By Robin Sayles Précis: The U.S.-based developer plans to repeat its bid for two CSP projects in Chile’s upcoming tender as the energy storage capability of the plants could prevent a growing oversupply of PV capacity and the costs are competitive against fossil fuels, Kevin Smith, CEO of SolarReserve, told…
Northumberland College will soon be opening a £1.2m purpose-built training centre based at the Port of Blyth with state-of-the-art workshops and the latest teaching and learning technologies for renewables. Students who enrol for 2016 start dates will join the first cohort of students in the brand-new hub at the port…
Perovskite systems have been shown to be highly efficient at converting sunlight to electricity. Now, scientists have discovered a new use for perovskites that runs counter to the intended usage of the hybrid organic-inorganic material. Read more here:: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/matter_energy/solar_energy/~3/-zlrhOb4n60/160906182130.htm
A new study used high-performance computing capabilities and innovative visualization tools to model, in unprecedented detail, how the power grid of the eastern United States could operationally accommodate higher levels of wind and solar photovoltaic generation. The analysis considered scenarios of up to 30 percent annual penetration of wind and…
By By STEVEN DAVIDOFF SOLOMON Shareholders can be finicky and opaque, but the Tesla-SolarCity deal shows the importance of having all buyers of significant assets hold a vote. Read more here:: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/07/business/dealbook/elon-musks-solar-vision-up-for-a-dusky-vote.html
Electronics integrated into textiles are gaining in popularity: Systems like smartphone displays in a sleeve or sensors to detect physical performance in athletic wear have already been produced. The main problem with these systems tends to be the lack of a comfortable, equally wearable source of power. Scientists are now…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia FusionSolar Seminar organised by Huawei in Kuala Lumpur on Aug 23 was timely as South-East Asia’s photovoltaic (PV) market has flourished in recent years and Malaysia’s power consumption capacity is projected to increase to 1GW by 2020. With the 1GW PV plant capacity available in the…
A novel, low-cost solar thermal energy conversion system has been developed that can easily generate steam from sunlight. The solar conversion system can help make technologies that rely on steam, like seawater desalination, wastewater treatment, residential water heating, medical tool sterilization and power generation, more efficient and affordable. Read more…
An interactive web tool to estimate the amount of energy that could be generated by wind or solar farms at any location has now been created by researchers. Read more here:: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/matter_energy/solar_energy/~3/b7h3LoQnqn0/160906085539.htm
By Robin Sayles Précis: Solar thermal news you need to know. Australian scientists hit record solar thermal dish efficiency Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have developed a new receiver which sets a record-high efficiency for a solar thermal dish, ANU announced. “This new design could result in a…
