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FFI, Teslin invest in flexible PV modules manufacturer HyET Solar
Dutch investment fund Teslin Participaties has joined Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) in supplying development capital to HyET Solar, a Dutch programmer of flexible and lightweight solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) innovation.
May 5, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, FFI, Julie Shuttleworth, Teslin, flexible PV module, HyET Solar
FMPA, multiple municipal utilities break ground on 223.5MW PV project in Florida
Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA), in partnership with 12 Florida municipal electric utilities and Florida Renewable Partners, has broken ground on the 223.5MW Florida Municipal Solar Project. Once completed, the installation will be one of the largest municipal-backed solar projects in the US.
Nov 20, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Florida, North America, FMPA, Jacob Williams
McCarthy completes construction on 200-MW Arizona solar project set to power Microsoft data center
McCarthy Building Companies' Renewable Energy and Storage Group recently finished building and last appointing of the 200-MWdc Sun Streams 2 solar project in Maricopa County, Arizona.
Oct 11, 2021 // Plants, USA, Microsoft, North America, McCarthy, Scott Canada
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
Light-Year One To Be Powered By Sun Power Maxeon
According to Helmond, Sunpowers’s Maxeon solar technology will provide the energy to power the light-year one.
Dec 30, 2019 // Transport, Sun Power, Maxeon, Light-Year One, Richard Swanson, Domjan Raphael
Wacker forced to lower 2019 group profits as polysilicon price declines continue
Major polysilicon producer Wacker Chemie has warned its overall group profitability for 2019 would be around 30% lower than the prior year, due to continued weak demand from the solar industry in China and continued polysilicon prices declines to industry record lows.
Oct 16, 2019 // Manufacturing News, China, polysilicon, c-si manufacturing, wacker chemie, Asia, 531 new deal, Rudolf Staudigl
American scientists speed up evaporation of wastewater
A group of scientists from Berkeley Laboratory has found out how to increase evaporation twice with the help of solar energy, based on natural properties of water.
Jan 9, 2020 // Technology, USA, North America
BayWa r.e. to construct 3-MWp self-consumption floating PV farm in Germany
German renewables programmer BayWa r.e. stated today that is set to start constructing a 3-MWp floating solar PV farm in the town of Haltern am See for family-owned mining business Quarzwerke GmbH.
Feb 7, 2022 // Plants, Floating PV, Germany, Europe, baywa r.e., floating PV farm, Stephan Auracher
New campaign introduced to assist support women signing up with solar workforce
Nextracker and renewable energy technological training carrier Solar Energy International (SEI) are partnering to launch a worldwide scholarship program to support even more ladies in signing up with the solar workforce.
Aug 23, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, Nextracker, diversity, jobs, equal representation, gender diversity, women in solar, Kristan Kirsh
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
China to create a satellite-based solar power solution by 2035
China is going to complete a 200-tonne megawatt-scale satellite-based solar power project by 2035.
Dec 2, 2019 // Technology, Plants, Large-Scale, China, Asia
German scientists determine source of contaminations in multicrystalline silicon
Scientists from Fraunhofer IISB, Wacker Chemie and also Alzchem claim undesirable metals go into the silicon mostly with finish of the quartz crucible. The searching for can make it possible for manufacturers to make forecasts concerning the high quality of silicon blocks.
Aug 18, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, wacker chemie, silicon, Alzchem, Fraunhofer IISB
What is Solar spectrum?
The total distribution of electromagnetic waves emitted by the sun. The wavelength range defines the solar spectrum regions. The visible light wavelengths
Sep 13, 2023
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
First Solar planning 150-MWac Arizona solar array for Microsoft data centers
First Solar announced that its Sun Streams 2 PV solar plant will power new energy-efficient data centers being built by Microsoft in Goodyear and El Mirage, Arizona. The 150-MWac facility, is being developed and constructed by First Solar in Maricopa County and will power the data centers under a 20-year agreement and will be operational in 2021.
Jul 31, 2019 // Large-Scale, USA, Arizona, First Solar, PV solar, Sun Streams, El Mirage, North America









