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A nanoparticle-sensitized solar cell with 8.5% effectiveness
The record feat compares to usual figures of 2-3% for such devices. The Taiwanese scientists who developed the cell said it was prepared with the Silar method and is based on a ternary metal sulfide-alloyed semiconductor. They claim performance could be further boosted.
Feb 18, 2020 // Technology, solar cell, Taiwan, efficiency
Bangladesh Operationalises 30 MW Solar Power Project in Pabna
Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has actually made the discovery in a filing before Dhaka Stock Exchange. ISPL had actually spent $55 million over a land area of 110 acres for the development of the solar power plant utilizing more than 78,000 panels.
Sep 2, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, BPDB, SREDA, Bangladesh Power Development Board, haka Stock Exchange, National Solar Energy Roadmap, Shapoorji Pallonji Infrastructure Capital Co.
Researchers create a material for handling and also saving quantum computing details
Researchers from North Carolina State University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hillside, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Duke University, Wayne State University and The Hong Kong University of Science as well as Technology have actually created a mixed magnon state in an organic hybrid perovskite product by making use of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya-Interaction (DMI).
Apr 6, 2023 // Technology, Manufacturing News, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, perovskite, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, North Carolina State University, Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wayne State University and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Dali Sun
Primergy Energizes Texas Megasolar Plant, Delivering Carbon-Free Power to Microsoft
Primergy brings its 408-MW Ash Creek Solar plant online in Hill County, Texas, under a Microsoft PPA, powering 90,000 homes and delivering USD 100 million in local taxes.
Jul 17, 2025 // Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Texas, Microsoft, North America, Primergy
Boost Solar Cell Lifetime with Metal Halide Perovskite
Researchers at imec and the University of Hasselt have developed a metal halide perovskite process to boost the lifetime of solar cells, achieving a conversion efficiency of 24.3% and a short-circuit density of 24.5 mA/cm2. After 1,000 and 1,850 hours, the cells retain 97% and 88% of performance, respectively. This process offers commercialization potential for perovskite solar cell technology.
Aug 4, 2023 // Technology, solar cell, efficiency, University of Hasselt
Temasek-Backed Xero Funds Cosmos Innovation's AI-Optimized Solar Cells
Cosmos Innovation has raised $19.7M to build self-learning fab in the solar and semiconductor space. Experience a 10x acceleration in process recipes with top semiconductor companies and capture energy from the sun more efficiently with perovskite silicon tandem solar cells.
Oct 20, 2023 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, Cosmos Innovation
Masdar Financial Close Unlocks $6.1bn Solar, BESS in Abu Dhabi
Masdar secures financial close on a $6.1B Abu Dhabi solar-and-storage project, unlocking construction funding for reliable 24/7 power through batteries that stabilize the grid.
Jul 13, 2026 // Plants, Masdar, Abu Dhabi, PV Power Plant
Solar output overtakes coal in Texas, marking historic power shift
ERCOT data shows Texas generated more power from solar than coal year-to-date, underscoring the state’s rapid utility-scale buildout and battery adoption.
Dec 9, 2025 // Plants, Storage, USA, Texas, Battery Storage, North America, ERCOT, Solar growth, coal decline
Ask for streamlined permitting to sustain growth of floating solar sector
Solar sector gamers need to team up with governments and regulators to conquer floating PV allowing and bankability problems as well as unlock the potential of the innovation in Europe.
Apr 14, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, floating PV, Europe, Netherlands, longi solar, bankability, baywa r.e., permits, permitting, Ocean Sun, triodos bank
Renewable gas from carbon dioxide with the aid of solar power
Scientists at Linköping University, Sweden, are trying to transform carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, to sustain using power from sunlight. Current results have actually shown that it is possible to utilize their method to uniquely create methane, carbon monoxide gas or formic acid from carbon dioxide and water. The study has been released in ACS Nano.
Jun 10, 2020 // Technology, Solar to Fuel, Sweden, Europe, Linköping University, Graphene, carbon dioxide, Jianwu Sun
Engineer discovers mighty power in small solar energy invention
Today's commonly used silicon solar cells are heavy and bulky, and take up a lot of space to produce power. Newer models, made from soft materials that are flexible and versatile, are cheaper to produce but also much less efficient than their pricier counterparts.
Dec 17, 2019 // Technology, Storage, USA, solar cells, North America, flexible, Susanna Thon, Johns Hopkins
Scientists suggest unique bilayer structure for crystalline silicon solar cells
Researchers from the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have proposed an unique "bilayer" structure composing of various change metal oxide (TMO) thin films in crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells in order to boost the cells' effectiveness.
Dec 9, 2021 // Technology, China, Asia, crystalline silicon solar cells, Advanced Research Institute, SARI
Reform power billing or risk hindering clean energy, Spain told
Spain has an opportunity in its upcoming reform of electricity charging to clear hurdles for self-consumption and electric vehicles (EVs), according to national PV body UNEF.
Jul 22, 2019 // Tariffs, Spain, Sweden, Portugal, France, Greece, Germany, UNEF, UK, Italy, CNMC, Europe
Sahel summit backs ‘Desert to Power’ plan to bring solar to 60 million
An African Development Bank (AfDB) initiative that wants to install 10GW of solar energy across the Sahel by 2025 was endorsed by G5 Sahel heads of state at a summit held last week in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Sep 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, France, Europe, Africa, North America, AfDB, G5 Sahel, Christian Kaboré, Akinwumi Adesina
Breakthrough: Stable High-Efficiency Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells
Revolutionary tandem solar cells with over 29% efficiency and exceptional stability developed by top researchers in Australia. Say goodbye to traditional manufacturing concerns.
Jul 25, 2024 // Technology, Australia, solar cell, perovskite, Oceania, efficiency