Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas said that Greece will launch a tender for storage batteries in autumn, budgeted at 200 million euros. ATHENS: Greece plans to invite investors to build batteries for renewable energy power, with a total storage capacity of 700 megawatt, later this year, the energy minister said late on Tuesday. Speaking at a […]
Norwegian Company to Build R13.5 Billion Solar-Battery Projects in South Africa
Norwegian renewable energy company Scatec has been awarded preferred bidder status on three projects as part of South Africa’s Risk Mitigation Power Procurement Programme (RMIPPP). Scatec said that that deal will see 540 MW solar and 225 MW/1,140 MWh battery storage built in the Northern Cape. The projects awarded to Scatec are the only projects […]
The US Set a Record for Renewables in 2020, But More Is Needed
Despite the challenging economic conditions created by COVID-19, 2020 was a record year for clean energy development in the United States, with the country nearly doubling the capacity installed in 2019. According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the U.S. installed 35 gigawatts (GW) of new renewable generating capacity in 2020, enough to power 9 million […]
Johannesburg Seeks $278 Million For Solar, Gas and Batteries
South Africa’s biggest city plans to seek at least 3.8 billion rand ($278 million) in investment in solar and gas-fired power as well as battery storage to improve electricity supply. The City of Johannesburg will issue a request for information for the construction of a 150-megawatt solar plant, 50 megawatts of rooftop solar panels and […]
Scatec awarded solar projects with 1,140MWh battery storage in South Africa government tender
Scatec has been awarded Preferred Bidder status for 540MW of solar projects with 225MW / 1,140MWh of battery storage through a government tender in South Africa. The Norway-headquartered renewable energy developer and power producer participated in the South African Department of Mineral Resources and Energy’s technology agnostic Risk Mitigation Power Procurement Programme (RMPPP). The expedited […]
Batteries Used in Hearing Aids Could be Key to The Future of Renewable Energy
If necessity is the mother of invention, potential profit has to be the father. Both incentives are driving an effort to transform zinc batteries from small, throwaway cells often used in hearing aids into rechargeable behemoths that could be attached to the power grid, storing solar or wind power for nighttime or when the wind […]
Veterans Are Volunteering to Install a Solar Panel System to the Home of Decorated Vietnam Veteran Robert Blumenstock
Veteran-owned Semper Solaris has awarded Vietnam Veteran Robert Blumenstock with free solar panels. The solar panel system will be installed at his home in San Diego on Memorial Day. After being moved by Robert’s story, Semper Solaris has chosen the local San Diegan as the 2021 Semper Solaris Cares Initiative recipient for this upcoming Memorial […]
Australia’s “Father of PV” Says Your Next Rooftop Solar System Might be Tens of Kilowatts
Australia’s “father of PV,” UNSW Scientia Professor Martin Green has predicted that the average Australian solar household will soon be installing “tens of kilowatts” on their rooftops, probably coupled with battery storage, as panel costs continue to fall and batteries becomes more affordable. Green, who just last week told the Smart Energy Conference in Sydney […]
Hitachi ABB Power Grids’ Battery Storage to be Used at 214 MW Industrial Microgrid in Thailand
Hitachi president and CEO Toshiaki Higashihara, who this week was also named company executive chairman. Image: Hitachi, Ltd. Battery energy storage system (BESS) and controls technology will be provided to a “smart industrial park” project in Thailand by Hitachi ABB Power Grids. In what has been described as the country’s largest private microgrid to date, […]
Powin Energy launches its first high voltage battery storage Stack product
Powin Energy yesterday officially launched its first high voltage battery storage product, with the Oregon-headquartered battery energy storage solutions provider claiming that 500MWh of customer orders have already been contracted for it. Powin said its new 1500Vdc Stack360E is compatible with battery cells from various suppliers and is set to begin mass production in the […]
