Kaneka, Itochu switch on solar microgrid at industrial park in Japan
Kaneka and Itochu have switched on a solar microgrid in Japan. It is powered exclusively by 2.2 MW of PV and 6 MWh of storage capacity. It will sell power to the eight companies operating at the site via a power purchase agreement.
Phase-change thermoacoustic heat pump for residential, industrial applications
The novel heat pump, developed by a research group in Israel, consists of a loudspeaker, a resonator, and a thermoacoustic core placed inside the resonator. The core includes a cold heat exchanger, a stack, and an ambient heat exchanger.
French developer deploys removable ground-mounted solar plant
CVE, a French developer, has deployed a solar plant based on PV modules ballasted on the ground. The installation will cover nearly 10% of the overall consumption of an industrial site in Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne, France.
Heat wave triggers demand in Spain and Italy, raises prices in European markets
The high temperatures registered in the third week of July caused demand record peaks in Spain and Italy on July 19 and demand increases in other markets. In France, the weekly photovoltaic energy production was the highest in history, but in most markets, solar and wind energy production fell. All these factors, together with the increase in CO2 prices, favored electricity markets prices to be above those of the previous week in most markets.
Slovenia to deploy solar plants along highways
Soške Elektrarne Nova Gorica is working with Slovenia highway operator Dars to build several PV arrays along Slovenia’s biggest motorway.
Austrian utility starts building 300 MWh organic flow battery project
Burgerland Energie has deployed a redox flow storage battery from German battery manufacturer CMBlu in the immediate vicinity of a PV-wind power hybrid power plant.
Australian grid operator testing community battery tech
A grid-connected community battery has gone live in Sydney, Australia, with New South Wales electricity distributor Endeavour Energy testing the tech to maximize the benefits of rooftop solar.
UK coal-fired power plant site to host 1,040 MW/ 2,080 MWh battery
Independent energy infrastructure developer Carlton Power has secured planning consent for a 1,040 MW/ 2,080 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS). The project is expected to strengthen the resilience of the energy system in northwestern England.
Argentina allocates 501 MW of PV in renewables auction
The authorities in Argentina have allocated 633.7 MW of renewables capacity in the nation’s latest procurement exercise. The assigned PV capacity comes from 44 planned solar farms.
New grid forming inverter concept based on bee colony algorithm
Scientists in Korea have proposed to use an algorithm that simulates the behavior of foraging bees to shape a new grid-forming inverter design. The approach is designed for both grid-connected and islanded inverters.
