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Balancing solar with agriculture in the US Midwest
Today we have heard of farmers in Australia unhappy at the approval given for three solar projects on agricultural land and also learned the benefits PV can bring for fish and shrimp farmers. In this op-ed for pv magazine USA, Stoel Rives LLP attorneys Sara Bergan and Thomas Braun discuss the balancing act to be made between solar and agriculture in the emerging Midwestern PV market.
Aug 29, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, USA, Australia, Oceania, North Dakota, North America, Sara Bergan, Thomas Braun, Stoel Rives LLP
Cutting-edge neighborhood solar in the United States
A 497 kW project on 5 roofings at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., uses SREC sales to give $1.50 in neighborhood advantages for each dollar of power produced. Call it area solar-plus.
Aug 10, 2020 // Plants, Commercial, Residential, USA, North America, Solar Project, Laura Recchie
The biggest solar farm in Israel starts operation
Shikun and Binui Renewable Energy will be the owner of the 120 MW Zeélim solar park in the south of Israel.
Nov 20, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, Asia, Israel, Shikun and Binui Renewable Energy, Belectric GmbH, Belectric
The best battery for grid level power storage
A new paper released by researchers at China's Tianjin College analyzes the state-of-the-art in grid degree power storage, outlining the pros and cons of different battery innovations being released on grids around the globe, and staying obstacles that could be conquered if study is pushed in the right direction.
Feb 7, 2020 // Storage, China, Asia, lithium-ion
How could pool floaties revolutionize the solar industry?
Sun worshipers that enjoy relaxing on pool mattresses may be on to something - two studies from Michigan’s Open Source Technology lab show the potential of a new type of floating photovoltaic (FPV) that uses foam like common pool toys.
Jan 6, 2021 // Floating PV, fpv, floating photovoltaic
The blackest black for more efficient solar cells
MIT scientists claim to have created a material 10 times more black than anything witnessed to date. It is said to be able to absorb more than 99.96% of incoming light and reflect 10 times less light than other superblack materials. The invention may be interesting for the development of black silicon PV technology and carbon nanotube-based solar cells.
Sep 19, 2019 // Technology, USA, Canadian Solar, Massachusetts, solar cells, MIT, North America, Brian Wardle
Removing the lead risk from perovskite solar cells
Although they provide a very encouraging service for recording solar energy, perovskite solar cells consist of lead, which is toxic to the atmosphere as well as a major health hazard. EPFL scientists have actually currently discovered a really sophisticated and also efficient service to this, by including a clear phosphate salt that does not interfere with light-conversion efficiency while protecting against lead from permeating into the dirt in cases of photovoltaic panel failing.
Jul 16, 2021 // Technology, solar cells, perovskite, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, László Forró, Endre Horváth, Márton Kollár
AI To Go For the Best Solar Perovskites
A team of researchers in the US is using machine learning technology to optimize the composition of the material. It will help to predict the performance of perovskite solar cells and design strategies. According to the research conducted by 2000 peers, they reviewed perovskite publications which allowed them to collect over 300 data points.
Dec 18, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, perovskite, North America, University of Central Florida, Javan Thomas, Sollar Cells
The globe's biggest solar power plants
In his second article, Philip Wolfe founder of Wiki-Solar checklists the globe's biggest private solar PV power plants. The most significant solar parks and also various other collections of plants will certainly be listed in subsequent blog sites.
Sep 9, 2021 // Plants, USA, Spain, India, China, Europe, Asia, Mexico, North America, UAE, PV Power Plant
Revolutionizing Solar Power: Tandem Cells on the Rise
Unlocking the potential of tandem solar cells for a brighter, more efficient future in renewable energy. Collaboration is key to commercialization success.
Apr 29, 2024 // Technology, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, solar cell
China Takes Its Climate Fight to the Rooftops
One in five solar panels set up worldwide last year were placed on a Chinese roof, putting households at the forefront of efforts to decarbonize a top emitter.
Mar 28, 2023 // Rooftop PV, China, Asia
The ideal angle for e-skin energy storage
Products researchers Sungwon Lee and also Koteeswara Reddy Nandanapalli at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) developed the manufacture process with colleagues in Korea. A trick for success is splashing a specific quantity of graphene ink onto flexible substratums at a certain angle and temperature.
Oct 15, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Asia, Korea, DGIST, Graphene, Sungwon Lee, Koteeswara Reddy Nandanapalli
One more upright PV plant in the Alps
Greater than 1,200 solar components will certainly be mounted on the south side of a dam 2,100 meters over water level. The center prepared by utility EWZ is readied to prepare this year.
Apr 15, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PV plant, Europe, Switzerland, Alps
Karapınar Solar Energy Plant browses the web, Turkey.
The Karapınar Solar Energy Plant, created on a 20-million-square-meter land in the Central Anatolian province of Konya, Turkey, has begun producing power virtually 3 years ahead of its expected completion day. Kalyon Holding Energy Group executive Murtaza Ata specified that "we will finish the building and construction of this center in 32 months. Solar panels with an ability of 1,300 megawatts will certainly be developed. The works will certainly be finished by May or June 2023. We will certainly generate 2.6 million kilowatt-hours [kWh] of power annually when it's completed."
Sep 30, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Asia, Turkey, PV Power Plant, Karapınar Solar Energy, Murtaza Ata
Can solar power shake up the energy market?
The classical Greek philosopher Socrates believed the ideal house should be warm in winter and cool in summer. With clarity of thought like that, it's easy to see how the great man got his reputation.
Sep 11, 2019 // Solar, USA, BATTERIES, China, Asia, North America, Socrates, Golden Thread, Edmond Becquerel, Charles Fritts, Albert Einstein, Vanguard 1, silicon PV cells