A Rapid Roll system takes portable solar power to the next level of capability and mobility. By unrolling a solar field from a small trailer, a commercial-scale off-grid solar power system can be deployed faster than ever before, enabling self-sufficient power to be deployed easily in remote locations. The key benefits the Rapid Roll system provides over typical rigid-panel systems are: speed of deployment; high power capacity from a small box and ease of use. The system can be used by the military and for events, film production, disaster relief and mining, www.renovagen.com
Australia could soon be exporting sunshine in the form of renewable energy-produced hydrogen, creating an industry that could rival Australia's LNG exports. Hydrogen has significant potential as a clean energy source, but is currently uneconomical to produce and export at scale. Japan is embracing hydrogen, which produces heat and water vapour when burned, in a national strategy to create an emissions-free hydrogen society by 2030. The shift to green hydrogen, produced by excess solar and wind energy, would allow Australia to export sunshine on a large scale.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/chief-sci
Solar panels are designed to convert sunlight into electricity. But when it's cloudy or rainy, they're useless. There are batteries, like the Tesla Powerwall, designed to store electricity for those cloudy days. But the technology isn't effective or cheap enough to make using solar power worth it in regions that don't receive a lot of sunlight. A group of researchers from Soochow University in China has come up with a promising solution to that problem: they've developed solar panels that can generate power from raindrops. www.inkl.com/newsletters/morning-edition/news/researchers-figured-out-how-to-generate-
Most solar farms align their solar arrays in rows and columns to form a grid. A new solar power plant in Datong China, decided to have a little fun with its design. China Merchants New Energy Group, one of the country's largest clean energy operators, built a 248-acre solar farm in the shape of a giant panda. The project is part of a larger effort to raise awareness among young people in China about clean energy. http://www.businessinsider.com/china-panda-solar-power-plant-2017-7
Rather than selling your solar power to the grid cheap and buying it back at a higher price, Redflow ZCell batteries let you store your own solar energy for when you need it. It gives you greater energy independence and keeps your lights on when grid power blacks out. Australia is the ideal place for energy storage in the home or business, with high energy costs, widespread solar panel deployment and rapidly disappearing government solar feed-in tariffs, and this tech was developed in Australia. www.redflow.com
