US targets 5 million community solar households by 2025
The US National Community Solar Partnership, a Department of Energy program, has released a roadmap to reach 5 million community solar households by 2025.
US added 5.4GW of small-scale PV last year
Some northern states added as much small-scale PV per capita as the top states in the Southwest, taking advantage of solar irradiance in northern states that’s about 70% as high as that in the desert Southwest.
US rackless, earth-mounted solar supplier secures funding
Erthos has secured $17.5 million in a Series B funding round and has a 2.5GW project pipeline.
US EV battery manufacturer demonstrates 750+ mile range, raises $65 million
Michigan’s Our Next Energy (ONE) said it will use the funding led by BMW to accelerate R&D and build a US manufacturing facility.
Honeywell batteries deployed at US utility-scale PV, storage project
Hecate Energy is developing a 50MW solar project and 20MW/80MWh storage installation in New Mexico.
Solid-state lithium-ion battery with capacity retention of over 4mAh/sq cm
Researchers from the University of Waterloo, Canada, have developed a new solid chloride electrolyte that swaps out half of the indium for scandium and offers several important advantages, such as high voltage operation.
Underwriters Laboratories to assess Redflow’s redox flow batteries
Underwriters Laboratories, a US non-profit standards development organization, will carry out research into the operating and safety profile of Redflow’s redox flow batteries under nominal and off-nominal conditions.
‘The major solar players will shift from PERC to TOPCon’
US analyst Clean Energy Associates made some notable predictions in its Q4 survey of the world solar manufacturing market, including echoing predictions made elsewhere that the new polysilicon production capacity coming online now will help arrest the spike in solar panel prices.
Wireless EV charging coming soon to US market
WiTricity has unveiled plans to develop wireless charging stations for select electric vehicle models.
The Hydrogen Stream: Airbus plans flight test with direct combustion engine fueled by hydrogen
Elsewhere, Chinese researchers have synthesized ultrafine Pd100-xCux nanodot-modified TiO2 photocatalysts that display optimized energy barrier for interfacial hydrogen desertion, which reportedly exhibits excellent H2-evolution activity and stability, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has presented its plans to establish the Takasago Hydrogen Park, calling it the world’s first center for validation of hydrogen-related technologies, from hydrogen production to power generation.
