Largest US Solar Project Cancelled On Aesthetic Grounds Updated On Tue, Jul 27th, 2021 by Saurenergy Virtually every large power generation option has faced objections at some stage, from locals in nearby areas. Solar just joined that list decisively, with the largest planned solar project in the US, the proposed 850 MW Battle Born Solar Project, being scrapped after local objections. This comes barely a month after Australia had pulled back […] Read more
90% of Indian Consumers Are Willing to Pay Premium For an EV Updated On Tue, Jul 27th, 2021 by Saurenergy In a recent survey by a consultancy firm EY, it has been estimated that global electric vehicle (EV) sales are expected to boom in the coming 12 months, according to the latest EY Mobility Consumer Index (MCI). A survey of more than 9,000 respondents from 13 countries, including 1,000 respondents from India, also found that […] Read more
Researchers Make Case for Gallium-doped p-type Heterojunction Solar Cells Updated On Mon, Jul 26th, 2021 by Saurenergy Researchers of an Austrian-Russian research group have come out with a technique to make Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells based on P-type wafers more efficient and stable with Gallium-doping. These p-type, Gallium-doped wafers have proved to be 22.6% efficient, more stable, and cheaper than the usual n-type Phosphorus-doped Czochralski–grown silicon (Cz–Si) wafers. The scientists of the […] Read more
PosHYdon, First Offshore Green H2 Project Gets DEI+ Subsidy from Dutch Govt Updated On Thu, Jul 22nd, 2021 by Saurenergy The government of the Netherlands has granted a EUR 3.6 million subsidy to back the PosHYdon pilot project. PosHYdon is an initiative of Nexstep, the Dutch association for decommissioning and reuse, and TNO, the Netherlands organization for applied scientific research, in close collaboration with the industry. It is claimed to be the world’s first-ever offshore […] Read more
L-Charge’s 1st Mobile EV Charger Starts Patrolling Moscow’s Streets Updated On Thu, Jul 22nd, 2021 by Saurenergy Russian engineering firm L-Charge has announced that its first mobile EV charger has started to patrol Moscow city streets to provide on-demand charging service to electric vehicles. It can be summoned via an app to any location in Moscow and takes just 8 minutes to charge an electric car to a range of 100 km, a world record, said the […] Read more
Nextracker Adds 728 MW Projects From Intersect Power in US Updated On Wed, Jul 21st, 2021 by Saurenergy Nextracker has just scored a big win in a US solar project. Intersect Power, one of North America’s largest developers of utility-scale renewable energy, has announced Signal Energy as the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firm and supply of the NX Horizon smart solar trackers and TrueCapture yield optimization software from Nextracker for two utility-scale […] Read more
bp & EnBW make £10 bn Joint Bid for Scottish Offshore Wind Projects Updated On Tue, Jul 20th, 2021 by Saurenergy Oil giant bp and Germany-based EnBW have submitted a joint bid, representing a a potential £10 billion investment, for Scottish offshore wind acreage which could support wind projects with 2.9 GW of capacity. The companies have applied for a lease area off the east coast of Scotland for the development of the project. But the bid seeks […] Read more
Siemens to Build 100 MW Battery Storage Facility in Germany Updated On Tue, Jul 20th, 2021 by Saurenergy Technology company Siemens Smart Infrastructure has signed a letter of intent with Zukunftsenergie Nordostbayern GmbH for the turnkey construction of a 100 MW battery storage facility in Wunsiedel, Germany. The plant, with a storage capacity of 200 megawatt hours, is intended to use surplus renewable energy and cover demand peaks in the power grid. The 5,000 square […] Read more
Spanish Airline Air Nostrum Plans to Use H2-Powered Turboprops Updated On Mon, Jul 19th, 2021 by Saurenergy Spanish regional airline Air Nostrum, headquartered in Valencia, has decided to convert its turboprop aircrafts to a hydrogen-driven configuration. The airline has signed a letter of intent with Universal Hydrogen, the company fueling carbon-free flight, to reduce aviation’s contribution to global carbon emissions. Under the agreement, Air Nostrum will purchase eleven of Universal Hydrogen’s turboprop conversion kits […] Read more