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Niger holds firm on strategy to construct solar park at diesel-fueled thermal plant
The solar plant is expected to have a capacity of up to 60 MW and also will certainly be situated at the 100 MW Gorou Banda thermal power plant appointed in 2017.
Sep 1, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Thermal, pv power plants, Africa, thermal plant, Niger
Computational approach reveals Italy may mount 144.5 GW of PV by 2050
According to a brand-new study, PV may reach an installed power of 144.5 GW in Italy by the end of the initial half of the century, adhered to by onshore and also offshore wind with 59.6 GW and 17.6 GW, respectively. The research is based on a new computational version that determines the very best spatial distribution of renewable energy resources in an individual country or electricity system while preventing problematic concentrations of modern technologies
Sep 1, 2020 // Technology, Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, Polytechnic University of Milan
Photovoltaics for freeways
The Austrian Institute of Technology, Fraunhofer ISE, and Forster Industrietechnik are creating a brand-new rooftop PV system idea for freeways. They aim to harness the capacity of underexploited roadway networks to produce electrical power.
Sep 1, 2020 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Fraunhofer ISE, Austrian Institute of Technology, Forster Industrietechnik, Manfred Haider
Scaling up solar production in India
A brand-new research study by CEEW Centre for Energy Finance assesses the competitive advantage that China has over India and provides a suite of short-term and lasting treatments needed for a globally competitive solar manufacturing market in India.
Sep 1, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Inverters, Market Research, India, Asia, CEEW Centre for Energy Finance
Sonnedix buys 2.3-MW solar park in Japan
Independent power producer (IPP) Sonnedix Power Holdings Ltd on Monday claimed that its Japanese system has actually finalised the acquisition of a 2.3-MW solar (PV) park located in the Mie prefecture.
Aug 31, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Japan, Sonnedix, Axel Thiemann, pv power plants, Asia
Floating solar presentation project to be installed off Seychelles' coastline
A floating photovoltaic or pv presentation project is expected to be installed off the shore of Seychelles' Providence Industrial Estate.
Aug 31, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, solar pv, floating PV, Swimsol, Nordic Development Fund, Energy Solutions Seychelles, Providence Industrial Estate, UniSey, NISTI
Perovskite Solar Cells, Coming Soon To a Product Near You
Perovskites, named after Russian mineralogist Lev Perovski who discovered the base product over 170 years ago in the Ural Mountains of Russia are discovered generously in the earth's mantle as well as often, surface deposits even. They have currently discovered an interesting as well as potentially advancement application in solar energy generation innovation.
Aug 31, 2020 // Technology, China, solar cells, Asia, perovskite, Microquanta
Double-Sided Solar Panels Follow the Sun for Cost-Effective Energy
Researchers combined bifacial photovoltaic panels as well as single-axis tracking to improve energy generation by 35 percent.
Aug 31, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Asia, Singapore, bifacial solar panels, Carlos Rodríguez-Gallegos
BHEL Tenders for Insurance of 100 MW Solar Plant for GSECL
BHEL has issued a tender, inviting proposals for eligible vendors for offering MSE Insurance for a 100 MW solar plant for GSECL.
Aug 31, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, India, pv power plants, Asia, gujarat, bhel, GSECL, Insurance
Sungrow Bags 100% Bankability for a Second Year From BNEF
Sungrow has actually once again been ranked "100% bankable" by BNEF based on its most current study of PV Module & Inverter Bankability 2020. The company has likewise finished delivery for South Korea's biggest crossbreed plant.
Aug 31, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, BNEF, Sungrow, hybrid, bankability, International, Projects, solar inverters
Majority Total Owned SunPower Completes Maxeon Solar Technologies Split
SunPower, majority-owned by Total, has effectively completed the calculated transaction, revealed last Nov, to develop two independent public firms
Aug 31, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Solar, SunPower, Total, International, Maxeon Solar Technologies, Total SunPower
Enphase microinverters for high-power modules
The United States microinverter producer has now brought its inverter remedy for industrial as well as commercial solar to Australia and Europe. The gadget appropriates for modules with power output varying from 295 to 450 W and has a European efficiency of 96.5%.
Aug 31, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Inverters, Australia, Europe, Oceania, North America, Enphase, United States
New dopants might enhance PV glass efficiency
According to a British-Swedish research team, the down‐shifting process for solar glass manufacturing can be enhanced via making use of 2 dopant cations that produce no absorption bands. The doping with these substances is claimed to minimize the UV transmission while likewise maintaining the glass free from absorption in the visible as well as near-infrared ranges.
Aug 31, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Sweden, Europe, PV glass
Lithium metal enabler for low temperature batteries
Scientists in the United States showed a new course to enhancing battery efficiency. The group integrated a self-assembling layer which bases on the surface of the anode, avoiding the development of dendrites. While their prototype has an extremely brief lifetime, the team is convinced method might bring about better carrying out batteries, and also is specifically encouraging for reduced temperature level applications.
Aug 31, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, North America, Lithium metal, Donghai Wang
Germany deployed 447 MW in July
According to the latest numbers from the Federal Network Agency, the nation's advancing installed PV power has actually currently gotten to 51.98 GW.
Aug 31, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe