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This New Tech Could Make A Solar Toyota Prius Practical
2020 is the year we are going to see some incredible things. This new solar technology is going to change everything we know about solar charging. Here is what it could mean for the solar Prius of the future.
Jan 2, 2020 // Technology, Opinions, Transport, USA, Toyota, North America, Michigan State University, Peter Neilson, Prius
New dopants might enhance PV glass efficiency
According to a British-Swedish research team, the down‐shifting process for solar glass manufacturing can be enhanced via making use of 2 dopant cations that produce no absorption bands. The doping with these substances is claimed to minimize the UV transmission while likewise maintaining the glass free from absorption in the visible as well as near-infrared ranges.
Aug 31, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Sweden, Europe, PV glass
Brand-new tools for solar cell metallization
The system can metallize the front and also back sides of silicon solar cells with unprecedented accuracy and also rate, Fraunhofer ISE stated. The technology is likewise appropriate for elements such as printed motherboard or chip cards.
Jul 17, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, solar cell, Fraunhofer ISE, Florian Clement, Andreas Lorenz
New Material Pushes Sodium-Ion Batteries To Phase Out Costly Lithium
It's utilized in the battery cathode to supply record-high energy storage space capacity, eliminating among the bottlenecks of the arising sodium-ion modern technology. According to the scientists, once again research into efficient materials for sodium-ion batteries is conducted, they may well supersede lithium-ion ones.
Aug 5, 2022 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Storage, Lithium-ion batteries, battery technology, sodium ion, battery cathode, Semyon Shraer, Skoltech and Lomonosov Moscow State University, sodium ion batteries, Stanislav Fedotov
A brand-new household inverter with battery user interface from Growatt
The inverters of the TL-XH collection have performances varying from 98.2% to 98.4%. The 10.8 kg tools suitable with double-glass components and also greater returns, the supplier cases.
Feb 26, 2020 // Inverters, China, Asia, Growatt
Sunnova, SolarEdge, National Grid companion on New England grid stability project
Solar as well as storage service provider Sunnova, SolarEdge Technologies as well as National Grid have actually partnered on a grid stability project in New England, US.
Jul 29, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, National Grid, Sunnova, solaredge technologies, Michael Grasso, ders
New conductive polymer ink opens up for next-generation printed electronic devices
Scientists at Linköping University, Sweden, have created a stable high-conductivity polymer ink. The advance paves the way for ingenious printed electronics with high energy performance. The results have been published in Nature Communications.
Apr 21, 2021 // Technology, USA, Sweden, South Korea, Europe, Asia, North America, Linköping University, Simone Fabiano, Chi-Yuan Yang
New 3D-printed system quicken solar cell screening from hrs to mins
Examinations on brand-new layouts for next-gen solar cells can currently be performed in hrs rather than days thanks to a brand-new system developed by researchers at Australia's Monash University, integrating 3D-printed vital parts.
May 21, 2020 // Technology, Australia, solar cell, Oceania, Monash University, Adam Surmiak
Xendee microgrid style platform updates tools to mirror new ITC, PTC choices
Xendee, a provider of eco-friendly project as well as microgrid layout and also choice support software application, has actually introduced a collection of new functions that incorporate the current tax motivations from the new Inflation Reduction Act directly into its platform.
Oct 21, 2022 // Software, Xendee, Zack Pecenak
Searching concealed electrical power in crystalline solar batteries with brand-new encapsulation strategy
Korean scientists assert it is feasible to draw out greater than 10% of 'surprise electrical power' in crystalline solar batteries making use of a brand-new encapsulation procedure based upon poly‐dimethylsiloxane finishes as well as a three-dimensional module framework. Contrasted to EVA movies, the brand-new finishing is stated to prevent removing short-wavelength light
Feb 7, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, solar cells, Asia, Korea, poly‐dimethylsiloxane
Distributed solar developer New Energy Equity gotten by US energy for US$ 166m.
US energy Allete is getting Maryland-headquartered distributed solar designer and driver New Energy Equity for around US$ 165.5 million.
Mar 7, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, distributed solar, m&a, Distributed Energy Resources, Allete, New Energy Equity
Research team sets new effectiveness record for solar cell technology
A group of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has set a new record in the power conversion effectiveness of solar cells made using perovskite and also organic materials. This technological innovation paves the way for flexible, light-weight, low cost as well as ultra-thin photovoltaic cells which are excellent for powering lorries, watercrafts, blinds and also various other applications.
Jan 24, 2022 // Technology, Asia, solar cell, perovskite, Singapore, efficiency, NUS, National University of Singapore, Hou Yi, Asst Prof Hou
Daqo prepares for flood of new PV orders in China
The polysilicon manufacturer took a step back in the last quarter to take two steps forward in the next, bringing forward annual maintenance operations at its main production facility to prepare for a solar gold rush expected to start next month.
Aug 14, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, China, polysilicon, Longgen Zhang, Daqo, mono wafers
German scientists works on brand new solar cell materials
The Carl Zeiss Foundation has invested €4.5m in the R&D project by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. The KIT research team is going to invent whole new photovoltaic cells, which are supposed to provide all the benefits of organic, crystalline silicon and perovskite solar cells, such as printability, stability and ferroelectric properties.
Nov 19, 2019 // Technology, Germany, Europe, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Carl Zeiss Foundation
Kstar launches brand-new inverter collection for roof selections
The transformer-free items have a power series of 3-6 kW and also effectiveness of 97.8%. The Chinese maker states the gadgets are created to properly match the voltage and also stage of the grid sine wave Air Conditioning waveform.
Apr 27, 2020 // Residential, Inverters, Rooftop PV, China, Asia, rooftop PV, Kstar