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High power prices, falling PV costs and new regulations behind Brazil’s solar carnival
The nation’s thriving distributed generation market is flying, as was evident at last week’s Intersolar South America trade show. The sector seems unconcerned by mooted changes to net metering incentives in the new year and when even an environmental non-believer like President Bolsonaro is on side, it is difficult to be pessimistic.
Sep 8, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Inverters, Solar, USA, Sungrow, Canadian Solar, China, South america, Latin america, Europe, Brazil, Asia, Fronius, Greener, North America, Intersolar South America, Solar Promotion, Florian Wessendorf, utility scale solar, Marcelo Sousa, Ada Li, Thais Zampieri Bitancourt, Julian Rau, Trina, Álvaro García Maltrás, Apollo Chai, Rodolfo Meyer, Portal Solar, Marcio Takata, Lucas Troia
Game changer: Violet Power to supply 50-year solar panel guarantee with US-made IBC innovation
Coming out of stealth-mode, US-based integrated PV panel production startup, Violet Power intends to interfere with the PV industry with internal manufacturing of high-efficiency IBC (Interdigitated Back Contact) solar cells. The company will certainly use cell-to-module 'flex circuit' as well as thermal plastic encapsulant innovation in a glass/glass setup that will have a solar panel guarantee of 50 years, greater than three times the standard in the market, today.
Sep 9, 2020 // Manufacturing News, USA, pv modules, c-si manufacturing, monocrystalline wafer, North America, REC Silicon, sunpower corporation, violet power, interdigitated back contact, wafering, isc konstanz
Researchers make innovation in solar cell products
By utilizing laser spectroscopy in a photophysics experiment, Clemson College scientists have actually damaged brand-new ground that might result in faster as well as less expensive power to power electronics.
Mar 15, 2021 // Technology, solar cell, Clemson University, Jianbo Gao, Kanishka Kobbekaduwa
Mini series: ‘Today, it’s not just the energy that you produce’
While based in Munich in Germany’s south, renewable asset management software provider 3megawatt’s first major clients were in the United States. However, as the European markets have transitioned beyond feed-in tariffs to the complexity of subsidy-free solar and wind arrays, the understanding of the need for asset management tools is rapidly increasing, says 3megawatt founder and CEO Edmee Kelsey.
Aug 29, 2019 // Tariffs, Software, Opinions, USA, Germany, Europe, North America, tariffs, Munich, Edmee Kelsey, 3megawatt
Solar pioneer Pierre Verlinden: The big problem is apathy
On the first day of this year’s EU PVSEC conference, veteran solar researcher Pierre J Verlinden won the Becquerel Prize for Outstanding Merits in Photovoltaics. The award recognized more than 40 years as a leading PV researcher in academia and at leading companies including Sunpower and Trina Solar. Its recipient spoke to pv magazine about what is needed from solar to stave off catastrophic climate change.
Sep 11, 2019 // Opinions, SunPower, China, Europe, Asia, wafers, Trina Solar, PERC, eu pvsec, Pierre Verlinden
Serching For Battery Supplies To Touch On Long-term EV Boom? 3 Names To View
The gradual shift toward electrical vehicles (EV) has put battery stocks onto investors' radar. We've seen renewed passion in battery stocks complying with the speedy gains posted by Nio (NIO Stock Report) and also Tesla (TSLA Stock Report). Certainly, the EV trend has been around for time currently. According to Statista, the need for lithium will more than double over the next 5 years. And also where is that lithium going? You've got it right. Much of the lithium will certainly be for EV batteries.
Dec 10, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, TESLA, electric vehicles, EV, QuantumScape, Nio, Albemarle, Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile
Hydrogen manufacturing without CO2 is obtaining an increase with brand-new technology from Verdagy
Hydrogen leaders Verdagy-- from "verde" for green, and "agy" for power-- raised $25 million from a fistful of strategic investors in the power market in a bid to take a messy, not-that-environmentally-friendly procedure of making hydrogen and replacing it with an industrially scalable option without any nasties going into the air.
Feb 9, 2022 // Solar to Fuel, hydrogen, Verdagy
Disorder-engineered inorganic nanocrystals set a new efficiency record for ultrathin solar cells
Presented over roof covering tops and also in solar ranches, silicon-based solar cells are, up until now, among the most efficient systems in generating electrical power from sunlight, however their fabrication can be pricey and power demanding, in addition to being heavy and also large.
Feb 15, 2022 // Technology, solar cells, efficiency, ICFO, Gerasimos Konstantatos, Yongjie Wang, Ignasi Burgues-Ceballos
4 Solar Supplies Energizing the Market
The tailwinds for these solar firms work out past recent rises
Feb 15, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Canadian Solar, First Solar, Maxeon Solar Technologies, Azure Power Global
The Hydrogen Stream: Carbon-coated nickel anode to resolve troubles of hydrogen fuel cell without precious metals
A team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Cornell University, as well as Wuhan University have actually offered a completely rare-earth element-- free alkaline fuel cell with improved efficiency utilizing a carbon-coated nickel anode. At the same time, the Port of Rotterdam has actually supplied to provide northwestern Europe with 4.6 million tonnes of hydrogen by 2030. According to RMI, Europe will import green hydrogen in between 2024 and 2030. RenewableUK sees area for hydrogen exports from the UK to the EU.
May 13, 2022 // Technology, Solar to Fuel, hydrogen, Cornell University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wuhan University
Peak Emissions Are Closer Than You Think – and Here’s Why
  By Michael Liebreich So here we are, standing on the threshold of a new decade. It will be, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, a decade of consequences.
Jan 8, 2020 // Opinions, shell
Researchers examining solar try resolving a dusty problem
The layer of dust and also pollen that settles on the windshield of your vehicle is easily gotten rid of with a turn of the bar that activates wipers and also water. Removing that layer from a solar panel-- especially one inconveniently situated from any source of dampness-- calls for significantly even more work.
Apr 5, 2021 // Technology, NREL, PV panel, Michael Deceglie, Matthew Muller, Toth, a Ph.D.
Solar's service warranty threat
The service warranty threat of solar must be dealt with early in the growth stage of PV projects, as it is not possible to buy warranty insurance policy later on throughout the operational phase.
Jul 30, 2020 // Opinions, RONALD SASTRAWAN, MUNICH RE
Best Solar Powered Irrigation Timers
Solar powered irrigation timers are ideal installations for sustainable irrigation systems where there is no permanent energy source. Acquire the best solar powered irrigation timers to run sprinkler systems at construction sites, backyard lawns, or road meridians.
Apr 6, 2024 // Manufacturing News, Residential, Solar, solar irrigation controller, solar powered watering timer, solar powered watering system, solar irrigation timers
Best Lithium Battery ETFs to Buy & Hold Forever
Do you want to invest in lithium mining, Li-ion battery manufacturing, or other lithium-related industry? If picking individual lithium stocks makes you nervous, then choose one lithium ETF from our top lithium battery ETFs list to buy & hold forever.
Aug 19, 2022 // Storage, lithium, lithium battery, ETF