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Austria doubles financial support for solar rebates
The federal government has actually ramped up its allocate the rebate scheme to EUR10 million.
Jun 23, 2020 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Europe, Austria, Vera Immitzer
Self-cleaning PV system with active cooling technology
An international research study group has actually created a self-cooling PV system including a 250 W 60-cell polycrystalline component and a thermal enthusiast attached to the back side of the panel. The cleaning technology is based upon a microcontroller programmable integrated circuit, which manages a rotating DC electric motor.
Jun 23, 2020 // Technology, Residential, Malaysia, India, China, Asia, PV system, self-cooling
New chemistry guarantees much better lithium sulfur batteries
Researchers in the U.S. have established a brand-new cathode chemistry for lithium-sulfur batteries, which they say pledges to conquer performance problems originating from sulfur's reduced conductivity and also tendency to react with lithium.
Jun 22, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, North America, lithium-sulfur batteries, Chao Luo
Floating solar park starts commercial operations in Germany
Designer 7C Solarparken has actually deployed a 729 kW floating system on a lake near Salzwedel. Power trader Next Kraftwerke will incorporate power produced at the site into its virtual nuclear power plant.
Jun 22, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, Germany, floating PV, Europe, 7C Solarparken, Steven De Proost
Acwa Power eyes Iraq solar schemes
Saudi Arabia-based utility programmer Acwa Power is prepared to implement solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) forecasts it has actually proposed to develop in Iraq once the brand-new government permits to proceed.
Jun 22, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Saudi Arabia, Asia, ACWA Power, Paddy Padmanathan
New 100MW Solar Power Plant opens up in Kagoshima
GF Corporation, Kyocera Corporation, Kyudenko Corporation, and Tokyo Century Corporation announced that Kanoya Osaki Solar Hills LLC, a solar power venture jointly developed by the four companies, has actually begun running its "Kanoya Osaki Solar Hills Solar Power Plant" - the largest power plant in Kyushu * 1 - with peak producing ability of about 100 megawatts (MW).
Jun 22, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, pv power plants, Asia, Akihito Kubota
European consortium bid to bring 25.4%- effective heterojunction-IBC solar cell into automation
The EU-funded Nextbase project intends to produce heterojunction, interdigitated back-contact solar components for less than EUR0.275/ W. Solar panels including the Nextbase cell tech are anticipated to have a conversion effectiveness of 23.2%, according to the European Commission.
Jun 22, 2020 // Manufacturing News, France, Germany, Italy, Europe, heterojunction, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Czechia
Floating Solar On Fast Lane With Start of Work On 100 MW NTPC Ramagundam Project
With Work finally starting on NTPC Ramagundam's Floating solar project, with a planned capacity of 100 MW, floating solar is back in focus. The Ramagundam project is being built on the balance reservoir of NTPC's Ramagundam Super Thermal Power Station, with a nameplate capacity of 2600 MW itself. The reservoir itself gets its water from the Sriram Sagar Project, a critical water project for Telangana state.
Jun 22, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, India, NTPC, Asia, Floating solar, ReNew Power, bhel, shapoorji pallonji
Azelio, CITRUS Ink MoU for Energy Storage Supply to C&I Customers in Mexico, America
Swedish business Azelio has become part of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mexican, CITRUS JMK S.A DE C.V (CITRUS) to analyze power storage space for agricultural, mining, food as well as drink, tourism and also the oil & gas industry in Mexico, North as well as Central America.
Jun 22, 2020 // Storage, ENERGY STORAGE, Mexico, North America, Renewable Energy, azelio, International, Jonas Eklind, CITRUS JMK S.A DE C.V, Katia Bernal, Central America
JA Solar to Supply Mono PERC Modules for Japan's Largest Single PV project
JA Solar, a leading solar cell and also solar modules manufacturer, has on Monday claimed that it has actually won the order to supply its Mono PERC MBB modules for Japan's largest single photovoltaic or pv (PV) project.
Jun 22, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, China, JA Solar, Asia, solar cell, Jin Baofang, solar module, International
JinkoSolar to supply bifacial panels for Chile's first hybrid renewables project
'Solar Module Super League' (SMSL) member JinkoSolar has actually been selected to supply bifacial modules for Chile's initial hybrid utility-scale solar-plus-wind ranch.
Jun 22, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Chile, bifacial, hybrid, South america, Latin america, JinkoSolar, solar-plus-wind, colocation, Alberto Cutler
Pexapark bags new growth capital to target global, multi-gigawatt growth
Renewables software firm Pexapark has increased EUR6 million (US$ 6.7 million) in Series B funding as it seeks accelerate its development via the coming years.
Jun 22, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, PPA, baywa r.e., encavis, TECHNOLOGY, pexapark, software, Michael Waldner
Low-cost straight solar-to-hydrogen passions see the light
The road to low-cost hydrogen production is riddled with gaps and power losses. Scientists in Australia have demonstrated reconsidering solar innovation as well as missing electrolysers could hold great pledge for reaching the hydrogen holy grail.
Jun 22, 2020 // Technology, Solar to Fuel, Australia, Oceania, efficiency, Kobad Bhavnagri, solar-to-hydrogen, Siva Krishna Karuturi
Poland to get to 7.8 GW of collective PV by 2025
A new report by Instytut Energetyki Odnawialnej shows how Poland will certainly release much more massive PV. Development is anticipated to be high in the 2021-22 duration, with new capability enhancements set to hit 2.8 GW.
Jun 22, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Poland, Europe, large-scale pv, Instytut Energetyki Odnawialnej
Parabolic bifacial module with active cooling system
Researchers in Morocco have actually made a brand-new bifacial module with a cooling system, based upon bifacial parabolic solar cells that are attached to each various other through tubes for panel cooling. They are currently patenting the tech, however have yet to produce a first prototype.
Jun 22, 2020 // Technology, Africa, Morocco, Parabolic bifacial module, cooling system, USMBA, El Ghzizal