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FERC proposes interconnection reforms to speed up renewables deployment
Solar and energy storage space deployment in the US could be increased under new proposals from the country's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) aimed at resolving substantial stockpiles in interconnection queues.
Jun 20, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, ENERGY STORAGE, FERC, interconnection, co-location
Philippines desires public auctions for 2 GW of renewables
The federal government is intending to present a purchase regimen this year which the Institute for Energy Economics and also Financial Analysis states might drive the rate of tidy electrical power as reduced as PHP3/kWh. It is assumed projects which missed out on the feed-in toll plan target date will certainly be qualified to complete in the public auctions.
Feb 18, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Asia, auction, Philippines, IEEFA
A brand-new passive strategy for cooling down photovoltaic panels
Researchers in Egypt have actually checked out the performance of using water as well as a blend of light weight aluminum oxide and also calcium chloride hexahydrate to cool down PV components. Ideal efficiency was observed with a remedy of 75% water, according to the study searchings for.
May 6, 2020 // Technology, pv modules, Asia, Africa, Egypt, cooling technique
Scientist Make Instance for Gallium-doped p-type Heterojunction Solar Cells
Australian-Russian Research team has actually created Gallium-doped p-type SHJ solar cell wafers. They are 22.6% efficient with better stability and also cheaper costs.
Jul 26, 2021 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Australia, solar cells, heterojunction, Oceania, Hevel Solar, n-type solar wafers, p-type gallium-doped wafers, Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells, University of New South Wales
Scratching the surface of LeTID
The devices behind light-elevated temperature-induced deterioration are still not completely comprehended, yet it is known to cause considerable efficiency losses for modules in the field. Researchers in China are investigating the causes of the sensation, as well as are currently concentrated on the surface area of the materials and the user interfaces in between the silicon and passivation layers.
Aug 4, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, China, Asia, letid
Designer molecules make it possible for '2 for one' effectiveness boost
Researchers in the U.S. have come a step closer to making use of singlet fission-- a phenomenon seen in particular solar cell materials that guarantees to significantly boost power return. By designing and testing different molecules, the team had the ability to much better recognize the essential processes behind the mechanism as well as enhance materials to better capitalize on it.
Aug 11, 2020 // Technology, USA, NREL, North America, efficiency
Artificial Intelligence Will Come To Be an Important Part of Industrial Policy
Governments around the world are hurrying to establish artificial intelligence (AI) policies in 2020 as countries identify the modern technologies' possibility, as well as feasible disadvantages. Twenty one out of the 40 nations assessed in BloombergNEF's 2020 National Industrial Digitalization ranking announced new AI policies or campaigns because mid-2019.
Nov 18, 2020 // Market Research, USA, South Korea, Asia, BloombergNEF, North America, Artificial Intelligence
Just how solar farms can function as havens for Australia's wildlife
Australia's renewable energy change has actually prompted the building and construction of dozens of large-scale solar farms. The boom helps reduce Australia's reliance on fossil fuels, however requires large areas of land to be converted to host solar infrastructure.
Feb 3, 2023 // Technology, Australia, Oceania
Graphene, perovskites, and also silicon - a suitable tandem for reliable solar cells
Graphene Flagship scientists at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) as well as its spin-off, Graphene Flagship Associate Member BeDimensional, together with ENEA have actually efficiently integrated graphene with tandem perovskite-silicon solar cells to attain performances of approximately 26.3%.
Mar 4, 2020 // Technology, Italy, solar cells, Europe, silicon, perovskites, efficient, Graphene
Resolving a metal oxide secret
A global team of researchers has found a 'room cost' system that explains why particular steel oxides utilized as electrodes in lithium-ion batteries show greater storage abilities than ought to be in theory possible. The research, according to the group, will open new pathways to the development of more advanced power storage space systems.
Sep 3, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Canada, China, Asia, North America, United States
Membrane layout stops crossover in polysulfide redox flow batteries
Two scientists at the Chinese University of Hong Kong have established a new membrane style that prevents crossover in polysulfide redox flow batteries.
Apr 20, 2021 // Technology, Storage, China, Asia, redox flow battery, Yi-Chun Lu, University of Hong Kong, Zhejun Li
Iberdrola signs its biggest green funding worth EUR1 B with Banco Santander
The funds will be used primarily to finance Iberdrola's orders to distributors of generators for offshore and onshore wind farms for Iberdrola's projects in Spain, Poland, Greece, Germany and the UK.
Apr 28, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Iberdrola, Banco Santander, green loan, Export Credit Agency, ECA
‘New and strange properties’ provide a boost to energy storage
MIT scientists have developed a class of liquid electrolyte with properties they say could open up new possibilities for improving the performance and stability of lithium batteries and supercapacitors.
Aug 14, 2019 // Technology, Storage, storage, MIT, T. Alan Hatton, Xianwen Mao
Bridging the gap in between battery as well as supercapacitor
By crafting the framework of a difficult carbon electrode, researchers at the CIC energIGUNE proving ground have actually developed an 'ultrafast battery' which has actually been revealed to incorporate the power thickness of a lithium tool with the quick discharge times typically connected with supercapacitors.
Feb 18, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Spain, Europe, CIC EnergiGUNE
A closer take a look at battery deterioration, helped by artificial intelligence
Researchers at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in the U.S. have actually created a device finding out formula that can determine as well as track private fragments within a lithium-ion battery cell. Their searchings for lost much more light on just how the batteries shed efficiency gradually, as well as can test previous presumptions of researchers functioning to create batteries with longer life times.
May 13, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, North America, lithium-ion battery, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Yijin Liu