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Solar energy in the Antarctic
Dominic Buergi discusses exactly how, versus all probabilities, a fully working solar system has been set up in the Antarctic
Dec 7, 2020 // Plants, Antarctic, Dominic Buergi, Technova Renovables
Solar and the chocolate factory
The latest 7 MW of net metered solar capacity in Dubai indicates 11 MW were added across ten new arrays in just nine days as the Shams initiative continues to work up a head of steam.
Sep 27, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Dewa, Asia, Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, middle east, Dubai, UAE, Nestlé, Shams
How the cracks are developing
Scientists in the United Kingdom have examined the development of cracks in PV cells, validating that the heats cells are exposed to during soldering for interconnection are a leading root cause of breaking. Their searchings for will certainly help future study right into module integrity and also forecasts of just how fractures are most likely to form.
Jul 17, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, UK, Europe, University of Wolverhampton
The billion-dollar battery boom
Corporations are buying up batteries and investing in their companies like it’s going out of style.
Jul 26, 2019 // Storage, storage, PV project, United Kingdom, Mercom Capital Group, Battery Storage, Europe
Developments in the BIPV Sector
The BIPV (Building Integrated PhotoVoltaic) has seen several advancements during the last couple of decades. The idea is to use PV modules in buildings in such a way that these modules become a part of the building’s facade, walls, roof or windows.
Feb 12, 2021 // BIPV, bipv, TESLA, pv modules, Building-integrated photovoltaics, Onyx Solar
Perovskites meet the stability standard
European research group Solliance says its perovskite modules have passed three key industry standard reliability tests: Light soaking, damp heat and thermal cycling. The group said it is the first time perovskite modules of that size have achieved such results and represents a milestone in the technology’s move toward commercialization.
Jan 23, 2020 // Technology, Europe, perovskites, Solliance
New room-temperature liquid-metal battery could be the course to powering the future
Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have actually constructed a brand-new sort of battery that integrates the many advantages of existing choices while removing their crucial imperfections and also saving energy.
Jul 13, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Lithium-ion batteries, Austin, Yu Ding
Could Covid-19 be the stimulant for modification where the COP procedure has delayed?
While the globe's environment arbitrators dither, the blog post Covid-19 globe can see their initiatives surpassed-- however just if policymakers are bold sufficient to seize the day to supply genuinely eco-friendly monetary stimulation bundles to obtain us with the situation. Felicia Jackson, from the facility for lasting money of the School of African and also asian Studies at the University of London, offers her ideas right here.
Mar 26, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Opinions, USA, UK, China, Europe, Asia, North America, covid-19, Felicia Jackson
Lithium-Ion modern technology for batteries to control the marketplace over the next decade
Lithium-ion modern technology is anticipated to remain to control the market for rechargeable batteries over the following years. This is the final thought gotten to by a group of battery scientists led by Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU), Germany, in a research study on lithium-ion battery (LIB) production and also alternate modern technologies.
Jan 29, 2021 // Storage, Lithium-ion batteries, Germany, Europe, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, WWU, Richard Schmuch
Fraunhofer ISE comes with the building of an up and down integrated 5 GW photovoltaic factory in Andalusia
German Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE is supporting the newly established company "Greenland Gigafactory" in its prep work to build a highly automated manufacturing facility for photovoltaic or pv products with a capacity of 5 GW in Spain.
Apr 21, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Spain, Germany, Europe, Andalusia, Fraunhofer Institute, Jochen Rentsch, pv factory
A strategy to boost the effectiveness of solar cells based upon thin-film bifacial Cu( In, Ga) Se2.
To tackle international warming, designers have actually been trying to create increasingly innovative technologies that can generate as well as keep electric energy more sustainably. One of the most renowned among these technologies are solar cells, gadgets based on photovoltaic or pv products that can convert solar radiation into electricity.
Dec 23, 2022 // Technology, solar cell, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, National Tsing Hua University, University of Cantabria, Shih-Chi Yang
UNITED STATES to include every year 20 GW of large-scale solar ability over the next five years
The U.S. ended 2020 with record wind and also solar additions, defeating previous highs in all sectors, according to BloombergNEF's (BNEF) latest "1H 2021 U.S. Renewable Energy Market Outlook".
Apr 12, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, USA, BNEF, North America, Tara Narayanan, Tom Rowlands Rees
JA Solar forecasting for 2022 module shipments up to 40GW in the middle of n-type cell expansion
JA Solar is forecasting to ship as high as 40GW of modules this year as it anticipates its n-type cell capacity expansion to deliver next year.
Jul 19, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, JA Solar, Asia, Southeast Asia, n-type
China submits 'frustrating' NDC to the UN that devotes to 1.2 TW of renewables by 2030
China has today sent its highly expected as well as long waited for nationally determined contribution (NDC) to the United Nations that has dedicated to a renewable resource capacity of 1.2 TW by 2030.
Nov 1, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, China, Asia, cop26, United Nations, climate targets, ndc
All modification at the top of Europe's renewables majors as Vattenfall, Ørsted unveil brand-new CEOs
Both Vattenfall and also Ørsted, two of Europe's largest renewables business, will certainly begin following year with brand-new bosses after the announcement of brand-new chief executives this week.
Sep 11, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, Vattenfall, Orsted, grundfos, Anna Borg, Thomas Thune Andersen