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A 3000km Odyssey Across Australia Powered By Only Sunlight
Has there ever before been a solar endurance rally such as this one? Not on your life. Forty 4 solar-powered autos from 20 nations went into the 2019 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge (BWSC), a 3000 kilometres (1,875 miles) endurance rally throughout the red continent from Darwin to Adelaide with the center of Australia, and also less than half the autos completed.
Apr 29, 2020 // Transport, USA, Japan, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Germany, UK, Italy, China, Australia, Europe, Asia, Oceania, Netherlands, North America, Turkey, Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, Chris Selwood
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Giant solar-plus-storage project in the Kubuqi Desert
The 2 GW plant is expected to be connected to a storage center with a capability of 300 MW/600 MWh. Somewhere else, makers Longi, Jinko, Trina Solar and also Chint were the winners of a 5.5 GW photovoltaic panel procurement tender held by the China Energy Investment Corporation.
Sep 29, 2021 // Plants, Storage, China, Asia, Trina Solar, LONGi, Jinko, Chint, solar-plus-storage project, Kubuqi Desert, Elion
Chilean president cuts ribbon on 170-MW Sonnedix Atacama solar farm
Sonnedix Power Holdings Ltd on Sunday officially inaugurated its 170-MW solar farm in Chile in the visibility of Chilean head of state Sebastian Pinera, energy minister Juan Carlos Jobet as well as Tarapaca local authorities.
Apr 14, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Sonnedix, Chile, South america, Juan Carlos Jobet, Sebastian Pinera, solar farm
Making green hydrogen via the exposure of nanomaterials to sunlight
A research team from the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) has actually joined forces with French researchers from the Institute of Chemistry and also Processes for Energy, Environment and Health (ICPEES), a CNRS-University of Strasbourg joint research laboratory, to pave the way towards the production of green hydrogen.
Jan 22, 2021 // Technology, France, Europe, solar cell, green hydrogen, efficiency, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, INRS, Institute of Chemistry and Processes for Energy, Environment and Health, ICPEES, El Khakani, CNRS-University of Strasbourg
New imaging system exposes solar panel defects also in bright sunlight
Researchers have actually created as well as demonstrated a brand-new system that can spot defects in silicon photovoltaic panels in full as well as partial sunlight under any climate condition. Because current defect detection methods can not be made use of in daylight problems, the brand-new system can make it a lot easier to keep solar panels functioning ideally.
Sep 29, 2021 // Technology, China, Asia, solar panel, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Yunsheng Qian, Sheng Wu
Markus Kayser: solar sinter 3D printer
London-based markus kayser, a masters candidate in design products at the royal college of art, converts the raw resources of sunlight and sand into glass products with his fully automated, solar-powered ‘solar sinter‘ 3D printer.
Sep 20, 2019 // BIPV, Technology, bipv, UK, Europe, London, 3D printer, solar sinter, Markus Kayser, Building-integrated photovoltaics
Chamath Palihapitiya's SPAC for Sunlight Financial is an additional sign of a renewables boom
Former Facebook staff member as well as present enfant terrible of high money Chamath Palihapitiya is making news again with a $1.3 billion twofer SPAC and PIPE deal into the solar power financing business, Sunlight Financial.
Jan 26, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, BlackRock, Facebook, Chamath Palihapitiya, SPAC, Sunlight Financial, Franklin Templeton, Alex Wilhelm
‘Desert to Power’ solar project in Chad clinches €18m AfDB loan
A contracted 32MW solar-plus-storage project just north of Chad’s capital N'Djaména is one step closer to fruition after the African Development Bank (AfDB) provided it with an €18 million (US$19.6 million) loan with a partial risk guarantee.
Oct 2, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Grids, solar-plus-storage, Africa, African Development Bank, chad, sahel, infraco africa, aldwich international limited, amea power
Major Burkina Faso PV project secures €48.82m ‘Desert to Power’ loan
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will lend the government of Burkina Faso €48.82 million (US$54.04 million) to develop 208MWp of PV across the nation under its Desert to Power initiative.
Dec 9, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Grids, solar pv, European Union, West Africa, AfDB, African Development Bank, Burkina Faso, French Development Agency
Capstone takes in the Alberta sunlight
The 132MW Claresholm solar farm is offering power to TC Energy and also the Canadian district's wholesale power pool
Apr 19, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Canada, North America, obton, Capstone Infrastructure Corporation, solar farm, Mikkel Berthelsen, Corey Hessen
Interactive Solar Park Control Center in Turkey
Experience the future of sustainable energy at Bilgin Architects' innovative control center in Karapinar, Turkey, blending technology and design in the heart of a vast solar park.
Mar 7, 2024 // Plants, Asia, Turkey
SunCommon includes 48.6-kW solar array to Wave Farm arts and also broadcast center
Wave Farm, a non-profit arts company and leader of the Transmission Arts genre, has teamed up with SunCommon to solarize its 29-acre campus, consisting of a Study Center and also a dozen media art installations, as well as its FM broadcast tower website, by replacing non-renewable energy sources with 48.6 kW of solar energy.
Oct 11, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PV Power Plant, suncommon, Wave Farm, Tavit Geudelekian
ZE PAK turns on 70-MWp solar farm in Poland
Polish power manufacturer ZE PAK SA (WSE: ZEP) on Thursday stated its 70-MWp solar farm in Brudzew commune in the Wielkopolska area of main Poland has actually started procedures.
Nov 1, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Poland, Europe, solar farm, ZE PAK
Understanding the love-hate relationship of halide perovskites with the sunlight
Solar cells made of perovskite go to the facility of much current solar research. The product is cheap, easy to generate and practically as efficient as silicon, the material generally utilized in solar cells. However, perovskite cells have a love-hate-relationship with the sun. The light that they require to create electrical power, additionally hinders the quality of the cells, drastically limiting their performance and security with time. Research study by scientists at the Eindhoven University of Technology and also universities in China and the United States currently sheds new light on the root causes of this deterioration and paves the way for developing brand-new perovskite compositions for the utmost steady solar cells.
Jul 13, 2020 // Technology, USA, China, solar cells, Asia, North America, efficiency, perovskites, Zehua Chen, Shuxia Tao
BayWa r.e. Secures Approval for 60-MWp Irish Solar Farm
BayWa r.e. AG is set to illuminate County Tipperary with a groundbreaking 60 MWp solar farm, marking a significant milestone in Ireland's renewable energy journey.
Sep 2, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, solar farm, BayWa r.e. AG














