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Osaka Gas to get in US solar as well as storage markets
Japanese power firm Osaka Gas is to get in the US utility-scale solar market through a joint venture with project developer Oriden.
May 17, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, ENERGY STORAGE, North America, utility scale solar, Oriden, Osaka Gas, agreement
BayWa r.e. sells 44-MWp French solar duo now under construction
BayWa r.e. divests two under-construction PV sites totaling 44 MWp in France, recycling capital while locking in delivery.
Dec 12, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, France, Europe, baywa r.e., construction, asset sale
RP Global, Oolu develop C&I solar JV in West Africa with Nigerian debut
Renewables developer as well as financier RP Worldwide and solar supplier Oolu Solar are introducing a joint venture (JV) in West Africa to serve commercial as well as industrial (C&I) consumers in the region.
Jun 24, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, RP Global, Oolu, solar JV
Arizona’s state utility to tender 400MW of wind and solar
Arizona’s largest electric utility is gearing up to tender 400MW of renewables before the summer is up.
Jul 30, 2019 // Large-Scale, USA, Arizona, APS, Arizona Public Service Company, North America
DIF Capital Partners buys French renewables business Qair
DIF Capital Partners has actually authorized a contract to buy French renewable power producer Qair, the celebrations claimed today without specifying the scale of the investment.
Oct 5, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Qair, DIF Capital Partners
ROUND-UP: SunPower feeds Chevron oilfield, 25MW Assam tender, Sodexo Constant MoU
SunPower building 35MW project to supply Chevron's Lost Hills Oil Field. Assam tenders for 25MW solar project. Constant Energy partners Sodexo Thailand
Oct 30, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, India, SunPower, tender, Thailand, Asia, North America, Chevron, Nam Nguyen, Assam, Constant Energy, Sodexo, Allen Satterwhite
Florida legislators vote to eliminate roof solar net metering
Florida lawmakers have actually passed a costs that will remove credits for families with PV systems, amidst warnings that the legislation could undercut the state's rooftop solar market.
Mar 9, 2022 // Residential, Policy, Rooftop PV, USA, SEIA, Florida, North America, US utilities, Vote Solar, net metering, legislation
'The time for rhetoric is over': US solar business demand activity on budget bill
Hundreds of United States solar and power storage space firms have implored US lawmakers to pass a budget reconciliation bill having solar downstream and manufacturing supports.
Jul 13, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Policy, USA, SEIA, North America, Joe Biden, Joe Manchin, nancy pelosi, SEMA, budget bill, chuck schumer
Australia & Germany Collaborate for Solar Powered Methanol Project Off Australia's Port Augusta
The company is chosen by the Australian and also German governments for A$ 19.48 million and EUR 13.2 million funds to advance green methanol manufacturing to power zero emission delivery as well as air travel sector.
Jan 30, 2023 // Plants, Darren Miller, green methanol, concentrated solar thermal power, Craig Wood, Fichtner, Hydrogen Innovation and Technology Incubator, HyGATE, Vast Solar
Qcells Supplier Hanwha to Invest $147 Million in Georgian Center
The new center by Hanwha will provide clean power company Qcells with encapsulant film. Likewise, Hanwha will certainly be the only company in the USA producing solar encapsulants.
Mar 24, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, Georgia, Europe, North America, Brian Kemp, Qcells, encapsulant film, Hanwha Advanced Materials Georgia, HG Park, Inhwan Kim, Matt Santini, Qcells facility in Cartersville, Qcells North America
Heating up the heterojunction-LID conversation
Scientists led by the University of New South Wales have checked into the long-lasting deterioration of silicon-heterojunction. Their searchings for recommend that lighting at heats can really boost cell efficiency, however also runs the risk of triggering multiple light-induced degradation devices if not meticulously controlled.
Sep 11, 2020 // Technology, Australia, Oceania, HJT cells
Cutting optical losses in tandem perovskite cells
Spanish scientists have actually revealed a monolithic nano-structured perovskite silicon tandem gadget they assert can lower optical losses by greater than a 3rd contrasted to planar perovskite cells of the very same kind.
Feb 12, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Spain, solar cells, Europe, perovskite
A graphite-doped tandem perovskite cell with 26.3% performance
Italian scientists have actually included graphene to the titanium dioxide electron careful layer utilized in a perovskite cell to raise chemical security. The two-terminal cell was made by piling 2 sub-cells which were produced and also enhanced independently.
Feb 24, 2020 // Technology, Italy, Europe, perovskite cell, efficiency, graphite, Mario Tucci
NREL Six-Junction Solar Cell Establishes 2 Globe Records for Efficiency
Researchers at NREL have actually produced a solar battery with an efficiency of almost 50 percent. The cell currently holds 2 globe documents for solar conversion efficiency
Apr 14, 2020 // Technology, NREL, solar cell, modules, efficiency, International, John Geisz, Ryan France
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