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New membrane technology to boost water purification and energy storage
Imperial College London scientists have created a new type of membrane that could improve water purification and battery energy storage efforts.
Dec 11, 2019 // Technology, Storage, water, London, Imperial Colleg, battery energy, Nafion, Qilei Song, Neil McKeown, Rui Tan, Nigel Brandon
Florida Power & Light starts building on 6 new solar facilities
Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) has started building and construction on 6 new solar energy centers that are anticipated to enter into operation by the end of the year.
Jul 31, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, pv power plants, North America, Florida Power & Light, Eric Silagy
Fronius will bring new hybrid GEN24 inverter to SPI 2019
Fronius is bringing its new hybrid Primo GEN24 inverter to Salt Lake City for Solar Power International 2019. The new solution provides all the benefits of the SnapINverter and additional features, such as being incredibly compact, easily scalable, quick to commission via an app, and easily serviceable. This new all-in-one hybrid inverter combines the functions of multiple devices in one compact device: battery charger, battery inverter, controller and the intelligence to be the operating system of your home’s energy supply. However, the product won’t be available to the public until 2020.
Aug 9, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Inverters, USA, inverter, Fronius, Salt Lake City, SnapINverter, Adrian Noronho, PLC
Pivot Energy now establishing 94 MW of community solar projects in New York
Pivot Energy, a nationwide commercial as well as area solar provider revealed it is currently using detailed community as well as business solar services throughout New york city's thriving solar power market.
Apr 21, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, pivot energy, solar projects, Tom Hunt
New chemistry guarantees much better lithium sulfur batteries
Researchers in the U.S. have established a brand-new cathode chemistry for lithium-sulfur batteries, which they say pledges to conquer performance problems originating from sulfur's reduced conductivity and also tendency to react with lithium.
Jun 22, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, North America, lithium-sulfur batteries, Chao Luo
New record effectiveness for flexible perovskite solar cells
Researchers have created a product for flexible perovskite solar cells that makes use of sunlight-generated electrons better, obtaining a brand-new record efficiency of 20.7%. The product consists of a permeable planar electron transportation layer that improves the communication in between its electrodes and perovskite layer, raising efficiency to push the idea closer to real-world applications.
Dec 10, 2020 // Technology, South Korea, Asia, solar cell, perovskite, flexible, efficiency, KRICT, Jangwon Seo, Mónica Lira-Cantú
New silicon/perovskite solar cell globe record nears 30% effectiveness
Silicon has long been the gold standard for solar cells, however it's starting to reach its limitation. Perovskite is emerging as a promising companion, and now designers have attained a new efficiency record closing in on 30 percent for this sort of tandem solar cell.
Dec 11, 2020 // Technology, Germany, Europe, solar cell, perovskite, silicon, efficiency, HZB, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
Bangladesh sets new power tariffs for slow solar developers
Government of Bangladesh is dissatisfied by slow development of a number of photovoltaic projects and is establishing new power tariffs associated with solar production cost reduction.
Nov 15, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, Bangladesh, Asia, tariffs
New hybrid perovskite material for photovoltaic cells with improved stability
The group of researchers at Purdue University has developed a new sandwich-structured perovskite, which combines inorganic and organic materials. The innovative material is expected to maximize the perovskite solar cells’ thermal stability with no need to include toxic lead in the structure.
Dec 2, 2019 // Technology, USA, perovskite, North America
CS Energy secures 270 MW of New York solar projects
US solar and also storage EPC firm CS Energy claimed on Tuesday it has won three projects in New York State's current purchase round that will certainly enable it to add 270 MW/365 MW DC of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity.
Jun 22, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, New York, North America, solar projects, CS Energy
Out with old inverters, in with the brand-new
International need for substitute inverters will likely expand by virtually 40% to get to 8.7 GW in 2020, as a huge and also broadening mounted base old solar PV setups drives implementation, creates Miguel De Jesus of IHS Markit.
Feb 13, 2020 // Inverters, Opinions, USA, IHS Markit, Europe, Asia, pv inverters, North America, Miguel De Jesus
JA Solar Attains New Innovation in Module Power Result
JA Solar has actually mentioned that power result of its high-efficiency solar components under typical screening problems has actually established brand-new market document getting to over 525W
May 12, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, JA Solar, pv modules, Trina Solar, Jin Baofang, International, Output
Georgia Power introduces brand-new Customer-Connected Solar Program
Program aids grow renewable resource in Georgia and broadens the state's diverse power sources to benefit clients
Jul 31, 2020 // Policy, USA, Georgia, Georgia Power, Europe, North America, CCSP, Wilson Mallard
Natrion Unveils New Battery Components that Reduce Fire Risks
New material LISIC provides high ion transportation capability at ambient conditions while having a thermal strength in excess of 200 ° C and being fully dense. The result is a near-zero fire risk for batteries built with LISIC, and a substantially decreased ability for a thermal event to heighten or broaden.
Sep 29, 2022 // Technology, Storage, electrolyte, Li-ion Battery, solid state batteries, Alex Kosyakov, LISIC278, Natrion, natural graphite anode, NMC532 cathode, solid-electrolyte separator, zero porosity
Worldwide New Clean Energy Financial Investment Completed $282 Billion In 2015: Research
Global investment in brand-new clean energy ability climbed 1% in 2014 to $282.2 billion, research by UNEP, Bloomberg New Energy Finance as well as the Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre revealed on Wednesday.
Jun 11, 2020 // Market Research, USA, UK, China, Europe, Asia, North America