Lead Acid Battery Install and Maintenance Tips
Steve Higgins, Technical Services Manager at Rolls Battery highlights some of the frequently asked questions when it comes to proper maintenance and service of lead acid batteries.
ELECTRIC VEHICLE SALES TO FALL 18% IN 2020 BUT LONG-TERM PROSPECTS REMAIN UNDIMMED
Sales of electric passenger vehicles are forecast to fall 18% in 2020, to 1.7 million worldwide - with the coronavirus crisis interrupting ten successive years of strong growth.
COVID-19 Erases Five Years of Solar Job Growth
All 50 states show solar jobs losses, with 36 states suffering job losses above 30%. Seven states and Washington, DC- including large solar states like New York and New Jersey- have seen solar job losses exceed 60%.
America Has Lost 594,300 Clean Energy Jobs; 850,000 Expected by June 30
• 447,208 new unemployment filings in April, triple March claims
• CA, FL, GA, TX, MI, NC, WA, NY, OH among hardest hit states
• Energy efficiency job losses top 400,000; renewable job losses near 100,000
Span Raises $10.2 Million for Reinvention of Home Electrical Panel to Optimize Solar, Energy Storage, and Electric Vehicle Charging
Span's smart panel brings greater resiliency to homes with increased flexibility when the power goes out and real-time energy monitoring plus controls
Managing Deep-Cycle Batteries For Energy Storage During Stay-At-Home Orders
The increase in renewable energy homes and small businesses began as a way to lower power usage costs, but with more people sequestered in one place using electrical accessories, battery storage systems can suffer if they are not purposely built for energy storage use.
SimpliPhi Power Teams Up with Footprint Project to Deliver Clean Energy Microgrid to Field Hospital for Matamoros Migrant Camp Fighting COVID-19
SimpliPhi's batteries combined with Solar PV are providing power 24/7 for the COVID-19 'pop-up' clinic at the Matamoros Migrant Camp of 3,000 asylum seekers in Mexico at the Texas border
Three startups with solar and energy storage technologies selected for Shell GameChanger Accelerator™ Powered by NREL
Participating companies will receive non-dilutive funding to develop commercially viable clean technologies
NASA $2M Grant Advances Study to Directly Image Exoplanets Light Years Away
Xplore's Advanced Solar Sail Design will be the Fastest Spacecraft Ever Made, Expanding Xplore's Reach Beyond the Inner Solar System
SCALE-UP OF SOLAR AND WIND PUTS EXISTING COAL, GAS AT RISK
Solar, wind and batteries see dramatic gains in competitiveness over the last six months compared to longer-established energy options
NRL power-beaming demonstrated on International Space Station
Meir showed how NRL's LEctenna™, a light-emitting rectifying antenna, converted a wireless network signal, similar to home networks, into electric power. While the current generated and light emitted was a small amount, the setup proved the concept in space.
Wind is now America's largest renewable energy provider and the top choice for new utility-scale power
Annual market report shows wind industry topped 100 GW, employed 120,000 Americans, invested $14 billion in new projects, and provided $1.6 billion in local payments to communities and landowners last year.
How the Renewable Energy Market Is Being Impacted by COVID-19
The success of the sustainable energy industry is challenging to determine at this time. While it has some of the same obstacles to overcome as other industries, there are also some promising signs.
NREL Six-Junction Solar Cell Sets Two World Records for Efficiency
The six-junction solar cell now holds the world record for the highest solar conversion efficiency at 47.1%, which was measured under concentrated illumination. A variation of the same cell also set the efficiency record under one-sun illumination at 39.2%.
Switchgear Protection Solutions and Efficient Energy Management
If certain activities result in changes to the load, companies end up bearing huge losses because of failure of system or damage to expensive equipment. Therefore, the entire power system must be protected using a switchgear system.
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