Scottish start-up Gravitricity is planning a project to store surplus power from renewables at Port of Leith. A 250 kW, grid-connected prototype facility will have its ability to stabilize the network tested. The system involves a 16m rig over a 150-1500m shaft.Scottish start-up Gravitricity has...
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The projects shall be co-funded by India’s Department of Science Technology and the European Commission’s Innovation and Networks Executive Agency. The aim is to make energy supply cleaner, more efficient and affordable by smartly integrating large amounts of renewable energy in local energy systems. Proposals...
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A major advantage of this design is the ability to string cables over a longer distance without the support needed in traditional racking approaches.From pv magazine USA. With the cost of solar panels falling through the floor (2020 solar module pricing is now below $0.25/watt) and...
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Every summer, millions flock to a festival in the city of Boryeong, 200km south of Seoul. The community offers visitors the chance to strip down and cake themselves in mud from the local tidal flats – a key geographic feature of the Korean Peninsula’s west...
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Many factors are important in ballasting flat roof systems, such as wind speed and roof shape. In the past, however, wind force has unfortunately been underestimated, says wind expert Hans Ruscheweyh. pv magazine addressed this topic in a recent webinar with initiative partner Schletter, and...
Read MoreWhile the country is distracted by infection rates, deaths and protests, what else have we been missing? This week on The Energy Gang, we peek out from behind the quarantine curtain to see what the Trump administration has been up to on the energy front. The Trump administration...
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The New Delhi headquartered company has its own state-of-the-art, automatic module manufacturing facility with a capacity of 350 MW per annum in Greater Noida, Gautam Budh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh.Alpex Solar, which claims to be the largest solar module manufacturing company in North India,...
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The developer can choose to set up solar, wind or hybrid plant, along with appropriate energy storage system to ensure round-the-clock power supply.The Solar Energy Corporation of India has concluded the 400 MW round-the-clock renewable power supply auction. The procurement exercise was held for supply...
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Researchers at Australia's RMIT University have designed a solar chimney that could offer powerful safety and environmental benefits.From pv magazine Australia Solar chimneys are an under-appreciated and underdeveloped passive solar heating and cooling technology. A collaborative project between RMIT University and the Australian town of Kingston,...
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A German-Israeli research group has gathered for three days to discuss which storage technologies may outperform lithium-ion batteries in the future. They concluded that there is no such a thing as a “post Li‐ion” era in sight. They recommended a “side‐by‐side” approach for multiple technologies...
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