California’s first full-scale direct air capture hub awarded $11.8 million
The hub could potentially remove more than 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide every year, or the equivalent of eliminating 220,000 gasoline vehicles on the road annually.
SolarEdge adds power control system to inverter for system oversizing
Installers can avoid costly main panel upgrades due to updates to the company’s Home Hub and Wave inverters.
Weekend Read: Chaotic leadership leaves South Africans in the dark
Extensive load-shedding, lack of grid capacity, failing coal-fired power stations, lack of progress in clean power procurement, and even vandalism have prompted various South African government departments to take renewables generation into their own hands, seemingly without any overarching plan, as Bryan Groenendaal reports.
The Hydrogen Stream: US awards $34 million to 19 hydrogen projects
As the US and British government press ahead with their hydrogen support projects, a team from Korea and the US has developed an iridium nanostructure catalyst, which decreased the amount of the chemical element. Meanwhile, hydrogen projects are proceeding in West Virginia, Denmark, Finland, and Japan.
German cabinet approves measure to expedite solar deployment
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs has approved measures to streamline solar deployment, with a target of 215 GW of installed capacity by 2030.
China plans recycling system for wind turbines, solar panels
China will introduce technical standards and policies for the wind and solar industries to recycle their decommissioned equipment by 2030.
Toyota Tsusho building 25 MW of solar in Benin
Toyota Tsusho says that it is building a 25 MW solar plant in Benin. It has also launched a new solar project to improve access to clean water and vaccines in the West African country.
Meyer Burger shifting focus to US market
Meyer Burger is now prioritizing the establishment of new module and cell production facilities in the United States, driven by favorable market conditions in the country.
July sees above average irradiance across most of Asia, Typhoon Doksuri couldn’t dim high irradiance
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, presents the solar irradiance data it collected for Asia in July. The data show that Super Typhoon Doksuri and the associated cloudiness could not bring monthly irradiance below the long-term averages for most of the continent.
SJVN targets September 2024 date for 1 GW of solar in India
SJVN, an Indian state-run hydropower producer, is now moving forward with a 1 GW solar project in Bikaner district, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The $661.61 million installation is scheduled to become operational by September 2024.
