Europe

UK energy efficiency-as-a-service firm eEnergy lands solar PV bargain
eEnergy has won its initial agreement to provide 321kWp of solar along with LED lighting in a single agreement.
Aug 26, 2021 // Commercial, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, eEnergy, Harvey Sinclair
World's 1st Industrial Installment of Perovskite Solar Cells in Poland
Poland-based Saule Technologies, a perovskite solar tech business, has released its and the globe's first setup of solar blinds-- sun breakers with perovskite solar cells.
Aug 26, 2021 // Technology, Commercial, Poland, solar cells, Europe, perovskite, Saule Technologies, Aliplast, Jan Kidaj
University of Surrey awarded brand-new financing for perovskite solar cell research
A consortium led by the University of Surrey has been awarded near Pounds 3 million to assist layout perovskite solar cells to power wearable modern technologies and Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
Aug 26, 2021 // Technology, UK, Europe, solar cell, perovskite, University of Surrey, Ravi Silva, Wei Zhang
Spaniards produce green hydrogen from solar
Repsol and Enagas project will now create a demo plant
Aug 25, 2021 // Solar to Fuel, Spain, Europe, green hydrogen, repsol, ENGAS, Mónica Sánchez
Missing out on piece in solar panel puzzle discovered, might result in much more effective technology
Silicon-based solar modules control the current market. However, they are pricey and also have a high carbon impact.
Aug 25, 2021 // Technology, Manufacturing News, UK, Europe, solar panel, CdTe, Loughborough University, solar efficiency, Pooja Goddardand, Roger Smith, Peter Hatton, Michael Watts
Perovskite solar cells: Interfacial loss systems revealed
Losses take place in all solar cells. One cause is the recombination of cost carriers at the interfaces. Intermediate layers at such interfaces can reduce these losses via so-called passivation. Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) with a carbazole core are particularly well suited for the passivation of semiconductor surfaces constructed from perovskite products.
Aug 25, 2021 // Technology, Germany, Europe, solar cell, perovskite, HZB, Steve Albrecht, Igal Levine
Ortus Energy join Fiera Infrastructure for ₤ 100m C&I solar investment
A new exclusive lasting partnership is to see ₤ 100 million invested into new commercial & industrial (C &) rooftop solar advancements in the UK.
Aug 24, 2021 // Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, UK, Europe, Ortus Energy, Alistair Booth
Bureau Veritas nod for Dutch floating solar
SolarDuck's King Eider remedy includes four triangular-shaped devices
Aug 24, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, floating PV, Europe, Netherlands, SOLARDUCK
Elgin finds backer for 1.4 GW solar surge
Berenberg Green Energy Junior Debt Fund III to finance 50 separate solar projects throughout Ireland and the UK
Aug 24, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Elgin Energy, Ronan Kilduff, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
German programmer acquires solar rights in Italy
WFW recommended on the deal for 156 hectares of growth land in Sicily
Aug 24, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, blue elephant, WFW
CdTe breakthrough might lead to more reliable solar cells, UK scientists say
New insight into exactly how chlorine improves the efficiency of cadmium telluride (CdTe) cells could result in also higher performances, according to a group of researchers at Loughborough University in the UK.
Aug 24, 2021 // Technology, Manufacturing News, UK, Europe, CdTe, cadtel, cell efficiency, module efficiency
European solar broke records in June and July yet even more progress needed
Solar PV plants generated 10% of the EU-27's electricity demand throughout June and July this year, new analysis by power thinktank Ember has found.
Aug 23, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Spain, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Europe, decarbonisation
PASH Global reaches fin close for USD-26m solar strategy in Puerto Rico
UK-based programmer PASH Global has secured the needed financing for a USD-26-million (EUR 22.3 m) project in Puerto Rico that asks for photovoltaic panels to be set up in addition to pick gasoline station owned by oil provider Puma Energy.
Aug 20, 2021 // Plants, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, UK, Europe, North America, Puerto Rico, Pash Global, Patrick Haggarty
Ofgem to investigate Community Energy Scheme UK's solar sales practices
The sales practices of the Community Energy Scheme UK are being brought into question with the opening of an investigation by energy regulator Ofgem.
Aug 20, 2021 // Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Ofgem, Community Energy Scheme UK
Researchers develop innovation for sustainable next-generation batteries
Researchers have established a new innovation which might allow lithium batteries to be changed with even more sustainable alternatives.
Aug 20, 2021 // Technology, Storage, UK, Europe, lithium-ion, Sodium-ion batteries, Magda Titirici, Zhen Xu