The climate change and the recent global energy crises underscore the urgent need to restructure the energy industry. The demand for green electricity is growing in line with the energy transition, as industrial processes, heat generation and transportation are increasingly being electrified. To achieve both key objectives of attaining climate protection goals and becoming independent of fossil fuel imports, the share of renewable energies in gross electricity consumption needs to increase drastically across the globe.
The European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition has appointed Gabriele Eder as Chair of the 41st edition of the event which will take place from 23-27 September 2024 in Vienna, Austria.
Far up in the north of Canada, the mining company Rio Tinto is building a solar park. It will partially supply a diamond mine there with electricity.
The Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) and the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) have presented current calculations on electricity consumption in Germany. Here are the parts:
When building a new home, the house builders also have the opportunity to design the heating system exactly to their needs.
Around two-thirds, or 163 gigawatts, of the new green energy plants installed in the G20 countries in 2021 will have lower costs than the world's cheapest coal-fired plant. This was calculated by the International Renewable Energy Agency, or Irena.
Photovoltaics is booming. At the same time, the industry is in a state of upheaval. These five trends in particular will shape the market in the coming years. Lapp is preparing for them.
The energy transition continues to gain momentum worldwide: clean energies and decarbonisation technologies will account for almost all investment growth in the energy sector in the future. The cost of solar energy has halved since 2017, a recent study shows.
SMA presents the new Sunny Tripower Smart Energy hybrid inverter which expands the possibilities of the SMA Energy System Home.
The coming year will bring numerous innovations from Fronius. The 30th anniversary of the Business Unit Solar Energy will be celebrated in 2022, placing the focus once again on sustainability.
Technological progress in renewables could revolutionise global energy use. While electricity has so far covered only one fifth of the world's energy needs, green power could actually account for three quarters in the long term if climate policy is consistent.
At the Webasto plant in Schierling, Bavaria, a significant part of the energy demand is now covered by a photovoltaic system. A total of 1,998 solar modules have been installed on the roofs of the production halls in the last two months. They have an output of around 750 kilowatts.
At Solar Solutions International in the Netherlands, LONGi has presented high-efficiency, high-power modules designed for residential homes.
Power supply agreements are already common practice in the US. By combining it with a storage unit, RWE makes it possible to supply solar power even when the sun is not shining.
DHybrid have installed microgrids on a total of 26 islands on the Shaviyani and Noonu Atolls of the Maldives and equipped them with a central monitoring and control system (SCADA).
A new training and demonstration facility in Krasnodar in southern Russia has been demonstrating the integration of photovoltaic electricity into the region's electricity distribution grid since July 2020.
Over 7,000 visitors from all over the world streamed through the stand after it went live on 16 September 2020. Interested parties will be able to explore it until the end of this year.
