Asia

India's Waaree eyes United States push following 300MW California order
Indian PV producer Waaree Energies is eyeing a significant push in the US market after receiving an order for greater than 300MW of mono PERC modules in the country.
Sep 4, 2020 // Manufacturing News, California, USA, India, Asia, mono perc, North America, waaree, Sunil Rathi, module supply deals
Hanwha Q Cells to use most powerful panels in Europe
The South Korean PV producers is bringing its three most effective photovoltaic panels to Europe. All of them are based upon its Q.antum Duo Z technology, which lowers the gaps in between cells and increase module effectiveness by 4% in loved one terms.
Sep 4, 2020 // Manufacturing News, South Korea, Asia, PV module, Hanwha Q Cells
3 1.2 GW solar projects under growth in the Philippines
There are at the very least 3 PV projects going beyond 1 GW in dimension that are currently under review in the Philippines, according to data from the country's Department of Energy
Sep 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Asia, Philippines, solar projects
Azelio Signs MoU With Atria Power for 65 MW Storage in India
Swedish power storage company Azelio has actually authorized an MoU with Atria Power to team up on mounting 65 MW capacity of energy storage ability in India by 2025
Sep 3, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, India, Asia, azelio, Jonas Eklind, Atria Power, Azelio Storage India, Sunder Raju
Actis relies on WiseEnergy for India solar possession monitoring bargain
Possession management team WiseEnergy has signed a multi-year agreement with facilities capitalist Actis for its solar profile in India.
Sep 3, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, Actis, nextenergy capital, asset management, wiseenergy
Gigantic agrivoltaic project in China
The Baofeng Group is building a 1 GW solar park which is hosting a goji berry ranch in the Binhe New District on the eastern financial institutions of the Yellow River in the Ningxia Province. Around 640 MW have so far been grid-connected. Huawei is offering the inverters for the project.
Sep 3, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Inverters, China, Asia, Huawei, agrivoltaic project, Baofeng Group
Upside down pyramid-based PERC solar cell with 21.4% efficiency
A Chinese research study group has developed a PERC cell on an industrial 180-μm-thick monocrystalline silicon wafer with a typical size of 156 × 156 mm2. The cell has an open-circuit voltage (VOC) of 0.677 V, a short short-circuit current (ISC) of 9.63 A, and also a fill factor of 80.30%.
Sep 3, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, China, Asia, efficiency, PERC solar cell
South Korea bets on tandem solar technologies
The South Korean federal government has actually released a new roadmap to support R&D activities in the solar industry. The paper shows the country's solar manufacturing market might be motivated to go with high-efficiency and also pricey panels based upon tandem solar cells.
Sep 3, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, South Korea, solar cells, Asia, MOTIE
Resolving a metal oxide secret
A global team of researchers has found a 'room cost' system that explains why particular steel oxides utilized as electrodes in lithium-ion batteries show greater storage abilities than ought to be in theory possible. The research, according to the group, will open new pathways to the development of more advanced power storage space systems.
Sep 3, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Canada, China, Asia, North America, United States
EBRD may fund ACWA's 200 MW solar plant in Egypt with $54 million car loan
The $155,4 million project was secured by the Saudi energy giant with a tender held in 2019. The center will sell power at a rate of $0.02752/ kWh.
Sep 2, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, EBRD, Asia, Africa, Egypt, PV Power Plant
Organic solar module with 14.4% effectiveness
Scientists in China have actually developed an organic module with an area of 18 cm2 based on a non-fullerene acceptor called DTY6. The gadget has a qualified performance of 13.98%, yet when a non-halogen solvent was made use of, it even reached 16.1%.
Sep 2, 2020 // Technology, China, Asia, organic solar cell, efficiency, organic module
Solar Powers To Leading Position In New Electricity Installations
Solar panels dominated the installation of brand-new power generation capacity last year, with nearly half of all brand-new ability coming from photovoltaic (PV) systems, brand-new research discloses.
Sep 2, 2020 // Market Research, USA, India, Australia, Asia, Oceania, BloombergNEF, North America, Luiza Demôro, Ethan Zindler
GCL-Poly posts US$ 281 million loss in 1H 2020 as manufacturing shifts effect revenue as well as earnings
GCL-Poly had just recently alerted capitalists that it anticipated to make a bottom line of at the very least RMB 1.5 billion (US$ 217 million) for the initial fifty percent of 2020 as market need, due to COVID-19 and other issues influenced earnings.
Sep 1, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, China, polysilicon, c-si manufacturing, Asia, GCL-Poly Energy Holdings, monocrystalline wafer, siemens polysilicon, fluidized bed reactor, fbr, multicrystalline wafer
A solar tree for farming applications
The Internet of Things (IOT)- made it possible for solar tree-- making use of 35 solar PV panels with a 330 Wp ability each-- is particularly helpful for the agricultural neighborhood in giving electrical energy for high-capacity water pumps, e-tractors as well as e-power tillers. It can likewise enable precision agriculture via IoT-enabled attributes such as real-time moisture, wind speed, rainfall forecast and dirt health surveillance.
Sep 1, 2020 // Technology, India, Asia, CSIR-CMERI, solar tree, Harish Hirani
A cell so thin, it can rest on a soap bubble
Scientists at Saudia Arabia's King Abdullah University of Science and Technology showed an organic PV cell that can simply be printed onto a piece of paper. The cell established a brand-new performance record for a fully inkjet-printed device, and its designers imagine applications in incorporated medical sensing units.
Sep 1, 2020 // Technology, Saudi Arabia, Asia, KAUST, organic PV cell, Eloïse Bihar, Daniel Corzo