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The globe's sunniest PV testing field
French power titan Engie recently commissioned a solar module screening facility in Chile's Atacama Desert, an area which has the globe's highest possible solar radiation. Thore Müller-- head of bifacial PV R&D and solar solutions at Engie Laborelec, spoke with pv magazineabout the benefits of screening panels, inverters and cleansing systems in warm, dry settings.
Jul 15, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Engie, Chile, South america, Thore Müller
Recovering the fractures for an extra steady perovskite
Researchers in the United States have actually shown easy techniques for 'recovery' the fractures that develop in perovskite solar batteries. While it is much from clear exactly how the technique could be used readily, the job recommends opportunities for preserving the efficiency of perovskite cells in long-lasting procedure.
Feb 13, 2020 // Technology, USA, perovskite, North America, Nitin Padture
PepsiCo Targeting 100% Renewable Electricity in the US
PepsiCo plans to achieve 100% renewable electricity for its US direct operations this year, covering nearly half of its total global electricity consumption
Jan 16, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, International, Pepsico, Renewable Electricity
Sunnova dealers now offering the SolarEdge Home Battery
SolarEdge Technologies as well as Sunnova Energy International revealed the expansion of their long-standing partnership with the enhancement of the SolarEdge Home Battery to the Sunnova EaaS portfolio.
Jan 12, 2023 // Storage, Sunnova, SolarEdge
Stopping Perovskite Degradation: Georgia Tech Unlocks the Key
Georgia Tech researchers make breakthrough in understanding degradation of new material for solar cells, discovering a way to prevent instability by adding a thin layer of molecules. Working to further develop the tech, they aim to create an ecosystem where Georgia can lead in emerging solar energy.
Dec 21, 2023 // Technology, perovskite, Georgia Institute of Technology
New method paves the way for ideal perovskites
An amazing brand-new solar material called organic-inorganic halide perovskites can eventually help the united state accomplish its solar aspirations and decarbonize the power grid. One thousand times thinner than silicon, perovskite solar materials can be tuned to respond to various shades of the solar spectrum merely by changing their structure mix.
Oct 19, 2021 // Technology, USA, North America, perovskites, Berkeley Lab, solar thin films
The top ten winners in China’s 23GW tender
Last week the Chinese National Energy Administration (NEA) revealed the winners of its feed-in tariff (FiT) auction.
Jul 18, 2019 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, NEA, Chinese National Energy Administration, FiT, New Deal, Sungrow, China General Nuclear Power Group, China Datang, Tongwei, Guangzhou Development Group, Jinko Solar, China HuaNeng Group, China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group, Singyes Solar, Carrie Xiao
Covid-19 Impact on the UK’s Energy Consumption
The global pandemic has changed the way many of us have lived our lives. For many, that has included spending more time at home, which has led us to use more energy.
Mar 12, 2021 // Grids, UK, Europe, covid-19, Energy Consumption
The nonrenewable fuel source titan and also agrivoltaics
French oil and also gas business Total is intending to set up virtually 500 MW of solar generation ability on farmland by 2025. The power firm will certainly deal with French seed as well as farming supply business inVivo team to mount agrivoltaic systems.
Mar 5, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, Total, agrivoltaic plans, Thierry Muller
The best recipe for efficient perovskite solar cells
They have improved a procedure for vertically transferring a remedy made from an economical perovskite solute onto a relocating substratum listed below. Not only have they uncovered the vital duty played by one of the solvents used, yet they have also taken a more detailed take a look at the aging as well as storage space residential or commercial properties of the option.
Feb 24, 2021 // Technology, Germany, solar cells, Europe, perovskite, HZB, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
Smart Control at Half the Price: Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric's new modular, flexible solution adds smart panel functionality to standard home electrical systems with the Square D Control Relays and Schneider Energy Monitor. App-based control, energy savings, enhanced safety, and mobile device monitoring & control make the solution easy to install and cost-effective. Available at national electrical distributors, get it quickly & easily installed by a licensed electrician.
Jul 20, 2023 // Software, Schneider Electric
Debt consolidation in the French solar module industry
Two module makers, Systovi and Voltec Solar, plan to sign up with forces to create a bigger gamer in the French solar manufacturing area.
Jul 17, 2020 // Manufacturing News, France, Europe, PV module, Systovi, Voltec Solar, François Guérin
Riding the Sun- Solar Inverter Market Outlook Report
The boom in renewable resource has actually produced a flourishing new sector today in India, with a lot of attention focused on the modules or PV panels. However, there is an additional, crucial part in solar as well as other renewable resource systems that has actually emerged with its own unique policies of interaction. The solar inverter market.
Jul 17, 2020 // Inverters, Market Research, India, Asia
Fairfax solar plan could spur change to Va. law meant to shield Dominion Energy from competitors
Fairfax County is moving to buy energy from contractors who would install solar panels on more than 100 county buildings, part of a growing environmental effort that aims to remove protections against competition given to the powerful Dominion Energy company.
Dec 26, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Virginia, Dominion Energy, North America, Fairfax, Del. Mark L. Keam, Katharine Bond, Sam Ressin
Supercapacitors difficulty batteries
A team collaborating with Roland Fischer, Professor of Inorganic as well as Metal-Organic Chemistry at the Technical University Munich (TUM) has actually created a very reliable supercapacitor. The basis of the power storage device is an unique, powerful as well as additionally sustainable graphene hybrid material that has comparable efficiency information to presently used batteries.
Jan 5, 2021 // Technology, Storage, Germany, Europe, Graphene, Roland Fischer, TUM