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California green-lights plans for green energy boom in Sacramento
California’s state planning authorities have waved through a plan by a Sacramento utility to roll out gigawatts’ worth of green energy over the next two decades, including utility-scale storage.
Jan 24, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Rooftop PV, California, USA, pv power plants, BESS, North America, 8minute Solar Energy, sacramento, smud
New perovskite guarantees 38.7% effective tandem cells
Japanese researchers have recognized a perovskite material with a strong band edge gap and high stability which they say might offer 38.7% efficiency if utilized in the right tandem cell architecture.
Feb 4, 2020 // Technology, Japan, solar cells, Asia, perovskite
French solar tools distributor proclaims totally automated assembly line
Start-up Solean asserts that its brand-new totally automated manufacturing devices supplies a very flexible method to bring panel production back to Europe.
May 8, 2020 // Manufacturing News, France, Europe, Start-up, Solean
Renewable energy, brand-new viewpoints for photovoltaic cells
In the future, photovoltaic cells could be 'put on' over clothing, put on automobiles and even on beach umbrellas. These are simply several of the possible advancements from a research study published in Nature Communications by researchers at the Physics Department of the Politecnico di Milano, collaborating with colleagues at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and Imperial University London.
Mar 26, 2021 // Technology, solar cell, Franco V. A. Camargo, Giulio Cerullo, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Arctech Launches Globe's First PV Company-owned Wind Tunnel Research Laboratory to Wisely Increase the Stability of Trackers
Technical database of laboratory will certainly empower trackers with much better wind resistance ability and reduced LCOE (Levelized Cost of Energy) of PV nuclear power plant
Sep 16, 2021 // Technology, China, Asia, trackers, arctech, Bruce Wang
Power-to-heat-to-power storage space for roof PV
Researchers in Spain have actually analyzed the stability of 'power-to-heat-to-power storage space' in a property solar setup in Madrid. The innovation can decrease power costs by greater than 70% as well as would certainly have a 12 to 15-year repayment duration, according to the scientists.
May 7, 2020 // Technology, Residential, Storage, Rooftop PV, Spain, Europe, rooftop PV
Trina exposes 600 W module
The Chinese giant has actually jumped ahead of rivals who just recently revealed their intent to work in the direction of the next generation of mega panels by pledging to have its 600 W Vertex item on sale by the end of March.
Jul 21, 2020 // Manufacturing News, China, Asia, Trina, Zhang Yingbin
‘Mono will supply 80% of the world’s solar by 2021’
Polysilicon manufacturer Daqo has announced the start of pilot production in Xinjiang and expects to ramp up to full output by the end of the year, doubling the company’s annual capacity to 70,000 MT. Some 90% of its poly will be mono by that stage and Daqo expects 40% to be suitable for n-type products next year.
Sep 18, 2019 // Manufacturing News, China, polysilicon, Asia, Longgen Zhang, Daqo, Eric Luo
Rajasthan Gets Rs 4000 Cr Investment for 925 MW Solar Plant
NTPC as well as RSDCL are readied to authorize a contract with a financial investment worth Rs 4000 crore to create 925 MW solar energy projects in Nokh Solar Park in Rajasthan
Feb 20, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, India, NTPC, Asia, RSDCL
Air Force honors UToledo $12.5 million to establish space-based solar power sheets
The military is intensifying to the momentum of physicists at The University of Toledo who are progressing brand-new frontiers in thin-film, extremely efficient, affordable photovoltaic innovation to make sure a clean energy future.
Feb 17, 2021 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, USA, air force, North America, Michael Heben, UToledo, sheets, Randall Ellingson, Marcy Kaptur, Frank Calzonetti
SolarWindow Sets new Record by Increasing its Power Conversion Performance
SolarWindow Technologies, a programmer of clear fluid finishes and also procedures for creating electrical power on glass and also plastics, has announced that it has greater than doubled its previous certified efficiency, also achieving the highest independently-certified power conversion effectiveness of previous natural solar tools produced at the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado with a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA).
Mar 31, 2021 // Technology, NREL, efficiency, International, organic photovoltaic devices, Power Conversion Efficiency, SolarWindow, James Whitaker, Bertrand J. Tremolet de Villers
America's $25,000 Electric Car: What to Expect
US electric vehicle prices dropping, but still lag behind global market. GM, Ford, Stellantis, and Tesla racing to offer $25,000 EVs to meet practicality demand.
Jun 18, 2024 // Transport, USA, North America
Maxeon's New Silicon-based Solar Panels Emerging This Summer
Headquartered in Singapore, solar supplier Maxeon Solar Technologies Ltd. revealed today that it will release a brand-new line of frameless, thin, lightweight, glass-less, and also adaptable silicon-based solar panels this summer called Maxeon Air. The panels will certainly be offered in pick European markets in the second half of 2021, before a basic worldwide release in the initial quarter of 2022.
May 19, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Jeff Waters, maxeon solar technologies ltd, Maxeon Air solar panels, Maxeon IBC solar cells
Woodmac Ranking for Inverter Shipments In 2021 Retains Huawei at 1, Top 5 Firms Chinese
A comparable ranking for 2021 by IHS markit in June had shown Sungrow overtaking Huawei, and Solis take number 3 spot. In the Woodmac rankings, Huawei continues to be on the top, with Growatt taking number 3 spot. Chinese firms, that inhabited the top 3 spots in IHS Markit rankings, currently comprise the top 5 inverter vendors according to Woodmac
Jul 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Inverters, Sungrow, SolarEdge, woodmac, pv inverters, Huawei, Ginlong Solis, power electronics, Growatt, GoodWe, 2021 rankings, Global inverter rankings, Sineng Electric
Republika Srpska to tender 100 MW PV project
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s second-largest utility, Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS), is planning the $75.7 million project. The region’s first solar park will be built near Trebinje, in Republika Srpska.
Jan 31, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, tender, Europe, Bosnia and Herzegovina