Sunrise brief: U.S. utility-scale solar to more than double installations year-over-year
Also on the rise: Form Energy’s solution for a fossil-free New England: $100 billion in savings. California solar installation complete and ready for sheep grazing. And more.
Form Energy’s solution for a fossil-free New England: $100 billion in savings
Form Energy’s modeling tools suggest that adding 23.4 GW of their long-duration energy strorage would drastically enhance the efficiency of wind and solar, lowering the curtailment of renewables by up to 83%, and reducing the region’s capacity of needed solar power by over 100 GW.
Novel thin-film anti-soiling coating increases solar module yield by over 3%
A group of scientists in the United States saw ‘encouraging’ results after testing the commercialization of novel coating materials in field tests, with the coating only increasing a panel’s total cost by 1.4%.
U.S. utility-scale solar to more than double installations year-over-year
Over 10.4 GW was deployed in 2022, while 2023 totals may exceed 24 GW, said Lawerence Berkeley National Laboratory.
California solar installation complete and ready for sheep grazing
The Fallon Two Rock Road Solar Farm will produce an estimated 2.3 GW/h each year as part of Marin Clean Energy’s portfolio.
Sunrise brief: The race for 100% solar
Also on the rise: Dominion Energy proposes more than a dozen utility-scale solar projects. Ryobi introduces foldable 60 W solar panel for mobile tool charging. And more.
The race for 100% solar
With utility scale solar installations accelerating, Philip Wolfe, founder of PV data consultancy Wiki-Solar, drills into the data to highlight some interesting variations in relative progress around the world.
Ryobi introduces foldable 60 W solar panel for mobile tool charging
The lightweight panel can charge small devices or batteries in the company’s portable power station.
Mattiq developing iridium alternatives to solve constraint on green hydrogen
Iridium oxide catalysts are used in proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers, a product that is being manufactured at larger scales in part to support the hydrogen industry.
Dominion Energy proposes more than a dozen utility-scale solar projects
If approved, the projects are expected to generate 772 MW of electricity, or enough to power about 200,000 Virginia homes.
