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Maxeon's New Silicon-based Solar Panels Emerging This Summer
Headquartered in Singapore, solar supplier Maxeon Solar Technologies Ltd. revealed today that it will release a brand-new line of frameless, thin, lightweight, glass-less, and also adaptable silicon-based solar panels this summer called Maxeon Air. The panels will certainly be offered in pick European markets in the second half of 2021, before a basic worldwide release in the initial quarter of 2022.
May 19, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Jeff Waters, maxeon solar technologies ltd, Maxeon Air solar panels, Maxeon IBC solar cells
Brand-new globe record for large-area organic PV module efficiency
Scientists in Germany have attained 12.6% performance with a 26 sq cm organic panel as well as 11.7% for a 204 sq cm device. The tasks were accomplished with a new module format and a slower, high-resolution, short-pulse laser structuring process.
Sep 17, 2020 // Technology, Germany, Europe, PV module, efficiency, Andreas Distler
Dye-sensitized solar cells attain a new power conversion performance record
Mesoscopic dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) were designed in 1990s by Brian O'Regan and Michael Grätzel, taking on the latter's name-- the world-famous Grätzel cells. DSCs convert light into electrical power via photosensitizers-- dye compounds that absorb light and inject electrons into an array of oxide nanocrystals which ultimately are collected as electrical current.
Oct 27, 2022 // Technology, solar cells, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, efficiency
Harnessing solar energy: New method improves readings of double-sided panels
A research laboratory in photonics and renewable energy at the University of Ottawa has actually developed a new method for determining the solar energy produced by bifacial photovoltaic panels, the double-sided solar modern technology which is expected to fulfill increased worldwide energy demands moving on.
Jan 19, 2023 // Technology, Solar Panels, University of Ottawa, Erin Tonita, Karin Hinzer
A brand-new solid-state battery shocks the researchers who developed it
Engineers created a brand-new kind of battery that weaves 2 promising battery sub-fields right into a solitary battery. The battery utilizes both a solid state electrolyte and an all-silicon anode, making it a silicon all-solid-state battery.
Sep 24, 2021 // Technology, Storage, University of California San Diego, Shirley Meng, LG Energy Solution, Darren H. S. Tan, Myung-hwan Kim
New york city introduces 23 large-scale PV projects as part of guv's clean power drive
New York state will this year contract for 23 large-scale solar farms and one hydroelectric facility with an integrated capacity of greater than 2.2 GW, as Governor Andrew Cuomo lays out efforts to stimulate on exclusive financial investment in clean energy and also drive job development.
Jan 14, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, New York, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Andrew Cuomo, North America, energy transition, PV Power Plant, Utility-Scale Storage, transmission network, Anne Reynolds
Goodwe constructs new inverter manufacturing facility to reach 1.2 m systems annually
Chinese solar inverter maker Jiangsu Goodwe Power Supply Tech Co Ltd (SHA:688390) will certainly get to production capacity of 25 GW, or 1.2 million systems each year, following year adhering to the conclusion of stage II of its Guangde production base.
Jun 11, 2021 // Inverters, China, Asia, GoodWe
EIB backs new USD-500m renewables fund for emerging markets
The European Investment Bank (EIB) on Monday announced commitments of USD 100 million (EUR 97m) to Alcazar Energy Partners II, a fund that will invest in renewable resource projects in the Middle East, North Africa, Eastern Europe and also Central Asia.
Nov 14, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, eib
Solarwatt Launches New Glass-Glass Module with Building Authority Approval
Solarwatt GmbH, based in Dresden, Germany, is launching a successor model of its "vision 60M construct" glass-glass solar module with general building inspectorate approval (abZ) from the German Institute for Building Technology (DIBt). The module comes with a 30-year product and performance warranty.
Mar 1, 2023 // Manufacturing News, solar module, Solarwatt
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Lower wafer costs, module purchase, and also a brand-new assembly line
Sveck, China's leading vendor of EVA movies for PV modules, has actually disclosed strategies to checklist shares in Shenzhen. China Guangdong Nuclear Power Corp. has actually picked Longi as well as EGing to specifically provide 238 MW as well as 112 MW of panels for its projects, with Longi likewise revealing wafer cost cuts. Jincheng Machinery, at the same time, has actually begun elevating funds to establish a brand-new assembly line.
May 26, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Inverters, China, Asia, Risen Energy, LONGi, GCL New Energy, China Solar, China Guangdong Nuclear Power Corp., Jincheng Machinery, Power Construction Corp. of China
Daqo New Energy completes Xinjiang Daqo's STAR Market IPO
Polysilicon maker Daqo New Energy has actually completed its going public (IPO) of its primary operational subsidiary Xinjiang Daqo New Energy on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's Sci-Tech advancement board (STAR Market) and also has started trading (SSE:688303).
Jul 26, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, IPO, Daqo New Energy, xinjiang daqo, Guangfu Xu
America's largest HCPV solar producing plant has new owners
Whetstone Power LLC as well as the sustainable framework arm of investment firm Rosemawr Management LLC have recently obtained a 30-MW high-concentration photovoltaic or pv (HCPV) solar energy terminal in Colorado with plans for a future modification.
Jul 18, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, PV Power Plant, Rosemawr Management LLC
New CdTe panel producer
U.S.-based Toledo Solar is attempting to differentiate itself from First Solar's cadmium telluride supremacy by running in the business and also domestic sections, which have actually long been unkind to the innovation.
May 15, 2020 // Manufacturing News, USA, First Solar, North America, CdTe, Toledo Solar, Aaron Bates, Michael Heben, Markus Beck
Rystad projects 220 GW of renewables mounts in 2022, a brand-new record
Rystad Energy expects installations of utility-scale renewables this year to reach an all-time high of 220 GW, up by 38 GW from 2021, with solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) as well as wind ranches accounting for 85% of the 2022 total amount.
Feb 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Rystad, Gero Farruggio
Molycop to buy annual 100GWh of wind and solar in New South Wales
The Australian subsidiary of mining manufacturer Molycop has clinched a 10-year solar-wind power purchase agreement (PPA) with Melbourne energy retailer Flow Power, in a deal that supports the development of a 120MW solar project in New South Wales (NSW).
Aug 20, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, new south wales, Molycop, solar-wind, Flow Power, Bomen Solar Farm, Renew Estate, Westpac, Beon Energy Solutions, Spark Infrastructure