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Harnessing Sun's Power: The Record-Breaking Tandem Solar Cell
Experience the world's top tandem solar cells with record efficiency values of up to 33.7%. Expert teams from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and other research institutes are now making these technologies available in principle and potentially low cost.
Jul 11, 2023 // Technology, solar cell, efficiency, HZB, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
SPIC commissions floating solar-offshore wind hybrid off China
Chinese power generation firm State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) has commissioned 0.5 MWp of floating solar arrays hybridised with an offshore wind turbine in the waters off the coast of Haiyang in China's Shandong province.
Nov 1, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, China, Asia, SPIC
Mytilineos Lands GBP114M EPC Deal for UK's Largest Solar Park
Mytilineos SA has been awarded a GBP-114.1-million EPC contract for the 373-MW Cleve Hill solar project in the UK. A veteran in UK solar park construction, Mytilineos is expected to complete the project in early 2025, yielding 374,000 GWh of electricity to power 100,000 homes.
Oct 6, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, PV Power Plant, Mytilineos
Manganese to improve battery performance
A group of Danish researchers has discovered that introduction of manganese into a Na-ion battery’s cathode can improve its capacity and power.
Jan 31, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Europe, Denmark, Sodium-ion batteries
Researchers fabricate highly transparent solar cell with 2D atomic sheet
Solar panels frequently obtain a bad rap for ruining the look of homes as well as businesses. Yet, this might will alter.
Jul 20, 2022 // Technology, solar cell, Tohoku University, Toshiaki Kato
Singapore Launches High-Tech Solar Panel Recycling Facility
Singapore opens an automated PV recycling plant capable of recovering up to 96% of materials from end-of-life panels.
Nov 25, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Asia, Singapore, PV waste, sustainability, solar recycling, circular economy
CATL breaks ground on Spain battery mega-plant, boosting EU flexibility
CATL began building Spain’s largest battery complex with Stellantis, expanding Europe’s supply for EVs and multi-hour grid storage.
Nov 26, 2025 // Storage, Grids, Spain, Europe, CATL, Battery Manufacturing, Stellantis
Bitcoin-Paying Solar Power Firm Plans African Growth
Sun Exchange completed its initial project outside South Africa
Firm sells solar cells, which are after that rented to projects
Jan 27, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Blockchain, Africa, South Africa, Bitcoin, Sun Exchange, Abraham Cambridge
Beaming Solar Power From Space: Orbital & Virtus Join Forces
Orbital Composites and Virtus Solis join forces to develop a megawatt-scale space-based solar power station that will beam energy down to Earth. Japan and China are already investing and it could revolutionize renewable energy worldwide. Learn more.
Jun 22, 2023 // Technology, startup, Orbital Composites, Virtus Solis
The US Air Force Plans to Transmit Solar Power Collected in Space down to the Ground
The Space Solar project will supply electricity to distant military posts, with no necessity to endanger convoys.
Nov 6, 2019 // Technology, USA, North America, US Air Force, Northrop Grumman Corporation
What is Solar access?
Access of solar power systems to direct sun rays.
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Sep 13, 2023
What is Solar?
Coming from, relating to, or depending on the sun. The term originates from the Latin language.
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Sep 13, 2023
BlackRock Raises $500M for Oz's Largest Battery
BlackRock has raised $500 million to build the largest grid-scale battery project in the Southern Hemisphere, with 850 megawatts and 1680 megawatt-hours of capacity. Rio Tinto is also increasing demand for battery metals to meet the goals of the Glasgow Climate Pact.
Jun 29, 2023 // Storage, BlackRock, Australia, Oceania
Mining Billionaire Leads Global Green Hydrogen Push
Brand-new international body will function to advance hydrogen technology
Group targets fuel to comprise 25% of energy demand by 2050
Sep 24, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, hydrogen, Andrew Forrest, Malcolm Turnbull
New generation of solar panels consisting of small sunflower imitations
A new type of PV plants is being developed: solar systems consisting of rows of small man-made sunflowers, which automatically turn their heads toward the sun.
Nov 5, 2019 // Technology, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PV plants, Los Angeles, sunflower, SunBOT, Ximin He, University of California










