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Green power: Just how to enhance the effectiveness of solar cells
Dr. Torsten Schwarz, senior scientist in the team "Nanoanalytics and also Interfaces" at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, evaluated just how surface area therapies of chalcogenide semiconductors influence their problem concentrations and also thus their efficiency and which modifications during the manufacturing of solar cells are needed to achieve a much better efficiency.
Jan 15, 2021 // Technology, solar cells, efficiency, Torsten Schwarz, University of Luxembourg
Daystar Power secures $38 million of funding
Daystar Power, off-grid power company, using hybrid power solutions to commercial and industrial services in West Africa, revealed an investment of $38 million. With the fundraise, the company will expand its procedures in its key markets of Nigeria as well as Ghana, while strengthening its existence in other regional nations such as Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal as well as Togo.
Jan 15, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, West Africa, Jasper Graf von Hardenberg, Daystar Power
COVID-19 has marginal effect of PPA costs in Europe as well as America
COVID-19 has had a marginal influence on Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) deal costs, according to research from LevelTen Energy.
Jan 15, 2021 // Market Research, USA, PPAs, Spain, Italy, Europe, North America, covid-19, levelten, Rob Collier
Wartsila and also Fluence to provide 1GW Oz storage
Firms have signed framework agreements with AGL to increase project timetables
Jan 14, 2021 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, Wartsila, Fluence, Markus Brokhof, AGL, Suraj Narayan
Cubico re-finances 100MW of Spanish solar thermal
Renewables driver secured 2 green fundings for the Andasol 1 and 2 CSP plants in Granada
Jan 14, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Thermal, Spain, Europe, cubico, csp, solar thermal, David Swindin
Equinor to pilot floating solar off Norway
Collaboration with Moss Maritime will construct the 80x80m plant in late summer season 2021
Jan 14, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, floating PV, Europe, Equinor, Hanne Wigum, Kristin Furunes Stromskag, Moss Maritime
Blue light ways large development for perovskite-based LEDs
Scientists at Linköping University, Sweden, have actually developed effective blue light-emitting diodes based on halide perovskites. "We are extremely excited concerning this breakthrough," states Feng Gao, professor at Linköping University. The brand-new LEDs may break the ice to inexpensive and also energy-efficient illumination.
Jan 14, 2021 // Technology, Sweden, Europe, solar cell, perovskite, Linköping University, Feng Gao, Weidong Xu
Framework and also Energy Alternatives selected to construct 100-MW Lumpkin Solar Farm
Infrastructure and also Energy Alternatives, an infrastructure building and construction firm with renewable energy and also specialized civil experience, introduced that it has actually been awarded a 100-MWAC solar agreement to create the Lumpkin Solar Farm in Stewart County, Georgia.
Jan 14, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, solar farm, Reagan Farr, Infrastructure, Energy Alternatives, Joe Broom
Tracker provider Sunfolding selects new CEO
Single-axis tracker vendor Sunfolding has revealed the consultation of former Renewable Energy Systems Americas president Glen Davis as its brand-new CEO.
Jan 14, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Australia, Oceania, North America, single-axis trackers, Sunfolding, executive appointments, Leila Madrone, Glen Davis, Jurgen Krehnke
BayWa r.e. finishes two floating solar projects in the Netherlands
BayWa r.e. as well as its Dutch subsidiary GroenLeven have recently energised 2 floating solar projects in the Netherlands with an integrated capacity of 29.2 MWp.
Jan 14, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, floating PV, Europe, Netherlands, baywa r.e., Benedikt Ortmann, solar projects, groenleven group
Renewables investor Excelsior protects US$ 504m for US solar projects
Renewable energy financier Excelsior Energy Capital has elevated US$ 504 million in its inaugural funding round to invest in middle-market wind as well as solar projects in the US and also Canada.
Jan 14, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, solar projects, Excelsior, Chris Moakley
'Historic' arrangement authorized in between Luxcara as well as BeGreen for 415MWp of Danish solar
German possession manager Luxcara has actually signed an investment arrangement with Danish solar programmer BeGreen for 4 PV parks.
Jan 14, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, solar pv, Europe, Denmark, Luxcara, begreen, ground mount solar pv, Philip Sander
New york city introduces 23 large-scale PV projects as part of guv's clean power drive
New York state will this year contract for 23 large-scale solar farms and one hydroelectric facility with an integrated capacity of greater than 2.2 GW, as Governor Andrew Cuomo lays out efforts to stimulate on exclusive financial investment in clean energy and also drive job development.
Jan 14, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, New York, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Andrew Cuomo, North America, energy transition, PV Power Plant, Utility-Scale Storage, transmission network, Anne Reynolds
Reoccurring Power begin on the 300 MW PV and storage "Slate" project
Persistent Energy, part of Canadian Solar Inc., finished the sale of the "Slate" project to Goldman Sachs Renewable Power.
Jan 14, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Canadian Solar, recurrent energy, Shawn Qu, Solar Project
AGL Energy chose Wärtsilä as vendor for 1,000 MW grid-scale power storage space plan
Australian AGL Energy Limited has actually picked Wärtsilä, Finland, as one of both providers for their as much as 1,000 MW grid-scale energy storage plans.
Jan 14, 2021 // Storage, Australia, AGL Energy, Oceania, Wärtsilä, Kari Punnonen