Soludo commissions take-off site for Anambra solution innovation district
From Fred Ezeh, Abuja Anambra State Governor Prof Charles Soludo has commissioned the take-off centre of the Solution Innovation District (SID) in Awka. A statement from the SID indicated that the SID which is a one-stop shop for youths in the areas of innovation, technology and entrepreneurship, will provide training, incubation, and access to investment […]
Sunrise brief: FERC reforms interconnection, speeding critical renewables delays
Also on the rise: SolarEdge stock trades down despite record revenue in Q2. Sunnova to participate in battery emergency program in Puerto Rico. And more. People on the move: ConnectDER, American Clean Power and more Job moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities and energy transition finance. SolarEdge stock trades down despite record revenue in Q2 […]
Experts offer solutions as govts face debt, climate financing challenges
• Africa needs $2.8tr to implement climate action goals, NDCs by 2030 Experts have offered steps indebted governments can take to transform their financial management. They pointed out that across sub-Saharan Africa, governments need to find funding to scale climate change hurdles or risk long-term negative socio-economic impacts. They made this known in PwC Africa’s […]
FERC reforms interconnection, speeding critical renewables delays
Over 2,000 GW of generation and storage were trapped in interconnection queues. Wait times averaged five years. FERC introduced numerous reforms that will help mend this problem. On July 27, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued Order No. 2023, improving electric grid interconnection rules nationwide by setting firm standards and deadlines for interconnection […]
Tinubu appeals to UK for support in energy transition, investment
President Bola Tinubu has urged the United Kingdom government to partner with Nigeria and other African countries in the areas of economy and defence. Tinubu appealed to the UK to increase its investments across various sectors to support the sustainable and broad-based prosperity of Africa. He spoke in Abuja on Wednesday while hosting the UK’s […]
First commercial gravity-based energy storage tower begins commissioning
Energy Vault has begun commissioning a 25 MW / 100 MWh energy storage tower adjacent to a wind power facility outside of Shanghai. There are many ways to store energy, from electrochemical batteries, to pumped hydro, to iron-air batteries, to flywheels, and more. Energy Vault has taken a new approach, building towers with electric motors […]
Carbon-cement supercapacitors for bulk energy storage
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a scalable bulk energy storage solution with chemical with inexpensive, abundant precursors: cement, water, and carbon black. Their supercapacitors have high storage capacity, high-rate charge-discharge capabilities, and structural strength. From pv magazine global Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have discovered that cement and water, combined […]
SMA America brings whole-home energy solution to US market
SMA America has launched the Home Energy Solution to the United States market. This new system includes the Sunny Boy Smart Energy (SBSE) hybrid inverter, SMA Energy Meter, optional Backup Secure, the SMA 360° app, SMA ShadeFix and the SMA Energy app. Homeowners with the Home Energy Solution are now protected against grid instabilities and… […]
Subsidy: Groups recommend social intervention to tackle hardship
A coalition of 17 civil society organisations, CSOs, has called on the Federal Government to roll out a comprehensive social protection programme to ameliorate the hardship occasioned by the fuel subsidy removal. According to the groups, the intervention if done in line with the global best practices would capture the poor and vulnerable and lift […]
New technique to recover lead in end-of-life solar panels
A research group at Arizona State has developed a process to recover lead in its metallic form so that it can be reused in the PV industry. The process relies on a leaching solution based on a combination of acetic acid (CH3COOH) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), which the researchers said leaches the lead ‘in a […]