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Hydrogel helps make self-cooling solar panels
Wetness collected from the atmosphere at night by a hydrogel can be utilized to cool photovoltaic panels throughout the day, improving their efficiency. So claim scientists at the King Abdullah University of Science as well as Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia as well as the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) that made the hydrogel from a mix of carbon nanotubes in polymers with a hygroscopic calcium chloride salt. The technology could be an environmentally-friendly method to increase photovoltaic or pv electricity generation and also cool down other gadgets.
Jun 12, 2020 // Technology, Solar Panels, KAUST, Hydrogel
Neom’s 2.2-GW Green Hydrogen Plant Nears Finish Amid Buyer Shortfall
Construction at Saudi Arabia’s $8.4-bn Neom green-hydrogen complex is 80% complete, but muted global demand leaves only one confirmed buyer, forcing developers to court local offtakers.
Jun 3, 2025 // Solar to Fuel, Saudi Arabia, Asia, ACWA Power, green hydrogen, Neom, Air Products
Brookfield's Neoen Acquisition Conditional on Asset Divestment
ACCC greenlights Brookfield's $6.63B Neoen acquisition but mandates asset sale to ensure healthy competition in Australia's renewable energy sector.
Oct 31, 2024 // Markets & Finance News, neoen, Brookfield, ACCC
Developments in the BIPV Sector
The BIPV (Building Integrated PhotoVoltaic) has seen several advancements during the last couple of decades. The idea is to use PV modules in buildings in such a way that these modules become a part of the building’s facade, walls, roof or windows.
Feb 12, 2021 // BIPV, bipv, TESLA, pv modules, Building-integrated photovoltaics, Onyx Solar
Cheapest shortlisted proposal in Saudi 1.47 GW tender was $0.0161/ kWh.
The shortlisted designers are EDF, Total, ACWA Power, Masdar, First Solar, Marubeni, and also Al Blagha Holding.
Apr 3, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, Saudi Arabia, tender, Asia, NREP
Enel Colombia Secures $300M EIB Loan for Renewables
Enel Colombia secures $300M loan to boost solar power and grid resilience, powering e-mobility and supporting local breweries. A solar revolution begins!
Oct 11, 2024 // Grids, enel colombia
Turkey’s net-metering: Will commercial, residential or municipal lead the way?
Turkey introduced net metering in May, stoking hopes the scheme could add meaningful volumes of new solar generation capacity. Municipal governments elected in the spring can also boost the program’s success, provided the many layers of authority can work together, that is.
Oct 4, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Rooftop PV, Asia, rooftop PV, Turkey, Utku Korkmaz
JinkoSolar Plans $632M Share Sale in Frankfurt Listing
JinkoSolar targets $632 million in a strategic share sale to fuel solar growth in the U.S. and expand its manufacturing footprint—transforming the renewable energy landscape.
Oct 22, 2024 // Markets & Finance News, JinkoSolar
Statkraft Unveils First Units at 200-MW Storage Facility
Statkraft's Thornton Greener Grid Park—UK's largest energy storage facility—unveils batteries for a sustainable future, boosting grid stability and powering 18,000 homes with solar energy.
Nov 27, 2024 // Storage, Statkraft
AGL Secures Approval for Large-Scale Battery in NSW
AGL Energy secures approval for a $1 billion battery to power 200,000 homes, boosting renewable energy in Newcastle and creating 200 jobs. Energizing the future!
Nov 25, 2024 // Storage, AGL Energy, nsw
Tesla Nears Setting-up Electric Vehicle & Battery Factory in Indonesia
What was a simple speculation for lengthy has now been confirmed by the Investment Minister of Indonesia, Bahlil Lahadalia. Based on reports, the construction could start by the end of this year.
May 24, 2022 // Storage, TESLA, Elon Musk, Asia, Indonesia, electric vehicle, EV, Bahlil Lahadalia, clean mobility, Model 3 of Tesla
Stitching together the grid of the future
A vision of a decentralized, renewable-powered electricity grid is being brought a step closer by scientists at the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Their project, Autonomous Energy Grids, aims to take an overarching look at the solutions that will power this grid of the future, and to fill any gaps that appear between them.
Aug 13, 2019 // Technology, USA, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Autonomous Energy Grids, Benjamin Kroposki
Scientist produce retina-inspired narrowband perovskite sensor array for panchromatic imaging
Researchers from Pennsylvania State University have created a narrowband (NB) imaging sensor combining R/G/B perovskite NB sensor array (mimicking the R/G/B photoreceptors in the eye) with a neuromorphic algorithm (mimicking the intermediate neural network of the human visual system) for high-fidelity panchromatic imaging.
Apr 17, 2023 // Technology, perovskite, Pennsylvania State University
HOMER Energy by UL software application currently efficient in modeling crossbreed utility-scale systems
HOMER Energy by UL, global leader in the advancement of standard-setting energy modeling software, announced its most recent service-- HOMER Front + UL Analysis. The new capability assists energy programmers design and enhance the intricacies of front-of-the-meter utility-scale renewable crossbreed power systems that include wind, solar as well as battery energy storage space systems (BESS).
Mar 16, 2021 // Software, USA, North America, HOMER Energy, Peter Lilienthal, UL
A very performing transistor based on an inorganic metal halide perovskite
Transistors are digital components that intensify as well as control the flow of electricity inside many existing electronic devices. Researchers at Pohang University of Science and also Technology and the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China have actually just recently developed and realized high-performance transistors using CsSnI3, a metal halide perovskite.
Mar 25, 2022 // Technology, perovskite, Pohang University of Science and Technology, the University of Electronic Science, Technology of China, Yong-Young Noh