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Vietnamese PV maker Dehui bets on US solar to fuel 2020s growth
Dehui already runs 250,000 square feet across five production lines and has set aside a further one million square feet for future factories
Jan 21, 2020 // Manufacturing News, USA, pv modules, Asia, Bifacial PV, PV module, North America, bifacial modules, Vietnam, module manufacturing, bifacial solar, dehui, dehui solar
America’s Concentrated Solar Power Companies Have All but Disappeared
SolarReserve, one of America’s last remaining CSP developers, appears to have ceased operations — just as some global markets may be warming up.
Jan 21, 2020 // Thermal, USA, Nevada, North America, Concentrated solar power, SolarReserve, CSP developers, Concentrated Solar Power developers, Crescent Dunes
Can Renewables Restart the Grid? The UK Investigates
Far from bringing the grid down, clean energy could help save it.
Jan 21, 2020 // Market Research, UK, Australia, Europe, Oceania, Distributed ReStart
Inorganic perovskite cells achieve 16.1% efficiency
Hongkongese scientists have created all organic perovskite solar cells claimed to reach 16.1 percent efficiency. The technology is based on Lewis-base small molecules passivating the layer of inorganic perovskite.
Jan 17, 2020 // Technology, Hong Kong, solar cells, perovskite
Promising materials to make efficient batteries
Lithium has been considered the most attractive material for battery manufacturing for quite a while. However, the production process has a number of limitations and frequently causes accidents. So developers are in search of better options to replace lithium in battery making.
Jan 17, 2020 // Technology, Storage, hydrogen, lithium, Zinc, Sodium-sulphur
Nareva and Engie collaborate to construct Tunisia-based PV station
Morocco’s Nareva and France’s Engie will collaborate to develop a solar farm 350 kilometers south of Tunis.
Jan 17, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Engie, pv power plants, Nareva, Tunis, Saïd Elhadi
Acquisition of CrisolteQ by Fortum
Fortum Corp is going to acquire 100% of the shares in Finland-based growing firm CrisolteQ Qy, specializing in hydrometallurgical recycling of lithium-ion batts.
Jan 17, 2020 // Storage, Europe, Finland, International, Battery Recycling, Crisolteq, Fortum
IIT-M creates new tech of hydrogen production from saltwater
A research team from India’s IIT-M has created an innovative method of climate-safe hydrogen generation from saline water.
Jan 17, 2020 // Solar to Fuel, clean energy, India, Asia, hydrogen, IIT-M, Seawater
Manz and Shenzhen Yinghe Technology sign cooperation deal on lithium battery-making
Manz AG has signed an agreement with China’s Shenzhen Yinghe Technology for strategic cooperation in lithium-ion cell and module production.
Jan 17, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Storage, Germany, China, Europe, Asia, Manz AG, Shenzhen Yinghe Technology, lithium-ion cell
MPower breaks ground on two solar farms in South Australia
Renewables developer MPower has commenced work on two 5 MW solar farms in South Australia expanding its portfolio of smaller utility-scale projects.
Jan 17, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Canadian Solar, Australia, utility-scale, Oceania, MPower, Nathan Wise
US soars and China slumps as global PV investment dips year-on-year
A bustling US and a slumping China offered a contrasting picture of solar investment during a year when the global industry laid the foundations of a subsidy-free shift
Jan 17, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, BNEF, China, Asia, North America
AE Solar will showcase its “hot-spot-free” solar module at Intersolar
German solar panel manufacturer AE Solar will showcase what it claims is the world’s first “smart hot-spot-free” solar module at Intersolar North America next month.
Jan 17, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Intersolar, solar module, AE Solar, Alexander Maier
Chattisgarh Commission to set Generic Tariff for Solar Energy Projects
The Chattisgarh Commission has issued a draft order with the generic levelised tariffs for FY 2019-20 & 2020-21 for renewable energy sources like solar.
Jan 17, 2020 // Tariffs, India, Asia, tariff, Chattisgarh State Electricity Regulatory Commission, CSERC
Salem Smart City Mission Tenders for 3 MW Solar Power Plants
The Salem City Municipal Corporation has issued a tender for the commissioning of a 3 MW solar power project at Erumapalayam, Salem District of Tamil Nadu.
Jan 17, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, India, solar pv, Asia, Salem
Nuclear Power Corporation Tenders for 100 kW Rooftop Solar Plant
Nuclear Power Corporation has issued a tender for the commissioning of a 100 kW rooftop solar power plant at the firms’ Kakarapar site in Gujarat.
Jan 17, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, India, tender, Asia, rooftop PV, Nuclear Power Corporation