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A new metric to evaluate the economic feasibility of cell efficiency increase
Researchers have introduced a new metric for determination of the highest allowable cost for cell efficiency increase and levelized cost of electricity optimization. The scientists have called this new parameter ‘value of efficiency’.
Dec 3, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Commercial, USA, LCOE, North America, PV cell, VOE
New algorithm to limit the huge list of prospective batt materials
A group of American scientists have selected 133 thousand prospective molecules for batt electrolyte from the list of 166bn with the help of newly created machine learning algorithm. The new approach is said to minimize the cost of computational examination without compromising the investigation accuracy.
Dec 3, 2019 // Technology, Storage, USA, North America, Li-ion
URE to build 193 MW solar park in Taiwan
The Taiwanese PV manufacturer said the project will be the largest solar installation on the island. Construction is scheduled to being near the city of Tainan in the second half of 2020.
Dec 3, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Taiwan, URE
Worm drive for more accurate heliostat calibration
Global generation of solar powered energy is actively expanding. According BloombergNEF, it is likely to increase from the current 2 percent of the global electricity production up to 22 percent by the middle of the century.
Dec 2, 2019 // Technology, Plants, Large-Scale, California, USA, North America, CSP plant, Concentrated solar power
Ather Energy to set up Li-ion, EV production unit in India
Ather Energy, an Indian electric scooter maker, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu to open a new production facility for lithium-ion batteries and electric vehicles.
Dec 2, 2019 // Technology, Storage, Grids, India, Asia, Ather Energy, Tarun Mehta, Li-ion, EV
Blockchain backed solar trading comes to India
Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state of India, with around 200 million inhabitants, is trialling a solar trading platform
Dec 2, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Residential, Grids, Rooftop PV, India, Asia, UPNEDA, UPPCL, Reena Suri
New method to create efficient perovskite solar cells
Scientists from Singapore and Netherlands have found out how to create highly-efficient next-generation solar cells of perovskite materials.
Dec 2, 2019 // Technology, solar cells, Europe, Asia, perovskite, Netherlands, Singapore
New hybrid perovskite material for photovoltaic cells with improved stability
The group of researchers at Purdue University has developed a new sandwich-structured perovskite, which combines inorganic and organic materials. The innovative material is expected to maximize the perovskite solar cells’ thermal stability with no need to include toxic lead in the structure.
Dec 2, 2019 // Technology, USA, perovskite, North America
Modus Group powers up 13.5-MW solar park in Ukraine
Lithuania’s Modus Group has finalised the construction of a 13.5-MW solar park in Ukraine, its first photovoltaic (PV) project in that country.
Dec 2, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Ukraine, Europe, Green Genius, Modus Group, Ruslan Sklepovic
World’s Second-Largest Ferry Operator Switching From Diesel to Batteries
Washington State Ferries consumes as much fuel as a midsized airline.
Dec 2, 2019 // Storage, Transport, USA, ABB, Washington, UK, Europe, North America, Ian Sterling, Washington State Ferries
China to create a satellite-based solar power solution by 2035
China is going to complete a 200-tonne megawatt-scale satellite-based solar power project by 2035.
Dec 2, 2019 // Technology, Plants, Large-Scale, China, Asia
1414 Degrees to develop the suspended Aurora CSP site in South Australia
The Australian energy storage company is planning the acquisition of SolarReserve Australia II, owing three solar sites in Australia. 1414 Degrees is about to create a huge solar park with 400 megawatts of photovoltaic capacity and a few thousand MWh of thermal storage.
Dec 2, 2019 // Storage, Thermal, Solar to Fuel, Australia, Oceania, Aurora CSP, 1414 Degrees, thermal, Solar to Fuel, Solar to Hydrogen, Producing Hydrogen, Hydrogen from renewable, Renewable fuels
Australia could start exporting sunshine in the form of hydrogen
The government has been seen as slow to act on climate change, while Labor offered an ambitious carbon reduction policy.
Dec 2, 2019 // Technology, Thermal, Solar to Fuel, Toyota, Australia, hydrogen, Oceania, Darren Miller, Alan Finkel, Craig Buckley, Øivind Wilhelmsen, Solar to Fuel, Solar to Hydrogen, Producing Hydrogen, Hydrogen from renewable, Renewable fuels
China invests $29 billion to beat U.S. semiconductors
China is biggest market, imports 95% of its high-end chips
Securing digital supply chains is growing global trend
Dec 1, 2019 // Market Research, BNEF, China, Asia, BloombergNEF, semiconductors
Energyra works on restarting PV factory in the Netherlands
The insolvent photovoltaic manufacturer is still talking to potential investment partners, but it claims that it could resume PV module production at its shuttered factory in the Dutch municipality of Zaanstad on short notice.
Nov 29, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Europe, Netherlands, Energyra, Daniel Kuijk
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