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Solar Photovoltaics For a Sustainable Transport Sector

Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 19h

... reading the short article in the link helps. 500 MW/1000MWh - for batteries one needs two data points the capacity in either power or energy storage and then the energy-to-power ratio. Here 2 hours.

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Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 19h

Podcast on Solar Photovoltaics For a Sustainable Transport Sector youtu.be/ZvmwTzcoaUQ for this article from 2019 doi.org/10.1002/pip....
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Potentia’s 500MW solar-plus-storage site in Australia receives NSW approval

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Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 1d

Potentia’s 500MW solar-plus-storage site in Australia receives NSW approval - www.energy-storage.news/potentias-50...

The NSW Independent Planning Commission has granted planning approval for Potentia Energy's 500MW Tallawang solar-plus-storage project.

www.energy-storage.news

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Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 1d

Silver prices surge, yet ‘thrifting’ poses little threat to solar cell, module quality www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/09/s...

Silver prices surge, yet ‘thrifting’ poses little threat to solar cell, module quality

With silver prices nearing $50 per ounce, researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) tell <b>pv magazine</b> that ...

Over 6 GW of solar approved under Malaysia’s large-scale solar program

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Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 1d

Over 6 GW of solar approved under Malaysia’s large-scale solar program www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/09/o...

Malaysia's large-scale solar scheme (LSS) has approved 6,028 MW of solar capacity to 117 companies across six bidding rounds to date, according to the country's Ministry of Energy Transition and Water...

Ireland allocates over €1 billion to renewables, solar takes lead

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Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 1d

Ireland allocates over €1 billion to renewables, solar takes lead www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/09/i... - very good news from #Ireland as policy follows what was found in research: doi.org/10.1049/rpg2... - with more PV the system costs decline in #Ireland

For its 2026 budget, the Irish government will allocate a record €558 million ($648.1 million) for home and community energy upgrade grants, including the popular microgeneration scheme for residentia...

Solar-plus-storage dominates latest Australian CIS tender

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Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 1d

Solar-plus-storage dominates latest Australian CIS tender www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/09/s...

Some 11 of the 20 projects allocated in the latest round of the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) feature solar sites alongside battery energy storage systems (BESS).

Vehicle-integrated photovoltaics for biofuel-powered transport trucks

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Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 1d

Vehicle-integrated photovoltaics for biofuel-powered transport trucks www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/09/v...

DHL Freight Sweden and Denmark-based Green Energy Group announced a one year nationwide pilot in Sweden to test the use of vehicle integrated PV with a fleet of biofuel-powered transport trucks.

Lithuania responds to overwhelming interest with new €45 million energy storage call

Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 1d

Lithuania responds to overwhelming interest with new €45 million energy storage call www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/09/l...

Earlier this year, the Lithuanian Ministry of Energy issued a call for at least 800 MWh of energy storage but ultimately approved support to five times that capacity.

Solar and wind integration crucial as Southeast Asia electricity demand grows

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Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 1d

Solar and wind integration crucial as Southeast Asia electricity demand grows www.pv-magazine.com/2025/09/24/s...

The International Energy Agency’s latest report says solar and wind energy are well placed to meet Southeast Asia’s growing electricity demand. It adds that while additional deployment will create fle...

IEA says cost of capital for solar remains high in Southeast Asia

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Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 1d

IEA says cost of capital for solar remains high in Southeast Asia www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/09/i...

The International Energy Agency (IEA) says the cost of capital for solar remains higher in Southeast Asian countries than it does in other emerging and developing economies.

PV-powered sorption system for atmospheric water harvesting

Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 1d

PV-powered sorption system for atmospheric water harvesting www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/09/p...

Researchers in China have built an off-grid rapid-cycling sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting system. Powered by three PV modules, the system was tested with four condensation methods indoor a...

Slow progress on access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 1d

Slow progress on access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/10/s...

Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for eight of every ten people lacking access to electricity, according to the International Energy Agency, with early data for 2025 suggesting the rate of progress is set t...

Highly Renewable Energy Systems in Africa

Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 2d

Podcast on Highly Renewable Energy Systems in Africa youtu.be/Za0b5u09XU8 for this article from 20232 doi.org/10.1016/j.jo...
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CO2 as a Circular Raw Material Impacting The Future of Fuels and Chemicals

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Scientists for Future Leipzig @s4f-leipzig.bsky.social · 3d

Technisch-wirtschaftliche Analyse der jährlichen Energiespeicherung und Überkapazitäten in Systemen mit 100 % erneuerbaren Energien für 145 Regionen weltweit

Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 7d

1/ New research @lut.fi presents the first global analysis of inter-annual storage for #100RE systems in 145 regions doi.org/10.1016/j.ap.... Strategic generation overcapacity is a significantly more cost-effective solution than building massive storage.

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Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 2d

Podcast on CO2 as a Circular Raw Material Impacting The Future of Fuels and Chemicals youtu.be/Jv_ksrX5MCE for this article from 2022 doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...
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Solar PV needs more nuanced assumptions in energy system modelling

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Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 4d

"Solar PV system diversity largely ignored in energy scenarios" - much progress has been achieved in recent years, now it's the time to improve energy models and scenarios. @solarpapst.bsky.social @solarchase.bsky.social @mzjacobson.bsky.social @nworbmot.bsky.social @aukehoekstra.bsky.social

Dominik Keiner @dominikkeiner.bsky.social · 4d

📰🌍🚀 Solar #PV dominates the #energy #transition, yet models often ignore current technologies. This column urges energy system modelers to align scenarios with real-world #solar PV progress, offering key studies as #inspiration.
@lut.fi @christianonre.bsky.social

Solar PV currently evolves as the most important source of energy. Many energy system models still do not consider technologies that are already standard in today’s solar PV market. This article provi...

LUT University publishes a monthly column in pv magazine international led by the Solar Economy research group on research topics regarding solar PV, wind power, electrolyser, hydrogen, and other ener...

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Dominik Keiner @dominikkeiner.bsky.social · 4d

Check out our other column articles in pv magazine international: tinyurl.com/lutcolumn

LUT University column

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Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 4d

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Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 4d

Lapland's Green Gold - Unlocking the Arctic's Sustainable Energy and e-Fuel Potential

Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 4d

14/ Listen to the Lapland's Green Gold - Unlocking the Arctic's Sustainable Energy and e-Fuel Potential paper in the podcast on our research results: youtu.be/cWuLJrcWIBs – this is AI-generated using Google NotebookLM.