https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2024/09/19/firebrick-thermal-energy-storage-could-reach-170-gw-in-the-u-s-by-2050/
Firebrick heat storage technology, not batteries, will be used to store energy for industrial process heat in a 100% renewable energy system, says a study out of Stanford University.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/09/19/world-has-now-five-times-more-pv-than-nuclear-power/
Authors of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2024 the world had 408 operational reactors producing 367 GW in the middle of the year, which is significantly less than installed capacity predictions for solar by the end of the year and five time less the world's cumulative PV capacity, which is now approaching 2 TW.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91185144/the-worlds-largest-wind-powered-cargo-ship-just-made-its-first-delivery-across-the-atlantic
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/09/18/electric-boat-costs-40-50e-to-cross-baltic-sea-vs-750e-refueling-gas-boat/
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! An electric hydrofoiling Candela C-8 crossed the Baltic Sea about a week ago. The boat went from Stockholm to the Finnish autonomous region of Åland. As a stunning example of the low operational costs ... [continued]
https://phys.org/news/2024-09-composite-plastic-degrades-easily-bacteria.html
Billions of tons of plastic waste clutter our world. Most of it has accumulated on the ground and in the oceans or disintegrated into tiny particles known as microplastics that pollute the air and the water, penetrating vegetation and the bloodstreams of humans and other animals.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/09/12/longi-achieves-34-6-efficiency-for-two-terminal-tandem-perovskite-solar-cell-prototype/
In a paper published in nature, the Chinese module maker explained that the 33.9%-efficient tandem device it unveiled in December 2023 is based on a bilayer intertwined passivation strategy that combines efficient electron extraction with further suppression of nonradiative recombination. It also revealed that its two-terminal tandem prototype devices achieved an efficiency of 34.6%.
https://electrek.co/2024/09/12/massive-400-tonne-electric-cranes-arrive-at-the-port-of-san-diego/
The Port os San Diego spent nearly $14 million on a pair of all-electric Gottwald Generation 6 mobile harbor cranes from Konecranes.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/09/11/indias-solar-pump-market-set-to-expand/
Gopal Kabra, the founder and CEO of GK Energy, speaks to <b>pv magazine</b> about India's solar pump market, its key drivers, and future outlook.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/09/06/the-hydrogen-stream-h2mare-project-links-electrolyzers-to-wind-turbine/
The German government says that the H2Mare OffgridWind project in Denmark has connected two electrolyzers to a wind turbine for hydrogen production, while Ontras Gastransport and H2 Energy Europe have agreed to define the technical and commercial framework for hydrogen transportation in its Green Octopus Mitteldeutschland pipeline project.
https://www.offshorewind.biz/2024/09/05/worlds-first-semi-submersible-floating-offshore-wind-farm-tops-production-expectations/
In its four years of operation, the world’s first semi-submersible floating offshore wind farm, WindFloat Atlantic, has surpassed anticipated production figures, achieving a total cumulative output of 320 GWh.
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