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Cutting optical losses in tandem perovskite cells
Spanish scientists have actually revealed a monolithic nano-structured perovskite silicon tandem gadget they assert can lower optical losses by greater than a 3rd contrasted to planar perovskite cells of the very same kind.
Feb 12, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Spain, solar cells, Europe, perovskite
Tongwei to open up brand-new 30 GW cell fab in Sichuan
Building of the $2.87 billion manufacturing facility is arranged to begin in March and also production task must be introduced in 2021.
Feb 12, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Tongwei, China, Asia
Coronavirus can set you back Chinese battery manufacturers 26 GWh of outcome
Since of the break out, WoodMac experts claim the quantity of brand-new battery production capability included in the country this year might drop by as much as 10%. With Tesla's Shanghai gigafactory influenced by the prolonged new-year-holiday closure, the expert warned of possible supply scarcities for Australia as well as the U.S. as well as U.K.
Feb 12, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, LG CHEM, TESLA, South Korea, China, United Kingdom, Australia, Europe, Asia, woodmac, Oceania, North America
Avangrid to Develop Oregon's Largest Solar Farm; Inks 15 Year PPA with PGE
Oregon-based lot of money 1,000 utility Portland General Electric (PGE) has actually become part of a power acquisition contract (PPA) with Avangrid Renewables, an arm of Avangrid Inc., to acquire electrical energy created with solar energy.
Feb 12, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Portland General Electric, avangrid, International, Alejandro de Hoz
SECI Extends Bid Deadline for its 4 MW Floating Solar With BESS Tender
SECI has actually expanded the quote entry due date for its 4 MW drifting solar energy plant with 2 MW/01 MWh BESS tender at Andaman and also Nicobar Islands.
Feb 12, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, India, SECI, floating PV, Asia, BESS, Deadline
Scientist practically 'take a break' lithium battery for the very first time
A global group led by scientists at UCL has actually disclosed brand-new understandings right into the functions of a lithium battery by practically "unrolling" its coil of electrode layers utilizing a formula made for papyrus scrolls.
Feb 11, 2020 // Technology, Storage, UK, Europe, lithium battery, UCL
Building starts on 27 MW Netherlands drifting solar plant
German renewables firm Baywa r.e. has actually begun work with its 4th utility range drifting PV project in the water-rich nation.
Feb 11, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, Germany, Europe, Netherlands, baywa r.e., Benedikt Ortmann
Japanese researchers test printing on perovskite
Scientists from 3 Japanese colleges have actually established a procedure based upon inkjet printing they claim might decrease the expense of perovskite solar battery manufacturing. The team produced little cells with effectiveness as high as 13.19%, a number they declare is assuring sufficient to use the opportunity of scaling approximately business manufacturing.
Feb 11, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Japan, Asia, perovskite
Total announces 2 GW solar project portfolio in Spain
The French oil company will enter the booming Spanish market through subsidiary Total Solar International thanks to agreements with Powertis and Solarbay Renewable Energy to develop 2 GW of generation capacity.
Feb 11, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, Total, Julien Pouget
Flixbus fleet examinations 18% CIGS panels
After announcing plans to test hydrogen fuel cell buses in November, the European coach travel route planning start-up has begun a pilot project to reduce diesel consumption by using solar panels on the vehicles of its partner companies. FlixBus says the ultra-thin, lightweight CIGS modules help save 1.7 litres of diesel per 100km.
Feb 11, 2020 // Transport, Germany, Europe, CIGS panels, Flixbus
Israel's 300 MW solar-plus-storage tender apparently in danger
Monetary paper Globes has actually reported the tender, introduced just 3 weeks earlier, is being opposed by the nation's Land Authority, which asserts the project might disrupt sand-mining near Dimona.
Feb 11, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, tender, Asia, Israel, solar-plus-storage
Panda Green faucets investor for $11m, 18-week lending at 13%.
The debt-saddled PV project developer shows up to once more be accumulating credit limit as it waits for the result following week of its newest, $231 million Chinese state-backed bail-out.
Feb 11, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, China, Asia, Panda Green
Filipino utility thinks about 1GW of solar and also wind on Luzon
Significant Filipino power company Aboitiz Power Corp remains in early-stage preparation to spend almost PHP34 billion (US$ 672 million) in around 1GW of wind as well as solar energy in Pangasinan, on the west side of the island of Luzon in the Philippines.
Feb 11, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Asia, Philippines, sorsea, aboitizpower, luzon
Sembcorp granted Singapore's biggest drifting PV plant
Sembcorp Industries' Singapore-based subsidiary has actually been chosen to construct the biggest drifting PV plant in the Southeast Asian state, standing at 60MW on Tengeh Reservoir.
Feb 11, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, tender, floating PV, Asia, Singapore, fpv, sorsea, sembcorp, pub, tengeh
Powertis, Total amount collaborate for 1GW subsidy-free Spanish solar press
Yet one more significant subsidy-free solar pipe remains in the operate in Spain, complying with the statement of a joint press in between an international oil as well as a neighborhood developer as well as gas (O&G) significant.
Feb 11, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, Total, subsidy-free solar, subsidy-free pv, levante