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With increasing shares of renewables, the current electricity system is operating at its limits. Most countries apply balancing markets to secure system stability. So far, the transmission system operators in the EU (or Independent System Operators (ISO) in the US) have been able to secure system stability by relying on the capacity covered on the balancing market. … [Read more...]
Supercritical CO2 power cycles are gaining increasing attention in the engineering world. sCO2 is an ideal working fluid for use in power generating turbines because it offers high efficiency in a compact footprint and can be matched to many different heat sources. sCO2 power turbines could potentially replace steam cycles in a wide variety of power generation applications resulting in higher efficiencies and lower cost of … [Read more...]
Trina Solar and Tigo Energy are claiming that their AC module was just added to Clean Power Finance's approved vendor list. The new module is manufactured with a Tigo DC optimizer built into the factory-installed junction box."This listing is a validation of the bankability of our Trinasmart modules," Trina Solar Americas President Mark Mendenhall said.But there's one small problem: CPF says it does not have an approved vendor list.Attempting to … [Read more...]
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