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UK's Power Roll trials low-cost, flexible solar-and-storage system in Himalayan towns
The system will use an ingenious solar film established by Power Roll that can be manufactured for just $0.03/ Watt and also released on a large range of non-load bearing structures, including agricultural as well as storehouse roofing systems.
Sep 10, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Storage, UK, India, Europe, Asia, Power Roll, Ajay Shankar
First Solar brings modules to roof segment
The U.S. utility-scale PV leader is going small. After years of avoiding distributed generation, it is currently providing its Series 6 modules for "projects as well as customers of all shapes and sizes."
Sep 10, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, USA, First Solar, North America, Darin Green
India's NTPC intends more than 5GW of new solar in 2 years
NTPC, India's largest power business, is intending to add more than 5GW of new solar ability in the following two years as it constructs its renewables presence overseas thanks to a partnership with the International Solar Alliance (ISA).
Sep 9, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, India, NTPC, floating PV, Asia, hydrogen, Africa, utility, Gurdeep Singh
Aiko Solar profits struggle with solar cell cost decreases but profits up 30% in H1 2020
Significant merchant solar cell producer Aiko Solar might have increased initially half year revenue 30% compared to the prior year duration, but COVID-19 and solar cell typical cost declines, caused by weak demand, sent out internet profits falling by 68% year-on-year.
Sep 9, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, c-si manufacturing, solar cell, monocrystalline wafer, PERC, aiko solar, covid-19
Sunfolding seeks to disrupt the tracker sector with air pneumatics
With $32 million in collection B financing as well as an ever-growing project pipe, air-based tracker start-up, Sunfolding, is hoping to raise its keep in the tracker market with tech that's straightforward, light as well as can be set up on terrain previously believed untouchable.
Sep 9, 2020 // Technology, Large-Scale, USA, North America, startup, Sunfolding, Gwen Rose
Intense pulsed light handling for 23.0%- efficient silicon heterojunction solar cells
Scientists at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) have made use of extreme pulsed light (IPL) processing for the growth of a busbarless silicon heterojunction solar cell. The gadget was manufactured with poly-Si-based tunnel oxide passivating calls, which were applied on both sides of the wafer.
Sep 9, 2020 // Technology, Germany, solar cells, Europe, efficiency
Hydro-PV microgrid in Patagonia
In a national park in Chile, a hydropower plant has been incorporated with a planetary system as well as battery storage to change diesel generation.
Sep 9, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Storage, Chile, South america, Patagonia, Gonzalo Rodriguez, Carolina Morgado
Ecuador kicks-off 60 MW solar tender
The government is seeking proposals for 200 MW of renewable energy capacity including two 30 MW solar parks to be built in either Santa Elena or Guaya provinces.
Sep 9, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Ecuador, tender, South america
Solar is essential to develop the France of 2030
KilowattSol CEO Xavier Daval has actually criticized the absence of references to solar in the French government's post-Covid recuperation strategy, which has designated EUR30 billion to the power shift. The head of the PV technical advisory states solar must become a lot more main to France's critical choices as well as China must not be enabled to preserve its near-monopoly on PV panel manufacturing.
Sep 9, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, Xavier Daval, covid-19
CIGS cells for micro-concentrator PV gadgets
Scientists have created a brand-new mini CIGS cell by using an area-selective electro-deposition procedure as a material-saving method. It has a conversion performance rate of 5.2% and a high open-circuit voltage.
Sep 9, 2020 // Technology, Portugal, Europe, CIGS cell
Exceeding Simulations, PV Plant In Kazakhstan Defies Weather extremes
Kazakhstan obtains 2200-- 3000 sunlight hrs yearly, bringing terrific potential for PV advancement.
Sep 9, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Asia, Risen Energy, kazakhstan, Solar Project, pv power plant, Huawei Smart Inverters
Lightweight green supercapacitors can charge devices in a flash
In a brand-new study, researchers at Texas An as well as M University have described their novel plant-based power storage device that can charge also electrical vehicles within a few minutes in the near future. Furthermore, they stated their gadgets are flexible, lightweight and cost-effective.
Sep 9, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Texas A and M University, Hong Liang, Oscar S. Wyatt Jr.
Advancement of photovoltaics that can be applied like paint for real-life application
Scientists in Korea have efficiently established a high-efficiency large-area organic solution processable solar cell by controlling the speed at which the option of basic materials for solar cells ended up being strengthened after being covered.
Sep 9, 2020 // Technology, Asia, Korea, solar cell, efficiency, KIST, Hae Jung Son
Game changer: Violet Power to supply 50-year solar panel guarantee with US-made IBC innovation
Coming out of stealth-mode, US-based integrated PV panel production startup, Violet Power intends to interfere with the PV industry with internal manufacturing of high-efficiency IBC (Interdigitated Back Contact) solar cells. The company will certainly use cell-to-module 'flex circuit' as well as thermal plastic encapsulant innovation in a glass/glass setup that will have a solar panel guarantee of 50 years, greater than three times the standard in the market, today.
Sep 9, 2020 // Manufacturing News, USA, pv modules, c-si manufacturing, monocrystalline wafer, North America, REC Silicon, sunpower corporation, violet power, interdigitated back contact, wafering, isc konstanz
Belgium's first floating PV project comes online
The plant was mounted by programmer Floating PV NV on 5 hectares of a lake produced by sand extraction and owned by sand and minerals business Sibelco in Dessel, Antwerp district.
Sep 9, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, floating PV, Europe, Belgium, Zuhal Demir