NLnet grant for DIY Redox Flow Battery kit design (nlnet.nl)
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Global Wind Report 2024 - Record year for wind energy shows momentum but highlights need for policy-driven action - Global Wind Energy Council (gwec.net)
France plans 240MW solar capacity for highways (www.power-technology.com)
California Replaces Gas Plant with Giant, Billion-Dollar Grid Battery (www.canarymedia.com)
Meanwhile, in Southern California, nonprofit news site Canary Media reports that an old gas combustion plant is being replaced by a “power bank” named Nova....
California renewable electricity production exceeds 100% of energy demand for 15 minutes to 6 hours each day over a record 30 days (electrek.co)
Construction to Soon Begin on Biggest US Offshore Wind Farm (www.offshorewind.biz)
EU adopts rules requiring solar installations and zero emissions in buildings (www.pv-tech.org)
California derailed its booming rooftop solar buildout. Can it be fixed? California regulators have kneecapped small-scale solar. These lawmakers are trying to bring it back. (www.canarymedia.com)
Does New York's 'rooftop solar gap' leave low-income residents behind? (www.renewableenergyworld.com)
Although New York has the largest of several state tax credit incentives for homeowners installing rooftop solar, the state’s “rooftop solar gap” is large, leaving many low-income residents unable to take full advantage of incentives, according to a new report from think tank Win Climate....
"Immense energy in a compact space:" CATL unveils high density, "nil degradation" battery packs | RenewEconomy (reneweconomy.com.au)
Negative electricity prices registered in nearly all European energy markets (www.pv-magazine.com)
“Spanish consultancy AleaSoft Energy Forecasting recorded negative hourly electricity prices for all but one European energy market it analyzed during the first week of April, including in the Spanish and Portuguese markets for the first time. It also registered an all-time production record for photovoltaic energy in Portugal...
China Already Makes as Many Batteries as the Entire World Wants (www.bloomberg.com)
How new tech is making geothermal energy a more versatile power source (arstechnica.com)
Proposed $4bn pumped hydro project could power a third of Sydney’s households by 2031 (www.theguardian.com)
Biden administration cuts costs for wind and solar energy on public lands (thehill.com)
CATL beats Tesla Megapack to a massive 6.25 MWh storage with first zero-degradation guarantee and 20-year warranty (www.notebookcheck.net)
‘It’s got nasty’: the battle to build the US’s biggest solar power farm (www.theguardian.com)
A community turns on itself over the aptly named Mammoth solar project, a planned $1.5bn power field nearly the size of Manhattan
Europe’s largest PV plant goes online – a 605 MW installation in Saxony, Germany (www.pv-magazine.com)
Renewables: Is Solar the Best Solution? (insightsinnovationecon.substack.com)
Texas got more electricity from solar than coal last month (www.canarymedia.com)
Solar is beginning to sunset natural gas use in Texas (pv-magazine-usa.com)
Wall Street turns to ‘solar grazing’ sheep in its push to go green (www.ft.com)
Researchers make new breakthrough with 50-year-old battery technology: 'I didn't know they were still around' (www.thecooldown.com)
EU pushes to curb China’s green tech market lead (www.politico.eu)
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Boom times for US green energy as federal cash flows in (www.bbc.com)
“Signed into law by President Biden in August 2022, the IRA, along with the so-called Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) enacted in November 2021, are intended, amongst other things, to funnel billions of federal dollars into developing clean energy....
