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DOE-backed CSP demo breaks ground in New Mexico
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) on Friday revealed the beginning of building deal with a high-temperature concentrating solar power (CSP) pilot facility referred to as the culmination of a USD-100-million (EUR 93.2 m) research study effort released in 2017.
Feb 20, 2023 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, New Mexico, doe
Cypress Creek appoints new CIO to accelerate its growth
Independent power producer (IPP) Cypress Creek Renewables has hired Jeffrey Meigel as its new chief investment officer (CIO).
May 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, IPP, Cypress Creek Renewables, North America, executive appointments, appointments
New 400 MW solar module manufacturing facility for Germany
Manufacturing is readied to begin in the very first quarter of following year at the prepared fab in Greiz, Thuringia. The center will certainly produce 370 W panels including fifty percent cells, huge wafers and also 9 busbars.
May 20, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, Solarwelt GmbH, Heckert Solar, Xaver Trinkerl
New dopants might enhance PV glass efficiency
According to a British-Swedish research team, the down‐shifting process for solar glass manufacturing can be enhanced via making use of 2 dopant cations that produce no absorption bands. The doping with these substances is claimed to minimize the UV transmission while likewise maintaining the glass free from absorption in the visible as well as near-infrared ranges.
Aug 31, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Sweden, Europe, PV glass
Brand-new tools for solar cell metallization
The system can metallize the front and also back sides of silicon solar cells with unprecedented accuracy and also rate, Fraunhofer ISE stated. The technology is likewise appropriate for elements such as printed motherboard or chip cards.
Jul 17, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, solar cell, Fraunhofer ISE, Florian Clement, Andreas Lorenz
Maxeon Solar searching for new CEO as Waters steps down
Singapore-based solar cell and panel maker Maxeon Solar Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ: MAXN) is seeking a new ceo (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER) as Jeff Waters is stepping down from that position.
Sep 9, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Asia, Singapore, Maxeon Solar, Jeff Waters, Donald Colvin
New solar station at Agartala will save energy worth INR 6mn
A new 1-megawatt rooftop-mounted solar station at the Indian National Institute of Technology Agartala is predicted to save 6 million rupees on electricity annually.
Jan 15, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, India, pv power plants, Asia, NIT Agartala
TRIG lands ₤ 500m debt facility to go after brand-new investments
The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has actually safeguarded a ₤ 500 million ESG-linked SONIA credit score facility to sustain its new financial investments.
Dec 18, 2020 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, TRIG, Helen Mahy CBE
Dynamic Energy constructing high-coverage solar project on New Jersey plant
Folding cartons manufacturing firm Rondo-Pak has contracted Dynamic Energy to install a solar project that will certainly make up 60% of the power needed at the manufacturer's New Jersey procedures.
Oct 21, 2021 // Plants, USA, North America, PV Power Plant, Solar Project, Dynamic Energy
CS Energy Finishes Building of Largest Solar Plant in New Jersey
CS Energy has actually revealed that it has actually effectively finished the building and construction deal with the biggest solar plant in New Jersey.
May 19, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, New Jersey, North America, PV Power Plant, International, CS Energy, US Navy
This New Dispensing Technology Promises Higher Electricity Yield from Silicon Solar Cells
HighLine Technology GmbH, a spin-off of Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy System ISE, declared that it has actually created a brand-new giving modern technology, which boosts the power yield of silicon solar cells. The firm has strategies to advertise this innovation.
Oct 12, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, solar cell, silicon, efficiency, HighLine Technology GmbH, Maximilian Pospischil, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy System ISE
This New Tech Could Make A Solar Toyota Prius Practical
2020 is the year we are going to see some incredible things. This new solar technology is going to change everything we know about solar charging. Here is what it could mean for the solar Prius of the future.
Jan 2, 2020 // Technology, Opinions, Transport, USA, Toyota, North America, Michigan State University, Peter Neilson, Prius
New suggested multifunctional nanomaterial can enhance solar power, quantum computer
An irregular two-dimensional sandwich has the yummy component on the outside for researchers as well as engineers establishing multifunctional nanodevices.
Jan 12, 2021 // Technology, Solar Panels, Solar Energy, perovskites, Boris Yakobson, Jun-Jie Zhang, Dongyang Zhu
Aurora Solar software program authorized by CEC for brand-new residence solar analysis
Aurora Solar is the very first-- as well as presently just-- solar software program system to officially obtain the California Energy Commission's (CEC) qualification as an authorized solar evaluation device for solar gain access to confirmation for brand-new house building.
Mar 4, 2020 // Software, USA, North America, Aurora Solar, CEC, Meredith McClintock
NJR Clean Energy Ventures completes 1.5-MW solar project on New Jersey landfill
NJR Clean Energy Ventures (NJRCEV), the tidy energy subsidiary of New Jersey Resources, finished a 1.5-MW ground-mounted solar project at the former municipal land fill in Hopatcong, New Jersey. Including nearly 4,000 solar panels, the fixed-tilt range is expected to give sufficient tidy energy to power 230 residences each year.
Oct 16, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, New Jersey, North America, Solar Project, NJR Clean Energy Ventures, Steve Westhoven, Michael Francis