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Azure Power appoints new CEO following April resignations
Indian independent power manufacturer (IPP) Azure Power has appointed Harsh Shah as CEO, reliable from 1 July, following the resignation of its previous CEO, Ranjit Gupta, last month.
May 9, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, Azure Power, ceo, executive appointments, harsh shah
New Eco-Friendly Shade Thin-Film Solar Cells
Research on solar cells to protect renewable resource sources are ongoing around the world. The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in South Korea succeeded in establishing environment-friendly shade Cu(In, Ga)Se2 (CIGS) thin-film solar cells.
Oct 5, 2020 // Technology, solar cells, thin-film, CIGS thin-film solar cells, Yong-Duck Chung
New 400 MW solar module manufacturing facility for Germany
Manufacturing is readied to begin in the very first quarter of following year at the prepared fab in Greiz, Thuringia. The center will certainly produce 370 W panels including fifty percent cells, huge wafers and also 9 busbars.
May 20, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, Solarwelt GmbH, Heckert Solar, Xaver Trinkerl
Cypress Creek appoints new CIO to accelerate its growth
Independent power producer (IPP) Cypress Creek Renewables has hired Jeffrey Meigel as its new chief investment officer (CIO).
May 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, IPP, Cypress Creek Renewables, North America, executive appointments, appointments
DOE-backed CSP demo breaks ground in New Mexico
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) on Friday revealed the beginning of building deal with a high-temperature concentrating solar power (CSP) pilot facility referred to as the culmination of a USD-100-million (EUR 93.2 m) research study effort released in 2017.
Feb 20, 2023 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, New Mexico, doe
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 suggested multifunctional nanomaterial can enhance solar power, quantum computer
An irregular two-dimensional sandwich has the yummy component on the outside for researchers as well as engineers establishing multifunctional nanodevices.
Jan 12, 2021 // Technology, Solar Panels, Solar Energy, perovskites, Boris Yakobson, Jun-Jie Zhang, Dongyang Zhu
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
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 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
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
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
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
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