Powering homes exclusively with hydrogen, solar, batteries
Researchers in Spain has found that combining PV power generation with fuel cells and battery storage may help homes considerably reduce their levelized cost of energy. Their simulation reportedly demonstrated homes may also become completely self-sufficient.
Virtual power plant preventing blackouts in Puerto Rico
Sunrun, a U.S.-based residential solar installer, says nearly 1,800 customers have already signed up to its PowerOn Puerto Rico virtual power plant (VPP). The program deploys stored solar energy from customers’ batteries to the grid, preventing power supply shortfalls on the island.
Solar worker payment structure creates unsafe environment, said report
Pay, benefits, and tenure vary widely among solar workers, and a per-panel-installed payment structure may cause safety issues, said a study from Cornell University.
Cypress Creek Renewables constructs 208 MW solar facility in Texas
The completed project includes 80 MWh of battery energy storage.
NREL interactive chart of solar cell efficiency now including ‘hybrid tandems’
The new cell category includes perovskite/silicon, perovskite/CIGS, III-V/silicon and perovskite/organic tandem PV devices. It will list the absolute record efficiency for all-perovskite, two-terminal tandems regardless of the number of junctions.
Sunnova earnings dip, unrestricted cash grows as it mends balance sheet
Sunnova Energy International, a residential solar, storage, and adaptive services company, announced declining revenues and an increased focus on cash generation in its Q1 2024 earnings report.
Stem dips on Q1 earnings, announces new solar and storage asset software
Stem Inc, an AI-driven software provider for clean energy solutions, posted a 62% slide in revenues year-over-year while net losses grew.
Autonomous solar-powered catamarans for enhanced marine cloud brightening
Rinaldo Brutoco, founding president and chief executive officer of World Business Academy, shares a novel approach to combat climate change.
Addressing organizational challenges of rapid renewable expansion
Radian Generation, a digital platform and management services provider for renewable energy asset owners, shares its perspective of the challenges faced by organizations as the industry rapidly scales.
Briggs & Stratton releases 6.6 kWh stackable home battery
The 3.33 kW / 6.65 kWh lithium-ferro-phosphate battery offers home backup and storage of rooftop solar generation.
