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 Iraq is planning to build a 750-MW solar park in the southern Al-Muthanna Governorate, the country's minister of electricity Adel Karim has said.

Renewables Now

Iraq plans 750-MW solar project in Al-Muthanna province

Conditions that are 10% shaded can render a typical solar panel useless, but Optivolt said its technology can deliver up to 25 times more power in the shade than conventional panels.

PV Magazine

 Solar that works in the shade

The European Commission has today presented the REPowerEU Plan, its response to the hardships and global energy market disruption caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. There is a double urgency to transform Europe's energy system: ending the EU's dependence on Russian fossil fuels, which are used as an economic and political weapon and cost European taxpayers nearly €100 billion per year, and tackling the climate crisis.

European Commission

REPowerEU: A plan to rapidly reduce dependence on Russian fossil fuels and fast forward the green transition

The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has announced a mandate for rooftop solar on commercial and public buildings by 2027, and for residential buildings by 2029. The EU target for renewable energy has been increased from 40% to 45%.

EU wants rooftop PV mandate for public, commercial buildings by 2027, residential by 2029

Organic solar panels have the potential to rapidly improve our solar capacity. These can be printed like newspaper—and so can be flexible, lightweight, much cheaper to make, and more versatile than current silicon solar technology.

Tech Xplore

A step towards cheaper solar power

Australian residential solar photovoltaic (PV) systems now have some of the lowest costs in the world, encouraging households to invest in rooftop solar PV at a time of rising energy prices.

IRENA

Falling Costs Drive Strong Demand for Australia’s Residential Solar PV

Bloomberg reported that the U.S. Department of Commerce named eight solar energy companies, including the three leading Chinese companies LONGi Green Energy, Trina Solar, and JinkoSolar, to conduct a mandatory questionnaire survey to confirm whether they are assembling product in SE Asia to avoid U.S. import duties.

Energy Trend

Deliberately Hiding Origin to Avoid Tariffs? US Investigates 8 Chinese Solar Companies

In a plan outlined on Wednesday, the European Commission said the EU needed to find an extra €210bn (£178bn) over the next five years to pay for phasing out Russian fossil fuels and speeding up the switch to green energy.

The Guardian

EU plans ‘massive’ increase in green energy to help end reliance on Russia

About half of human energy is used for transportation and most vehicles still use gasoline and diesel. To achieve complete carbon reduction, it is necessary to electrify vehicles and use green energy as a power source

Australian Scientists Plan to Use Printed Solar Cells to Power Tesla 15,000km

In our Summer Electricity Outlook, a supplement to our May 2022 Short-Term Energy Outlook, we expect the largest increases in U.S. electric power sector generation this summer will come from renewable energy sources. These increases are the result of new capacity additions. We forecast utility-scale solar generation between June and August 2022 will grow by 10 million megawatthours (MWh) compared with the same period last summer, and wind generation will grow by 8 million MWh. Forecast generation from coal and natural gas declines by 26 million MWh this summer, although natural gas generation could increase in some electricity markets where coal supplies are constrained.

EIA expects solar and wind to be larger sources of U.S. electricity generation this summer

The discrete nature of the solar cells protects them—and makes the clothes more attractive, the physics and design researchers say. Promising applications include work and outdoor clothing, and curtains which react to changes in the amount of light.

Researchers developed invisible, machine-washable solar cell technology for clothing

Here’s why we could be in for devastating electricity outages this summer.

Forbes

Blackout Warning: Energy Policy Failures May Lead To Summer Blackouts

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) created a solar cell with a record 39.5% efficiency under 1-sun global illumination. This is the highest efficiency solar cell of any type, measured using standard 1-sun conditions.

Researchers create highest efficiency 1-sun solar cell

RES has entered into a collaboration with Alight to develop and deliver between 200-300MW of solar projects in Sweden.

Together RES and Alight aim to accelerate the energy transition through multiple solar projects in the middle and southern parts of Sweden.

Renews

RES, Alight eye 300MW Swedish solar opportunity

Joint venture involving Belgium’s John Cockerill and two other Chinese contractors to supply 13 alkaline-based hydrogen electrolysers

Upstream Online

Sinopec selects contractors for world’s largest solar-to-hydrogen project

Reclaim PV Recycling and the Circular PV Alliance (CPVA) have announced a partnership which will see the pair work together to develop standards and testing procedures to support the reuse and resale of solar panels in Australia. The union comes after Reclaim PV found more than 31% it collected in a Queensland region could be considered for reuse rather than recycling.

 One third of disused solar panels found fit for reuse as recycling partnership strengths circular push

In addition to being used in home heating and electric water heaters, solar thermal energy can also be used for power generation and seawater desalination

Better Than Graphene, Capturing Solar Heat with Waming Culprit "Soot"

Efficient and environmentally friendly solar cells are required for a transition to a fossil-free energy supply. Researchers at have now mapped how energy flows in organic solar cells, something that previously had been unknown.

Science Daily

New light on organic solar cells

UNSW researchers have made a major breakthrough in renewable energy technology by producing electricity from so-called "night-time" solar power.

'Night-time solar' technology can now deliver power in the dark

Dozens of environmental and anti-nuclear organizations expressed opposition Tuesday to any attempt to extend the life of California's last operating nuclear power plant, challenging suggestions that its electricity is needed to meet potential future shortages in the nation's most populous state.

Environmentalists oppose more life for California nuke plant

Efficient and environmentally friendly solar cells are required for a transition to a fossil-free energy supply. Researchers at Linköping University have mapped how energy flows in organic solar cells, something that previously had been unknown. The results, which can contribute to more efficient solar cells, are published in Nature Communications.

Mapping how energy flows in organic solar cells

In the green energy era, a desert in the Arabian Peninsula has once again become a source of energy but this time it is not the ground, but the sky, or solar energy.

Solar Energy to Transform Energy in Gulf Countries Including Saudi Arabia

The US Commerce Department is deepening its probe into whether solar power companies are circumventing import tariffs, singling out some of the industry’s giants for increased scrutiny.

Bloomberg

US Deepens China Solar Tariff Probe With Scrutiny of 8 Firms

The commerce ministry's investigation arm DGTR has recommended for continuation of anti-dumping duty on Chinese solar glass for two years with a view to guard domestic players from cheap imports. In a notification, the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has said that continued imposition of anti-dumping duty is required on 'textured tempered coated and un-coated glass' from China

Economic Times

DGTR for continuation of anti-dumping duty on Chinese solar glass

A new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) suggests that new renewable energy capacity additions will exceed 300 GW globally this year for the first time...

Global solar demand to reach 190 GW this year, says IEA

Lightsource bp, a solar energy development and management company, announced on 5/12 that it has officially entered the East Asian market and will work with GreenRock Energy to jointly develop a 150MW fishery-electricity symbiosis project in Taiwan.

Lightsource bp and GreenRock to Start 150MW Fishery and Electricity Symbiosis Development

Today, the world’s energy-poor countries, home to nearly half the global population, account for only slightly above 1% of the global wind and solar generation capacity. 

Edie

Putting equality and development at the heart of a clean energy transition

The European Commission is hoping to jumpstart a large-scale rollout of solar energy and rebuild Europe's solar manufacturing industry.

Euronews

Solar panels could be on all Europe's public buildings by 2025, in phase out of Russian fossil fuels

The United States electricity sector reached an important milestone in April, when wind and solar energy accounted for 20% of electricity generation for the first time in history, according to the London-based global energy think tank Ember.

Yahoo News

U.S. wind and solar energy hit a key benchmark last month

These are the building blocks of clean energy.

Interesting Engineering

New solar boxes could expand clean energy to include the world’s poorest regions

The U.K. is getting serious about beaming solar power.

SPACE.com

A solar power plant in space? The UK wants to build one by 2035

Climate change, one of the major global concerns today, has made it clear that fossil fuels are detrimental to our environment and are not a sustainable source of energy. It is imperative to adopt clean sources of energy, and solar cells are a popular candidate on this front. While efficiency is a primary concern for solar cells, researchers have also focused on developing solar cells that are lightweight, low-cost, and flexible. However, the fabrication process itself has posed a serious environmental concern: specifically, the use of toxic materials and generation of industrial waste.

Towards more efficient, non-toxic, and flexible thin-film solar cells

Power crises during California’s August 2020 heatwaves raised questions about how reliable the state’s grid will be on the road to its target of 100% clean energy by 2045.

California Can Reliably Hit 85% Clean Energy By 2030 Without Risking Outages 

Our future will be driven forward by an almost 100 per cent mix of solar and wind energy coupled with battery storage - with rapid further electrification of transport and heating too.

Solar energy is cheap, fast and infinitely available, why are we not using more of it?

A team of researchers has used the experience of a participatory strategy to create and launch Generation Solar, a citizen science initiative for research and innovation in solar energy. Generation Solar has been coordinated by the Science, Communication and Society Study Centre at Pompeu Fabra University (CCS-UPF) within the framework of the European GRECO project led by the Institute of Solar Energy of the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM). The work has been published in the latest issue of JCOM, Journal of Science Communication.

Using citizen science for the advancement of solar energy

In a novel bit of logic, the European Union (EU) is considering abandoning certain environmental protections in its ongoing efforts to promote heavily-subsidized favored energy industries, i.e., wind, solar and “green” hydrogen.

EU May Suspend Environmental Protection For Renewable Energy

Solar mini-grids are not only a viable option for last-mile communities but are also at the heart of economic development and improved healthcare in those areas.

The Big Impact of Mini-Grids in Mali’s Rural Areas

The European Union’s executive arm is drafting a strategy to more than double the pace at which solar panels are installed across the bloc under a plan to rapidly rid itself of Russian fossil fuels following the country’s war in Ukraine.

EU Seeks to Boost Solar Energy to Cut Russian Gas, Draft Shows

Business climate score hits record level as Berlin paves way for unprecedented installation boom

Recharge

Sun shines on German solar as 'one in six homeowners plan to fit rooftop PV'

The European Commission hopes to jumpstart a large-scale rollout of solar energy and rebuild Europe's solar manufacturing industry, as part of its bid to wean countries off Russian fossil fuels, a draft document seen by Reuters showed.

Reuters

Solar rooftops, manufacturing to get boost under draft EU plan

Growing Awareness Regarding Excess Carbon Emissions to Spur Business Opportunities in Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Market

Globe Newswire

Concentrated Solar Power Market Size [2022-2028]

Europe’s largest floating solar farm, an array the size of four soccer fields, is set to begin operating in Portugal’s Alqueva reservoir in July.

Yale Environment 360

Europe’s Largest Floating Solar Farm to Go Online in Portugal

Perovskite materials may hold the potential to play an important role in a process to produce hydrogen in a renewable manner, according to an analysis from scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

Scientists advance renewable hydrogen production method using perovskite materials

Europe's largest floating solar park will take shape in July this year, in Portugal's Alqueva reservoir.

Biggest 'floating solar park' in Europe will open this year in Portugal

The African Development Bank (AfDB) believes Africa is ready and committed to harnessing its clean energy potential.

ESI Africa

Africa ready to fully capitalise on clean energy

Solar and wind parks with a combined capacity of 186.49 MW were granted permits to commence operations in Brazil in April 2022.

Brazil connects 186.5 MW of solar, wind in April 2022

Texas is committed to developing solar energy, with 120 solar power plants planned in the next three years but counterintuitively, Texas is ignoring battery energy storage systems.

Texas Plans a Lot of Solar Plants, but No Energy Storage?

The island’s energy grid has struggled to recover after Hurricane María almost wiped it out in 2017. While solar-power systems can fill gaps, they aren’t cheap.

The New York Times

Solar Power Offers Puerto Ricans a Lifeline but Remains an Elusive Goal

Green investment in sustainable energy can overcome the dependence on fossil fuels worldwide. Renewable energy policies have become the key issue in both developing and developed countries; there is a need to focus on energy-related policies by regulatory authorities of these countries

Frontiers

Green Investment for Sustainable Business Development: The Influence of Policy Instruments on Solar Technology Adoption

Electricity grids themselves must be tweaked to cope

The Economist

Green power needs more than just solar panels and wind turbines

Renewables | Solar

Swedish wind farm developer OX2 and Finland’s Ålandsbanken Fondbolag Ab have extended and deepened their existing offshore wind cooperation agreement with another multi-gigawatt project off the Åland Islands in the Baltic Sea.

Offshore Wind

Another Multi-Gigawatt Offshore Wind Project Emerges in the Nordics

German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex is due to close the country's last blade factory in June. How did we get here?

Energy Monitor

What the closure of Germany’s only wind blade factory says about its energy transition

The EU, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark are to launch an initiative to increase offshore wind capacity tenfold to 150GW by 2050.

EU to supercharge offshore wind with 150GW target

Baltic Power plans to carry out a prequalification for tendering covering several equipment supplies and services to support the offshore construction activities on the 1.2 GW Baltic Power wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea.

Baltic Power Seeks Offshore Construction Services & Equipment Providers

The 150 GW of offshore wind capacity pledged to be reached by 2050 by Belgium, Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands at the North Sea Summit, will contribute to large-scale onshore and offshore production of green hydrogen...

Increased Offshore Wind Targets to Fuel REpowerEU Green Hydrogen Ambitions

US company ORPC has selected Millinocket Fabrication and Machine to manufacture the turbine shafts for its portfolio of hydro and tidal products. 

ORPC selects fabricator for marine energy portfolio

DOF Subsea has completed the installation of 19 suction anchors on the 88 MW Farm

DOF Subsea Installs Suction Anchors on World’s Largest Floating Offshore Wind Farm

Environmental Resources Management (ERM) has been awarded GBP 8.6 million (EUR 10.1 million) in funding from the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio Low Carbon Hydrogen Supply 2 fund by the UK government for the ERM Dolpyn floating wind-to-hydrogen project.

UK Government Backs ERM’s Floating Wind-to-Hydrogen Project

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has unveiled plans to build an artificial island dedicated to large-scale production of green hydrogen from offshore wind in Denmark and has entered an agreement with Allianz Investment Management (AIM) to perform a feasibility study for a similar project in Germany.

CIP Unveils Plans for Offshore Wind-to-Green Hydrogen Energy Islands in Germany and Denmark

Vattenfall has been awarded GBP 9.3 million in innovation funding from the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio Low Carbon Hydrogen Supply 2 fund by the UK government for the Hydrogen Turbine 1 (HT1) project offshore Aberdeen, Scotland.

Hydrogen Turbine Project Secures UK Government Funding

European debut for 'game-changer' LiftWerx crane tech. LiftWerx crane technology has been used in a European-first at ScottishPower Renewables’ Whitelee Windfarm.

European debut for 'game-changer' LiftWerx crane tech

Denmark, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands to build artificial islands that will ease reliance on Russian energy

Financial Times

North Sea EU countries step up plans to harness wind power

As of this month, Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm has been providing […]

Borkum Riffgrund 1 First German Offshore Wind Farm Balancing Grid

The UK government has opened the GBP 160 million Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment […]

UK Opens GBP 160 Million Floating Offshore Wind Funding Round

Chinese province of Hainan has issued an offshore wind supply chain development plan which includes creating a RMB 50 billion (around EUR 7 billion) worth supply chain industry by 2025 through building an industrial park and two manufacturing sites that will support offshore wind deployment.

China’s Hainan Province Plans to Create EUR 7 Billion Offshore Wind Supply Chain

US-headquartered Plug Power Inc. has received an electrolyser order from H2 Energy Europe for […]

US Company Gets “World’s Largest” Electrolyser Order for Danish Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Project

French engineering and technology company, Technip Energies, and its affiliates, Kanfa and Inocean, have launched the GO.H2TM by T.EN suite of carbon-free solutions for green hydrogen production.

Technip Energies Launches Green Hydrogen Production Package 

Massachusetts’s Baker-Polito Administration has announced its plans to invest USD 100 million to support […]

Massachusetts to Invest USD 100 Million in Offshore Wind Ports

The Swedish government has granted a construction permit to Vattenfall for the Kriegers Flak […]

Sweden Greenlights Construction of Kriegers Flak Offshore Wind Farm

SSE Renewables and Brookfield have agreed an exclusive partnership with the VEMW Wind consortium […]

SSE Renewables and Brookfield Form PPA Partnership with Dutch Consortium

Orsted's Borkum Riffgrund 1 has become the first German offshore wind farm to produce electricity that can be fed into the German power grid to stabilise the system.



Borkum Riffgrund 1 helps balance German grid

POSCO Energy and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) […]

POSCO, CIP Partner on Offshore Wind and Green Hydrogen in South Korea

 he government of Sweden has awarded Vattenfall a construction permit for the 640MW Swedish Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm to be located 30km south of Trelleborg in the south Baltic Sea.



Vattenfall secures permit for Swedish offshore wind project

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Allianz Investment Management (AIM) are to conduct a joint feasibility study for an artificial energy island in the German North Sea.



CIP to conduct energy island study

According to a new market research report launched by Inkwood Research, the Global Epoxy Resins Market is rising at a CAGR of 5.65% from 2022 to 2030 and is anticipated to generate a revenue of $12.43 billion by 2030.



Digital Journal 

Developments in the Wind Energy Sector to Drive the Global Epoxy Resins Market

Humanity craves safe, cheap and reliable energy. That has always been the case. At the moment, however, the cost of living is rising rapidly and households across Europe are feeling the pinch — in large measure because of rising energy prices. At the same time, our consumption of Russian oil and gas is fuelling Putin’s war machine. We cannot go on like this.

The Times

Offshore wind power can blow Putin away

The wind industry has welcomed the European Commission's REPowerEU Action Plan, which included a pledge to increase renewables to 45% of the energy mix by 2030.

Wind industry welcomes EU commission plan 

Total installed offshore wind capacity will reach 330GW by 2031, up from 34GW in 2020, according to a new report by Wood Mackenzie. 

Global offshore wind capacity to 'reach 330GW by 2030'

Renews Ltd provides news-focused coverage through unrivalled insights into the inner workings of offshore and onshore wind, wave and tidal power and other generation technologies.

'UK generated 20% of global offshore capacity in 2021'

Cumulative global capex spend in the offshore wind sector is expected to hit USD 

Price Alone Will Not Decide Winners of Trillion-Dollar Offshore Wind Prize 

EU makes 150GW offshore wind pledge by 2050 

Scotland’s floating wind cluster DeepWind and Wind’Occ, the regional offshore wind collaborative in the French Occitanie region, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on floating offshore wind and hydrogen supply chain development in Scotland, Occitanie, and internationally.

Floating Wind, Hydrogen Bring Scotland and French Occitanie Region Together

RWE has submitted applications for location permits for all the eleven areas the Polish […]

RWE Applies for All 11 Offshore Wind Areas Offered in Poland

GE Renewable Energy has launched its newest onshore wind turbine platform, called Sierra, designed specifically for the North America region.

GE reveals Sierra turbine model for North America

Irish floating offshore wind specialist Simply Blue Group has unveiled plans for two multi-gigawatt […]

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