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Silicon heterojunction solar cell hits 23.5% performance with brand-new hole-selective get in touch with
Scientists from Switzerland's École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne have actually utilized molybdenum oxide as the hole-selective call in an heterojuction silicon cell. The researchers declare the substance can take on conventional get in touches with in spite of a reduced degree of optimization.
Feb 10, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Europe, solar cell, heterojunction, silicon, Switzerland, EPFL
Digitalisation the enabler for utility-scale solar to shift gear in years to come
Greater digitisation will be an essential enabler for the utility-scale solar market as it wants to release hundreds of gigawatts annually, Lightsource bp group COO Ann Davies has actually stated.
Nov 17, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Lightsource BP, digitalisation, utility scale solar, Artificial Intelligence, ai, automation, gigawatt era, Ann Davies
Eiffage RMT gets land for the Illoulofin solar energy station (25 MWp).
A 25 MWp photovoltaic or pv solar energy plant will be established in Illoulofin, commune of Pobè. On 19 November 2020, the mayor of this commune, Dinan Simon, turned over a 96-hectare story of land to the Eiffage RMT consortium.
Nov 23, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Solar Power Plant, Eiffage RMT, Dinan Simon
Origis Energy will install 149 MW of solar for Florida municipal utilities
Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA), in partnership with 12 municipal electric utilities and Origis Energy, announced plans to expand the Florida Municipal Solar Project by adding 149 megawatts to what was already one of the largest municipal-backed solar projects in the nation.
Dec 13, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Florida, North America, Origis Energy, Johan Vanhee, FMPA, Jacob Williams
CleanPeak expands solar mall portfolio in Australia with ReNu acquisition
ReNu Energy signed an agreement last week for the sale of its Australian solar assets to CleanPeak Energy, a commercial rooftop solar startup.
Aug 5, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Inverters, Rooftop PV, Australia, rooftop, solar pv, ReNu, CleanPeak, SCA, Craig Ricato
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Tandem solar cells border in the direction of 30% effectiveness
Late in 2020, scientists in Germany and also Lithuania announced a new landmark in so-called "tandem" solar cells-- that is, cells made from two different sorts of photovoltaic material. Writing in Scientific Research, the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin/Kaunas University team reported that its perovskite/silicon tandem cell had a photovoltaic or pv conversion effectiveness (PCE) of 29.15%, vanquishing the previous optimum of 26.2% for a tandem cell.
Sep 9, 2021 // Technology, Germany, solar cells, Europe, perovskite, Lithuania, efficiency
Big Scale Digital: Grid not COVID-19 the vital fight in advance for Iberian solar
A failing to manage continuous grid chaos can impede Iberia's eco-friendly development aspirations this years a lot more than the COVID-19 situation itself, according to audio speakers at Solar Media's Large Scale Digital Summit.
May 20, 2020 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Grids, Policy, Spain, Europe, iberia, Pablo Otín, large-scale solar, grid congestion, Coronavirus, covid-19, speculation, solar bubble
FESCO to Develop Solar plus Storage Project for Maryland’s District 40 Mall
US based FESCO Energy has inked an exclusive pact with Maryland’s District 40 mall, formally known as Frederick Towne Center Mall located on the Golden Mile, to develop a a microgrid enabled solar-plus-storage project.
Jan 24, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, solar plus storage, North America, Maryland, FESCO Energy, John Dukes
Sonnedix completes 100MW Spain solar swoop
IPP includes 2 50MW projects to existing 700MW development portfolio
Jan 4, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Sonnedix, Axel Thiemann, Europe
RWE wins 12.2-MW solar-plus-storage project in German auction
RWE AG (ETR: RWE) has secured a project to set up a 12.2-MW solar plant and a power storage system at an opencast mine in the Rhenish mining region as part of the current German innovation auction.
May 16, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Germany, Europe, rwe, solar-plus-storage project
Impax, Bullfinch companion to purchase dispersed solar in Germany
Impax Asset Management is working together with clean energy monetary innovation supplier Bullfinch Asset to invest in dispersed solar generation in Germany.
Jan 12, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Bullfinch Asset, Impax Asset Management, Daniel von Preyss
SPower adds to leading table team with new COO
US-based independent power producer (IPP) sPower has actually boosted its senior team via the appointment of Michael Belikoff as primary operating policeman.
Jun 3, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, sPower, North America, cypress creek, Ryan Creamer, Strata Solar, recruitment, Michael Belikoff
Albanian utility set to move on with 12.9 MW floating PV project
Korporata Elektroenergjetike Shqiptare began development of the EUR13.9 million center in December 2018. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is taking into consideration lending EUR9.5 million to a project which it is said would help reduce the electric company's dependence on hydro earnings.
Aug 3, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, floating PV, Europe, Albania, Korporata Elektroenergjetike Shqiptare
Streamlined modeling for partly shaded PV systems
A proposed two-diode model is based solely on the standard test problem criteria of solar modules and their irradiance levels. The logical tool apparently enables PV system operators to estimate the I-V curves of a shaded variety promptly and also accurately.
Sep 21, 2020 // Technology, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Malaysia, Australia, Asia, Oceania