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Albania’s first floating solar plant starts commercial operations

Renewable Energy World

European renewable energy generator Statkraft, in collaboration with Norwegian supplier Ocean Sun, has started commercial operations at the first unit of its floating solar project in Albania. The first unit, comprising 1536 solar panels, has an installed capacity of 0.5 MWp and covers almost 4,000 square meters.

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Storing Energy in the Freezer: Long-Duration Thermal Storage Comes of Age

GreenTechMedia

Jason Dreisbach fields at least half a dozen calls every week from people trying to sell him a technology to lower his energy costs. Cold storage — from frozen food warehouses to grocery and restaurant refrigeration — has one of the highest energy costs of any industry; energy expenditures are usually second only to payroll.

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Technology Trending – Vehicle-based microgrid, wildfire prevention, programmable home insulation

Smart Energy International

Ford patenting a vehicle-based microgrid, Hitachi digitising wildfire prevention tech and Fraunhofer researchers investigating programmable materials for thermal applications are in the week’s technology radar. Ford investigates vehicle based microgrid. Have you read? Digitising wildfire prevention technology. Programmable home insulation.

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Personalize, Align and Motivate: Using Data to Drive Heat Pump Adoption and Beneficial Electrification

Bidgely

When it comes to decarbonization and beneficial electrification, the surging electric vehicle wave has received most of the attention. In fact, energy use by homes and buildings contributes approximately 27 percent of global CO2 emissions – much of which stems from heating and cooling. Further, the U.S.

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Unleashing the Trapped Value of SMB Customers with UtilityAI™

Bidgely

Small and medium businesses (SMBs) consume an estimated 20 percent of U.S. energy, yet account for less than five percent of utility energy efficiency savings as they often fall into a middle ground between residential customers and large commercial and industrial (C&I) customers. .

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Gas sensor network provides early wildfire detection

Envirotec Magazine

The “solar-powered digital nose” in situ. The first live demonstration of the group’s Silvanet system of solar-powered gas sensors was recently conducted successfully in a forest near Berlin, says the firm. . By adding additional sensors, the network can also be used to monitor tree health and growth.

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q3 2021

Greentown Labs

Twenty startups joined our community in Q3 2021, working on innovations as diverse as carbon-negative fats, energy-efficient membrane materials for chemical separations, and scalable electric vehicle charging solutions for high-density urban settings. Electricity. Agtech + water.

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