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Documenting a Decade of Price Declines for PV Solutions
NREL Marks Ongoing Price Reductions for Installed Photovoltaic Equipments, While Likewise Developing Benchmark of PV-Plus-Storage Equipments
Feb 19, 2021 // Market Research, NREL
NREL Software Automates Residential Solar Permitting, Changing Meticulous Process for Local Governments
NREL Immediate Permitting Software Greeted as Success by Early-Adopting Cities and Counties
Feb 19, 2021 // Software, NREL, SolarAPP, Jeff Cook, Geoff Simmons
Electrolyte 'improve' improves efficiency of liquid dual-ion batteries
Extensive fostering of renewable energy in the power grid needs the appropriate kind of battery-- one that is safe, sustainable, powerful, resilient, as well as made from products that are plentiful and also ethically-sourced.
Feb 19, 2021 // Technology, Storage, Germany, Europe, lithium-ion, PNNL, dual-ion batteries, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Rodríguez Pérez
Researchers find cost effective approach for production of clear solar cells
Physicists from ITMO University have actually found an obtainable method that makes it possible to use clear materials for solar cells while maintaining their performance.
Feb 19, 2021 // Technology, solar cell, ITMO University, Pavel Voroshilov
Belectric to set up 57 MW solar projects in the Netherlands
German Belectric Solar & Battery GmbH has signed agreements to install 3 solar projects with a total capacity of 57 MW for Kronos Solar.
Feb 19, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, Belectric, Ingo Alphéus, solar projects
JinkoSolar signs 59GW solar glass supply deal with Flat Glass Group
Major 'Solar Module Super League' (SMSL) participant JinkoSolar has protected a three-year solar glass supply contract with Flat Glass Group, amounting to the equivalent of 59GW of PV modules.
Feb 19, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, JinkoSolar, longi solar, Kangping Chen, flat glass co
COP26 will certainly 'push energy' on PPA market
This year's 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) could be a stimulant for development in the exclusive solar market, according to a panel of sector leaders.
Feb 19, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, power purchase agreement, sfieu, solar ppa, Tom Williams, cop26, climate change conference, dowling llp
Nordic Solar purchases 48.5-MWp solar park in Portugal from Chint
Danish energy business Nordic Solar stated today it has closed the purchase of a 48.5-MWp solar project in Portugal from Chinese developer Chint Solar, without giving economic information.
Feb 18, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Portugal, Europe, Solar Park, Nordic Solar, Nikolaj Holtet Hoff
German AE Solar to open solar panel factory in Turkey in April
In partnership with Energate Corp., AE Solar set up the launch of manufacturing at its manufacturing facility in Kayseri in Turkey for April. The German company means to bring the annual output of solar modules in the center up to 1 GW by the end of the year.
Feb 18, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, Asia, Turkey, AE Solar
Viridian releases brand-new, larger roofing system integrated solar modules
Cambridge-based Viridian Solar has actually included 2 new modules to its Clearline fusion series of roof covering integrated solar.
Feb 18, 2021 // Manufacturing News, UK, Europe, PV module, PERC, mono-crystalline, Cambridge, Viridian Solar, Jamie Berryman, Clearline Fusion, Roof Integrated Solar
'Blockbuster' 2020 for United States renewables as record 16.5 GW of solar deployed
The US renewables market got over headwinds in 2020 to post record deployment figures as well as proceed a decade-long growth pattern, a joint report from BloombergNEF (BNEF) as well as the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) has actually exposed.
Feb 18, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Market Research, USA, BNEF, North America, Ethan Zindler, BCSE, Lisa Jacobson
SunPower enhances earnings 2.9% in transformational year
United States solar installer SunPower reported a 2.9% increase in annual earnings in 2020 in spite of total installations falling 5% in what the firm has actually called a transformational year.
Feb 18, 2021 // Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, USA, SunPower, North America, Maxeon Technologies
MiaSolé, European Solliance Case 26.5% Efficiency on Tandem Solar Cells
Hanergy had MiaSolé Hi-Tech Corp and European Solliance Solar Research study insurance claim to have actually attained a power conversion performance of 26.5% on a tandem solar cell.
Feb 18, 2021 // Technology, USA, solar cell, Miasolé, North America, efficiency, Jie Zhang
200 MW Solar Project 'Largest in West Africa' to Come up in Nigeria
B&S Power as well as Sunnyfred Global to create, develop, finance as well as create West Africa's biggest solar PV project in Nigeria.
Feb 18, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Africa, Nigeria, International, Solar Project, B&S Power
Tigo Energy Crosses Threshold of 75 GWh of Collective Reclaimed Energy
Performance improvement showed in over 18,000 installations for installers like Project Solar UK Tigo Energy, Inc., the solar market worldwide leader in Flex MLPE (Module Degree Power Electronics), revealed today that the firm has surpassed 75 GWh of Reclaimed Energy because 2009 for around the world setups using the firm's industry-leading optimization solutions.
Feb 18, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Tigo Energy, Project Solar, Steve Wallace, JD Dillon