Common battery types used in solar+storage
Incorporating energy storage into a solar array is not as easy as just picking a battery off the shelf.
BEIS committee ratchets up export tariff pressure amidst suggested U-turn
The business, energy and industrial strategy select committee has ratcheted up the pressure on the government to “urgently” clarify its position on rooftop solar.In a comment released yesterday, the select committee chair Rachel Reeves said that it was “disappointing” that the government had so far failed to spell out exactly why households with solar should
Trump on dire warnings in climate report: ‘I don’t believe it’
President Trump said Monday that he doesn’t “believe” the findings of a major report his administration released forecasting dire consequences to the United States from climate change.“Yeah, I don’t believe it,” Trump told reporters as he left the White House for a campaign rally for Sen. Cindy Hyde Smith (R) in Mississippi, when asked about
Arsenal announces installation of battery storage system at Emirates Stadium
Arsenal Football Club has installed a battery storage system at its London stadium. The club uses clean electricity from a network of solar farms and anaerobic digestion plants. Other sports teams, such as the Los Angeles Lakers, are also turning to renewables. One of English football’s most decorated clubs, Arsenal, has installed a battery storage
A Grave Climate Warning, Buried on Black Friday
In a massive new report, federal scientists contradict President Trump and assert that climate change is an intensifying danger to the United States. Too bad it came out on a holiday.
Want The Cheapest Electricity? Build Solar And Wind Farms, Not Coal Power Plants
falling technology costs have pushed the cost of the renewable energy sectors below coal and gas, even in China and India, where until recently, coal was king. as electric vehicle manufacturing scales up to match and eventually supersede production of internal combustion vehicles, battery costs are set to drop another two thirds by 2030 Onshore
SolFit takes aim at new-build market with maiden integrated PV contract win
Integrated solar PV provider SolFit is to supply its in-roof PV system for 166 new-build homes as part of a new contract win.Solarcrown Commercial is to install solar on the roofs of 166 homes to be built by Countryside Properties, starting in January, and the installer has turned to SolFit’s integrated system ahead of its
World has no capacity to absorb new fossil fuel plants, warns IEA
Watchdog says new projects must be low carbon or existing plants must be cleaned up
It’s Time to Think Seriously About Behind-the-Meter Energy Storage
As the cost of lithium-ion batteries continues to fall, businesses gain a competitive edge with behind-the-meter energy storage.
‘Substantial’ pipeline of renewables could fill the gap left by Moorside collapse
Energy secretary Greg Clark has said the UK’s “substantial” pipeline of renewable energy projects could offer a replacement to the capacity lost by the scrapping of Toshiba’s plans for a new nuclear power station in Cumbria.The Japanese company announced last week its decision to close its NuGeneration (NuGen) subsidiary after it failed to find a