Interesting Engineering

World’s largest hybrid solar plant stores energy in molten salt to supply power at night

China has launched commercial trials of the world's largest solar-thermal hybrid plant that generates electricity for up to ...
Electrek

BYD wins 11.3 GWh battery deal for world’s largest solar+storage

BYD Energy Storage has landed a contract to supply 11.275 GWh of battery storage for Masdar’s Round the Clock (RTC) project in Abu Dhabi — one of the single largest energy storage procurements ever ...
pv magazine International

Multi-drone platform for autonomous solar inspections, digital twin creation

Israeli startup vHive’s has created an autonomous multi-drone platform that streamlines utility-scale solar inspections ...
Electrek

China’s giant Gobi solar plant runs after dark on salt, not batteries

China Three Gorges' 1 GW Hami hybrid stores solar in molten salt, not lithium batteries, to keep generating for up to 8 hours ...
pv magazine USA

The decision points that make or break solar projects

An IEA-PVPS report warns that treating technical and economic solar project decisions separately poses financial risks, ...
pv magazine International

Vertical rooftop PV reaches Vancouver

Norwegian vertical PV specialist Over Easy Solar has deployed its first commercial installation in Canada. Local utility BC ...