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Sunny weather has forced the Czech state-owned company ČEPS to disconnect hundreds of solar power plants from the grid for the first time in history as their high production levels created a surplus that threatened the national power grid.
Lynmouth Road, Walthamstow is about to become its own power station, with solar energy for 30 homes. Now the artists responsible want us all to change how we heat our homes. By Anna Fielding
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s southern city of Mostar will build a solar power plant for its own needs, in the hope of bringing down electricity prices, Klix.ba reported on Tuesday. The plant will be the first of its kind in the country, which was granted the status of EU candidate in December.
El 'Estudio del potencial fotovoltaico de 150 centros educativos en la Comunidad de Madrid' ha sido elaborado en colaboración con la empresa IMPACT-E
Authorities in Burgas, Bulgaria, presented its solar city strategy during a forum on the future of renewables, energy efficiency and sustainable practices in the city. Authorities would digitalise muc..
According to a preliminary estimation, the new solar park will meet around 15% of the annual heating requirements of citizens of Friesach. The thermal power that the plant will generate will be fed into a 10-kilometres-long pipe, powering the district’s heating network.
The time has come: 90 sheep have arrived in the Schafflerhofstrasse PV plant in Vienna - Donaustadt, the largest such in Austria. The area of more than 12 hectares is perfectly suited for grazing and in a bid to maximise the green efforts of the city, they decided to get eco-friendly lawnmowers. “They go together wonderfully,” said Climate Protection City Councilor Jürgen Czernohorszky.
The European Solar Initiative (ESI), supported by the European Commission, aims to re-develop the photovoltaics (PV) industry value chain in Europe and capture the booming European demand for solar PV, estimated at 20GW per year for the next decade, creating an additional EUR 40 billion GDP annually and 400 000 direct and indirect jobs. The ESI will accelerate Europe’s climate agenda and economic recovery, contributing to the delivery of the European Green Deal objectives.
Solar parks proliferate in Europe and boost development of renewables, but the issue of land use is often raised.A new trend is to produce energy and cultivate crops at the same time, in other words use agrivoltaic systems. One example is the Torreilles solar park, in the South West of France. The plant’s total power capacity is 9.6MWand stretches for 43 hectares along the so-called “Route du soleil”, near Perpignan. It can produce 14,000,000kWh per year, enough to supply 5,200 families or allow 1,400 electric cars to travel around the world, saving1,100 tons of CO2.The system consists of 96 greenhouses equipped with solar panels. It hosts an “organic” poultry farm, which isfree-range, with the animals fed on grains grown on site. Fruit plants are also grown, with a section for exoticspecies. The Torreilles park is innovative not only for its structure, but also for its financing system linked to a Europeancross-border campaign to crowdfund renewables. Platforms Lumo, based in France, and Oneplanetcrowd, in theNetherlands, co-financed the project collecting 800 thousand euros in two rounds, coming from 350 Frenchinvestors, and 130 Dutch investors.en energy.
Surface area is an important but limited resource in cities that aim to become climate neutral. It can be used to, for example, generate heat or electricity via active solar systems, improve air quality via greening, or provide cooling thanks to highly reflective and emissive materials.
Scientists at Italian institute Eurac have now developed a multi-factor approach to study the synergies and conflicts that arise from using ground, facade and roof space in urban communities.
Décidée à tourner la page du charbon, Madrid se prépare à changer de braquet dans l'éolien et le solaire.
The new Park the Sun app has been launched in Rotterdam. This app shows which parking areas are suitable for solar energy, how much energy can be generated, and what are the investments that can be recouped. Many parking lots in the municipality of Rotterdam can be used more intelligently by combining covered parking with …
Is rooftop solar in the U.S. getting more support than it deserves? One main argument from its advocates is that it will cut grid transmission and distribution costs that total hundreds of millions. Severin Borenstein at the Energy Institute at Haas crunches some numbers to try to uncover the true “avoided costs”. He shows that …
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Across Europe, historic buildings are balancing heritage and climate action by turning to solar power.
Ghent is continuing to install solar panels on municipal buildings as part of broader environmental efforts.
City authorities headed by Mayor of Ghent Mathias De Clercq pointed out that municipal buildings will cover more than 40% of their energy needs with renewables by the end of the year.
Berlin authorities announced that on 1 January 2023 all new buildings in the city need to dedicate 30% of their roof space to photovoltaic installations. The policy will push the city’s energy product..
n Dornbirn, citizens bought up all the municipally-issued shares in a photovoltaic project in just 10 days
Today, local authorities in Dornbirn, Austria, announced that all the shares in the city’s new photovoltaic project were sold in just 10 days. The project will involve setting up solar panels on municipal buildings like fire stations, schools and kindergartens, which will be financed through small scale citizen-driven investment.
The project also aims at helping people who lack the means to set up a solar farm themselves get in on the green energy transition. The new solar energy system should work to reach the city’s 2030 climate goals to triple sustainable energy production.
La nouvelle coalition allemande a défini la politique énergétique du pays. L’éolien et le solaire représenteront 80 % de la production d’électricité en 2030. Et la neutralité carbone est visée en 2045.
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C’était une promesse des Verts allemands durant la campagne électorale. La sortie du charbon, initialement prévue en 2038, sera avancée à 2030, selon le contrat de coalition présenté mercredi 24 novembre par les futurs dirigeants outre-Rhin : les sociaux-démocrates du SPD , (...)
The state parliament of Berlin passed a law that imposes an obligation on private owners of all new buildings and of those that undergo significant roof renovation to install photovoltaic systems. The rule comes into force at the beginning of 2023.
After many months of discussions, the House of Representatives in Berlin adopted the regulation that paves the way for the German city-state to reach a share of solar power in its electricity consumption of 25% as soon as possible. Photovoltaic systems will have to cover at least 30% of the roof area of all new buildings with a usable area of more than 50 square meters, starting from 2023.
The local law applies to all major roof refurbishments as well. The local authorities are also pushing for a phaseout of hard coal by 2030. Lignite was abandoned in 2017.
Irish renewable energy experts are designing “next generation” smart buildings where different technologies can “talk” to each other.
A community building in Mayo and a similar building in Italy will be used to test how solar panels, thermal storage and heat pumps can generate energy more efficiently.
Trinity College Dublin and Energy Co-operatives Ireland are collaborating in the €3.5 million Ideas (innovative integrated renewable energy system) project, supported by the EU Horizon 2020 programme.
Ce dispositif d’assistance aux producteurs et maîtres d’ouvrages potentiels, nouveau volet du Centre de Ressources sur le Photovoltaïque (CRPV), complète la « Permanence photovoltaïque » existante. Il a pour objectif, dans un premier temps, de répondre aux questions des producteurs sur l’intégration au réseau à toutes les phases de leur projet (étude d’opportunité, raccordement, exploitation). Dans un second temps, la permanence pourra être élargie au sujet plus vaste de la prise en compte du photovoltaïque dans la planification énergétique territoriale et la planification des réseaux électriques.
Cette nouvelle permanence se place en complément, et non en substitut, des échanges directs que les producteurs peuvent avoir avec le gestionnaire de réseau de distribution, garant de l’accès non-discriminatoire au réseau, et leur autorité concédante. Elle s’appuie notamment sur les outils mis à disposition par le gestionnaire de réseau Enedis (Simulateur de raccordement Basse tension – BT - et Moyenne tension – HTA) sur sa zone de desserte.
Insights in EU and the legislation framework of each participating country, support schemes, tools and guidelines. The documents give information about PV market trends and costs, including installed capacity trends, price trends for modules and installation and PV technology and its efficiency trends, both globally and in each country.
D'autres sites sont étudiés pour développer les énergies renouvelables à Marseille, comme les piscines, gymnases, et les friches polluées.
Solar power is the path to the future, according to local authorities in Berlin who have submitted a draft Solar Act to the city’s legislature. According to the act, should it be adopted, all new buildings that are built in the German capital will have to be equipped with solar panels. Such a mandate would substantially bolster the city’s anti-climate change efforts and would actively encourage its sustainable development.
Fashion company PVH Europe, whose portfolio includes Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein, has installed the world’s most powerful solar roof at its Warehouse and Logistics Center in Venlo, the Netherlands.
PVH said it is the most powerful solar roof that is currently operational and installed on one singular structure.
The rooftop photovoltaic (PV) plant, with a peak capacity of 18 MW, comprises 48,000 high-performance solar panels. It provides electricity for the Venlo warehouse, which is PVH Europe’s main distribution center covering 110,000 square meters, and for the company’s stores, warehouses and offices in the Netherlands.
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