NextEra To Invest $100 Million In Energy Storage Technology
NextEra Energy Inc. plans to invest $100 million in energy-storage systems over the next year to back up its fleet of solar and wind energy plants. NextEra is the world’s biggest producer of wind and solar power, and will use the battery systems to manage energy fluctuations caused by cloudy weather and lulls in the wind, Jim Robo, chief executive officer of the Juno Beach, Florida-based company, said Tuesday at an analyst conference. Power companies are showing more interest in storage, especially batteries, which are becoming cheaper.
Panasonic Trumps Days-Old SolarCity Module Efficiency Record
Panasonic claims to have toppled a world record for module efficiency announced only days ago by SolarCity and will be demonstrating the new module at next week’s Solar Energy UK exhibition organised by PV Tech's publisher, Solar Media. Panasonic said the new record built on cell-level efficiencies of 25.6% recorded last year. “The new panel efficiency record demonstrates once again Panasonic’s proven leadership in photovoltaics and our ongoing commitment to move the needle in advanced solar technology,” said Daniel Roca, senior business developer at Panasonic Eco Solutions Europe.
SolarCity Is About To Start Manufacturing The Most Efficient Rooftop Solar Panel Ever
SolarCity, the 9-year-old solar energy company that counts Elon Musk as a co-founder and current chairman, announced this morning that it has reached a new record for solar panel efficiency. At its most potent, new design is able to use tiny fraction above 22 percent of the suns’ rays. Top performance, usually hovers between 15 to 17 percent.
GRID Alternatives Solar Partnership Brings Tribe's Vision Of Sustainability To Life
Miss Bishop Paiute, dressed in full tribal regalia, brought into focus on Tuesday the intersection of old and new, tradition and innovation as she helped celebrate a partnership that is transforming the way this remote Eastern Sierra tribal community uses—and thinks about—energy. In a ceremony at the home of resident Rosalie Fimbres, GRID Alternatives, Tribal leaders and other community partners gathered to cut the symbolic ribbon for Ms. Fimbres' new solar electric system, the first of 22 systems to be installed on the Bishop Paiute Reservation under a U.S.
District Sun And New York Wineries Team Up On Large-Scale Solar Project
District Sun, a New York solar engineering and design firm in Hudson Valley, announced a large-scale solar installation among four Finger Lake wineries, the first significant project of its kind in the region.
SEIA Solar Newsletter | Sept. 29, 2015
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Amazon Moving Forward With 80 MW Virginia Solar Farm
An enormous solar energy farm on the Eastern Shore could be the catalyst that jump-starts Virginia’s clean energy industry, Gov. Terry McAuliffe said. The project to be built for Amazon Web Services in Accomack County will span 900 acres and use 250,000 solar panels, enough to quadruple the state’s solar footprint when it is completed next year. The 80-megawatt facility would generate enough electricity to power 15,000 homes. “We are now in the game. We weren’t in the past even suited up.
ETM Solar Works And Renovus Solar Bring Solar Jobs To New York
Can the Southern Tier grow jobs with the sun?
Officials Welcome SolarCity To Pennsylvania
The operations center employs close to 50 salespeople, residential designers, surveyors and installers and is projected to more than double that number by adding a commercial design division and expanding to accommodate the region’s burgeoning solar market.
8minutenergy Renewables Opening Offices As Part Of Ambitious Expansion Plan
Folsom-based 8minutenergy Renewables is opening offices in Texas and India as it seeks business outside California. The company specializes in setting up power purchase agreements and massive utility-scale photovoltaic arrays. Its projects run hundreds of acres and operate as low-cost electric power stations, generally feeding electricity to major utilities.