The Hydrogen Stream: Volvo starts testing fuel cell electric trucks
Volvo said it will offer fuel cell electric trucks by the second half of the decade, while an airport in northern Japan has started working on a feasibility study for local hydrogen production. Uruguay, meanwhile, has presented a new hydrogen strategy.
TotalEnergies, Gecol to build 500 MW of solar in Libya
TotalEnergies and Libya’s national utility plan to build a massive solar park in the Sadada region, 280 kilometers southeast of Tripoli.
New solar module factory in Algeria
Zergoun Green Energy has begun production activities at its new 200 MW factory in Ouargla, southern Algeria.
Irena gives latest update on stark chances of electricity access for all by 2030
The International Renewable Energy Agency’s latest annual report on the progress towards UN sustainable development goal seven estimates 670 million people will still lack electricity in 2030, and more than 2 billion will be reliant on unhealthy, polluting cooking methods.
Solar in the sun: system optimizations for high temperature environment
In this pv magazine Webinar, we’ll examine in detail the high temperature performance of JinkoSolar’s TOPCon products, and look at optimizations at both module and system level that can ensure the best performance in high temperature conditions.
Industry players discuss solar market outlook in Africa
JA Solar and Clenergy sponsored a recent webinar that explored the outlook for solar deployment in a number of southern African countries.
UK investor supports 10.5 GW wind-solar project in Morocco with submarine cable
UK-based Xlinks plans to build 10.5 GW of wind and solar in Morocco and sell the power in the United Kingdom. London-based investment firm Octopus Energy said it joined forces with the project developer, Xlinks, to help it move forward with construction.
New method could potentially produce hydrogen from biogas for $2/kg
Kore, an energy startup in California, has developed a new way to produce hydrogen from biogas, and is now poised to build a commercial-scale demonstration facility in Los Angeles. It said half of the carbon in the feedstock can be converted into gas, while the other half can be converted into solid elemental carbon char.
EBRD to lend $4.8m to back solar, other renewables in Egypt
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has agreed to lend up to $4.8 million for investments in renewables in Egypt, including a PV project.
The Hydrogen Stream: Magnetic alloys for efficient hydrogen cooling
While a Japanese team developed a series of Er(Ho)Co2-based magnetic cooling alloys for hydrogen cooling, a US research team used a “simple” acid treatment to increase flow of hydrogen atoms within protonic ceramic electrochemical cells (PCECs). Hydrogen-fuelled mobility registered significant developments: the first hydrogen-electric passenger aircraft was piloted between two major airports in Germany, and a 75-passenger ferry service in the San Francisco Bay braces for operations in June.
