Infinite Turbine debuts heat pump turbine for homes, businesses
Infinite Turbine has developed a heat pump turbine for residential and commercial applications, using PV or alternative electricity sources for simultaneous cooling and hydraulic power. The tech can be retrofitted with existing CO2 heat pump systems for air conditioning, hot water, and process heat.
Monitoring software may increase New York State’s grid capacity
Sustainable energy company Avangrid Inc. announced a pilot project with LineVision Inc. that explores increasing New York’s current transmission capacity through monitoring software.
New MPPT approach for multi-string PV systems under partial shading
Egyptian researchers have developed a multi-string PV system with a converter control strategy, achieving 99.81% efficiency with a direct duty cycle for maximum power point tracking (MPPT).
Reconductor existing transmission to “unlock” renewables, says UC Berkeley study
Large-scale reconductoring of existing transmission lines could cost-effectively double transmission capacity within existing rights-of-way, a study says. Renewable energy projects near reconductored transmission lines could more easily interconnect.
Watch: Robots install solar project in Arizona desert
In its first commercial project, Terabase Energy successfully installed 17 MW of a 225 MW solar facility with its automated Terafab platform.
Analysis finds 10 GW of solar could have dropped unserved load by 15% during Winter Storm Uri
A report by GridLab and IdeaSmiths suggests 10 GW of additional solar panels could have powered one million homes for up to eight hours during Texas Winter Storm Uri.
Aspen Power completes 49.4 MW of solar projects in Georgia
The projects will provide power to Southern Company subsidiary Georgia Power.
Department of Energy commits $1.3 billion to three multi-state transmission projects
DOE will fund the Transmission Facilitation Program projects.
California is curtailing more solar power than ever before
Curtailment, or deliberately reducing output, rises as solar generation exceeds available transmission capacity.
54,500 GW-miles of within-region transmission needed for a clean grid, says DOE
Within-region transmission must increase 64% by 2035 to enable a clean grid, says the U.S. Department of Energy. The study will support DOE’s potential designation of National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors.
