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Saudi Arabia to back clean energy makers, developers via new loan scheme
Saudi Arabia is expanding the reach of its 105 billion riyal (US$28 billion) industrial fund to spur renewables through loans to component manufacturers, to independent power projects and to projects spearheaded by firms in other industries.
Sep 30, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Saudi Arabia, tender, Asia, auction, green loan, Mohammad bin Salman
Sunpro Solar initially to install new NeON LG solar panel in US
Sunpro Solar reports that they will be the initial solar service provider in the U.S. to set up the new series of LG NeON 355 watts photovoltaic panels.
Sep 15, 2020 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Sunpro Solar, NeON LG solar panel, David Chang, Dean Scott
Why Enphase Energy, JinkoSolar, and Daqo New Energy Stocks All Popped
Solar energy stocks have a new best friend.
Jul 23, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Enphase Energy, JinkoSolar, Daqo New Energy
Australia National University hits new perovskite efficiency record
Scientists at the institution have achieved 21.6% efficiency with a perovskite cell measuring 1cm². The landmark has been verified as a new world record for perovskites at this size.
Sep 3, 2019 // Technology, USA, South Korea, Australia, Asia, Oceania, Australia National University, North America, Ulsan National Institute of Science, U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Thomas White
Walmart pins store fires on Tesla solar installs in new lawsuit
Walmart has linked a string of store fires in recent years to Tesla’s alleged mismanagement of solar panel installation and maintenance, taking Elon Musk’s outfit to court.
Aug 21, 2019 // Rooftop PV, USA, TESLA, Elon Musk, SolarCity, ssfusa, lawsuit, Walmart, North America, litigation
New algorithm to limit the huge list of prospective batt materials
A group of American scientists have selected 133 thousand prospective molecules for batt electrolyte from the list of 166bn with the help of newly created machine learning algorithm. The new approach is said to minimize the cost of computational examination without compromising the investigation accuracy.
Dec 3, 2019 // Technology, Storage, USA, North America, Li-ion
T-Mobile purchases 17 MW of community solar in New York
DSD Renewables has partnered with T-Mobile to establish 3 community solar projects in New York. In 2018, T-Mobile became the very first major united state telecom to sign the RE100 dedication to power its entire service with 100% eco-friendly electrical energy.
Jan 26, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, DSD Renewables, T-Mobile, Eric Pollock, Chad Wilkerson
Midsummer begins trading for new green bond listed at Nasdaq Stockholm
Midsummer rang the opening bell at Nasdaq Stockholm on Thursday, with the solar energy technology company signaling the start of trading for its new green bond.
Aug 23, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Sweden, Europe, green bond, midsummer, Sven Lindström
ET Solar unveils brand-new 525/545 W bifacial module series
The Elite Plus module collection has a front-side performance ranging from 20.0% to 20.7%. The half-cut panel includes a clear backsheet.
Jul 24, 2020 // Manufacturing News, China, bifacial, Asia, ET Solar, PV module, efficiency
GSK to invest GBP 50m in new wind, solar farms at its factories
UK pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline plc (LON: GSK) on Monday revealed that it will spend GBP 50 million (USD 68.4 m/EUR 58.3 m) in new wind and solar farms to power its manufacturing facilities, as part of the sector-wide dedication to reach net zero carbon exhausts by 2050.
Sep 21, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, GSK
A brand-new principle for heat-recovery solar cells
Scientists in Japan have actually shown a brand-new idea for a 'heat-recovery' solar cell, which they assert has the prospective to surpass the academic restriction for cell effectiveness. They state, nevertheless, that an appropriate product for the power filtering system layers is yet to be recognized. The cell is outfitted with a 100-micron thick silicon absorber, 2 electrodes as well as carrier-energy filtering system layers positioned in between the absorber and also electrodes.
May 19, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Japan, solar cells, Asia, HERC, Kenji Kamide
New electrolyte enables high efficiency of secure, sustainable zinc batteries
Scientists led by an Oregon State University scientist have developed a new electrolyte that elevates the efficiency of the zinc metal anode in zinc batteries to almost 100%, an innovation on the way to an alternative to lithium-ion batteries for large-scale energy storage.
Mar 28, 2023 // Technology, Storage, Oregon State University, lithium-ion battery, efficiency, Zinc Battery, Xiulei "David" Ji
A new conducting polymer complex to create stable and fully printable organic solar cells
In the last few years, engineers worldwide have been trying to establish even more lasting technologies to create electrical energy. Among one of the most promising amongst these solutions are organic solar cells.
May 23, 2022 // Technology, efficiency, organic solar cells, i-MEET, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Institute of Materials for Electronics and Energy Technolog, Yinhua Zhou
Distributed Solar Development takes reins on New york city neighborhood PV portfolio
Dispersed Solar Development (DSD) has actually obtained a three-project, 17 MW community solar portfolio from Source Renewables, a New York State programmer focused on community solar possessions. The three projects, one of that includes solar + storage, were created by Source Renewables and also are anticipated to get to commercial operation next summer season.
Dec 1, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Dispersed Solar Development, DSD, Lauren Craft, Andrew Day
New research radiates light on perovskite solar cell performance
The possibility of a course of products called perovskites, to allow solar cells to much better absorb sunlight for power production, is commonly understood. However, this potential has yet to be completely recognized, specifically under real-world operating problems.
Jun 15, 2021 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, efficiency, University and Wuhan University of Technology, Joanne Etheridge, Wei Li, Mathias Rothmann