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NREL Six-Junction Solar Cell Establishes 2 Globe Records for Efficiency
Researchers at NREL have actually produced a solar battery with an efficiency of almost 50 percent. The cell currently holds 2 globe documents for solar conversion efficiency
Apr 14, 2020 // Technology, NREL, solar cell, modules, efficiency, International, John Geisz, Ryan France
Google bets on cheap solar via ‘biggest’ clean energy buy to date
Tumbling solar costs have spurred Google on to a dramatic boost of its exposure to the technology, acting to line up supply from projects worldwide as part of a major clean energy push.
Sep 20, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Amazon, Chile, solar pv, South america, Europe, North America, Facebook, Google, Denmark, corporate ppa, Sundar Pichai
Siemens backs Aussie plan to produce hydrogen via 5GW PV-plus-wind complex
Developer Hydrogen Renewables Australia (HRA) and German engineering giant Siemens have unveiled plans for a hydrogen production facility in Western Australia, meant to be powered by a whopping 5GW of wind and solar.
Oct 8, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Solar to Fuel, Australia, neoen, hydrogen, Oceania, solar-plus-wind, kalbarri, HRA, Terry Kallis, Jeff Connolly, Solar to Fuel, Solar to Hydrogen, Producing Hydrogen, Hydrogen from renewable, Renewable fuels
Student-made solar car approached Guinness World Record speed. They are still working to take the title
Cal Poly team members kept their eyes on El Mirage Lake’s horizon, waiting in anticipation. Just then, the futuristic vehicle they knew all too well emerged from a mirage and sped across the desert.
Dec 4, 2019 // Technology, Transport, Japan, Asia, Cal Poly, Ashiya University, PROVE, Guinness, Kristin Kraybill, Aaron Li, Lacey Davis
Vision Mechatronics Delivers India's initial Hybrid Energy Storage Project
Vision Mechatronics has delivered India's initial Hybrid Energy Storage System. The system is made up of old lithium batteries and new Tubular Gel Batteries. It can enable for approximately 18 hours to the grid.
Jul 21, 2021 // Storage, India, Asia, Rashi Gupta, Om Shanti Retreat Center, Sister BK Asha, Vision Mechatronics
Dominion Energy as well as The Nature Conservancy plan solar project on previous Virginia coalfield
The Nature Conservancy and Dominion Energy Virginia are establishing one of the first utility-scale solar projects on previous surface mines in the coalfields of Southwest Virginia.
Sep 14, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Dominion Energy, North America, PV Power Plant, Brad Kreps
Understanding the love-hate relationship of halide perovskites with the sunlight
Solar cells made of perovskite go to the facility of much current solar research. The product is cheap, easy to generate and practically as efficient as silicon, the material generally utilized in solar cells. However, perovskite cells have a love-hate-relationship with the sun. The light that they require to create electrical power, additionally hinders the quality of the cells, drastically limiting their performance and security with time. Research study by scientists at the Eindhoven University of Technology and also universities in China and the United States currently sheds new light on the root causes of this deterioration and paves the way for developing brand-new perovskite compositions for the utmost steady solar cells.
Jul 13, 2020 // Technology, USA, China, solar cells, Asia, North America, efficiency, perovskites, Zehua Chen, Shuxia Tao
A step forward for single-crystal perovskites
Researchers in the United States have actually established a lithography-based process for the construction of single-crystal perovskites. Thin films made using this procedure have been incorporated into a range of devices, including solar cells, and also have demonstrated much better security performance than their more frequently looked into polycrystalline counterparts.
Aug 3, 2020 // Technology, USA, solar cells, North America, perovskites, Yusheng Lei, UCSD, Sheng Xu
Solar market recuperates from worst pandemic influences in Q3 2020
U.S. solar companies installed 3.8 GW of brand-new solar PV capacity in Q3 2020, a 9% rise from Q2 installations as the industry experienced a recuperation from the most awful effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dec 16, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Abigail Ross Hopper, Michelle Davis, covid-19
Enbridge Greenlights $900 Million Clear Fork Solar Project Powering Meta
Enbridge will spend US$900 m to build the 600 MW Clear Fork solar farm near San Antonio, supplying all output to Meta’s data centres from 2027.
Jul 22, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Texas, North America, Enbridge, meta, Clear Fork
Vapor Deposition Delivers Durable Perovskite-Silicon Tandems
Breakthrough vapor-deposited perovskite-silicon tandems hit 30% efficiency on textured wafers, surpass 2,000-hour stability—paving mass-production-ready modules as NUS, A*STAR, Trina Solar move to pilot lines.
Dec 23, 2025 // Technology, Manufacturing News, perovskite, Trina Solar, NUS, National University of Singapore, tandem, stability, Agency for Science Technology and Research
MET JV Lights Up Italy’s 10-MW Agrivoltaics
MET-backed 10‑MWp agrivoltaics in Italy marry solar and farming: bifacial, grid-smart, tractor-friendly, battery-ready—boosting yields, cooling soils, saving water, and delivering jobs, PPAs, and biodiversity on scalable farmland.
Feb 16, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Europe, agrivoltaics, MET Group, commissioning, dual-use land
Nexans Wins Cables Deal for 305-MW Morocco Solar
Nexans secures a 305‑MW Morocco solar cable contract, proving balance‑of‑plant cables boost speed, cut losses, ensure grid reliability, and drive localized supply for tough North African conditions.
Apr 23, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Africa, Morocco, cables, supply chain, Nexano, solar programme
Vast Solar Gets $65 Million Funding from ARENA for Australia's Concentrated Solar Plant
Vast Solar will certainly be establishing the 30 MW/ 288 MWh focused solar plant in Port Augusta, South Australia. The innovation creates clean, low-cost, dispatchable power by capturing and storing the sun's energy during the day to be used to produce heat as well as power, consisting of in the evening.
Feb 14, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, ARENA, Darren Miller, Concentrated solar power, Australian Renewable Energy Agency, concentrated solar thermal power, Craig Wood, HyGATE, Australian CSP project, Chris Bowen, concentrated solar plant, Vast Solar CSP project in Port Augusta, VS1 project
UK Solar Taskforce raises the roof
' Untapped potential of commercial structures might change nation's solar energy'
May 29, 2023 // Rooftop PV, UK, Europe, Chris Hewett, Graham Stuart