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.
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 to a consultation on government plans to close the export tariff from next April closes
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 Council by Push Energy, which is developing the site on behalf of the online retail
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 2017, 922.8MW / 1293.6MWh of grid-connected storage capacity was on US networks across 5,167 systems.
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 storage in the nation’s expansive agribusiness sector has only just begun.
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 result in them having to either downsize or close their business altogether.The survey findings are
Retrofitting batteries on existing PV systems
The ending of the UK government’s main renewable energy support scheme in April 2019 might, in most circumstances, be expected to provide a serious blow to the UK’s renewable energy hopes. Except that it could also be just what is needed to provide battery storage systems with the necessary boost to its own hitherto flagging
Will Solar work in a power cut?
Solar turns off in a power cut by default, so what can be done?
China Doubled Its Battery Storage Capacity In Just Six Months
China is looking to boost its energy storage market and projects as it adds growing renewable power capacities. At the end of last year, the Chinese authorities issued a unified nationwide policy to boost the energy storage industry that has been lagging behind other countries despite the fact that China is leading global investments in