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Trucks Take Solar: EnFoil’s Flexible Panels
EnFoil, a European startup, is revolutionizing the solar industry with their innovative 2mm thick CIGS-based flexible solar panels. With an efficiency of 17% and 150 Wp/m², talks to integrate their panels onto truck roofs have begun. The European Research Council has supported this project and UHasselt is recruiting a researcher - a recognition of the product's potential.
Jul 24, 2023 // Technology, Transport, Europe, solar panel, Hasselt University
Banks' Big Battery: 200-MW Power for 600K Homes
Banks Renewables, the renewable energy division of the Banks Group, unveils plans to build a 200-MW battery storage system in Scotland to power 600,000 homes. Brookfield Asset Management acquires Banks Renewables, investing in their wind, solar and storage projects.
Oct 6, 2023 // Storage, SCOTLAND, Banks Group
Aussie Govt Funds First Nations Green Hydrogen Project
Government grants support groundbreaking 850-MW green hydrogen project in Western Australia's Kimberley region, led by First Nations and aiming to produce renewable hydrogen and ammonia at a large scale.
Mar 20, 2024 // Solar to Fuel, Australia, Oceania, green hydrogen
Energy storage and also network support
As renewables infiltration rises, transmission and distribution (T&D) infrastructure will call for significant reinforcement. Battery storage is becoming a crucial option to conventional ways of enhancing network framework, because it is rapid to release, can offer numerous services, as well as frequently comes at a lower resources expense. IHS Markit analyst Oliver Forsyth delves into the added worth streams that reinforce the situation for grid-connected batteries.
Aug 18, 2020 // Storage, Opinions, IHS Markit, Oliver Forsyth
Plastic electronics: Introducing the next generation of technology
From cat's-whisker detectors in the very early 1900s to electronic circuit contribute modern-day cellphones, digital tools have been customized in myriad imaginative ways to adapt to the needs of mankind.
Apr 27, 2021 // Technology, India, Asia, solar cell, Hyderabad, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Pabitra Nayak
Eco-friendly substance reveals assurance for solar cell usage
A prevalent change to solar power will certainly depend greatly on trusted, secure, as well as cost effective innovation like batteries for power storage space as well as solar cells for power conversion. At Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, scientists are concentrated greatly on both parts of that formula.
Apr 28, 2020 // Technology, USA, solar cells, perovskite, North America, Nikhil Koratkar, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Heliogen Bags Award for its Concentrated Solar Technology
Heliogen has actually revealed its option by Fast Company as a recipient of a 2020 World Changing Ideas Award, identified for its focused solar innovation
Apr 29, 2020 // Technology, California, USA, North America, Heliogen, International, Concentrated Solar, Bill Gross
New technique to gauge cell voltages in functional PV modules
Researchers in Japan have actually recommended a brand-new design to approximate cell voltages in solar components by irradiating the cells with a weak regulated laser light. The approach could be utilized to spot locations and also various other panel-degradation concerns, such as possible generated deterioration (PID) peeling, fracturing, as well as inadequate get in touches with.
May 26, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Japan, pv modules, Asia
Britishvolt employs CFO to lead 'following phase of growth and also success'
Britishvolt has revealed a brand-new senior hire, with William Reynolds signing up with as primary financial officer.
Jan 26, 2021 // Storage, Lithium-ion batteries, UK, Europe, Britishvolt, Orral Nadjari, Allan Paterson
Unigreen Energy begins on gigawatt HJT factory
Unigreen Energy, owned by Hevel majority shareholder Ream Management LLC, has begun on a wafer and cell factory that will generate 1.3 GW of silicon n-type monocrystalline ingots and wafers in addition to 1GW of heterojunction technology (HJT) solar cells.
Jul 30, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Europe, Asia, Russia, HJT, n-type, Hevel Solar, gigafactory, unigreen
Israeli business prepare green energy push in seven Arab countries
Israeli business Enlight Renewable Energy (TLV: ENLT) and NewMed Energy (TLV: NWMD), previously referred to as Delek Drilling, have signed up with hands to implement renewable resource projects in several countries between East as well as North Africa.
Aug 19, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Asia, Israel
Clearway shuts funding on 463 MW of solar plus storage in California
San Francisco-based Clearway Energy Group claimed Thursday it has shut financing on 2 solar as well as storage projects found on government land in Riverside county, California.
Apr 7, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, California, USA, North America, clearway
Samsung C&T to Build Green Hub in Australia
Samsung C&T Corp. has signed an MoU to develop a mega-scale complex for renewable energy, battery storage, hydrogen production, and more in Australia. Discover the potential of this ambitious project with Samsung's commitment to 100% renewables.
Nov 15, 2023 // Solar to Fuel, Australia, Oceania, Samsung C&T
Why perovskite solar cells often tend to set apart drunk of light
Solar cells made of perovskite are cheap, very easy to create, and also almost as efficient as silicon, the product generally utilized in solar cells.
May 12, 2021 // Technology, solar cells, Europe, perovskite, Netherlands, Eindhoven University of Technology, efficiency, Peter Bobbert
New research radiates light on perovskite solar cell performance
The possibility of a course of products called perovskites, to allow solar cells to much better absorb sunlight for power production, is commonly understood. However, this potential has yet to be completely recognized, specifically under real-world operating problems.
Jun 15, 2021 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, efficiency, University and Wuhan University of Technology, Joanne Etheridge, Wei Li, Mathias Rothmann