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Re-awakening the globe's very first solar cells for indoor photovoltaics applications
The globe's initial solid-state photovoltaics were reported in 1883, and were made up of selenium, which at some point led to the growth of the present-day photovoltaics, although the wide bandgap of selenium was limiting for applications of sunlight harvesting.
Dec 29, 2022 // Technology, China, Asia, solar cell, Bin Yan
500 W-plus panel race escalates with JA Solar's brand-new module as well as Risen's very first delivery
Chinese supplier JA Solar has actually revealed a brand-new 525 W+ panel as well as stated the item will certainly be offered from the 2nd fifty percent. Residential competing Risen has actually delivered the initial set of its high-powered components and also means to adhere to pre-Covid-19 strategies to increase manufacturing.
May 12, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Malaysia, China, JA Solar, Asia, Risen, Jin Baofang
First totally roll-to-roll printable perovskite solar cell
Swansea University has established an affordable as well as scalable carbon ink formulation with the ability of unlocking, for the very first time, the possibility for perovskite solar cells to be manufactured at scale.
Mar 16, 2023 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, Trystan Watson, Swansea University, David Beynon
Cape Canaveral completes its very first roof solar project
The Cape Canaveral Community Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, finished building and construction of a new center with a rooftop solar array. The 72-panel, 48-kW array set up by service provider ESA is the city's first rooftop solar initiative, and will certainly give clean power to the community center.
Feb 9, 2023 // Rooftop PV, USA, North America, Cape Canaveral
Australia's first renewable energy area gets 27GW deluge of applications
Strategies to establish the initial of 3 'renewable resource areas' (REZ) in the Australian state of New South Wales have seen an overwhelming degree of rate of interest, with an ask for propositions chalking up a nine-fold oversubscription.
Jun 24, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Australia, Oceania, new south wales, ARENA, Darren Miller, rez, John Barilaro, renewable energy zone, transgrid
Enel Delivers First Power from 132.2-MW Colombian Solar Farm
Enel Colombia's 132.2 MW solar farm in Fundación, Colombia, is now delivering energy to the grid. With 244,800 solar panels spread across 237 hectares, this USD 109 million project was awarded a 2023-2037 power purchase agreement in Colombia's October 2021 renewable energy auction.
Aug 25, 2023 // Plants, Enel, South america, Colombia, PV Power Plant
First evidence reveals solar parks can cool down surrounding land
Scientists utilizing satellite innovations have actually found for the very first time that large scale solar parks have a cooling impact on the land bordering them.
Oct 26, 2021 // Technology, USA, China, Asia, North America, Solar Park, Lancaster University, Alona Armstrong, Ludong University, University of California Davis
South Africa proposes voluntary reduction of tariffs awarded in first three REIPPPP rounds
Power purchase agreements may be voluntarily renegotiated by extending the 20-year deals or enabling independent power producers to add more efficient PV components, thus increasing plant generation capacity.
Oct 1, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, Africa, eskom, Gwede Mantashe, Pravin Gordhan, Chris Ahlfeldt
The UAE reveals its very first floating solar energy plant
The island of Nurai in Abu Dhabi has actually lately set up a floating solar energy plant that is readied to have an ability of 80 kilowatts
Feb 14, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, floating PV, Asia, UAE, Stefan Mückstein
Ecuador unveils developer shortlist for first ever major solar venture
Ecuador has identified the handful of top global clean energy developers who will compete to deploy the country’s first ever large-scale solar project.
Nov 18, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Ecuador, Total Eren, pv power plants, tender, solar pv, South america, Latin america, neoen, Solarpack
Tunisia's first floating PV project
The national energy has actually authorized an agreement with the Total-owned Qair business formerly called Quadran International for a 200 kW floating solar power plant and a research study of Tunisian potential for the innovation.
Jul 13, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, floating PV, Tunisia, Africa
The First Phase of the Transition is About Electricity, Not Primary Energy
from French developer Akuo Energy which won 150MW in Portugal’s First Solar auction in August.
Already this year we have seen 63GW of new renewable
Jan 31, 2020 // Opinions, Market Research, First Solar, Seb Henbest
First Solar Powered Miniature Train in India Launched in Kerala
A solar energy powered mini train billed as the very first of its kind in India was inaugurated at the Veli Tourist Village in Kerala by CM Pinarayi Vijayan
Nov 3, 2020 // Transport, India, Asia, Kadakampalluy Surendran, Pinarayi Vijayan
Japan's first vertical agrivoltaic project
The facility was built with heterojunction modules and placing systems supplied by German firms Luxor Solar and Next2Sun, specifically. The range in between the panel rows ranges from 8 to 10 meters and also the farming surface within the rows will be made use of by neighborhood livestock farmers as pasture.
May 2, 2022 // Plants, Japan, Germany, Europe, Asia, Luxor Solar
e6-- India's First EV Model to Adopt BYD Blade battery Technology
Blade Battery exhibits both fast and slow charging functions
The technology effectively passes the nail penetration test
Maximized battery pack structure: space utilization increased by over 50 percent
Feb 23, 2022 // Storage, India, Asia, BYD, Blade Battery, eMPV e6, nail penetration test, Sanjay Gopalakrishnan