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IBC back-contact solar roofing system for electric vehicles
Dutch EV startup Lightyear is already generating prototype roofs to prolong the series of its Lightyear One solar car. The roofing systems will certainly include interdigitated back contact solar batteries made by U.S. company SunPower and backsheets from Dutch international DSM.
Jun 9, 2020 // Transport, USA, North America, electric vehicles, Lightyear, EV, Start-up, Martijn Lammers, Nathan Arbitman
What you need to know to benefit from the environment-friendly bond change
Eco-friendly bonds have experienced rapid development since their creation in 2007, and also individuals in the solar power sector stand to profit. In 2019, companies released over US$ 250 billion in eco-friendly bonds offerings, standing for 51% development year over year.
Jun 9, 2020 // Opinions, green bond, covid-19, DARRYL SMITH
Agrivoltaics works better with leafy eco-friendlies, root crops
UNITED STATE scientists have created a brand-new model to analyze the overlap between solar possible as well as underlying land usage. The locations with the largest possibility are the western United States, southerly Africa, and the Middle East. The scientists wrapped up that croplands, grasslands, and wetlands are the top three land courses for PV projects connected to farming activities, while barren terrain, generally focused on for solar PV system installation, ranked 5th.
Jun 9, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Residential, USA, North America, Chad Higgins
Tesla's Backup Gateway 2 has actually landed in US
pv magazine talked with Daren Goldin-- CEO of Florida-based Goldin Solar and also one of the very first receivers of Tesla's Backup Gateway 2-- to obtain his early thoughts on the item and also the improvements made in the 2nd generation.
Jun 9, 2020 // Residential, Storage, USA, TESLA, North America, Daren Goldin, Goldin Solar
Flanders to reestablish subsidies for rooftop PV
Four years after the expiry of environment-friendly certificates for PV systems up to 10 kW, the authorities in Belgium's Flanders region intend to support solar once again-- yet this time in the kind or rebates. A brand-new scheme will likely go into force in 2021, with as much as EUR1,500 to be granted per PV system.
Jun 9, 2020 // Residential, Rooftop PV, Europe, rooftop PV, Belgium, Zuhal Demir
Jolywood introduces black bifacial module
The brand-new JW-HT132N collection features six n-type panels and also supplies 345 W to 370 W of frontside power outcome, with effectiveness ranging from 18.68% to 20.04%. The panels are made with a clear backsheet, with black mesh and a black frame.
Jun 9, 2020 // Manufacturing News, China, bifacial, Asia, PV module, Jolywood
Enphase Energy Forays right into Poland; Inks Distribution Deal with SmartX
Enphase Energy, a solar microinverters professional, has forayed right into Poland via a circulation partnership with SmartX, a solar microinverters distributor in Poland.
Jun 5, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Inverters, Enphase Energy, microinverters, International, Solar Products, David Ranhoff, Piotr Redkiewicz,, Radek Koczwara, Roka Energy Poland, SmartX, solar microinverters
West Bengal Looking For EPC Specialists for 125 MW Solar Power Plant
WBSEDCL has actually provided an EOI for engineering, procurement and also building and construction (EPC) of the 125 MW phase-1 of solar park task in West Bengal.
Jun 5, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, EPC, India, tender, Asia, West Bengal, project, Solar Park, West Bengal EPC Solar
'Landmark' council had storage website in Somerset energised
The biggest council-owned power storage site in the UK has been energised as well as is now functional.
Jun 5, 2020 // Storage, UK, Europe, Sarah Dyke, Somerset, David Owen
German scientists research causes of LeTID
Scientists at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Solutions and Device Modern technology IISB are attempting to recognize the sources of light and elevated temperature induced degradation (LeTID) in PERC solar cells. First examinations must offer a comprehensive understanding of the process and also product dependence of LeTID and also associated degradation effects in monocrystalline and multicrystalline PERC solar cells.
Jun 5, 2020 // Technology, Germany, Europe, letid, PERC solar cells
100% solar-powered floating villa
Australian designer Chuck Anderson's Lilypad is a 100% solar-powered rental property floating off Hand Beach in north Sydney.
Jun 5, 2020 // Technology, Floating PV, Australia, Oceania, Chuck Anderson
Indian Railways to establish 3 GW solar plants on vacant land
The projects-- to be established in three phases of 1 GW each-- are anticipated to be finished by year 2022-23. While the very first and the 3rd phases will be developed under public-private collaboration basis, the second phase will certainly be on the possession model of REMCL and eligible for funding subsidy under the CPSE plan.
Jun 5, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Asia, REMCL
Australia's very first digitized PPA
The 9.4 MW Robinvale Solar Farm is Suntech's first 100%- possessed task in the Australian pipe ahead to fulfillment and the initial solar job in the country to release WePower's blockchain-based PPA style, which opens chances for smaller sized corporate customers to go green with their procurement techniques.
Jun 5, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PPA, Australia, Oceania, Robinvale Solar Farm, Zeight Gao, Lorita Chen
New product, modeling techniques promise developments in power storage space
The surge of mobile digital devices, electric automobiles, drones and other modern technologies have driven need for new light-weight products that can give the power to operate them. Researchers from the College of Houston and Texas An as well as M College have actually reported an architectural supercapacitor electrode made from reduced graphene oxide as well as aramid nanofiber that is more powerful and also extra flexible than conventional carbon-based electrodes.
Jun 5, 2020 // Storage, USA, North America, Haleh Ardebili
Showtime for photosynthesis
Making use of a special mix of nanoscale imaging and chemical evaluation, a worldwide team of researchers has exposed a key step in the molecular system behind the water splitting reaction of photosynthesis, a searching for that can aid inform the design of renewable resource modern technology.
Jun 5, 2020 // Technology, Junko Yano, Berkeley, Vittal K. Yachandra, photosynthesis, Jan F. Kern, Nicholas K. Sauter