Winter westerlies drive differences in rooftop solar across eastern Australia
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, presents the solar irradiance data it collected for Australia in June. The data showed that Eastern New South Wales received irradiance about 15% above normal for June, whilst central and western Victoria received totals 10-20% lower than normal.
Former US coal plant to host 100-hour iron-air battery
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved Form Energy’s 10 MW/1 GWh iron-air long-duration storage facility for Xcel Energy.
Desalinated ocean water for green hydrogen production
A California hydrogen developer and a Netherlands-based desalination company have formed a new partnership.
New system design for PVT systems coupled with air-to-water reversible heat pump
Spanish scientists have proposed a new approach to combine photovoltaic-thermal panels with a reversible air-to-water heat pump in industrial buildings. The system is intended to provide space heating, cooling, domestic hot water, and electricity.
How to maximize power generation in PV blinds
Scientists in South Korea have stressed the importance of accurately setting the angle of slat PV blinds to maximize power generation. They found that there is a tradeoff between elevated power yield and self-shading effects in this BIPV technology.
Viridian Solar presents new residential inverters
Viridian offers five versions of its new residential inverters, with power outputs ranging from 1 kW to 3 kW and an efficiency ranging from 97.2% and 97.6%. The European efficiency is 96.4% to 97.2%.
VoltStorage unveils vanadium redox flow battery for commercial use
Germany’s VoltStorage says its containerized 50 kWh vanadium redox flow battery solution can be scaled up to 500 kWh.
Italian startup offers solar kits packed in barrels
Italy’s Barrel claims that solar kits packed in barrels are ideal for remote areas and conflict zones. Its standard packages consist of 6 kW solar modules, 5.6 kW single-phase hybrid inverters, and 3.55 kWh lithium batteries.
Thermal-photovoltaic tech for agricultural dryers
France-based Base Innovation has developed an agricultural dryer that is powered by hybrid thermal-photovoltaic (PVT) solar panels.
Unexpected element improves flow battery capacity, claim US researchers
Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have demonstrated the use of sugar water to improve the performance of flow batteries for grid-scale energy storage.
