ABB and Northvolt have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a wide-ranging supply and technology partnership. Based on ABB’s technology and know how Northvolt can push forward the plan of Europe’s largest battery factory a great deal.
The project developer, EPC and O&M company Asunim Turkey has selected SolarLog™ to monitor two solar PV plants currently under construction in Akhisar and Kula. Asunim Turkey and Solare Datensysteme GmbH (SDS) have been cooperating now for several years and SolarLog™ monitoring is already deployed for a number of Asunim’s PV projects.
The Spanish manufacturer Ingeteam Power Technology has been awarded to supply inverters for a PV plant with a total capacity of 1.177 GW in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates). The project will be built by Sterling and Wilson, a global solar EPC company.
In SMA’s growth plans, Mexico plays an important role. Due to this fact, SMA Solar Technology plans to open a new subsidiary in Mexico by the end of 2017. The facility will support sales and service efforts in the country.
When solar integrator Coldwell Solar and not-for-profit electricity provider Sonoma Clean Power broke ground for a combined 2 MW of solar energy facility it marked the next step in the journey to a clean energy future for the Californian Sonoma and Mendocino counties. The plant is the first of two new projects that involve PPAs. Under the agreements, Coldwell Solar developed the projects and will build, operate and maintain the solar plants and deliver an agreed-upon amount of solar generated electricity to SCP.
The Aurora Solar Energy Project located in Port Augusta, about 300 km north of the South Australian capital Adelaide, will incorporate eight hours of storage or 1100 MWh, allowing it to operate like a conventional coal or gas power station. The AU-$ 650 million plant – the biggest of its kind in the world – will have a capacity of about 135MW under normal operating conditions with the ability to increase that output in favourable conditions. It will be situated about 150km northwest of Jamestown, where Elon Musk will install the world’s largest Lithium-ion battery at Hornsdale Wind Farm
Engineers from the Brunel University London have developed the concept of an “energy tree”’ with e-leaves that suck up sunshine and quiver in the breeze to produce solar and wind power. The 16ft solar/wind tree can generate nearly three times the electricity an average family uses in a year.
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