Meyer Burger is one of the world’s leading research and implementation companies developing new solar power technology.
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/10/04/meyer-burger-coming-to-america/
#burger, #upstream, #solar, #modules, #meyer, #manufacturing, #markets, #monoperc
Meyer Burger is one of the world’s leading research and implementation companies developing new solar power technology.
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/10/04/meyer-burger-coming-to-america/
#monoperc, #solar, #modules, #burger, #upstream, #markets, #meyer, #manufacturing
Elsewhere, the German government wants to allow the testing of hydrogen production from offshore electricity, while a French consortium intends to promote the use of hydrogen at airports and build a European airport network to accommodate future hydrogen aircraft. Furthermore, the Port of Rotterdam is increasing its efforts to become a hydrogen hub.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/09/24/the-hydrogen-stream-hydrogen-highway-through-central-europe/
#hydrogen, #scale, #utility, #markets, #r&d, #storage, #technology, #distributed
Elsewhere, the German government wants to allow the testing of hydrogen production from offshore electricity, while a French consortium intends to promote the use of hydrogen at airports and build a European airport network to accommodate future hydrogen aircraft. Furthermore, the Port of Rotterdam is increasing its efforts to become a hydrogen hub.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/09/24/the-hydrogen-stream-hydrogen-highway-through-central-europe/
#markets, #scale, #distributed, #technology, #r&d, #storage, #hydrogen, #utility
China now has a Lying Flat movement.
The idea is not to be a productive citizen. Don't work any harder than you have to. Don't help stockholders and bankers. Don't contribute to the GDP.
I've read that slaveholders in what's now Haiti were afraid that, if they freed their slaves, they wouldn't be able to pay them to keep working for their former slaveholders. They were afraid they'd take to the hills and forage or engage in subsistence farming. In other words, they were afraid that the former slaves would produce only what they needed, and nothing would be left over for the land owners.
This is what the authorities in China are worried about now. They don't want people to reduce their cost of living in order to be able to earn less, they want them to increase their cost of living, forcing them to work harder and longer. They want them to stay in the rat race. They want them to be in debt.
Reducing our cost of living to be able to lower our income has other advantages.
The only way to do anything useful about the on-going climate catastrophe is to reduce consumption of everything, and to reduce the amount of transportation, both of people and of other things.
The on-going climate catastrophe is only one (probably the most dangerous) of the symptoms of wealth and income inequality. Quitting the rat race is perhaps the most effective way to attack this central problem. The billionaires get all their income directly and indirectly from selling people goods and services they would be better off without. What will happen to Tim Cook if no one will buy a new Apple product? The wealthiest people in the world are those who peddle the most harmful goods and services.
So, once again, the goal is to reduce your cost of living, and not increase your income. Refusing to work full time for wages will kill the same industries that we're killing anyway by not buying what they sell. I look forward to a world that has fewer people, and is much quieter. I don't want to stop science, but I do want to stop the patenting of inventions. I also want culture to be free. Let's completely abandon the idea of intellectual property.
What else?
Well, if you spend less of your life toiling for the wealthy in order to sell unhealthy crap to people, and more time learning, napping, reading books, and listening to old records, you'll probably be happier and live longer.
http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html In Praise of Idleness, by Bertrand Russell
#laziness #work #rat-race #leisure #income #bankers #wealthy #billionaires #gdp #lying-flat #idleness #happiness #inequality #markets #buying #buy-less
' #Capitalism is just one particular way of—a #system for— #organizing the #production and #distribution of #goods and #services.'
#richardwolff #wolff #21st-century #economics #socioeconomic #workers #value #finance #inequality #wealth #self-expansion #profit #markets
In this case study, LG solar takes a deep dive on the company\'s work with Lagunitas Brewery, showing the struggles overcome and the innovation needed to deliver the best beer the sun can brew.
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/08/16/lagunitas-brewery-serves-up-solar-brewed-beers/
#post, #industrial, #commercial, #installations, #markets, #business, #pv, #guest
Also on the rise: Three startups that aim to change the solar and clean tech sectors, battery companies join effort to improve cycling performance, solar PV shipments rose in 2020 as demand grew and costs fell, and more.
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/08/02/sunrise-brief-solarstorage-gains-a-solid-foothold-across-the-u-s-grid/
#energy, #modules, #policy, #storage, #finance, #markets, #battery
In June alone, new PV systems totaling 430 MW were connected to the German grid. The country\'s cumulative operational PV capacity reached 55.3 GW at the end of June.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/08/02/germany-installed-2-75-gw-of-pv-in-first-half-of-2021/
#residential, #industrial, #commercial, #utility, #scale, #pv, #markets
The two companies led the initial effort to impose tariffs and now claim they have been unable to complete plans to adjust to import competition given the pandemic, alleged "predatory" pricing, and other factors.
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/08/02/auxin-and-suniva-ask-the-itc-to-extend-trump-era-import-tariffs/
#legal, #biden, #section, #policy, #auxin, #solar, #administration, #covid-19, #markets
Duke Energy now owns, operates, or purchases more than 10,000 MW of solar and wind energy, though that doesn\'t mean the company is on track to meet its climate goals.
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/07/29/duke-reaches-10-gw-of-renewables/
#business, #procurement, #utility, #policy, #scale, #installations, #pv, #markets
Japan\xe2\x80\x99s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has released a draft energy plan with ambitious revisions to the nation\xe2\x80\x99s previous energy and emissions targets. The proposed plan will sees a doubling of renewables compared to the previous target, and significant cuts to coal and gas, much of which it buys from Australia.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/07/23/japan-revises-2030-targets-plans-to-double-renewables/
#markets, #photovoltaic, #renewables, #energy, #photovoltaics, #japan, #energies, #renewable
The Gaza Strip, one of the most densely populated areas in the world, is embracing solar energy as a reliable local energy source. However, its 2 million residents still only have access to electricity for just a few hours per day. Amjad Khashmann reports on damages to installed PV systems and the urgent need for new installations to support education, water, and health care.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/07/24/the-weekend-read-pv-resilience-under-fire/
#markets, #gaza, #solar, #pv, #energy, #undp, #highlights, #systems, #strip
Last year\'s newly installed PV capacity comes from 2.8 GW of ground-mounted PV and 596 MW of rooftop installations. Sustained growth is expected in 2021.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/07/16/spain-deployed-3-4-gw-of-solar-in-2020/
#photovoltaics, #plant, #pv, #markets, #highlights, #photovoltaic, #modules
In June, solar stocks underperformed, writes Jesse Pichel of ROTH Capital Partners. The U.S. residential market retains a positive outlook, though rising prices and forced labor concerns represent significant challenges.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/07/13/guggenheim-solar-index-underperforming-solar-stocks-and-significant-challenges/
#guggenheim, #index, #finance, #markets, #solar, #stocks
Clearway Energy Group announced that its Victory Pass project, a 200-MW solar and 200-MWh storage site under development on BLM land in Riverside County, California, is fully contracted with two investment-grade rated community choice aggregators, Silicon Valley Clean Energy Authority (SVCE) and Central Coast Community Energy (CCCE). “Solar and storage energy projects like Victory Pass…
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2021/07/clearway-contracts-with-two-california-ccas-solar-storage-riverside-county/
#clearwayenergygroup, #utility, #news, #markets
Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a revolutionary lithium-metal battery chemistry that they believe will allow EV batteries to almost double capacity, while also overcoming historic setbacks.
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/07/14/new-battery-chemistry-tweak-could-double-electric-vehicle-range/
#energy, #research, #battery, #ev, #storage, #policy, #markets, #manufacturing
Arevon Asset Management announced that the 100-MW/400-MWh Saticoy energy storage project in Southern California Edison’s (SCE) territory is now online. Saticoy was built after the local community decided to forgo a proposed gas peaker plant near the beach in Oxnard. Instead, 142 Tesla Megapacks will supply energy to the grid. “On hot days when the…
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2021/06/400-mwh-saticoy-energy-storage-project-using-tesla-megapacks-now-online-in-southern-california/
#batteries, #utility, #storage, #projects, #markets, #news
With 'shovel-ready' projects across India, Africa and Latin America in line for a mix of grants, cheap loans, equity investment and financial guarantees from this year, the two bodies hope to trigger $20 billion in total funding and bring reliable power to a billion people.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/06/22/rockefeller-and-ikea-foundations-pledge-1bn-for-small-scale-renewables/
#community, #sustainability, #minigrid, #distributed, #renewable, #policy, #finance, #markets
International researchers have placed a low-dimensional metal-halide perovskite capping layer on top of a metal-halide perovskite film to provide hermetically sealed encapsulation and enhanced photocarrier properties. The cell has a short-circuit current density of 23.5 mA.cm2, an open-circuit voltage of 1.15 V, and a fill factor of 0.779.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/06/14/flexible-perovskite-solar-cell-with-21-0-efficiency-high-durability/
#university, #brown, #markets, #policy, #dalian
