Electrolyzer overview: Lowering the cost of hydrogen and distributing its production
Electrolyzer manufacturers are in agreement on the goal of rapidly reducing investment costs, mainly through economies of scale. Some are embracing large units, while others are betting on quantity over size. The first approach is attractive for operators of large PV plants, while the latter is better suited to operators of small systems.
Morning Brief: China labor is returning, expected to be at 70% in March and over 90% in April
Also in the brief: The coronavirus response reduced electricity demand in every country across Europe last week
Morning Brief: Power plants part of nation’s critical infrastructure, staff to remain onsite for weeks, months
Also in the brief: The business of putting solar panels on homes is being severely damaged, CIP to purchase stake in 440 MW solar PV project in Texas
Job moves at DOE, Enel, Trina, FERC, Engie, Sunpower, PG&E
Executive and boardroom moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities and energy finance.
Analyst expects recovery for PV and storage supply chains
Analyst Wood Mackenzie expects solar demand to decline but predicts the market will recover, with the prospects for the energy transition remaining intact.
Avalon and redT unite in $70 million merger of vanadium redox flow battery startups
Two vanadium redox startups join to take on the $0 billion flow-battery market.
Morning Brief: Reporting from Shanghai on implications of the outbreak on the solar supply chain
Also in the brief: Enphase ships storage; homeless encampments using secondhand solar; big batteries.
Lessons to be learned from Italy’s alleged PV recycling fraud
The alleged resale in developing countries of solar modules sent for end-of-life recycling in Sicily could have an important lesson for the PV industry: select reliable recycling entities to avoid potential trouble further down the line. The PV industry should also avoid another potential risk, that of the illegal disposal of PV waste outside the EU.
Hanergy subsidiary Solibro Hi-Tech is liquidated
No potential investor could be found to take over the thin-film solar business. Insolvency proceedings started a few days ago and the business operations of the CIGS thin-film company were finally halted.
Germany’s electricity generation was 60% renewable in February — with wind power replacing lignite usage
Wind power generated 45.8% of German electricity in February. Solar power contributed 4.2%, while lignite usage hit a new low.
