SunEdison & Green Charge Networks Partner On Solar + Storage
SunEdison, Inc. (NYSE: SUNE) has announced a partnership with Green Charge Networks to deliver solar plus energy storage systems to Silicon Valley Power and other commercial and municipal customers throughout California. Electricity bills for commercial and municipal customers in California often have energy and demand charges – with demand charges accounting for as much as […]
37GW Small Scale PV, 33GW Battery Storage For Australia By 2040
A report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance forecasts a $2.2 trillion global boom in small-scale solar to 2040 – and in Australia, a massive amount of battery storage will be installed. According to the New Energy Outlook 2015, ongoing reductions in solar PV costs will see a USD $3.7 trillion surge in investment in large […]
Incorporating Energy Storage In Solar Cells
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) chemists are redesigning the atomic building blocks of organic solar cells to mimic nature – or more specifically, the way plants produce and store energy through photosynthesis. According to the UCLA team, the materials used in current rooftop solar systems can only store energy from the sun for microseconds, […]
Australia’s First Battery Energy Storage Incentive Launched
Adelaide City businesses, residents, schools and community groups have been offered up to $5,000 for installing battery energy storage and up to $5,000 to install solar panels; plus other energy related incentives. Part of an expanded Sustainable City Incentives Scheme endorsed by Adelaide City Council, the initiative aims to boost investment in solar PV with […]
Revised Renewable Energy Target Legislation Passes
Legislation for a watered-down Renewable Energy Target (RET) was passed last night, ending nearly one and a half years of uncertainty for the Australian renewables sector. The RET has now been officially slashed from 41,000 GWh to 33,000 GWh by 2020. However, Australia’s Clean Energy Council says major renewable projects would now pick up pace; […]
Lowline – The Solar Powered Underground Park
There’s another city of sorts beneath New York – underground. By harnessing the power of the sun using some clever technology, the world’s first underground park may spring up below the city’s streets. Opened in 1908, the Williamsburg Bridge Trolley Terminal below Delancey Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan was abandoned 40 years […]
India Reaches 4GW+ Installed Solar Capacity
India is about to eclipse Australia for installed solar capacity – and two states account for over half the country’s solar PV. According to figures released (PDF) by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, India had reached 4010.648MW of solar by early this month. Australia had 1,416,702 rooftop PV systems, representing 4242.794 MW of […]
TNG Considering Solar + Storage For Mount Peake Project
Australian metals company TNG announced on Friday it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Energy Made Clean (EMC) to evaluate the potential of powering its Mount Peake Vanadium Project with solar energy. Given Mount Peak holds significant deposits of high purity vanadium pentoxide, it’s quite fitting that such a system may also be […]
Canberra Light Rail To Run Totally On Renewable Energy
An electric light rail project linking Canberra’s Civic to Gungahlin in the north will be powered by 100% renewable energy. According to the ABC, Capital Metro Minister Simon Corbell said the 100 percent target would be comprised of two elements. The developer of the light rail project would need to source 10% of the service’s […]
NSW Government Welcomes SunEdison Australia
The New South Wales government has welcomed SunEdison establishing its Commercial/Utility Solar Sales and Finance headquarters in the state. Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy, Anthony Roberts, said SunEdison Australia’s decision was a vote of confidence the state’s economy, workforce and the government’s support for renewable energy. “This decision builds on the investment the NSW […]
