Month: September 2021

Ubiquity Solar to set up solar manufacturing in New York

Ubiquity Solar to set up solar manufacturing in New York

September 27, 2021 |

Canadian firm Ubiquity Solar Inc. is set to establish its solar manufacturing activities in New York. The operations will be located at the former IBM site in the village of Endicott in Broome County. The first phase of the project will entail an investment of roughly $61 million, under which the firm is expected to repurpose 800,000 square feet of space at the former campus. The investment will be utilised for site renovations, equipment, and installation. 

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Four gas TSOs plan a hydrogen corridor in Europe

Four gas TSOs plan a hydrogen corridor in Europe

September 27, 2021 |

Four gas transmission system operators (TSOs) across Europe will be collaborating on establishing a hydrogen highway through Central Europe, known as the Central European Hydrogen Corridor. The corridor network is expected to facilitate the movement of up to 120 GWh of pure hydrogen per day from Ukraine to Germany by 2030. The participating firms include Eustream, a Slovak gas TSO, Gas TSO of Ukraine, the Czech gas TSO Net4gas and the German TSO, Open Grid Europe GmbH.

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Morocco plans its first floating PV power plant

Morocco plans its first floating PV power plant

September 27, 2021 |

Morocco’s first floating photovoltaic power plant is set to be installed in the region of Sidi Slimane in the coming weeks. The plant will be the first of its kind in Africa, and it will be built by Energy Handle, a company that specialises in renewable and green energy, and will use photovoltaic technology. The plant is expected to produce 360 KW in its initial phase, with a total yearly production of roughly 644 MWh, with 800 panels.

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Anpier plans to install a 160 MW solar project in Spain

Anpier plans to install a 160 MW solar project in Spain

September 27, 2021 |

The government of the Navarra region of Spain has given its approval for a 160 MW solar project planned by Anpier, the national association of photovoltaic energy producers. The facility will be installed on one of the country’s largest artificial irrigation canals, the Canal of Navarra. According to the report, the proposed project is technically and financially viable because it would significantly reduce shadowing.

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Supply chain constraints hit solar power costs in US

Supply chain constraints hit solar power costs in US

September 27, 2021 |

Ongoing supply chain constraints and commodity price increases began to have a significant impact on solar prices during the second quarter of 2021. The most significant price increases have come from higher input costs (steel, aluminum, etc.) and elevated freight costs. As a result, prices have increased the most for utility solar because equipment for these projects – namely modules – tends to be sourced internationally.

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The Role of CCUS in Accelerating Canada’s Transition to Net-Zero

The Role of CCUS in Accelerating Canada’s Transition to Net-Zero

September 27, 2021 | ,

Canada has been an enthusiastic developer and implementer of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies, currently accounting for nearly 20 per cent of installed CCUS capacity globally. This paper by Nnaziri Ihejirika, Research Associate, The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies explores the recent developments in the CCUS space in Canada, the major opportunities and outlook.

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Feasibility Assessment of Agriculture Solar Micro Grids in India

Feasibility Assessment of Agriculture Solar Micro Grids in India

September 27, 2021 | ,

The Council on Energy, Environment and Water has released an issue brief titled, “Feasibility Assessment of Agriculture Solar Micro Grids: A Case Study of TP-DDL Discom in North Delhi”. The brief discusses the economic analysis of a medium-sized solar plant (1 MW) connected to agriculture feeders under different business models: farmer-owned, discom-owned and third-party-owned.

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Rooftop solar to roll out on China’s public buildings

Rooftop solar to roll out on China’s public buildings

September 27, 2021 |

At the end of 2020, distributed solar accounted for about 78 GW (30%) of the 253 GW of China’s installed solar generation capacity, according to data from the country’s National Energy Administration. Growth in distributed solar appears to be picking up in proportion to growth in solar farms. In the first half of this year, about 13 GW of new solar power capacity was installed, 7.65 GW of that distributed solar.

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Germany: Five Areas for COP and G7 Climate and Development Leadership

Germany: Five Areas for COP and G7 Climate and Development Leadership

September 26, 2021 |

Germany is a clear leader on climate finance. It provided $4.8 billion in 2019; and was the leading country in terms of the increase in all public development finance in the prior decade, with a $17.4 billion increase over the period. At the G7 Summit in Cornwall this year, Germany said it would increase its climate finance by €2 to €6 billion a year by 2025 at the latest.

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Renewable energy transition in the US – Separating perception from reality

Renewable energy transition in the US – Separating perception from reality

September 26, 2021 |

Most countries are targeting net-zero emissions by 2050, and the US administration supports a goal of emission-free electricity by 2035. How difficult will it be to get there? This report explores five of the most commonly raised challenges: comparing costs of wind and solar versus conventional generation, integrating variable renewables, managing supply chain constraints, addressing disaster vulnerability, and meeting future electricity and renewable electricity demand.

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Greening the African Continental Free Trade Area

Greening the African Continental Free Trade Area

September 24, 2021 |

Recently, the Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings has published a policy brief titled “Greening the AfCFTA: It is not too late.” Environmental sustainability is a key component of Africa’s Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want. Yet, the recently launched African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) contains only minimal references to the environment. The policy brief, thus, highlights various ways in which State Parties can strengthen the linkages between the AfCFTA and the environment, with a focus on concrete approaches and strategies.

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Indonesia enacts new regulation for rooftop PV

Indonesia enacts new regulation for rooftop PV

September 24, 2021 |

Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) has passed a new regulation under the MEMR rules to boost the solar rooftop PV industry. The rules originally came into force in 2018. Since then, three amendments have been made to the rules, including the new regulation MEMR 26/2021.

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HSBC signs PPA for Sorbie wind farm project in Scotland

HSBC signs PPA for Sorbie wind farm project in Scotland

September 24, 2021 |

HSBC has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) to procure power from the Sorbie Wind Farm Project in Scotland. The wind project will entail three turbines with a total capacity of 12.6 MW, which will be built by the renewable energy investment manager, Capital Dynamics.

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Innovative Pumped Storage Hydropower configurations and uses

Innovative Pumped Storage Hydropower configurations and uses

September 23, 2021 |

Pumped storage hydropower (PSH) operates by storing electricity in the form of gravitational potential energy through pumping water from a lower to an upper reservoir. First built since the end of the 19th  century,  PSH is a mature and proven technology for long-duration energy storage. It has continuously evolved to suit the needs of changing power systems,  providing a suite of power systems flexibility services such as inertia,  frequency control,  voltage regulation, and black-start capability, which are vital to support the growing shares of variable renewable energy in grid systems.

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Orsted and Williams to jointly develop hydrogen projects in the US

Orsted and Williams to jointly develop hydrogen projects in the US

September 23, 2021 |

Orsted and Williams have entered into a partnership to jointly explore the potential to develop Power-to-X projects in the US. To this end, the two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to leverage each other’s assets and expertise to develop solutions to advance the clean energy economy. The companies will primarily explore the co-development of hydrogen and synthetic natural gas facilities based on renewable energy.

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South Africa-based Exxaro Resources floats a tender for a 70 MW AC solar PV farm at its Grootegeluk coal mine

South Africa-based Exxaro Resources floats a tender for a 70 MW AC solar PV farm at its Grootegeluk coal mine

September 23, 2021 |

Exxaro Resources Limited, a coal mining company headquartered in South Africa, has floated an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) tender for the development of a 70 MW solar PV farm at its Grootegeluk coal mine in the country’s Limpopo province. The winning bidder will also be responsible for the operations and maintenance of the facility for 5 years.

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Edify Energy gets approval for green hydrogen project in Australia

Edify Energy gets approval for green hydrogen project in Australia

September 23, 2021 |

Edify Energy has obtained a development approval to build and operate a green hydrogen production plant with a capacity up to 1 GW in Queensland, Australia. The company will also build a behind-the-meter solar photovoltaic and battery storage facility at the Lansdown Eco-Industrial Precinct in Townsville, Queensland. The green hydrogen facility will be developed from a pilot scale of 10 MW and expanded further in the future as per market demand.

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