PV

FPL to Build World's Largest Solar-Powered Battery

Friday, 29 March 2019 Dan McCue Florida Power & Light Company plans to build the world's largest solar-powered battery system – four times the capacity of the largest battery system in operation – as part of a modernization plan ...

Ingeteam’s hybrid solar-plus-storage inverter now compatible with BYD’s HV batteries

Thursday, 28 March 2019 Robin Whitlock Ingeteam and BYD have tested and certified at their respective R&D laboratories the compatibility of BYD’s high voltage Battery-Box H 5.1 and 6.4, and Ingeteam’s Ingecon Sun Storage 1Play hybrid ...

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico embarks on path to become 100 percent renewable by 2050

Wednesday, 27 March 2019 Robin Whitlock Puerto Rico’s legislature has given the final approval to Senate Bill 1121 (SB 1121), the Puerto Rico Energy Public Policy Act, which will set the Island on a path to 100 percent renewable energy by ...

FAMU and Duke Energy Partner on Solar Facility

Monday, 11 March 2019 REM

Florida A&M University’s Board of Trustees has approved a partnership with Duke Energy Florida to build a solar facility in Central Florida.

Azuri Technologies and Energise Africa Launch Campaign to Raise $3.3 Million for Solar in Africa

Thursday, 07 March 2019 REM Azuri Technologies and crowdfunding platform Energise Africa have launched a campaign to raise $3.3 million (£2.5 million) for pay-as-you-go-solar and help more than 100,000 off-grid people in Sub-Saharan ...

BBOXX Customers in Togo Receive Government Subsidy for Solar Payments

Friday, 01 March 2019 REM

BBOXX customers in Togo will now receive a subsidy to spend on solar energy - in what is the first government subsidy for the purpose of solar energy payments in Africa.

New Southern Energy Installs First Commercial Floating Solar Farm in Africa

Friday, 01 March 2019 Dan McCue African renewable energy company, New Southern Energy, has installed a state of the art microgrid solution at Marlenique Farm, owned by the Van der Merwe Family of the renowned Boplaas in Ceres. The farm ...

Ingeteam Opens Subsidiaries in Morocco and Peru

Wednesday, 27 February 2019 REM Ingeteam is opening two new subsidiaries in Morocco and Peru. With this expansion, the company now has a global presence in 22 countries. Both subsidiaries are focussed on the renewable energies sector ...

Kyocera and LO3 Energy to Demonstrate Blockchain-Managed Virtual Power Plant

Tuesday, 26 February 2019 REM Kyocera Corporation and New York-based LO3 Energy Inc. have formed a joint project to test the feasibility of a blockchain-managed virtual power plant (VPP) utilizing a peer-to-peer distributed consensus ...

European payback times for solar power fell in 2018 finds new report

Thursday, 21 February 2019 Robin Whitlock Thanks to falling solar panel prices and increased CO2 cost for dirty fuels, payback times for solar power for consumers was way down in Europe in 2018 Norwegian roof-top solar company Otovo, has found. ...