Organic Photovoltaics – Truly Green Energy: “Ultra-Low Carbon Footprint”

March 30, 2020

The global warming effect is unequivocal, and solar energy will play a major role in the most important battle of the 21st century: enabling increased energy consumption while minimizing the impact on our environment. In order to achieve the climate protection targets as soon as possible, the environmental impacts must be quantified and should be effectively integrated into the competitive process. TÜV Rheinland (Germany) has certified the environmental impact of the solar film HeliaSol® to be below 16 kg CO2e/m² through a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). The result is an ultra-low carbon footprint ranging from 15 up to 3 g CO2e/kWh depending on the solar irradiation of a location.

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Western CO. Srl

Since when was Born in 1984 in San Benedetto del Tronto (AP), Western CO. has grown the same dream: build a world in which everyone can produce and exchange renewable energy. For this reason, in many years of experience it has specialized in creating systems for the self-production of energy from renewable sources and today is a reference point in the sector at national and international level.

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whitePaper | January 12, 2023

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A comparison of the life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of European heavy-duty vehicles and fuels

whitePaper | February 5, 2023

Transport is the largest producer of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the European Union (EU), contributing almost 30% to the total. Heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs), primarily commercial trucks and buses, are responsible for 26% of these emissions. Adoption of electric vehicles is expanding in the light-duty sector in Europe, but the heavy-duty sector relies almost entirely on internal combustion (diesel) powertrains; in 2021, zero emission HDVs represented only 1% of new HDV registrations in the EU.

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whitePaper | November 21, 2019

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whitePaper | February 28, 2020

The Dominican Republic is considered a leader in energy and policy in the Caribbean. At the end of 2018 the Dominican Republic approved a Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) Action Plan to reaffirm the countries pledge to maintain the targets set by the Paris Climate Agreement. This being one of the actions showing the Island nation’s commitment to reducing emissions and increasing the amount of renewable energy in their power system.

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Grid-Forming Technology in Energy Systems Integration

whitePaper | March 17, 2022

As rising numbers of inverter-based resources (IBRs) are deployed in power systems around the world, their role on the grid is changing and the services needed from them have evolved. In order to maintain grid stability and reliability, IBRs need to provide some of the services currently (or formerly) provided by synchronous generators. Interconnection standards already include requirements for IBRs to have the capability to provide some of these services—such as frequency and voltage support—and the procurement and deployment of the services can be implemented either as mandatory interconnection requirements or as market products

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whitePaper | December 13, 2021

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Western CO. Srl

Since when was Born in 1984 in San Benedetto del Tronto (AP), Western CO. has grown the same dream: build a world in which everyone can produce and exchange renewable energy. For this reason, in many years of experience it has specialized in creating systems for the self-production of energy from renewable sources and today is a reference point in the sector at national and international level.

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