ROCKLIN, Calif., April 23, 2015—SMA’s residential and commercial inverter solutions now comply with the Hawaiian Electric Company’s (HECO) new guidelines for grid interaction. The Sunny Boy TL-US with Secure Power Supply and Sunny Tripower TL-US inverter lines meet interim frequency and voltage ride-through (FVRT) and new ultra-fast transient over-voltage (TrOV2)…

On Earth Day, SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY) announced that it has activated a fund including an investment from Credit Suisse that is expected to finance more than $1 billion in commercial solar energy systems—including battery storage systems—for businesses, schools and government organizations across the U.S. SolarCity and Credit Suisse finalized the deal in…

Berlin (gtai) – Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI) received a top accolade for excellence in the web-based promotion of green foreign direct investment at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Investment Promotion Awards on Monday. GTAI is the foreign trade and inward investment promotion agency of Germany.…

The Global Renewable Energy Industry Report 2014 is a professional and in-depth study on the current state of the renewable energy industry. The report provides a basic overview of the industry including definitions, classifications, applications and industry chain structure. The renewable energy market analysis is provided for the international markets…

Despite sinking oil prices, worldwide demand for power generated from photovoltaics (PV) is rising. Around the globe, plummeting system prices are promoting the construction of PV power plants. At the same time, business models in the industry are changing due to cuts in state funding, calling for new financing and…

Traditional diesel generators, widely used across the globe, are now being complemented by photovoltaics in new markets and applications. Solar-diesel hybrid systems already represent profitable alternatives, particularly for large-scale industrial users in remote, yet sunny, regions. From June 9–12, 2015, the Off-Grid Platform at Intersolar Europe in Munich presents an…

The National Audit Office (NAO) has stated that the NHS can achieve the largest carbon and cost savings in building energy use by installing combined heat and power (CHP) in acute trusts. In its new ‘NHS and Sustainability’ report to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee, the NAO estimates…

The world expects Japan to act decisively to reduce emissions by using its leading-edge technology and implementing climate policies. We are concerned to see reports today that the Japanese government proposing to cut greenhouse gas emissions by only 20 per cent by 2030. While reports differ on the baseline date…

The US$860 million KaXu Solar One concentrated solar power (CSP) plant1 in Pofadder, South Africa has become the first in Sub-Saharan Africa to enter operation. Mott MacDonald was lenders’ technical advisor2 during the project’s financing and construction and is now monitoring operations in an ongoing role. Awarded during the first…

ExxonMobil has started the construction of a new 84-megawatt cogeneration facility at its Singapore refinery’s Jurong site, which will increase the energy efficiency of the refinery upon completion. Cogeneration is the simultaneous production of electricity and steam from a single fuel source. When the latest cogeneration facility is completed in…