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Researchers see aqueous batteries as safe, reliable and affordable alternatives to lithium ion

A pair of University of Houston professors launched start-up LiBeyond to refine aqueous battery architecture for use in EV and storage applications.

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Sunrise brief: 2022–A year of interconnection queue logjams 

Also on the rise: Most-read news stories of 2022. White House releases IRA program guidebook. And more.

A year of solar industry proposals to clear interconnection queue logjams

Industry participants proposed many solutions this year to speed interconnection studies. Although federal regulators included key solutions in a proposed rule, for now the logjams and cost allocation problems continue.

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Testing prairie and pollinator agrivoltaics at a former nuclear power site

The EPRI and SMUD project team will create a pollinator habitat under a 160 MW utility-scale solar project and measure changes in energy, soil carbon and management costs at the site.

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Lowering grid costs with voltage support from PV inverters at night

Researchers have proposed the use of solar inverters in utility-scale solar assets to replace expensive voltage compensators, in order to provide voltage support at night. They said reactive power from PV inverters could be significantly cheaper and suggested the introduction of incentives to convince PV plant owners.

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Solar electric camper boat

The POL Lux from Sweden is a catamaran boat design with dual electric motors and a solar canopy that can covert into a private sleeping area.

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Community solar top ranking, solar-plus-storage development are top of mind at NYSEIA Summit

The Empire State’s clean energy advocacy groups are within days of receiving the state’s Energy Storage Roadmap framework.

Solar Inventions achieves patent for silver-saving Configurable Current Cells

The technology is estimated to save $2 million to $5 million per GW in solar projects and boosts rated power output. The company has patents in the U.S., China, and Israel for its cell configuration.

“Dragon scale” solar panels chosen for new space station housing units

Space station developer Gravitics selected mPower for its interconnected mesh of silicon-based solar panels.

Impact of Inflation Reduction Act delayed by trade and supply chain issues

U.S. Solar Market Insight Q4 2022 forecasts a 23% decline in solar installations.

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