Solar electricity campaigners are celebrating success in their struggle to remove VAT from domestic batteries retrofitted to homes already benefitting from PV panels. Victory in the tax battle coincides today with standards body the MCS confirming 2023 has again smashed records for solar PV installations. Up to early December, the Microgeneration Certification Scheme logged 183,022 […]
Which country consumes the most solar energy in the world? In 2022, China was the leading country in the world considering the share of solar energy consumption, at 32.3 percent. Meanwhile, the United States accounted for about 15.9 percent of the world’s solar consumption that year, making it the world’s second largest consumer of solar […]
Revolutionizing Industrial Efficiency: The Rise of Zoller Pumps
What are the effects of solar radiation? The sun is a great source of energy that makes life on Earth possible. But the effects of solar radiation on humans can have a significant impact on health. Sunburn,1 photosensitivity, photodermatoses, immunosuppression, photoaging and photocarcinogenesis are some of the most important adverse effects. What is the impact […]
Finnish technology group Wartsila Corp (HEL:WRT1V) has been selected to provide a 15-MW/30-MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) for a solar plant of Tampa Electric Company (TECO) in Florida. The BESS will be built for a 25-MW solar plant in Dover, Florida and is expected to be ready by the autumn of 2024. It will […]
The Kenhardt project is one of the world’s first and largest hybrid solar and battery storage facilities. With an installed solar capacity of 540 MW and a battery storage capacity of 225MW/1,140MWh, the project delivers 150 MW of dispatchable power from 5 am to 9.30 pm year-round to the national grid under a 20-year Power […]
