Maxeon’s New Silicon-based Solar Panels Coming Out This Summer Updated On Wed, May 19th, 2021 by Saurenergy Headquartered in Singapore, solar manufacturer Maxeon Solar Technologies Ltd. announced today that it will release a new line of frameless, thin, lightweight, glass-less, and flexible silicon-based solar panels this summer called Maxeon Air. The panels will be made available in select European markets in the second half of 2021, before a general global release in the […] Read more
Hitachi ABB Power Grids Provides Battery Storage Tech to Thailand Updated On Tue, May 18th, 2021 by Saurenergy Switzerland-headquartered Hitachi ABB Power Grids Ltd. recently announced its selection by Impact Solar Limited, a subsidiary of Impact Solar Group, to provide Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and controls technology to a “smart industrial park” project in Thailand, which is a part of the country’s largest private microgrid at Saha Industrial Park in Sriracha. Once commissioned, the park […] Read more
Great First Three Months of 2021: Installed Wind Power in U.S. up by 40% Updated On Tue, May 18th, 2021 by Saurenergy The American Clean Power Association (ACP) released its Clean Power Quarterly Market Report last week, which shows that U.S. project developers installed nearly 40% more wind power in the first three months of 2021 than in the first three months of 2020, the strongest year ever for clean power. This amount of development also represents nearly […] Read more
“India Needs Schemes that can support the market expansion”, Stefan Louis, Nexcharge Updated On Tue, May 18th, 2021 by Saurenergy Nexcharge, the Joint venture between Exide India and Leclanché, Switzerland, (Exide Leclanché Energy Private Limited) completes three years this year. It’s been a period of major changes on the battery storage front, with Lithium Ion batteries finally given the importance they deserve, with support from both the official PLI schemes and a major push from […] Read more
UK Researchers Use Compressed Air for Cooling and Cleaning PV panels Updated On Tue, May 18th, 2021 by Saurenergy In a paper entitled ‘Study on the Cleaning and Cooling of Solar Photovoltaic Panels Using Compressed Airflow’, published in the journal Solar Energy in June 2021, U.K. researchers from the University of Warwick made a case for using the airflow produced from compressed air for cleaning and cooling solar panels simultaneously. The authors of the […] Read more
How Cities Can Take Action to Drive the Energy Transition: IRENA Updated On Tue, May 18th, 2021 by Saurenergy The dominance of fossil fuels in the urban energy supply puts cities on the frontline of climate change. Cities account for about 75% of global primary energy use and are responsible for 70 per cent of energy related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, making them key actors in both national and global efforts to transition to […] Read more
UL Acquires Solar Analytics Firm Clear Sky Analytics Updated On Tue, May 18th, 2021 by Saurenergy UL, a global safety science leader and one of the world’s top advisors on the development, evaluation and optimization of renewable energy projects, today announced the acquisition of solar analytics company Clear Sky Analytics’ proprietary software platform and related assets. Clear Sky Analytics co-founders Ajay Saproo and John Corson will also join UL. Clear Sky […] Read more
Vestas Leads Industry-Academic Wind Blade Recycling Coalition Updated On Mon, May 17th, 2021 by Saurenergy Danish wind turbine company Vestas Wind Systems, along with Olin Corporation, Danish Technological Institute, and Aarhus University, announced today that a coalition of industry and academic leaders has developed a new technology to enable circularity for thermoset composites, the material used to make wind turbine blades. To enable the adoption of this new technology, and […] Read more
Members to Expand Cross-border Interconnections as Shares of Renewables Grow: IRENA Updated On Mon, May 17th, 2021 by Saurenergy According to IRENA’s World Energy Transitions Outlook, to achieve climate goals, global electricity generation must expand three-fold by 2050, making grid flexibility exceptionally important as countries race to reduce emissions. Cross-border interconnection represents one of the key solutions to dealing with the variability of renewable power and grid stability issues. This topic was the focus […] Read more
