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Post-Brexit reshuffle brings to the fore brand-new head of UK power plan
Management of the UK's Department for Business, Energy as well as Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has actually altered hands, with Alok Sharma designated power assistant.
Feb 17, 2020 // Policy, UK, Europe, Brexit, boris johnson
Bendy, ultra-thin solar cell
ESA has actually backed the development of this flexible, ultra-thin solar cell to provide the most effective power to mass proportion for area goals.
Mar 16, 2020 // Technology, Germany, Europe, Netherlands, ESA, Azur Space Solar Power, tf2
Hydrogen-powered bicycles offer new electromobility concept
With the 200 hydrogen bikes offered to journalists and world leaders at the G7 summit in Biarritz proving popular, manufacturer Pragma Industries has received an order for 1,000 of them from Chilean president Sebastian Pinera. The company’s founder, Pierre Forté, wants the bike to have a societal impact in developing countries.
Sep 4, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Storage, Transport, Solar to Fuel, Lithium-ion batteries, Toyota, France, Europe, hydrogen, Daimler, hydrogen-fueled cars, Pierre Forté, Pragma Industries, Sebastian Pinera, Solar to Fuel, Solar to Hydrogen, Producing Hydrogen, Hydrogen from renewable, Renewable fuels
Solar farm fitted with batteries to fulfill grid output control needs browses the web in Japan
One of the first large-scale solar farms in Japan so far to be geared up with battery storage space in order to fulfill the demands of a neighborhood grid operator as well as energy, has been completed on the island of Hokkaido.
Jul 7, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Grids, Japan, Asia, sb energy, Alex O'Cinneide, HEPCO
MHI, Osaka Gas buy 11-MW solar project in N Carolina
Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (TYO:7011) and Osaka Gas USA Corp, part of Japanese firm Osaka Gas Co Ltd (TYO:9532), have actually gotten an undefined equity stake in an 11-MW solar project incomplete in North Carolina.
Sep 13, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Solar Project, MHI, Osaka Gas, N Carolina
EU Probes Chinese Solar Firms: Subsidy Law Test
EU probes Chinese firms in bid for Romanian solar park to prevent unfair competition. Concerns over state support and impact on clean tech industries.
Apr 4, 2024 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, China, Europe, Asia
NREL six-junction solar cell collections two globe records for performance
Scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have actually fabricated a solar cell with an efficiency of nearly 50%.
Sep 1, 2020 // Technology, NREL, solar cell, efficiency, John Geisz, six-junction
Fresh information become AU$ 540m Victoria REZ plan bids to unlock 10GW of new renewable ability
New details have emerged regarding a strategy to develop 6 Renewable Energy Zones (REZs) in the Australian state of Victoria, opening 10GW of extra capacity for renewables
Feb 23, 2021 // Grids, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Victoria, Australia, Lily D’Ambrosio, Oceania, grid, rez, Mark Gepp
Orderly disorder: Cambridge scientists make surprising perovskite discovery
Researchers have made a finding they say could vastly simplify and reduce the production cost of perovskite solar cells. Working with mixed halide perovskites, the group found a disordered chemical composition can improve device efficiency.
Nov 12, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, UK, solar cells, Europe, perovskite, Cambridge University, crystalline silicon PV, Sascha Feldmann, Stuart MacPherson, Sam Stranks
Showing Up Quickly: Solar Panels that Generate Power at Night
Can solar panels create energy even when the sunlight isn't around? In a significant development, researchers at the University of The golden state have created a distinct evening photovoltaic panel (NSP) that can create 50 W under optimal problems in the evening, one-fourth of what traditional photovoltaic panel create during the day.
Apr 26, 2021 // Technology, University of California, PV panel, Jeremy N. Munday, night solar panels, Tristan Deppe
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
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
NREL Research Boosts Stability of Perovskites, Helps Silicon Solar Cells
An adjustment in the chemical make-up has actually made it possible for researchers at the United States DOE's NREL to improve the durability as well as performance of perovskite solar cells.
Mar 6, 2020 // Technology, USA, NREL, solar cells, North America, perovskites, International, Innovation, US DOE, Caleb Boyd
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
A brand-new principle for heat-recovery solar cells
Scientists in Japan have actually shown a brand-new idea for a 'heat-recovery' solar cell, which they assert has the prospective to surpass the academic restriction for cell effectiveness. They state, nevertheless, that an appropriate product for the power filtering system layers is yet to be recognized. The cell is outfitted with a 100-micron thick silicon absorber, 2 electrodes as well as carrier-energy filtering system layers positioned in between the absorber and also electrodes.
May 19, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Japan, solar cells, Asia, HERC, Kenji Kamide












