Battery storage set to strengthen South Australian grid
Energy giant AGL and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency are launching a 5 MW battery storage “virtual power plant” in South Australia with the aim of boosting grid stability, reducing power price volatility and supporting renewable energy.
Solar empires: The pv magazine USA weekly news roundup
Today we bring you the first weekly collection of stories from the new pv magazine USA website.
France gets a step closer to solar roads
French energy minister Ségolène Royal has inaugurated a manufacturing plant that will produce the so-called “Wattway” paving, made of solar PV. One of its pilot projects will be a 1 kilometer solar road, built in the same region as where the plant is located.
Tesla: Gigafactory is "on schedule" to support 2017 Model 3 roll-out
Elon Musk gave scarce information on developments at the world’s largest battery factory in Tesla’s Q2 results.
University of West of England to install largest single rooftop PV array in UK higher education sector
The university in Bristol has announced plans for a 450 kW solar installation atop its Enterprise Zone and Robotics Laboratory. Once complete the array will be the largest on any university in Britain.
JinkoSolar signs three PPAs for 188 MW of solar in Mexico
The Chinese solar power firm has signed long-term power purchase agreements with Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission for three solar projects awarded in April’s inaugural power auction.
H2 2016 solar slowdown will preface 10% global contraction in 2017, says GTM
Analysts expect installations in China, U.K. and Japan to slow over the second half of the year, but U.S. project spillover and India’s large pipeline will hold course despite global slowdown forecast for 2017.
Danish university develops tungsten-based technique to capture broader solar wavelength
Researchers at Aalborg University are working on a new approach at capturing a broader spectrum of sunlight using new, high-temperature materials that can withstand 800 degrees Celsius and convert sunlight into electricity.
Solar Frontier completes 30 MW solar plant at Nagasaki Airport
The installation is the biggest PV plant in Nagasaki Prefecture, and one of the largest to utilize Solar Frontier’s anti-reflective CIS solar panels.
Isolux Corsan to build 37 MW PV plant on Native American land
The Spanish company was awarded the project by the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority for a 37.6 MW plant in Arizona, which will be the companys second utility-scale solar plant in the United States.
