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Trina Solar takes full control of Spanish tracker firm Nclave
Trina Solar has actually taken full control of Spanish tracker system manufacturer Nclave, acquiring the remaining 49% stake in the company it did not currently possess.
Sep 16, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Spain, China, Europe, Asia, Trina Solar, pv trackers, pv mounting systems, acquisition, nclave
Suntech opens up 1GW integrated cell and also module assembly plant in Indonesia for US market
Significant incorporated PV module supplier, Suntech has started ramping a 1GW incorporated cell and also module assembly plant in Indonesia, predominantly to serve the US market that takes its nameplate module setting up capacity over 10GW.
Sep 16, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, pv power plants, pv modules, c-si manufacturing, Asia, solar cell, monocrystalline wafer, PERC, Indonesia, North America, Suntech, large-area wafers
Chile connects first floating PV plant to grid under web payment plan
Programmer Solarity has finished the first floating PV selection to be connected to the nationwide circulation network under Chile's net billing plan. The plant will supply 100% of project owner Hortifrut's power requirements, while allowing it to sell excess power to the grid.
Sep 16, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, Chile, floating PV, South america, Solarity
Vanadium redox flow battery for storage space of wind and solar energy
Scientists in India have developed a 5 kW/25 kWh vanadium redox flow battery with an energy thickness of 30 watt-hours to 40 watt-hours per litre.
Sep 16, 2020 // Technology, Storage, India, Asia, vanadium redox flow battery, Ravendra Gunlapalli
Bulgaria wants one more 2.6 GW of renewables by 2030-- and also coal
The government's energy technique targets new clean power capability this years but all existing coal power plants will additionally remain active, gas pipes could be upgraded and brand-new nuclear centers released.
Sep 16, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, Solar Project, Bulgaria
Commercial solar rooftops dominate as India nears 6 GW
Bridge to India figures show dominance of Chinese inverters, which provided practically 80% of installs from July last year to the end of June.
Sep 16, 2020 // Plants, Commercial, Rooftop PV, India, Asia, rooftop PV, Cleantech Solar, Growatt
Nanostructures for ultrathin flexible wafer
Researchers in South Korea integrated 2 processes to engrave a nanostructure of little pyramids onto the surface of a silicon wafer. Along with trapping much more light and also enhancing the cell effectiveness, the team declares that its nanostructure improves the mechanical flexibility of the cells. This can potentially enable making use of much thinner silicon wafers than is currently feasible in manufacturing.
Sep 16, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, South Korea, Asia, KIST, flexible wafer
Italy released 362 MW of solar in H1
Developers set up 259 MW of brand-new solar in Italy in the first six months of the year, according to ANIE Rinnovabili. However that doesn't include a 103 MW plant that was attached to the grid in late June in the southern region of Apulia.
Sep 16, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe
Cooling PV panels with salt water
An Anglo-Egyptian study group has actually developed an easy air conditioning approach based upon saturated triggered alumina, with saline water as an air conditioning agent.
Sep 16, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, UK, Europe, cooling
Risen Signs 140 MW Modules Agreement With UPC-AC Energy Solar
Risen Energy has actually signed an organized 140 MW supply agreement with UPC-AC Energy Solar Asia.
Sep 15, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Risen Energy, solar modules, AC Energy, International, UPC-AC Energy Solar, Pranab Kumar Sarmah
Forecasting the slow-moving death of lithium-ion batteries
Batteries discolor as they age, slowly losing power and storage capacity. As in people, aging plays out differently from one battery to an additional, as well as it's beside difficult to gauge or model all of the connecting systems that contribute to decline. Therefore, the majority of the systems utilized to handle charge degrees sensibly and to approximate driving variety in electrical automobiles are almost callous changes in the battery's internal functions.
Sep 15, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Stanford University, Simona Onori
Sunpro Solar initially to install new NeON LG solar panel in US
Sunpro Solar reports that they will be the initial solar service provider in the U.S. to set up the new series of LG NeON 355 watts photovoltaic panels.
Sep 15, 2020 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Sunpro Solar, NeON LG solar panel, David Chang, Dean Scott
Tandem gadgets really feel the warm
Understanding exactly how solar cell operation changes as it relocates from the lab into the real world is essential for optimizing their design before automation. KAUST scientists show how perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells function in a warm as well as warm setting.
Sep 15, 2020 // Technology, Saudi Arabia, Asia, solar cell, Erkan Aydin
Walmart launches 'Gigaton PPA' campaign to reinforce its supply chain's renewables credentials
US-based providers of Walmart will certainly be able to contract for renewable resource as a cohort under a new effort released by the retailer together with Schneider Electric.
Sep 15, 2020 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, USA, PPA, Schneider Electric, Walmart, North America
SECI launches brand-new solar-plus-storage tender
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has actually invited bids for a 100MWac/200MWp solar project with a 50MW/150MWh battery power storage system in the state of Chhattisgarh.
Sep 15, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, India, SECI, tender, Asia, solar-plus-storage, world bank