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Temasek-Backed Xero Funds Cosmos Innovation's AI-Optimized Solar Cells
Cosmos Innovation has raised $19.7M to build self-learning fab in the solar and semiconductor space. Experience a 10x acceleration in process recipes with top semiconductor companies and capture energy from the sun more efficiently with perovskite silicon tandem solar cells.
Oct 20, 2023 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, Cosmos Innovation
Masdar Financial Close Unlocks $6.1bn Solar, BESS in Abu Dhabi
Masdar secures financial close on a $6.1B Abu Dhabi solar-and-storage project, unlocking construction funding for reliable 24/7 power through batteries that stabilize the grid.
Jul 13, 2026 // Plants, Masdar, Abu Dhabi, PV Power Plant
Solar output overtakes coal in Texas, marking historic power shift
ERCOT data shows Texas generated more power from solar than coal year-to-date, underscoring the state’s rapid utility-scale buildout and battery adoption.
Dec 9, 2025 // Plants, Storage, USA, Texas, Battery Storage, North America, ERCOT, Solar growth, coal decline
Ask for streamlined permitting to sustain growth of floating solar sector
Solar sector gamers need to team up with governments and regulators to conquer floating PV allowing and bankability problems as well as unlock the potential of the innovation in Europe.
Apr 14, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, floating PV, Europe, Netherlands, longi solar, bankability, baywa r.e., permits, permitting, Ocean Sun, triodos bank
Renewable gas from carbon dioxide with the aid of solar power
Scientists at Linköping University, Sweden, are trying to transform carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, to sustain using power from sunlight. Current results have actually shown that it is possible to utilize their method to uniquely create methane, carbon monoxide gas or formic acid from carbon dioxide and water. The study has been released in ACS Nano.
Jun 10, 2020 // Technology, Solar to Fuel, Sweden, Europe, Linköping University, Graphene, carbon dioxide, Jianwu Sun
10.5 GW Solar, Wind and Storage Space Project in Morocco
British company Xlinks is developing a 10.5 GW solar-plus-wind project, incorporated with a battery storage center, in Morocco's Guelmim Oued Noun area. Of the created quantity, 3.6 GW renewable energy will be supplied to the UK via the globe's longest subsea cables.
Sep 30, 2021 // Plants, UK, Europe, Africa, Morocco, Renewable Energy, Battery Storage Facility, solar-plus-wind project, Xlinks
Burgenland Energie's 164-MW Agri-PV Project Gains Momentum
Burgenland Energie AG is revolutionizing energy in Austria with its massive 164-MW agri-PV project, poised to become the nation’s largest solar facility by 2025!
Nov 14, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PV Power Plant, Burgenland Energie AG
History of Solar Energy: The Evolution and History Behind Solar Energy
The development of modern-day devices that allow us to trap solar energy and convert it into usable electrical energy was not an easy task. Numerous efforts
Jan 28, 2022
EUROPE ROUND-UP: Denmark's very first bifacial solar farm is offered, RWE to pocket French solar
A round-up of the most up to date news from Europe's solar market, as European Energy liquidates Denmark's initial solar farm constructed making use of bifacial panels and also both RWE and also Octopus grab French solar properties.
Aug 3, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, France, bifacial, Europe, finance, european energy, Fimer, Finland, Octopus, rwe,
Engineer discovers mighty power in small solar energy invention
Today's commonly used silicon solar cells are heavy and bulky, and take up a lot of space to produce power. Newer models, made from soft materials that are flexible and versatile, are cheaper to produce but also much less efficient than their pricier counterparts.
Dec 17, 2019 // Technology, Storage, USA, solar cells, North America, flexible, Susanna Thon, Johns Hopkins
Scientists suggest unique bilayer structure for crystalline silicon solar cells
Researchers from the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have proposed an unique "bilayer" structure composing of various change metal oxide (TMO) thin films in crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells in order to boost the cells' effectiveness.
Dec 9, 2021 // Technology, China, Asia, crystalline silicon solar cells, Advanced Research Institute, SARI
Reform power billing or risk hindering clean energy, Spain told
Spain has an opportunity in its upcoming reform of electricity charging to clear hurdles for self-consumption and electric vehicles (EVs), according to national PV body UNEF.
Jul 22, 2019 // Tariffs, Spain, Sweden, Portugal, France, Greece, Germany, UNEF, UK, Italy, CNMC, Europe
Sahel summit backs ‘Desert to Power’ plan to bring solar to 60 million
An African Development Bank (AfDB) initiative that wants to install 10GW of solar energy across the Sahel by 2025 was endorsed by G5 Sahel heads of state at a summit held last week in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Sep 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, France, Europe, Africa, North America, AfDB, G5 Sahel, Christian Kaboré, Akinwumi Adesina
Breakthrough: Stable High-Efficiency Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells
Revolutionary tandem solar cells with over 29% efficiency and exceptional stability developed by top researchers in Australia. Say goodbye to traditional manufacturing concerns.
Jul 25, 2024 // Technology, Australia, solar cell, perovskite, Oceania, efficiency
Soltec, Fraunhofer ISE Revolutionize Concentrating PV with New Prototype
Soltec and Fraunhofer ISE revolutionize solar energy with cutting-edge CPV technology, boosting efficiency by 30% and opening new possibilities for solar power integration.
Aug 2, 2024 // Technology, Fraunhofer ISE, Soltec