Month: June 2024

Rensource Energy, Africa’s fastest-growing renewable energy company, in collaboration with Green Fuels, has commenced the construction of a 4.7MWp Solar PV Gas Hybrid system for Valentine Chickens in Kwara State, Nigeria. Scheduled for completion in Q3 2024, this innovative project will generate 2.52GWh annually and offset 16,260 metric tonnes of CO2 over its lifetime. The system aims to optimize energy efficiency and reliability by directly powering the facility’s operations with the PV array. During daylight hours, the solar PV system will supply electricity, reducing reliance on gas generators and offering…

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It’s the time of year when we start to see public safety power shutoffs in the Tri-Counties as a precaution against power lines accidentally triggering brush fires. It can be inconvenient for us.  But, it can be disastrous for community health clinic. “It’s critical to us. We’re one of the only providers of children’s vaccines in Ventura County. They’re highly regulated by the State of California, and we have to keep them in a refrigerator and freezer,” said Fred Bauermeister, who is is Executive Director of the Free Clinic of…

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The innovative solar panels can be manufactured in various colors. Credit: Piotr Banczerowski The energy transition in Germany, Europe, and across the world is driving robust demand for solar panels. Alongside high energy yields, aesthetics and acceptance are also increasingly important factors. To accommodate these trends, a team of researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE has developed an innovative solar facade element that can be incorporated into a building’s exterior practically invisibly and without any significant loss of efficiency. With the development of MorphoColor coating technology,…

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The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) says it’s aware of and concerned about electricity retailers applying demand and time-of-use tariffs to households in “unexpected ways”. Given the rise of consumer energy resources (CER) such as solar power systems, the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) considers smart meters to be the digital foundation for a modern, connected, and efficient energy system. The Commission wants to accelerate smart meter rollout to achieve universal uptake by 2030. “This means that customers and the broader energy system can get earlier access to the benefits…

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Grounding and bonding This topic leads to much confusion, but some clarity is achieved by looking at the definitions in Art. 100. Grounding means you make a connection to the earth, and bonding means you make a connection to a low-impedance metallic path. An earth connection (ground) is for the supply (e.g., a separately derived source such as a transformer). The main purpose of grounding is to provide an alternate path for large transients such as lightning. A low-impedance connection (bond) is for the load (e.g., utilization equipment frames and…

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Vantage Market Research Solar Microinverter Market Size, Share, Industry Trends, Growth, and Opportunities Analysis by 2030 WASHINGTON, D.C, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES, June 13, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ — The Global Solar Microinverter Market Size was valued at USD 1.1 Billion in 2022, and it is expected to reach USD 4.06 Billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 17.8% during the forecast period (2022-2030). The Solar Microinverter Market has witnessed substantial growth in recent years due to the increasing adoption of solar energy systems worldwide. Solar microinverters play a crucial…

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Kiwa ExTEL, which joined Kiwa Group in February 2022, continues to perform inspections, analysis and technical advisory for PV plants. According to Tristan Erion-Lorico, VP of sales and marketing at Kiwa PVEL, Kiwa Group will be “business as usual” for customers after the integration. Moving forward, the subsidiaries will have “Kiwa” added in front of their names.  “They can expect the same level of quality and service that our teams have always provided. We will continue to operate as separate business units under the same brand,” he says.  Synergies among the…

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FutureVoltaics says it has developed pre-assembled, reflector-based vertical rooftop PV systems. The systems feature 175 W heterojunction bifacial solar modules and special reflectors on both sides. June 13, 2024 pv magazine From pv magazine Spain Spanish startup FutureVoltaics, a spinoff of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), has developed a launched a pre-assembled, vertical PV system for rooftop applications. The Vechtor system can be installed simply by unfolding it, with polished and rough metal specular reflectors. They are arranged in a specially designed patternon both sides of the bifacial solar panels.…

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2 3 The orange boxes are submarine batteries, the first generation of energy storage at Natural Bridges, which were kept in a fortified building to protect against hydrogen explosions. Photo courtesy of the National Park Service NATURAL BRIDGES NATIONAL MONUMENT — It was here, 44 years ago, in the rugged country below the Bears Ears, where water and wind cut through sandstone to form three natural bridges, that sun-generated electricity came down to Earth. Brian Maholy, facility manager for Natural Bridges National Monument, stands in front of the monument’s solar…

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