Headline News:
- Final trials of printed PVs on sheets of plastic are underway at the University of Newcastle in New South Wales. Conventional printing technology is used to print electronic ink on clear plastic sheets. The finished product is very lightweight. Printed PVs are expected to be available commercially in about three years. [ABC Online]
Professor Paul Dastoor and printed PVs (ABC News | Kerrin Thomas)
- Korean President Moon Jae-in ordered a temporary shutdown of outdated coal-fired plants, aged 30 years or over, as part of an emergency measure to combat fine dust. Under the plans, 10 out of 59 coal-fired plants will stop operating for a month in June. He has also pledged to close nuclear plants and increase renewable generation. [The Korea Herald]
- Western Australia network operator Horizon Power announced plans to take more remote regional customers off grid, offering stand-alone solar plus battery storage systems and back-up diesel generators as a cheaper and more reliable alternative to poles and wires. Five test systems installed last year were successful. [One Step Off The Grid]
- Toshiba has missed a Tokyo Stock Exchange deadline to file its annual results, but warned it was likely to report a loss of ¥950 billion ($8.4 billion; £6.5 billion). Problems, starting with an accounting scandal, came to a head again in January this year, when it became clear its US nuclear unit, Westinghouse, was in financial trouble. [BBC]
- The new energy strategy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg aims to increase the share of renewables in its energy mix from around 6% currently to 70% by 2050. About 4.8 GW of new renewable energy power generation capacity is expected to be installed in order to reach this target, and to reduce dependence from power imports. [pv magazine]
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May 15 Green Energy News posted first on Green Energy Times
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