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Regher Solar prepares to meet the new space sector's demand for cheaper, much better solar panels
The mathematics is pretty basic. How many satellites are going to rise over the next decade? The number of solar panels will they need? And also the amount of are being manufactured that fit the costs? Turns out the solutions are: a great deal, a heck of a great deal as well as not almost enough. That's where Regher Solar aims to make its mark, by bringing the cost of space-quality solar panels down by 90% while making an order of size more of them.
Oct 15, 2021 // Technology, PV module, Regher Solar, Stanislau Herasimenka
Largest solar power stations in South Africa
Top biggest solar photovoltaic power stations in South Africa. (Updated May 2026)   Solar power stations, PV farms 2026 in South
May 13, 2026
Ultrathin solar cells get a boost
Rice University engineers have accomplished a new standard in the style of atomically thin solar cells made from semiconducting perovskites, increasing their performance while keeping their capacity to withstand the atmosphere.
Nov 24, 2021 // Technology, USA, solar cells, perovskite, North America, Rice University, efficiency, Aditya Mohite
Princeton chemists resolve beginning of perovskite instability
Scientists in the Cava Group at the Princeton University Department of Chemistry have demystified the reasons for instability in an inorganic perovskite that has actually brought in large attention for its potential in creating extremely reliable solar cells.
Jul 13, 2020 // Technology, USA, solar cells, perovskite, North America, Cava Group, Daniel Straus, Robert Cava, Milinda Abeykoon
World’s Second-Largest Ferry Operator Switching From Diesel to Batteries
Washington State Ferries consumes as much fuel as a midsized airline.
Dec 2, 2019 // Storage, Transport, USA, ABB, Washington, UK, Europe, North America, Ian Sterling, Washington State Ferries
What's taking place worldwide of thermal power storage?
Can this modern technology be marketed? A collaboration in between Siemens Energy as well as EnergyNest to establish thermal storage options together is the most recent advancement in a sector with lots of capacity, but little practical application so far.
Jul 3, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, NREL, thermal storage, EnergyNest, Siemens Energy
Solar's service warranty threat
The service warranty threat of solar must be dealt with early in the growth stage of PV projects, as it is not possible to buy warranty insurance policy later on throughout the operational phase.
Jul 30, 2020 // Opinions, RONALD SASTRAWAN, MUNICH RE
The future of solar PPAs in Turkey
Both the existing standing, as well as the future of, solar PPAs in the Turkish market as a vital device for raising PV capacity has actually ended up being a commonly gone over subject. This is specifically because of the fact that after mid-2021, the future of YEKDEM (Turkey's neighborhood FIT routine) doubts. The motivations could be less than expected, or perhaps inaccessible for some innovations. This has actually elevated the question of alternative financing devices relative to brand-new investments.
Sep 23, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Opinions, PPA, Asia, Turkey
What you need to know to benefit from the environment-friendly bond change
Eco-friendly bonds have experienced rapid development since their creation in 2007, and also individuals in the solar power sector stand to profit. In 2019, companies released over US$ 250 billion in eco-friendly bonds offerings, standing for 51% development year over year.
Jun 9, 2020 // Opinions, green bond, covid-19, DARRYL SMITH
The First Phase of the Transition is About Electricity, Not Primary Energy
This article first appeared in the January 2020 edition of Papeles de Energia with the title “Perspective on the Energy Transition”. It was
Jan 31, 2020 // Opinions, Market Research, First Solar, Seb Henbest
Brazil’s faltering manufacturing ambition
A binational integrated solar industry project, announced just over a year ago, aims to build a vertically integrated solar manufacturing industry along the border between Brazil and Paraguay. But the project is now on hold pending an update and reassessment by its new managers.
Aug 26, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Inverters, Canadian Solar, JA Solar, South america, JinkoSolar, Brazil, Paraguay, Green Silicon, Maycon Vendrame, José Alberto Alderete, Marcos Kurata, Adalberto Maluf, Absolar, Abinee, BYD
SMA: We can’t be credible if we’re not sustainable
Credibility comes not just from offering products that generate clean electricity, but also from the way in which those products are manufactured, says SMA Solar Technology CEO Jürgen Reinert. Here, transparency and sustainability are key. That’s why one of the world’s largest PV inverter producers has partnered with pv magazine’s UP sustainability initiative. In the following Q&A, Reinert lays out what SMA is doing to step UP its green game.
Sep 16, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Inverters, Opinions, Germany, Europe, SMA
Ukraine federal government provides retroactive FIT cuts and new auction policies to parliament
The Ukrainian government's meeting room have been stuffier than common recently, as policymakers and renewable resource industry reps attempted to thrash out a compromise to reduce the economic burden left on the management by a feed-in tariff incentive routine which drove almost 2 GW of generation capability. The resulting cuts to settlements, detailed listed below by Ukraine-based lawyer Svitlana Teush, have at the very least had input from both sides.
Jun 17, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, Ukraine, Svitlana Teush, Europe, FIT cuts
Sigora Solar buys California-based solar firm Aztec Solar
Virginia-based household and also industrial solar company Sigora Solar LLC has acquired Californian solar energy remedies supplier Aztec Solar Inc as part of its development throughout the US.
Oct 9, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, California, USA, North America, Sigora Solar, Aztec Solar
First Solar sells Japanese solar platform
The 293MW DC utility-scale project has been gotten by funds handled by PAG Real Assets
Oct 5, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Japan, First Solar, Asia