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FuturaSun Plans New 2 GW Solar Module Facility in Italy
FuturaSun commits to an overall financial investment of EUR 25 million over the next few years in the new facility. The new HQ will have R&D center, a huge test-field, a PV Academy and also a training center to recreate the proficiency of sector specialists.
Mar 13, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, solar cell, solar module, European Green Deal, FuturaSun, Alessandro Barin, Italian solar Gigafactory, Italy solar industry, photovoltaic modules, PV Academy, REPowerEU Plan
Purdue University Creates Safer Solid-State Lithium-Ion Batteries
The new batteries are created from new composite products. The new battery shows exceptional thermal stability up to around 330 degrees Celsius.
Mar 13, 2023 // Storage, Lithium-ion batteries, Purdue University, spe, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, engineers, Purdue Research Foundation Office of Technology, solid polymer electrolyte, solid-state, thermal stability, Vilas Pol
Chinese Battery Giant CATL Announces 2022 Results, Almost Doubles Profit
Its net profit boosted by 93 per cent to $4.4 billion in 2022 year on year. Revenue from the power battery service enhanced by 159 percent as net sales in this segment greater than doubled to 242 GWh last year.
Mar 13, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, financial results, EV batteries, CATL, growth rate, Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited, Energy Storage Business, financial results 2022, net profit, power battery business
Sungrow Signs 145 MW Distribution Agreements in Pakistan
The Distribution Agreements throughout the Solar Pakistan 2023, where Sungrow showcased its selection of products. The agreements were tattooed with neighborhood partners consisting of SkyElectric, Wateen Energy and Uenergy.
Mar 13, 2023 // Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Sungrow, solar plus storage, inverter, iSolarCloud, Howard Fu, PowerStack, SkyElectric, Solar Pakistan 2023, Sungrow Pakistan, Uenergy, Wateen Energy
Axpo to build Swedish battery storage project
20MW facility prepared for Landskrona area
Mar 13, 2023 // Storage, Sweden, Axpo, Europe
Infracapital agrees sale of solar PV platform Infram
Power manufacturer Amarenco to take control of French organization
Mar 13, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, amarenco, M&G Plc, Infram, Michele Armanini
Masdar to create 70MW Côte d'Ivoire solar plant
Agreement authorized as part of Etihad 7 effort for 20GW of renewable energy capacity in Africa
Mar 13, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Masdar, PV Power Plant
Japan's Sinanen places 2-MW solar plant in operation in the house
Japanese diversified company Sinanen Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:8132) introduced on Tuesday its subsidiary Sinanen Co Ltd has turned on a 1.98-MW/ 2.88-MW straight existing (DC) solar energy plant it established in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan's Kanto region.
Mar 9, 2023 // Plants, Commercial, Japan, Asia, PV Power Plant, Sinanen
Voltalia powers up 4.9 MW of Brazilian solar for telecom Vivo
France's Voltalia SA (EPA: VLTSA) revealed on Wednesday it has commissioned 4.9 MW of solar capacity in midwestern Brazil as part of a broader bargain to provide clean power to a unit of telecommunication giant Telefonica SA (BME: TEF).
Mar 9, 2023 // Plants, Commercial, Voltalia, South america, Brazil, Vivo
Tariffs, equipment detentions caused united state solar market to decrease 16% in 2022
The USA added 20.2 GW of new solar capacity in 2022, a 16% decrease from 2021. This was most likely attributed to an examination into new anti-circumvention tariffs by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, as well as equipment detainments by Customs and also Border Protection under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.
Mar 9, 2023 // Tariffs, USA, North America
Silfab to begin 1-GW solar cell factory in the United States by 2024
After a successful 2nd financial investment round, North American photovoltaic panel supplier Silfab Solar can now formally introduce it is preparing to open up a 3rd U.S. solar module production center that will certainly additionally include solar cell production.
Mar 9, 2023 // Manufacturing News, USA, solar cells, North America, Silfab
DroneBase inspection software rebrands as Zeitview
DroneBase announced it has been rebranded as Zeitview. New financing led by Valor Equity Partners will support the business's AI-enabled software and also worldwide footprint in advanced inspection solutions.
Mar 9, 2023 // Software, DroneBase, Zeitview
Researchers develop perovskite-based memristors that are much more powerful and simpler to make
The human brain can easily process complex sensory information and also gain from experiences, while a computer can not. As well as, the brain does all this by consuming less than half as much energy as a laptop.
Mar 9, 2023 // Technology, Manufacturing News, perovskite, EMPA, ETH Zurich, Politecnico di Milano
Scientists establish method to stabilize 3D/2D perovskites for far better solar cells
Scientists at Huazhong University of Science and also Technology, Wuhan University of Technology as well as University of Toronto lately introduced a new strategy for producing more stable 3D/2D heterostructures, avoiding their destruction. Their approach is based on the intro of an added layer in between the structures; 3D as well as 2D perovskite layers.
Mar 9, 2023 // Technology, solar cells, perovskite, efficiency, University of Toronto, Wuhan University of Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Iberdrola turns sod on Portuguese PV pair
Installation work is progressing at the Montechoro 1 (11.57 MW) as well as Montechoro 2 (25MW) projects
Mar 9, 2023 // Plants, Commercial, Portugal, Iberdrola, Europe, PV Power Plant