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The Titanic Gift to China's Solar Makers of trump
The White House put an loophole in its own tariffs, and the effort to undo it has been held up in court.
Jan 22, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Tariffs, Solar, China, Trump, Asia, Hanwha Q-Cells
Total and Marubeni to Build 800MW Solar Plant in Qatar Ahead of World Cup
Gas exporting powerhouse Qatar’s first utility-scale PV project will be built for what is said to be the lowest-ever price for a solar PPA.
Jan 22, 2020 // Large-Scale, Commercial, SunPower, Asia, Qatar, Jinko, GCL New Energy, Dubai
Report: the commercial opportunity for off-grid solar power in Africa is $24 billion per year
On a continent where 600 million people have no access to electricity, “The combination of solar and fintech is driving an economic transformation.”
Jan 22, 2020 // Commercial, Rooftop PV, Market Research, Africa, PEG Africa, Nigeria, shell, Kleos Advisor, PayGo
Vattenfall to construct 4.4MW solar park near Stockholm
Swedish Vattenfall will be constructing a huge solar array 70 kilometers north of the capital – in the city of Uppsala.
Jan 21, 2020 // Large-Scale, Commercial, Sweden, Stockholm, Europe, Vattenfall, Uppsala, U.Jardfelt, Heat Sweden
New solar-plus-storage material is on the way
Innovative solar-plus-storage technology is being created in the United Kingdom.
Jan 21, 2020 // Technology, Storage, storage, UK, Europe
Rhode Island is first state to achieve 100% renewables in ten years
The smallest American state sets the largest clean energy targets.
Jan 21, 2020 // Grids, Solar, USA, North America, Rhode, Providence Plantations, Rhode Island
JinkoSolar establishes new efficiency records for its solar modules
The global solar industry leader has demonstrated new achievements for its HOT bifacial N-type and mono-PERC P-type module. Both types of solar devices have been tested by German TÜV Rheinland.
Jan 21, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, monocrystalline, JinkoSolar, cell module
Crop yield rises with solar-powered irrigation
PV systems have helped farmers in the Philippines become less dependent on rain. Projects in Camarines Sur have shown pumping water with solar is not only cheap but can also raise rice yield.
Jan 21, 2020 // Solar, Asia, Philippines, agro, solar-powered irrigation, irrigation
Czechia wants another 1.9 GW of solar by 2030
The raised renewable energy ambition has been dismissed by the domestic solar association, which accuses president Miloš Zeman of wanting to destroy the Czech PV sector. In 2019, the country added only 7 MW of new PV installations.
Jan 21, 2020 // Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Czechia, Solární Asociace
Losing a few PV panels in space can cost millions of dollars
European satellite operator Eutelsat has revealed one of the two solar arrays on its recently launched 5 West B satellite has been lost. Only 45% of the craft’s generation capacity can be operated, hitting the company’s bottom line to the tune of $5-10 million.
Jan 21, 2020 // Technology, Solar, PV technology, Eutelsat, satellite
Vietnamese PV maker Dehui bets on US solar to fuel 2020s growth
Dehui already runs 250,000 square feet across five production lines and has set aside a further one million square feet for future factories
Jan 21, 2020 // Manufacturing News, USA, pv modules, Asia, Bifacial PV, PV module, North America, bifacial modules, Vietnam, module manufacturing, bifacial solar, dehui, dehui solar
America’s Concentrated Solar Power Companies Have All but Disappeared
SolarReserve, one of America’s last remaining CSP developers, appears to have ceased operations — just as some global markets may be warming up.
Jan 21, 2020 // Thermal, USA, Nevada, North America, Concentrated solar power, SolarReserve, CSP developers, Concentrated Solar Power developers, Crescent Dunes
Can Renewables Restart the Grid? The UK Investigates
Far from bringing the grid down, clean energy could help save it.
Jan 21, 2020 // Market Research, UK, Australia, Europe, Oceania, Distributed ReStart
Inorganic perovskite cells achieve 16.1% efficiency
Hongkongese scientists have created all organic perovskite solar cells claimed to reach 16.1 percent efficiency. The technology is based on Lewis-base small molecules passivating the layer of inorganic perovskite.
Jan 17, 2020 // Technology, Hong Kong, solar cells, perovskite
Promising materials to make efficient batteries
Lithium has been considered the most attractive material for battery manufacturing for quite a while. However, the production process has a number of limitations and frequently causes accidents. So developers are in search of better options to replace lithium in battery making.
Jan 17, 2020 // Technology, Storage, hydrogen, lithium, Zinc, Sodium-sulphur
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