a startup that offers solar energy DC to DC chargers for electric vehicles, said it has raised $6 million in capital from investors to scale up commercialization of its products.The latest funding round brings Enteligent’s total capital since 2021 to $19 million. Taronga Ventures, a global technology investor in real estate and infrastructure, led the round.The company plans to use the…
Researchers in Spain have conducted a comparative analysis of annual solar hydrogen production for direct and indirect configurations and found that indirect systems not only produce more hydrogen, but also exhibit greater resilience to module power losses. August 21, 2024 Lior KahanaScientists from Spain’s Technical University of Madrid have conducted a comparative study of direct and indirect coupling configurations for PV and electrolyzers in green hydrogen (H2) production. The research was based on numerical simulations carried out with the software MATLAB, with weather conditions based on a typical meteorological year in Madrid.PV powered hydrogen systems where the input of the…
Researchers from Wuhan University of Technology in China have designed and synthesized a new non-fullerene acceptor for organic solar cells. One of their fabricated devices achieved the highest certified efficiency ever reported for single-junction organic solar cells. August 21, 2024 Patrick Jowett Photovoltaic performance and morphology of photoactive layersImage: Wuhan University of Technology, nature communication, Common License CC BY 4.0A team of scientists from Wuhan University of Technology in China improved the energy conversion efficiency of an organic solar cell after fabricating a device using a newly designed non-fullerene acceptor.In the research paper “Molecular interaction induced double fibrils to organic…
EVLO Energy Storage, a fully integrated BESS provider and wholly owned subsidiary of Hydro-Québec, has announced that it has completed the commissioning of its first utility-scale BESS project in the United States. The contracted 3 MW/12 MWh facility is located in Troy, Vermont. The BESS will store energy during strong energy production times for later use during peak energy demand, eliminating the variability of renewable energy generation while delivering value to local utilities. The Troy project will also provide data to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Sandia National Laboratories to demonstrate how battery storage can enable the expansion…