The Dutch province of North Brabant will deploy a 500-meter-long solar bike line and test its performance over a 5-year period.

Construction begins on solar cycling path in Netherlands

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The Dutch province of North Brabant has announced the start of construction of a 500-meter-long, ground-mounted solar cycle path along the provincial N285 road near Wagenberg.

The PV system will be integrated into the asphalt top layer and will consist of 600 solar panels of an unspecified type. “This project is mainly intended to gain more experience with the deployment of solar cells on bicycle paths,” the provincial government said, noting that two similar systems have already been deployed along the N395 road near Oirschot and along the N324 road near Grave, in North Brabant itself. 

During a 5-year period, provincial government experts will assess, in particular, the resistance of the solar modules to the mechanical stress applied by the presence of pedestrians and bikers, the costs for their maintenance, and the PV system energy yield.

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Source: PV Magazine

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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan officially inaugurated what is said to be Europe’s biggest solar power plant built on a single site and one of the five largest in the world

Türkiye officially launches Europe’s largest solar power plant

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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan officially inaugurated what is said to be Europe’s biggest solar power plant built on a single site and one of the five largest in the world on Tuesday. In another landmark announcement during the ceremony, he also announced that Türkiye has also discovered high-quality petroleum in southeastern Anatolia with a daily production capacity of 100,000 barrels.

“Türkiye will no longer be a country in need of energy resources but will rather be a country capable of energy export,” the president told the audience attending the inauguration ceremony.

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Source: Daily Sabah

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Environmental groups argue that the CPUC acted illegally when it slashed compensation payments for power generated by solar panels.

Environmentalists sue California over reduced solar incentives

The fate of California’s wildly successful rooftop solar incentives will be decided in court.

In a lawsuit filed Wednesday — and shared exclusively with The Times — three environmental groups argue that the California Public Utilities Commission acted illegally when it slashed compensation payments for power generated by solar panels. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s appointees failed to consider all the benefits of rooftop solar, and also ignored instructions from the state Legislature to ensure that solar adoption “continues to grow sustainably,” the environmental groups say in their lawsuit.

They’ve asked the California Court of Appeals to throw out the Public Utilities Commission’s December decision and order the agency to go back to the drawing board.

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Source: Los Angeles Times

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Enel North America has named Oklahoma as its preferred choice for its planned 3-gigawatt (GW) solar panel and cell factory.

Oklahoma is about to get one of the largest solar cell factories in the US

Enel North America has named Oklahoma as its preferred choice for its planned 3-gigawatt (GW) solar panel and cell factory.

The factory, which Enel announced in November of last year, will be one of the largest to produce solar cells in the US – and Enel says it eventually plans to double its capacity to 6 GW.

Giovanni Bertolino, head of Enel’s US solar manufacturing affiliate 3Sun USA, said in a statement: We have identified Oklahoma as the leading candidate and we are excited about the possibility to expand our presence in the state.

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Source: electrek

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With solar farms, the US agriculture industry once again demonstrates its ability to embrace new technologies and practices.

Army of butterflies to win solar farm wars, despite opposition

The rising tide of opposition to large-scale solar farms has been impacting the US solar industry, but over the long run, PV stakeholders have the butterflies on their side. Solar developers are eager to pitch their projects as pollinator habitats that replace cultivated crops and neglected land with native plants, benefiting the property owner and nearby farms. The pollinator angle helps to undercut complaints that solar arrays are an inappropriate use of farmland, and it supports the case for farmers to adopt new technologies that benefit their industry.

Minnesota has become the epicenter of the solar-plus-pollinator trend, with local electric cooperative Connexus Energy leading the way. That’s no accident. A 2016 state law set up Minnesota’s Habitat Friendly Solar program, which incentivizes property owners and solar developers to claim benefits for gamebirds as well as songbirds and pollinating insects.

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Source: Clean Technica

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In the first six months after the bill passed, clean energy companies announced 101,036 new jobs in 31 states.

More California oil and gas workers make the jump to clean energy

Stefanie Auld first noticed the trend just before COVID-19 hit in early 2020.

That February, Auld, who helps oversee hiring for the Los Angeles-based green energy company Avantus, was at a conference in Austin, Texas for women who worked in renewable energy. She’d volunteered to conduct mock interviews and resume coaching, assuming she’d largely be helping others in clean energy who wanted to change positions or companies. Instead, she said, almost every woman who approached her was working in conventional energy but seeking advice on pivoting to a job in the renewables sector.

It’s a trend that’s only expected to increase.

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Source: The Mercury News

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Wind & solar combined now produce more electricity than coal in the US, according to new data from the EIA and the FERC.

Wind and solar are now beating coal in the US

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Wind and solar combined now provide more generating capacity and produce more electricity than coal in the US, according to new data from the EIA and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which was reviewed by the nonprofit SUN DAY Campaign.

In the first two months of 2023, electrical generation by solar (including small-scale solar PV such as rooftop) grew by 6.7%, compared to the same two-month period in 2022 – faster than any other energy source, according to the latest issue of the US Energy Information Administration’s “Electric Power Monthly” report, which contains data through February 28. This was driven in large part by growth in “estimated” small-scale solar PV whose output increased by 23.6% and accounted for 32.5% of total solar production.

The mix of utility-scale and small-scale solar PV plus utility-scale solar thermal provided 3.9% of the US’s electrical output.

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Source: electrek

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ENGIE’s wastewater treatment project involves the public utility West County Wastewater District of Richmond, CA. It is anticipating a savings of more than $83M over the life of the project, while cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 93%.

Wastewater treatment plant in CA aims to create solar model to follow

If all goes according to plan, one wastewater treatment plant in California will demonstrate a solar power and energy efficiency model for others to follow.

The Intertubes have been buzzing with news about a soup-to-nuts sustainability makeover for a wastewater treatment plant in California, but why? The all-inclusive work features an on-site solar power plant of 1.1 megawatts, which sounds like small potatoes. Also, wastewater treatment is not particularly exciting compared to electric vehicles. However, the company behind the upgrade has many more solar gigawatts in the pipeline to help push the US energy transition into high gear, and it looks like no job is too small to catch its attention.

The company tasked with transforming the wastewater treatment plant from climate zero to climate hero is the diversified French energy firm ENGIE. It has been active in the US renewable energy scene for several years now through the ENGIE North America branch, headquartered in Texas.

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Source: Clean Technica

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The country’s first all-electric and solar-powered medical campus under the UCI Health umbrella should be fully open in Irvine by 2025.

California will be home to country’s first all-electric hospital

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The country’s first all-electric medical campus should be fully open in Irvine by 2025.

Spanning more than 800,000 square feet, and under the UCI Health umbrella, the medical campus will be powered by a central utility plant, an epicenter that will house all the equipment producing the electricity needed to power the facilities.

The 45,000-square-foot plant is all electric and solar-powered and will use state-of-the-art chillers for cooling and heating the hospital. The technology is currently in use at the UCI Medical Center in Orange.

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Source: The Mercury News

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The first of many solar and wind projects in China’s deserts is now online, and it’s capable of powering 1.5 million households.

The first of China’s desert solar and wind projects is online, and it’s huge

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The first of many solar and wind projects in China’s deserts is now online, and it’s capable of powering 1.5 million households.

This first phase of this solar and wind project is in the Tengger Desert, which lies on the southern edge of the Gobi Desert. It has an installed capacity of 1 million kilowatts, and it’s expected to generate 1.8 billion kilowatt-hours each year, according to its operating company, China Energy.

It’s also China’s first ultrahigh-voltage power transmission channel and the first major renewable project that transmits clean power from the Gobi Desert and other arid regions to the Hunan province.

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Source: electrek

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