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KilowattSol CEO Xavier Daval has actually criticized the absence of references to solar in the French government's post-Covid recuperation strategy, which has designated EUR30 billion to the power shift. The head of the PV technical advisory states solar must become a lot more main to France's critical choices as well as China must not be enabled to preserve its near-monopoly on PV panel manufacturing.

Scientists have created a brand-new mini CIGS cell by using an area-selective electro-deposition procedure as a material-saving method. It has a conversion performance rate of 5.2% and a high open-circuit voltage.

The plant was mounted by programmer Floating PV NV on 5 hectares of a lake produced by sand extraction and owned by sand and minerals business Sibelco in Dessel, Antwerp district.

RWE Renewables GmbH has begun the building and construction of an over 14-MW solar park in the Netherlands, its first ground-mounted solar (PV) projects in the nation.

Bulgarian chicken producer Gradus [BUL: GR6] said on Tuesday that its wholly-owned unit Gradus-1 has spent 1 million levs ($603,000/ 511,000 euro) in the building and construction of a 999.74 kWp solar park at its farm in Stara Zagora.

Researchers in Germany are scaling up initiatives to bring perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell innovation into commercial scale manufacturing. The scientists state production cells of that kind is feasible on widely-available six-inch silicon wafers as well as modular systems are being created to do so at scale.

Transporting green hydrogen created making use of solar PV in North Africa could be approximately 15% more affordable than producing it locally in Italy, a new research assembled by brain trust The European House-- Ambrosetti and natural gas titan Snam has located.

Germany-based Wystrach has actually developed a solution to mount hydrogen refueling stations wherever they are needed. The 350-bar hydrogen solution is likewise ideal for heavy-duty vehicles.

Nearly a third of France's EUR100 billion (US$ 118.2 billion) coronavirus recuperation bundle will certainly be routed towards greener energy policies, as the nation increases expense on hydrogen manufacturing.

UK solar investor Foresight Solar Fund has actually concurred a EUR20 million offer to get a 26.1 MW solar project in Spain, the firm's initial in the country and its first ever subsidy-free solar financial investment.

Siemens Smart Infrastructure, in partnership with Fluence, was granted an agreement by the Portuguese power service provider EDA-- Electricidade dos Açores to develop a battery-based energy storage space system on Terceira, the second most significant island in regards to electrical usage of the Azores island chain in the Atlantic Ocean. The project intends to make the island a lot more sustainable as well as is scheduled for completion in 2021.

Researchers led by the Technical University of Munich have actually loaded a selection of perovskite and also natural solar cells onto a rocket, and also sent it right into orbit 240 kilometers over the planet's surface. Their outcomes demonstrate strong capacity for such technologies to power satellites and also even deep space goals.

Arrangement with GreenGo Energy to develop first project as part of prepare for 500MW-plus of advancements

South Somerset District Council (SSDC) is to build a 2nd Battery Energy Storage Site (BESS), announcing a 40MW facility that will be located near Fareham in Hampshire.

The French federal government will certainly make use of around EUR9 billion of its brand-new EUR30 billion international investment package to sustain the advancement of a hydrogen economic climate, as part of the country's Covid-19 recovery plan.