Residential Energy Storage Surging, No Longer Just a ‘Cool Toy’
Demand for residential energy-storage is surging in the U.S., with more capacity installed in the second quarter than in all of 2017.Consumers installed home batteries with 57.5 megawatt-hours of storage capacity last quarter, according to a report Wednesday from the
How Much Solar Power Could My Roof Generate (2018)?
Many people want to know how much free electricity and income their home roof could generate if fitted with solar panels – if that includes you, then you’ve come to the right place.
UK renewables sector facing significant job losses, business closures at hands of policy proposals
The UK’s domestic renewables sector faces significant job losses, business closures and collapses in deployment should the government persevere with policy proposals as planned.Those are the findings of surveys published as the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
Solar lobby rallies behind industry as pivotal consultation deadlines loom
The solar industry has today issued a rallying call to preserve export tariff payments from next April ahead of looming consultation deadlines.A call for evidence on future regulatory frameworks for small-scale renewables closes later today, while the deadline for responses
Amazon to install Tesla battery alongside 4MWp solar array in latest UK plans
Amazon has submitted plans for a 4MW rooftop solar array to be deployed on its Tilbury fulfilment centre alongside a 3.77MW Tesla battery facility to help power the site, Solar Power Portal can reveal.Planning permission is being sought from Thurrock
US has gone past 1GWh of installed battery capacity, with help from utilities
US utilities deployed more than 520MWh of energy storage on their networks in 2017, bringing the country’s cumulative installed capacity of grid-connected energy storage systems to over 1GWh, trade organisation Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) has found.By the end of
As Storms Bear Down, More Homeowners Look to Batteries – Not Generators – for Backup Power
Homeowners across the U.S. are buying batteries to store excess solar energy faster than factories can make them.
Farmers to flock to solar and battery storage, as power costs bite
Like households and small businesses, Australian farmers are increasingly turning to renewable energy technologies to cut their power costs and shore up their bottom lines.But a new report from Commonwealth Bank of Australia suggests the shift to solar and battery
Majority of UK solar installers facing hardship if export tariff is culled
A majority of UK solar installers said they would face hardship if the government presses ahead with plans to close the export tariff, a Solar Power Portal survey has found.And of those surveyed, more than half said the decision would