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10 Charts That Can Help Predict the Year Ahead
By Nathaniel Bullard I’ve picked my 10 favorite charts of 2019. Each one represents a data set that will change in 2020, and in so doing tell us
Jan 8, 2020 // Market Research
Forecasting the slow-moving death of lithium-ion batteries
Batteries discolor as they age, slowly losing power and storage capacity. As in people, aging plays out differently from one battery to an additional, as well as it's beside difficult to gauge or model all of the connecting systems that contribute to decline. Therefore, the majority of the systems utilized to handle charge degrees sensibly and to approximate driving variety in electrical automobiles are almost callous changes in the battery's internal functions.
Sep 15, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Stanford University, Simona Onori
Home Solar Demand Surges Through the Roof in 2020
Around the globe, the residential solar market is solid. Lockdown constraints have actually provided customers extra factor to pay attention to their power expenses, and even more time to pursue house improvements like solar.
Oct 28, 2020 // Residential, Market Research, USA, Germany, Australia, Europe, Oceania, North America
Ordered chaos: The key to next-generation solar technology
Scientists in Australia have actually dealt with a basic design difficulty in next-generation perovskite solar cells, bringing their widespread usage a step better
Oct 29, 2020 // Technology, Australia, solar cells, perovskite, Oceania, efficiency
New solar modules from the Indian solar EPC developer
Vikram is launching three new types of PV panels to the United States’ market. The new products are scheduled to become available at the beginning of the next year. These will be glass-on-glass and framed , as well as half-cell standard mono passivated emitter and rear cells. The peak capacity of the panels ranges from 375W up to 425W.
Nov 28, 2019 // Manufacturing News, USA, India, pv modules, bifacial, Asia, North America, Vikram
Out with old inverters, in with the brand-new
International need for substitute inverters will likely expand by virtually 40% to get to 8.7 GW in 2020, as a huge and also broadening mounted base old solar PV setups drives implementation, creates Miguel De Jesus of IHS Markit.
Feb 13, 2020 // Inverters, Opinions, USA, IHS Markit, Europe, Asia, pv inverters, North America, Miguel De Jesus
3 Solar Stocks to Buy for the Blue Wave
Solar supplies are set to rise over the next couple of years with a Democratic-controlled Senate
Jan 7, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, SunPower, SolarEdge, Maxeon Solar
Huge solar projects are back in the United States
The variety of 100 MW-plus solar projects is swiftly raising in the U.S. And if there's one solar sector that can weather a pandemic, it's utility-scale photovoltaics.
Apr 29, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Geronimo Energy, First Solar, North America, baywa r.e., Origis Energy, ConnectGen, Caton Fenz, PV power plans, Belltown Power Texas
Wafer dimension shift in the midst of Covid-19
As the Covid-19 pandemic takes the globe by tornado, worldwide supply chain procedures stay interrupted, as well as solar events that were kept in the very first quarter of the year saw less producers showing their most recent items.
Apr 9, 2020 // Opinions, China, Asia, Trina Solar, Corrine Lin, Risen, WORLD, covid-19, Zhonghuan Solar, PVINFOLINK
How Tracker Technology Is Expanding the Footprint for Solar
The value of the international tracker market will certainly surpass the fixed-tilt market this year.
Sep 29, 2020 // Floating PV, Market Research, Wood Mackenzie, floating PV, PV tracker
Examining the influence of micro-cracks in solar glass
A Turkish study group has actually evaluated exactly how large adjustments in temperature level can influence absorbance, light passage as well as reflectivity in 2 sorts of solar glass. The researchers showed reduced performance in solar cells as well as the glass itself were attributable to a great deal of micro-cracks as well as contortions on the glass surface area.
Feb 17, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Asia, Turkey, solar glass, micro-cracks
Energyra works on restarting PV factory in the Netherlands
The insolvent photovoltaic manufacturer is still talking to potential investment partners, but it claims that it could resume PV module production at its shuttered factory in the Dutch municipality of Zaanstad on short notice.
Nov 29, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Europe, Netherlands, Energyra, Daniel Kuijk
Is solar all set for the high-power age?
There can be no doubt the pace of technological development in solar PV, but current innovations have actually caught even the most optimistic of industry stakeholders by surprise. Recently, solar modules with outputs of up to 450W hit the racks and left project designers drooling at the possibility of pressing more power right into each hectare of a prospective utility-scale project. As well as yet, the industry has actually barely had time to blink and modules with peak outcomes over of 550W are right here, with outcomes climbing greater also still.
Sep 29, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, JinkoSolar, Trina Solar, LONGi, wafer, large-area wafer, high power panels, high efficiency
Hybrid Power: The PV Revolution of Solar Thermal Plants
Explore Hybridkraft: a project funded by the German government to combine solar thermal & photovoltaics. Harness 1 megawatt solar-powered heater to increase efficiency & reduce energy costs for industrial applications.
Jul 31, 2023 // Technology, Plants, Germany, Europe, Fraunhofer Institute, solar thermal plant
The Renewable Resource Shift is Lastly Involving Asia: IEEFA
Regardless of the present financial closure because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the international renewable resource change is well in progress and also it is pertaining to Asia
May 18, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, energy transition, IEEFA, Renewable Energy