Solarcentury to build east Africas largest battery storage system for solar
The battery storage system will make up part of a PV project in Kenya, which, with $2.5 million invested, is the largest solar investment in Kenya to date.
Western Australia eyes off-grid solar+storage in wake of bushfires
Biggest energy suppliers in Western Australia now offers customers off-grid power supply to avoid the outages caused by natural disasters, such as bushfires.
US solar PV revenue grew 21% last year to $22.6bn
Nearly 1 MW of solar PV enough to power more than 160 homes was installed almost every hour in the U.S. in 2015. Navigant Research forecasts cumulative installations to reach above 100 GW by 2022.
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Vivint Solar closes the door on SunEdison, India charts a course towards 4 GW of additional PV this year, while the U.K. solar market gathers at Ecobuild to ask: where do we go from here?
Hawaii to use residential batteries, energy management to relieve solar grid congestion
Utility HECO’s pilot project on the island of Molokai aims to clear up to 10 additional PV systems for interconnection to the grid.
Smart energy revolution could help UK save GBP 8bn, finds report
NIC report finds that the U.K. could benefit greatly from adopting a smarter energy policy, which includes higher interconnections, electricity storage and demand flexibility; current government regulations are standing in the way.
15 MWh of batteries deployed for frequency regulation in Korea
Kokam has supplied two battery systems for frequency regulation to Korean utility KEPCO. Kokam, a Korean company, claims the battery arrays are the two largest lithium nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) oxide battery systems are the world’s largest to provide frequency regulation services to the grid.
SolarPower Europe calls for 35% by 2030 renewable target
Europes leading solar trade body, SolarPower Europe, has called on the European Union to set a renewable energy target of 35% to be achieved by 2030, which may require flexible regulatory frameworks. Echoing the conclusion arrived at by the IEA, the former European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) has called for Europe to demonstrate its leadership in solar and renewables with a concrete target.
U.S. energy storage market more than triples in 2015
GTM Research reports that large energy storage projects made up the bulk of new capacity, but the distributed energy storage market is growing even faster. Lithium-ion batteries dominated deployments during the year.
Australia aims to unlock battery storage revolution
The Clean Energy Council calls for new energy tariffs that would allow Australian householders to realize the economic benefits of installing a battery storage.
