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Egypt's 50-MW Zaafarana solar park to browse the web in Q3
Building and construction work with a 50-MW solar project created by a Belectric-CCC consortium in eastern Egypt is nearing completion, with commissioning set up for the third quarter of this year.
May 9, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Asia, Africa, Egypt, Solar Park, Zaafarana solar park
Researchers in Germany Create Cost-effective Solar Cell Deposition Method
Scientists led by the Technical University of Ilmenau in Germany assert that if silicon dioxide (SiO2) films are transferred at space temperature without intricate vacuum systems, they can be an excellent, cost-effective prospect for usage in commercial c-Si solar cell assembly line. SiO2 deposition is utilized as a passivation layer or a protective layer in different kinds of silicon PV cells.
Jun 9, 2021 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Germany, solar cells, Europe, photovoltaics, silicon dioxide films, Technical University of Ilmenau
Solar cells incorporating power electronic devices
Researchers in the Netherlands explored the possibility for incorporating power electronics in solar cells in the form of diodes, transistors, capacitors, and also inductors. They think that this kind of PV cell may at first find applications in PV-powered Internet-of-Things (IoT) gadgets and later, as the economy of scale starts, in large-scale applications.
Jul 4, 2022 // Technology, solar cells, Europe, Netherlands, David Van Nijen
Indian Researchers Make Dendrite-free Zinc-iron Redox Flow Battery
The scientists explained their invention in the paper "A Dendrite Free Zn-Fe Hybrid Redox Flow Battery for Renewable Energy Storage space," published in the journal Energy Storage. The battery did disappoint any kind of indicators of dendrite formation, overcoming one of the key obstacles for redox-flow batteries based upon these low-cost, abundant products.
Aug 6, 2021 // Technology, Storage, India, Asia, kerala, Redox flow batteries
Nanowire mesh offers better cell performance and lower costs
A new method of creating an ordered mesh of nanowires, developed by scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the United States, could lead to the creation of more efficient transparent electrode layers in solar cells – and the elimination of a rare material from the manufacturing process.
Aug 16, 2019 // Technology, USA, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Anna Hiszpanski, Nanowire, Yong Han
West Bengal obtains 5.4 MW Floating Solar With Sagardighi Project
West Bengal obtained the very first of what its hopes will be several floating solar plants, with the appointing of the 5.4 MW Sagardighi plant by Ciel et Terre. PSU Engineering significant Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) was the EPC companion for the project.
Jun 11, 2021 // Plants, Floating PV, India, floating PV, Asia, bhel, ciel et terre, WBPDCL
Equinix, ENEOS Sign 121 MW Japan Solar VPPA
Equinix inks Japan’s largest VPPA with ENEOS: a 15-year, 121‑MW solar deal delivering Non-FIT certificates from 2027, powering data-center growth and decarbonization while securing long-term revenues for developers.
Feb 17, 2026 // Plants, Japan, Asia, virtual ppa, data centres, Eneos, Equinix
Huawei to increase expert system to boost solar inverters
The Chinese empire has actually disclosed just how it will certainly even more incorporate expert system (AI) in its string gadgets this year. The strategy consists of the change of inverters right into clever PV controllers, the growth of AI reasoning components and also the development of an AI training and also reasoning system. Artificial intelligence will certainly likewise be integrated right into procedures as well as upkeep, grid monitoring as well as PV plant layout.
May 7, 2020 // Technology, Inverters, China, Asia, Huawei
Recovering interest rates may raise large scale solar electric price 11%
Renewables investment may by hit by rising interest rates despite the falling cost of clean energy tech just as fossil fuels avoid the impact of rising base rates.
Sep 11, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, LCOE, Europe, ETS
Largest solar power stations in Qatar
Top biggest solar photovoltaic power stations in Qatar. (Updated March 2026)   Solar power stations, PV farms 2026 in
May 13, 2026
Oxbridge scientists seek to explain electron dynamics in perovskite cells
Researchers from the two prestigious U.K. universities are analyzing spatiotemporal charge-carrier dynamics in the perovskite materials used for solar applications. They have discovered the carriers propagate ballistically over 150nm within 20fs of photon absorption.
Dec 18, 2019 // Technology, UK, Oxford University, solar cells, Europe, perovskite
Organic solar cells will last 10 years in space
Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology, the Institute for Problems of Chemical Physics of RAS, and the Department of Chemistry of MSU presented solar cells based on conjugated polymers and fullerene derivatives, that demonstrated record-high radiation stability and withstand gamma radiation of >6,000 Gy raising hopes for their stable operation on the near-earth orbit during 10 years or even longer. The results of the study were published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces.
Jul 11, 2019 // Technology, Soviet Union, Pavel Troshin, Skoltech, Ilya Martynov, Institute for Problems of Chemical Physics of RAS, Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology
Researchers advance solar material production
A Washington State University team has developed a more efficient, safer, and cost-effective way to produce cadmium telluride (CdTe) material for solar cells or other applications, a discovery that could advance the solar industry and make it more competitive.
Jan 27, 2020 // Technology, USA, solar cells, North America, CdTe, Washington State University, Santosh Swain
Accelerating storage space with pseudocapacitors
Researchers at Germany's Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin have actually made an exploration they state might considerably boost the power storage space capability of titanium-based 'MXene' pseudocapacitors, eventually bring about faster-charging batteries. The team discovered including urea particles in between MXene layers boosted the product's storage space ability by approximately 56%.
Mar 3, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Storage, Germany, Europe, MXenes, Ameer Al-Temimy
Perovskite mineral sustains solar-energy sustainability
When it involves the future of solar power cells, say farewell to silicon, and also hello there to calcium titanium oxide-- the substance mineral better known as perovskite.
Jul 31, 2020 // Technology, solar cells, perovskite, perovskite cells, Fengqi You, Cornell, Silicon pv, Xueyu Tian