Renewable energy

05 May 23

Collaboration on optimisation of large batteries to revolutionise future energy use

SSE Energy Solutions’ software grid balancing technology, Enhance, is designed to help maximise the efficiency of mega batteries. Now, the Enhance platform has been deployed at one of the world’s leading energy research centres, managing the operation of the 2MW battery at the University of Sheffield’s Willenhall Energy Storage facility.…
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24 Apr 23

UK and Netherlands to jointly benefit from multi-use undersea power line

The project, named LionLink, is expected to provide enough clean electricity to power 1.8 million homes – more than Birmingham and Manchester combined. The 1.8GW power line is the second-largest multi-purpose cross-border electricity line ever built, after the one that currently connects Germany and Denmark. However, LionLink will be able to…
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12 Apr 23

Solar power is ‘a global juggernaut pushing fossil fuels into oblivion’: Andrew Blakers, Professor of Engineering

Solar electricity is now “the cheapest energy in history. Cheaper than coal, oil or gas energy. This is the remarkable change that’s happened in the past five years,” says Andrew Blakers, one of a small team of research engineers that has been instrumental in bringing about this transformation. In recognition…
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23 Mar 23

Energy-harvesting materials needed to power future IoT networks, experts say

A group of over 100 scientists, led by Professor Vincenzo Pecunia of Simon Fraser University in Canada, have worked together to analyse various types of energy-harvesting techniques and recommend the best strategy to convert waste energy into clean power.  The resulting paper outlines future research avenues that could allow society to…
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10 Mar 23

Latin America poised to become renewable energy giant, report reveals

Latin America is poised to become one of the world's largest producers of renewable energy, with almost one billion solar panels' worth of large-scale clean-electricity projects slated to come online in the next seven years across the region, the report says. GEM, a US-based non-profit organisation which tracks clean-energy development,…
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