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Jolywood touts 24.5% TOPCon cell efficiency for quantity production
China-based PV backsheet and high-efficiency PV module supplier Jolywood (Suzhou) Sunwatt Co (Jolywood) believes its latest iteration of an n-type TOPCon (Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact) can attain 24.5% conversion efficiencies in volume production, the greatest in China for such a cell design.
Dec 15, 2020 // Manufacturing News, China, c-si manufacturing, Asia, solar cell, monocrystalline wafer, topcon, Jolywood, Lin Jianwei
Penn State's 70-MW solar project portfolio is now creating power and sustaining sheep grazing
Penn State University has actually begun buying sustainable power produced from 3 Lightsource bp solar farms that have actually finished building and construction in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The projects were launched in 2019 upon the finalizing of a 70-MW PPA under which Penn State would certainly purchase 100% of the electricity created by the projects created and also operated by Lightsource bp.
Oct 16, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Lightsource BP, Pennsylvania, North America, penn state university, Kevin Smith, Solar Project, David Gray, Eric Barron, Emilie Wangerman
New discoveries made concerning a promising solar cell material, thanks to new microscope
A team of scientists from the Department of Energy's Ames National Laboratory has established a new characterization device that allowed them to gain unique insight right into a feasible different material for solar cells.
Nov 17, 2022 // Technology, solar cell, Department of Energy's Ames National Laboratory, Jigang Wang, Richard Kim
New discoveries made concerning an appealing solar cell product, thanks to new microscope
A group of researchers from the Department of Energy's Ames National Laboratory has created a new characterization tool that permitted them to gain unique understanding into a possible alternative material for solar cells.
Dec 1, 2022 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, Richard Kim, Ames National Laboratory
Itochu-backed company to install solar-powered EV chargers at supermarkets
Itochu and Electric Power Development, the wholesale electric utility known as J-POWER, will start installing charging systems equipped with solar panels at retail
Oct 21, 2019 // Solar, Tokyo, VPP Japan, Itochu, Nissan Motor, Toyota Motor, Aeon, Lawson
SMA Solar reduces 2021 incomes forecast once again, flags influence of international chip shortage
Inverter provider SMA Solar Technology has decreased its 2021 incomes forecast also further and also has warned of extra headwinds this year due to the continuous worldwide chip lack.
Mar 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, financial results, sma solar technology, company results, semiconductor shortage, sma solar
Meyer Burger CFO to be replaced after 15 months in duty
Heterojunction cell as well as module supplier Meyer Burger has actually selected a brand-new CFO just one year after incumbent Jürgen Schiffer took on the duty.
Oct 19, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, meyer burger, heterojunction solar cell, cfo, executive appointments
Record-Breaking Tandem Solar Cell Achieves 29.9% Efficiency
Experience the breakthrough of thin-film tandem solar cells: Researchers at Empa, NUS and HI ERN achieve record efficiency of 29.9%, lower electricity costs & 2000 Wh/m2 daily.
Nov 2, 2023 // Technology, solar cell, efficiency, EMPA, NUS, National University of Singapore, Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg
Hydrogen storage space in French salt caves
Hydrogène de France as well as gas grid business Teréga plan to release a feasibility research for a 1.5 GWh pilot hydrogen storage space project in caves in the southwest of the country.
Jul 30, 2020 // Storage, France, Europe, hydrogen, Teréga
Trina Solar begins module distribution for Germany's 'biggest' solar ranch
Module provider Trina Solar is to supply 187.5 MW of its double-glass Duomax modules to energy EnBW for the Weesow-Willmersdorf solar farm near Germany's funding, Berlin.
Jun 30, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Germany, bifacial, Europe, Trina Solar, enbw, Thorsten Jörß, duomax, double-glass
SMA Solar cuts 2021 incomes forecast in half following O&M agreement problem
SMA Solar has cut its revenues forecast for the year by majority pending an agreement problem affecting its operations as well as upkeep service.
Jan 14, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Jürgen Reinert, sma solar
Meyer Burger to replace CFO again as newly selected incumbent steps down
Meyer Burger's CFO is quitting after less than 2 months in the role, with the heterojunction cell and also module producer set to seek yet an additional replacement for the position.
Feb 16, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, meyer burger, heterojunction solar cell, cfo, executive appointments
Juwi uses brand-new layer to procedures as well as upkeep profile
The developer of the product, German expert Pellucere, claims its advancement can elevate PV power return 3.5-4.2%.
Feb 27, 2020 // Technology, Germany, Europe, juwi, Pellucere, Jörg Grinsch
Top Spanish bank backs fully merchant 79.2MW PV project
One of Spain’s largest banks has gotten behind a utility-scale solar portfolio, planned without support from auctions nor power purchase agreements (PPAs).
Aug 8, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Renovalia, Banco Sabadell, Europe, subsidy-free solar, subsidy-free pv, unsubsidised, merchant solar, renovalia energy, J&A Garrigues, Luxcara
e-Zinc Raises $2.3 Mn to Accelerate Commercialization of its Energy Storage Tech
e-Zinc, a Toronto-based power storage innovator, revealed today it has actually increased $2.3 million in a closed round led by BDC Capital's Cleantech Practice.
Jan 19, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Canada, North America, James Larsen, e-Zinc, BDC Capital, Seamus O’Regan, Jérôme Nycz
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