Category Archives: Storage

U.S. Department of Energy Top Clean Energy Accomplishments in 2023

Posted on January 16, 2024 by Now.Solar

In 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) made monumental strides in advancing the clean energy goals of the Biden-Harris Administration. Through hundreds of funding announcements to make clean energy more accessible in every state, investments in scientific research, historic … Continue reading →

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Chile, 17 hours of storage with Concentrated Solar Power

Posted on January 14, 2024 by Now.Solar

In the Atacama Desert, the driest in the world located in northern Chile, the only Concentrated Solar Power tower in Latin America operates, a symbol of an energy revolution in the making against climate change. Aerial view of Cerro Dominador, … Continue reading →

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Adani wind power project to offer lowest unit price in Sri Lanka

Posted on January 12, 2024 by Now.Solar

Sri Lanka is grappling with rising electricity generation costs, without the benefits seen in neighboring countries with Independent Power Producers (IPPs).Inadequate transmission planning revealed by network failures contrasts with advanced private settings in India, emphasizing technology-driven customer empowerment. To move … Continue reading →

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Corporations Purchased More U.S. Clean Energy in 2022 Than Ever Before

Posted on November 27, 2023 by Now.Solar

The American Clean Power Association (ACP) released a report today that shows corporations purchased more clean energy in 2022 than any previous year. The Clean Energy Powers American Business report provides a detailed picture of how commercial and industrial (C&I) companies are driving … Continue reading →

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Sustainable, Affordable Cooling Can Save Tensof Thousands of Lives Each Year

Posted on October 17, 2023 by Now.Solar

Gaps in access to effective cooling have implications for thermal comfort, productivity and health Yet, of the 3.5 billion people who live in hot climates, 1 only about 15% owned AC in 2021, with even lower ownership levels in Sub-Saharan … Continue reading →

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Emissions Measurementand Data Collection for a Net Zero Steel Industry

Posted on October 13, 2023 by Now.Solar

Executive summaryThe G7 can lead the way in defining a shared vision for the transition to a net zero steel industry. In May 2022, the G7 committed to accelerate the pace of decarbonisation in heavy industries, noting the “importance of … Continue reading →

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Towards hydrogen definitions basedon their emissions intensity

Posted on October 11, 2023 by Now.Solar

Executive summary A clear understanding of the emissions associated with hydrogen production can help enable investment and boost scale-up Most large-scale projects for the production of low-emission hydrogen are facing important bottlenecks. Only 4% of projects that have been thus … Continue reading →

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Decarbonisation Pathways for Southeast Asia

Posted on October 10, 2023 by Now.Solar

Executive summaryThe International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Institute of Energy Economic, Japan (IEEJ) have developed and published long-term decarbonisation pathways for Southeast Asia and Indonesia. This paper provides a comparison of modelling approaches, quantitative drivers, and results from the … Continue reading →

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INNOVATION OUTLOOK RENEWABLE AMMONIA

Posted on September 9, 2022 by Now.Solar

KEY FINDINGS Ammonia is an essential global commodity. Around 85% of all ammonia is used to produce synthetic nitrogen fertiliser. A wide range of other applications exist such as refrigeration, mining, pharmaceuticals, water treatment, plastics and fibres, abatement of nitrogen … Continue reading →

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RENEWABLE ENERGY ROADMAP FOR CENTRAL AMERICA: TOWARDS A REGIONAL ENERGY TRANSITION

Posted on September 2, 2022 by Now.Solar

FOREWORD IRENA’s contribution towards a resilient and more equitable world is presented in its World Energy Transitions Outlook and Post-Covid Recovery: an agenda for resilience, development and equality. Mindful that the energy transition takes different shapes according to each region … Continue reading →

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Towards a Sustainable Battery Manufacturing Industry

Posted on April 25, 2022 by Ritesh Pothan

The Case for Effective Reuse and Recycling Executive Summary The Government of India has pledged to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2070, the first time India has established such a target. This ambitious target aims for deep decarbonization of … Continue reading →

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Unleashing the Potential of Solar Storage

Posted on April 16, 2021 by Now.Solar

UNLEASHING THE POTENTIAL OF SOLAR & STORAGEWhile solar covers around 5% of the European electricity demand today, its contribution could easily increase up to 15% by 2030, it would only take around 20 GW of newly installed PV capacity per … Continue reading →

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A brighter future for the booming solar sector

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Now.Solar

Solar power firm Constant Energy is rapidly expanding in Thailand and throughout the region using a business-to-business model The solar business in Thailand is booming, as the government prepares to hit its Paris Climate Accords target of 30% renewable by … Continue reading →

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Total forms joint venture for C&I solar deployment in Saudi Arabia

Posted on March 18, 2021 by Now.Solar

French oil major Total and industrial conglomerate Zahid Group have established a joint venture (JV) focused on distributed solar generation for Saudi Arabia’s commercial and industrial (C&I) sector.Called SAFEER – Saudi French for Energy Efficiency and Renewables, the business will … Continue reading →

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Iberdrola plans three more Spanish solar projects totalling 450MW

Posted on March 17, 2021 by Now.Solar

Iberdrola is progressing with efforts to develop three solar farms in Spain’s Valencia region that will have a combined capacity of 450MW and require an investment of more than €235 million (US$284 million).The utility plans to build two plants (PSF … Continue reading →

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At 300MW / 1,200MWh, the world’s largest battery storage system so far is up and running

Posted on March 8, 2021 by Now.Solar

The world’s largest battery energy storage system (BESS) so far has gone into operation in Monterey County, California, US retail electricity and power generation company Vistra said yesterday. Phase 1 of Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility was connected to the … Continue reading →

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Brazil’s looming renewable auction sparks another PV bidding avalanche

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Now.Solar

The solar industry’s appetite for Brazilian auctions appears to remain undimmed in the new decade, with nearly 30GW in PV bids coming forward for the next renewable tender.Figures released on Tuesday by energy regulator EPE show PV firms have put … Continue reading →

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Renewable Energy Outlook: Thailand

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Now.Solar

ENERGY CONTEXT Thailand has explicitly set energy security as the top policy objective, followed by economic affordability and environmental sustainability, in the Thailand Integrated Energy Blueprint (TIEB) underpinned by five individual but interrelated energy plans covering natural gas, oil, energy … Continue reading →

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Renewable Energy Toolkit

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Now.Solar

FOREWORD After the ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement, we have observed great global political will and momentum in dealing with challenges of climate change. India is taking global leadership by working to reduce the risk and impact of climate … Continue reading →

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Renewable energy auctions in Japan: Context, design and results

Posted on February 4, 2021 by Now.Solar

The deployment of renewable energy in Japan has been driven by plans to diversify the electricity mix, achieve environmental and socio-economic goals, and increase energy security. In addition, events at the nuclear power plant in Fukushima following the 2011 earthquake … Continue reading →

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Renewable Energy Policies in a Time of Transition: Heating and Cooling

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Now.Solar

Reducing the use of fossil energy for heating and cooling remains one of the biggest challenges of the energy transition. Heating and cooling needs – including those for space heating and cooling in buildings, domestic hot water, cooking, industrialprocess heat, … Continue reading →

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AN OVERVIEW OF BEHIND-THE- METER SOLAR-PLUS-STORAGE PROGRAM DESIGN: WITH CONSIDERATIONS FOR INDIA

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Ritesh Pothan

Executive Summary Indian consumers have been deploying behind-the-meter generation (predominantly diesel backup, and, more recently, photovoltaic) and storage systems (predominantly lead-acid and other kinds of batteries as uninterrupted power supplies) by the millions for decades (Jaiswal et al. 2017; Seetharam … Continue reading →

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