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Dutch installer Zonneplan launches maiden smart grid system that tracks rates in real time
Dutch solar installer Zonneplan has launched its initial 'smart grid' system called that will certainly use customers energy based on real-time rates.
Nov 22, 2021 // Grids, Germany, Europe, VPP, p2p, smart meters, zonneplan
US solar lending institution Dividend Finance acquired by bank Fifth Third
US domestic solar lender Dividend Finance is to be gotten by Ohio-based banking company Fifth Third.
Jan 21, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, residential solar, North America, m&a, dividend finance, fifth third
New record for solar cell performance signals bright future for solar tech
Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have damaged their own record to develop an extra reliable solar cell.
Feb 3, 2022 // Technology, solar cell, efficiency, ANU, Australian National University, Jun Peng, Kylie Catchpole
Fraunhofer ISE claims 47.6% solar cell efficiency record
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) have laid claim to a new solar cell efficiency record of 47.6%.
May 31, 2022 // Technology, solar cell, Fraunhofer ISE, cell efficiency record, solar cell efficiency, tandem cell
Nordic TSOs to transfer to even more flexible buying of reserves
The Nordic electricity transmission system drivers (TSOs) are moving to a new approach for buying the reserves they need to preserve balance in the system as the share of wind and also solar energy boosts, the Danish operator, Energinet, announced today.
May 10, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Nordic TSOs
Shingle PVST Cells for Efficiency Boost
Unlock the power of shingling for Perovskite-Silicon Tandem (PVST) cells with Fraunhofer ISE and Oxford PV's research. Increase module efficiency and reduce shadowing losses with their 1/6 cut PVST cells and low-temperature silver paste.
Oct 17, 2023 // Technology, Fraunhofer ISE, oxford pv, Perovskite-Silicon cell
800MW Solar/Storage: Elements Green's Great North Road Project
Elements Green unveils plans for an 800-MW/1000 MW DC solar park with battery energy storage in England. Great North Road Solar Park to provide green electricity to 400,000 homes/year. Now working to determine best areas for panels, infrastructure. DCO submission planned for Spring 2025. A Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project.
Nov 2, 2023 // Plants, Storage, UK, Europe, Elements Green
70MW Alpine PV Parks: BKW's Solar Express
BKW utility has announced plans to build 6 solar PV parks in Berne, Switzerland, producing up to 100GWh of clean energy each year and enough electricity to power 20,000 homes. Funding for the projects is granted under the Swiss Energy Act, making BKW's ambitious goal of 1GW renewable capacity by 2026 achievable.
Dec 6, 2023 // Plants, Europe, Switzerland, PV Power Plant, BKW
An energy-storage solution that flows like soft-serve ice cream
Batteries made from an electrically conductive combination the consistency of molasses might help fix a critical piece of the decarbonization puzzle.
Dec 1, 2021 // Technology, Storage, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, Emre Gençer
Physicists shine light on properties of potential solar cell material
Research led by University of Texas at Dallas physicists has altered the understanding of the fundamental properties of perovskite crystals, a class of materials with great potential as solar cells and light emitters.
Oct 7, 2019 // Technology, USA, North America, University of Texas, Dallas, Anton Malko, Riya Bose
Big Scale Digital: Grid not COVID-19 the vital fight in advance for Iberian solar
A failing to manage continuous grid chaos can impede Iberia's eco-friendly development aspirations this years a lot more than the COVID-19 situation itself, according to audio speakers at Solar Media's Large Scale Digital Summit.
May 20, 2020 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Grids, Policy, Spain, Europe, iberia, Pablo Otín, large-scale solar, grid congestion, Coronavirus, covid-19, speculation, solar bubble
Tandem solar cells border in the direction of 30% effectiveness
Late in 2020, scientists in Germany and also Lithuania announced a new landmark in so-called "tandem" solar cells-- that is, cells made from two different sorts of photovoltaic material. Writing in Scientific Research, the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin/Kaunas University team reported that its perovskite/silicon tandem cell had a photovoltaic or pv conversion effectiveness (PCE) of 29.15%, vanquishing the previous optimum of 26.2% for a tandem cell.
Sep 9, 2021 // Technology, Germany, solar cells, Europe, perovskite, Lithuania, efficiency
FESCO to Develop Solar plus Storage Project for Maryland’s District 40 Mall
US based FESCO Energy has inked an exclusive pact with Maryland’s District 40 mall, formally known as Frederick Towne Center Mall located on the Golden Mile, to develop a a microgrid enabled solar-plus-storage project.
Jan 24, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, solar plus storage, North America, Maryland, FESCO Energy, John Dukes
Albanian utility set to move on with 12.9 MW floating PV project
Korporata Elektroenergjetike Shqiptare began development of the EUR13.9 million center in December 2018. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is taking into consideration lending EUR9.5 million to a project which it is said would help reduce the electric company's dependence on hydro earnings.
Aug 3, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, floating PV, Europe, Albania, Korporata Elektroenergjetike Shqiptare
Streamlined modeling for partly shaded PV systems
A proposed two-diode model is based solely on the standard test problem criteria of solar modules and their irradiance levels. The logical tool apparently enables PV system operators to estimate the I-V curves of a shaded variety promptly and also accurately.
Sep 21, 2020 // Technology, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Malaysia, Australia, Asia, Oceania