Asia

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
$3.4 Trillion to be Spent Internationally in Renewable Energy by 2030
According to a brand-new report, an estimated $3.4 trillion will be purchased renewable energy during the next years, including $2.72 trillion in wind and also solar. By 2030, 54.1% of installed ability will be eco-friendly (consisting of hydropower), as well as 37.9% will certainly be a combination of solar and wind.
Sep 1, 2020 // Market Research, India, China, Latin america, Europe, Asia, North America
Scaling up solar production in India
A brand-new research study by CEEW Centre for Energy Finance assesses the competitive advantage that China has over India and provides a suite of short-term and lasting treatments needed for a globally competitive solar manufacturing market in India.
Sep 1, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Inverters, Market Research, India, Asia, CEEW Centre for Energy Finance
Sonnedix buys 2.3-MW solar park in Japan
Independent power producer (IPP) Sonnedix Power Holdings Ltd on Monday claimed that its Japanese system has actually finalised the acquisition of a 2.3-MW solar (PV) park located in the Mie prefecture.
Aug 31, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Japan, Sonnedix, Axel Thiemann, pv power plants, Asia
Perovskite Solar Cells, Coming Soon To a Product Near You
Perovskites, named after Russian mineralogist Lev Perovski who discovered the base product over 170 years ago in the Ural Mountains of Russia are discovered generously in the earth's mantle as well as often, surface deposits even. They have currently discovered an interesting as well as potentially advancement application in solar energy generation innovation.
Aug 31, 2020 // Technology, China, solar cells, Asia, perovskite, Microquanta
Double-Sided Solar Panels Follow the Sun for Cost-Effective Energy
Researchers combined bifacial photovoltaic panels as well as single-axis tracking to improve energy generation by 35 percent.
Aug 31, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Asia, Singapore, bifacial solar panels, Carlos Rodríguez-Gallegos
BHEL Tenders for Insurance of 100 MW Solar Plant for GSECL
BHEL has issued a tender, inviting proposals for eligible vendors for offering MSE Insurance for a 100 MW solar plant for GSECL.
Aug 31, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, India, pv power plants, Asia, gujarat, bhel, GSECL, Insurance