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The Sun Has Set on Another Round of the American-Made Solar Prize, Awarding Two New Solar Startups for Their Innovations

Greenbacker Renewable Energy has unveiled a flurry of new acquisitions that includes 31.33MW of contracted C&I solar assets from Sky Solar and IGS Solar across the US, alongside a partnership with Scenic Hill Solar in Arkansas.

Britishvolt has revealed a brand-new senior hire, with William Reynolds signing up with as primary financial officer.

OVO will spend ₤ 1 million to support brand-new solar and also wind farms with power purchase agreements (PPAs).

Amongst the most exciting products for solar cells are the supposed MAPI semiconductors. They consist of natural methylammonium cations and lead iodide octahedra that develop a perovskite structure. MAPI based solar cells have achieved performances of 25% within a couple of years. However so far, the semi-organic semiconductors are still maturing swiftly.

Chinese solar project developer Renesola Ltd’s Board of Directors announced the moving of the global headquarters from China to the U.S.

Virginia’s state governor has issued an executive order that reiterates the need to have “at least” 3GW of solar and offshore wind projects in development by 2022 in order to reach a string of ambitious new renewable energy production targets.

Canadian solar firm Mitrex means to open a 2.5-GW photovoltaic panel manufacturing facility in the United States, with a final area selection announced quickly. The company, which presently runs a 500-MW plant in Toronto, Ontario, that makes colored photovoltaic panels, BIPV cladding and traditional photovoltaic panels, expects the U.S. location to start production in Q1 2024.

Researchers from Turkey's Konya Technical University have shown that sepiolite, a normally taking place clay substance, can be included in perovskite precursor materials, and also develop a scaffold layer that can improve the performance as well as stability of solar cells. The researchers think that this substance could be valuable in developing reproducible processes for the manufacturing of large-area perovskite solar cells.

Invenergy has actually completed building funding for the initial phase of its Samson Solar Energy Center in northeast Texas.

Energylink3 has developed a less toxic lithium battery storage space system for use in farming and also eco sensitive areas to store power from farm-based as well as rural solar arrays. EnergyLink3 batteries will be made in New York at a previous IBM university by C4V as well as iM3, which has been sustained by a $13.25 million financial investment by Governor Cuomo's administration, making it the globe's seventh Gigafactory.

Indian renewables business ReNew Energy Global Plc's completely owned subsidiary India Clean Energy Holdings has elevated US$ 400 million through a green bond sale that will be made use of to sustain the firm's development strategy and "re-finance existing high-cost debt".

The team, chaired by Juan Béjar, got to a contract to acquire 55% of 12 plants incomplete as well as growth in Andalusia and also Extremadura.

China has invested US$90 billion in the countries involved in its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) since 2013. The BRI involves developing infrastructure in 126 partner countries to boost trade within a region stretching from Indonesia to Western Europe via the Middle East and East Africa, inspired by the historical Silk Road.

Persistent Energy, part of Canadian Solar Inc., finished the sale of the "Slate" project to Goldman Sachs Renewable Power.