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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
System can sanitize medical devices making use of solar warm
Autoclaves, the tools used to sterilize clinical tools in medical facilities, facilities, and also doctors' and dentists' offices, require a consistent supply of pressurized heavy steam at a temperature of about 125 levels Celsius. This is normally provided by electrical or fuel-powered central heating boilers, yet in numerous backwoods, particularly in the creating world, power can be undependable or inaccessible, and fuel is costly.
Nov 19, 2020 // Technology, India, Asia, MIT, Indian Institute of Technology, Ravi Prasher, Evelyn Wang, Lin Zhao, Gang Chen
American scientists reverse electron’s way in natural solar cells
A group of researchers from Argonne National Laboratory and WashU have succeeded in leading electrons along the way they never take in the nature. This has allowed the scientists to better understand the initial processes taking place in the early photosynthesis history.
Jan 8, 2020 // Technology, USA, solar cells, North America, PNAS
A development in solar cell effectiveness
A research group led by Prof. Chen Tao and also Prof. Zhu Changfei, as well as their partner Prof. Hao Xiaojing at UNSW, developed a hydrothermal deposition method for the synthesis of antimony selenosulfide for solar cell applications. With this absorber material, the solar cell breaks the 10% benchmark efficiency barrier. This outcome has been released in Nature Energy qualified "Hydrothermal deposition of antimony selenosulfide slim movies allows solar cells with 10% performance."
Jul 28, 2020 // Technology, China, Asia, solar cell, efficiency, Chen Tao, Hao Xiaojing
Alpine floating solar
Romande Energie is currently creating a floating solar system high in the Alps. In spite of being exposed to unfavorable meteorological conditions, the plant is predicted to generate more power by half compared to lowland-installed solutions.
Nov 19, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, floating PV, Europe, Switzerland, Romande Energie
Heliogen is likely to cope with carbon emission problem
The advanced technology developed by the startup funded by Bill Gates is aimed at minimization of gas emissions from heavy industries.
Nov 20, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Thermal, Solar to Fuel, USA, North America, Heliogen, Bill Gates, Solar to Fuel, Solar to Hydrogen, Producing Hydrogen, Hydrogen from renewable, Renewable fuels, Concentrated solar power
Sunrun to use SolarEdge's 'Energy Hub' inverter for property wise energy installments
Leading US domestic solar installer Sunrun has actually decided on taking on SolarEdge Technologies' 'Energy Hub' inverter to make it possible for higher combination of future clever energy gadgets for house energy optimization and also EV applications.
Feb 24, 2021 // Residential, Storage, Inverters, USA, LG CHEM, Sunrun, SolarEdge, North America, Lynn Jurich
Heineken begins building and construction of its second CSP plant in Spain
Heineken NV (AMS: HEIA) has actually launched building of a concentrated solar energy (CSP) plant to secure thermal energy for its beer brewery in Quart de Poblet, eastern Spain, starting its second CSP-based self-consumption project in the country.
Dec 1, 2022 // Plants, Spain, Europe, heineken













