Concentric Power is building a 5 MW microgrid for Tasteful Selections, a southern California company that grows and packages potatoes. Courtesy Concentric Power The 12 million dollar project combines 3.6 MW cogeneration capacity with 120 kW solar capacity and a lithium-ion battery setup with 1.25 MW / 625 kWh. Concentric Power’s microgrid controller will be … Read more
Many people use a power bank to extend the battery life of their mobile devices, and there are also laptop power banks that offer higher capacity and support for 12V and / or 19-20V in addition to the usual 5V. But BLUETTI EP500 & EP500Pro Go a step further as the systems aim to provide … Read more
Rockport – BlueWave Solar, a Boston-based solar developer, announced on March 25 the sale of a 4.2 MW agrivoltaic solar project on a blueberry farm in Rockport to Navisun, a solar power producer that owns and operates utility-scale distributed and small solar power projects. BlueWave said in the announcement on its website that it is … Read more
Last week’s inauguration event: Delhi’s Power Minister Satyender Jain (center) with Nexcharge executives. Image: Tata Power-DDL. An energy storage system for lithium-ion batteries turned on in Rani Bagh, Delhi will serve multiple applications and could pave the way for the introduction of smarter, renewable energy grids across India. The battery system is relatively small compared … Read more
NASA engineers install MOXIE on the Perseverance rover, March 20, 2019. NASA/JPL-Caltech A little more than a month ago, NASA’s Perseverance rover made a daring landing on the Martian surface that’s now been watched (and rewatched) by millions. But now, the real work begins. Tucked deep inside Percy is an instrument designed to inhale Mars’ … Read more
India will impose a 40 percent tariff on imports of solar panels from April next year to reduce reliance on overseas supplies and encourage domestic manufacturing of the devices, the Renewable Energy Ministry said. The Treasury Department has approved the proposal, which also includes a 25 percent tariff on imports of solar cells, the ministry … Read more
Arkansas utilities are adopting clean energy guidelines faster than much of the US, but state activists said more consistent reporting would help measure the real impact of those guidelines and hold companies accountable for their promises. Utilities find it more cost-effective to invest in clean energy options than to build new natural gas plants. As … Read more
Sat March 27th Nexcharge, an Exide Leclanché Energy Pvt. The Ltd. is an exclusive joint venture in India between Exide Industries Limited and Leclanché, Switzerland Exide Industries and Leclanché SA’s 0.52 megawatt hour on-grid system will pave the way for wider adoption of grid-scale energy storage technology across India. DELHI, INDIA, YVERDON-LES-BAINS, Switzerland March 27, … Read more
Three electricity companies have teamed up to buy a large solar array to be built in Walworth and Rock counties this fall. We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service Corp. apply for state approval to buy 90% of the project. Madison Gas & Electric would receive the remaining 10% if the state government commission approves the … Read more
First you hear it, then you see it. UNLV students in hard hats and face masks crowd around a work table and work together on blueprint measurements. Just a few feet away, a generator is generating electricity for power tools that more students use in and on the solar roof of a house they are … Read more
