Category: Solar Sales and Services

The Portugal-based company has developed a metal oxides removal agent product for PV installations located near foundries, steelworks and metal ore mines. July 4, 2024 Valerie Thompson Chemitek Solar, a Portuguese manufacturer of industrial maintenance products for the PV industry, has launched a new product line to remove metal oxides, such as aluminum oxide and iron oxide, or rust, from solar panels installed near foundries, steelworks and metal ore mines. Available as a concentrate in 5 kg and 20 kg drums, the product can be applied via water-fed poles, electric…

Representational image. Credit: Canva Rio Tinto has announced the completion of a significant renewable energy project at its Diavik Diamond Mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories. The newly installed 3.5 megawatt solar power plant marks the largest off-grid facility of its kind across Canada’s territories. Featuring 6,620 solar panels, the plant is expected to generate 4.2 million kilowatt-hours of solar energy annually. This initiative will reduce diesel consumption at Diavik by one million litres per year and cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2,900 tonnes of CO2 equivalent, akin to removing 630…

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When you consider that the addition of more solar panels to the grid can both increase renewable energy potential and reduce electricity costs, it seems like a no-brainer to find new places to incorporate them.  As reported by Altenergymag, NEXT Energy Technologies in Santa Barbara, California, has already made progress toward transforming modern buildings into solar-energy-generating structures with its NEXT OPV tech.  The company has successfully delivered large format glass “wall” panels with transparent organic photovoltaic (OPV) coatings to Gensler headquarters in Los Angeles.   Andy Cohen, co-chairmen of Gensler, told…

When you consider that the addition of more solar panels to the grid can both increase renewable energy potential and reduce electricity costs, it seems like a no-brainer to find new places to incorporate them. As reported by Altenergymag, NEXT Energy Technologies in Santa Barbara, California, has already made progress toward transforming modern buildings into solar-energy-generating structures with its NEXT OPV tech. The company has successfully delivered large format glass “wall” panels with transparent organic photovoltaic (OPV) coatings to Gensler headquarters in Los Angeles. Andy Cohen, co-chairmen of Gensler, told…

The installation will significantly offset the site’s reliance on the national grid 4 July 2024 3 minute read Noble Foods, the UK’s leading egg producer, has vastly expanded its solar power generation at the company’s flagship egg packing centre in Lincolnshire, according to a company-issued press release. The new 370KWp system takes total site capacity to 520kWp, which will significantly offset the site’s reliance on the National Grid. On sunnier days, there will be moments when the entire load will be covered by the self-generated clean energy, including powering a…

U.S. Department of Agriculture emphasizes cost savings, clean power production Six Durango businesses have received over $1.1 million in federal grant funding for clean energy projects such as solar array installations in rural Colorado, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday. In 2023, Jake Wills, assistant engineer with La Plata Electric Association, looks over solar panels in the La Plata Electric Association Sunnyside Community Solar Project. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file) Six Durango businesses have received over $1.1 million in federal grant funding for clean energy projects such as solar array…

Looking to read the full article? Scroll down and login or sign up today! Page Reload Scroll Position Vandals Smash Solar Array with Construction Equipment Extensive Damage Reported at 1-MW Facility Nearing Completion in Maine WMTV reporter Jim Keithley of WMTW TV explains the damage inflicted on a nearly completed solar farm in New Gloucester, Maine. | WMTW TV Jul 3, 2024 | John Cropley Maine police are looking for the people who plowed a construction vehicle through a nearly completed community solar farm, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars…