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GenusPlus to Build Atmos’ 100-MW Merredin Big Battery for WA
GenusPlus lands AUD 65 m job to deliver Atmos Renewables’ 100-MW/400-MWh Merredin big battery, boosting grid stability in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt.
Jun 17, 2025 // Storage, battery, Western Australia, GenusPlus, Atmos Renewables, Merredin
LONGi Smashes Tandem Solar Record With 33 Percent Efficiency Leap
LONGi’s new silicon-perovskite tandem cell hits 33 % efficiency, raising the bar for large-area photovoltaics and spotlighting the firm’s broader “Innovation + Collaboration” strategy.
Jun 20, 2025 // Technology, Manufacturing News, perovskite, LONGi, efficiency, Tandem cells, photovoltaics
What is Photosynthesis?
The process of converting the sun’s energy into the stored form by chloroplasts containing chlorophyll. Chloroplasts are present in the cells of plants
Sep 13, 2023
Statkraft commissions Albanian solar advance
Project in collaboration with Ocean Sun gets on the Banja reservoir
Jun 3, 2021 // Plants, Floating PV, floating PV, Europe, Statkraft, PV Power Plant, Albania, Christian Rynning-Tønnesen
Anti-solar cells: A photovoltaic cell that operates at night
In truth, a specially created photovoltaic cell might create up to 50 watts of power per square meter under ideal conditions in the evening, about a quarter of what a traditional solar panel can create in daytime, according to an idea paper by Munday and graduate student Tristan Deppe.
Feb 3, 2020 // Technology, USA, solar cells, North America, University of Maryland, Jeremy Munday
The Solar Roof On Hyundai’s New Sonata Hybrid Adds 1,300km Of Range Per Year
Hyundai rolled out a new version of its Sonata Hybrid, which would not normally be news around these parts but for the fact that it comes from the factory with a solar roof. It actually adds some zero emission range to the otherwise petrol-powered vehicle.
Jul 24, 2019 // Technology, Hyundai, powertrains, Sonata Hybrid
What is Direct insolation?
Radiation falling from the sun (as well as a small surrounding zone defined by the pyrheliometer aperture) directly on unit surface area during a given period
Sep 12, 2023
What is Diffuse insolation?
Solar radiation incident upon unit surface area during a given time period. The sun energy is received indirectly after being reflected and scattered by
Sep 12, 2023
Utility backs solar farm atop capped Kentucky coal ash pit
The nation's largest utility has actually suggested developing a $216 million solar farm project in Kentucky atop a capped coal ash storage space pit at one of its coal-fired power plants.
Nov 15, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Amy Kelly
What is Solar cell?
See photovoltaic (PV) cell. As a rule, the two terms are used interchangeably. However, sometimes a solar cell may refer to a device that captures photons
Sep 13, 2023
This solar panel- like device can generate electricity in the dark
Electrical engineer Aaswath Raman, at the University of California in LA, has come up with a device that can harness energy from a dark night sky to power an LED — hinting at a new frontier in renewable energy.
Sep 12, 2019 // Technology, California, USA, North America, Aaswath Raman, LED — hinting, Jeffrey Grossman
Solar and also wind generate more power than nuclear for first time in US
Solar as well as wind installments in the United States produced more electrical power than the nation's nuclear reactor for the first time in April.
Jul 8, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, nuclear, nuclear power, wind, EIA, sun day campaign
Bright Green's Solar Power Move in New Mexico
Bright Green Corporation's innovative solar project in New Mexico aims to power its facility sustainably, with plans for electric boilers and a power purchase agreement in the works.
Mar 15, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, New Mexico, PV Power Plant, Bright Green Corporation
What is Blocking diode?
Semiconductor device connected in series to a photovoltaic module and a battery in order to prevent the solar device from discharging the storage system at
Sep 11, 2023
What is Solar noon?
The moment of the day when the sun is at the highest position in the sky for a definite location. This moment is right in the middle of the daylight hours.
Sep 13, 2023





