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Canada-based Solar Firm Reaches New Efficiency Heights With Perovskite Cells
QD Solar announces 24% efficiency for spin-coated perovskite cells and 23.2% efficiency for slot-die coated cells. These certified numbers have been developed for large scale manufacturing.
Feb 15, 2023 // Technology, Manufacturing News, solar cells, perovskite, efficiency, Dan Shea, QD Solar
Ib Vogt and Aura Power Start Building 27MWp Solar Project in Portugal
Aura Power and Ib Vogt are constructing a 27MWp solar farm near Leiria, Portugal. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2023, providing clean energy to over 13,500 homes.
Feb 15, 2023 // Plants, Portugal, Europe, ib vogt, Solar Project, Aura Power
Trina Solar's Photovoltaic Project Boosts Chinese Fisheries
China-based Trina Solar's 100MW solar fishery project generates high performance in harsh marine environments, providing economic value to customers.
Feb 15, 2023 // Plants, China, Asia, Trina Solar, solar model
Lightsource BP finilize 50MWp solar farms for H&M Group
Lightsource BP, Schroders Greencoat, and H&M Group complete two new solar power stations in Leicestershire, providing renewable energy to H&M Group's business activities
Feb 15, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Lightsource BP, solar farm, H&M Group
New long-duration solar + storage project will support California watering canal
ESS introduced it will certainly provide Energy Warehouse (EW) systems to the Turlock Irrigation District (TID) in Central California. Supporting TID's Project Nexus, the EWs will certainly be coupled with the first-ever setup of solar panels over irrigation canals in the United States. Project Nexus intends to generate clean energy while saving water resources in an increasingly arid California.
Feb 15, 2023 // Plants, USA, North America, PV Power Plant
Agilitas completes community solar + storage project in Massachusetts
Agilitas Energy has actually finished a 9.6-MW solar + 13.4-MWh storage project in Rochester, Massachusetts.
Feb 15, 2023 // Plants, Storage, USA, North America, Agilitas Energy
Amazon to Resource Green Electricity from Japanese Company Itochu
Clean Energy Connect (CEC), which is also a part of the Itochu group, has inked a business power purchase agreement (cPPA) to offer renewable resource to Amazon for twenty years. Amazon will certainly get green power at a set price.
Feb 15, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Japan, Amazon, Asia, Itochu, CEC, green energy, meta, Clean Energy Connect, corporate power purchase agreement, CPPA, data centers, decarboniing data centers, small solar power projects
Skoda Volkswagen Sets right into Procedure 18.5 MW Rooftop Solar at Pune Facility
The group currently states that the new rooftop solar facility will be creating about 26.6 million kWh of green energy per year. The solar installment is in line with the 'goTOzero' mission of the Volkswagen Group.
Feb 15, 2023 // Rooftop PV, VOLKSWAGEN, green electricity, Chakan plant, CO2 emissions of Volkswagen, Piyush Arora, rooftop solar facility, Skoda Auto Volkswagen India
China's Power Batteries Production & Installed Capacity Decline in January
China's production and installed capacity of power batteries fell on a monthly as well as annual basis for the very first time in January
Feb 15, 2023 // Storage, China, Asia, BYD, CATL
Akuo preps Feb 17 ribbon-cutting of 4-MW solar park in Greece
French renewable power manufacturer and programmer Akuo will certainly today hold a main ceremony to inaugurate its 4-MW Thessaly solar park in Greece, its initial one in the Balkan country.
Feb 14, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, France, Europe, akuo, PV Power Plant
Ilmatar plans 40-MWp solar park in Southwest Finland
Finnish renewable energy plants developer and also driver Ilmatar Energy Ltd plans to build a 40-MWp solar park in Pöytyä municipality, the Southwest Finland region, the firm announced on Tuesday.
Feb 14, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Solar Park, Ilmatar, Southwest Finland
Enel's photovoltaic panel manufacturer 3Sun inks EUR-560m loan to increase to 3 GW
Enel Green Power's solar panel manufacturing facility in Italy has authorized an agreement to secure up to EUR 560 million (USD 602m) in loans to fund the capacity growth to 3 GW each year, Italian utility Enel SpA (BIT: ENEL) stated on Monday.
Feb 14, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Enel
Kleiner Perkins chair invests USD 10m in Complete Solaria
United States residential solar firm Complete Solaria Inc has obtained a USD-10-million (EUR 9.3 m) strategic financial investment from an entity affiliated with the chairman of venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, John Doerr.
Feb 14, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, solaria, Kleiner Perkins
KAUST team reports results of 1 year outdoor testing of perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells
Scientists from Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah University of Science and also Technology (KAUST) have actually reported the results of an one-year outdoor test for a tandem perovskite-silicon solar cell they developed in 2020. They have located that the device retained greater than 80% of its initial performance throughout the testing period between April 2021 as well as April 2022.
Feb 14, 2023 // Technology, solar cells, perovskite, KAUST
Fraunhofer ISE to be Technology Partner for Emmvee's New Solar Cell Factory in Bengaluru
Fraunhofer ISE will certainly be solar technology partner of Emmvee for its upcoming solar cell manufacturing facility near Bangalore. The partnership aims to establish a 1.5 GW integrated Mono PERC/TOPCon cell production facility.
Feb 14, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Fraunhofer ISE, mono perc, Jochen Rentsch, Bangalore solar factory, Emmvee Group, Emmvee Solar Cell Factory, Manjunatha, solar cells facility, Suhas Donthi, TOPCon cell