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Oklahoma physicist discovers the hidden potential of high-efficiency solar cells
One of the best difficulties of solar cells is the Shockley-Queisser restriction, the presumption that there is a basic limit for energy a solar cell can absorb and also convert into functional energy. College of Oklahoma physicist Ian Sellers is showing that the commonly held assumption is false.
Oct 26, 2021 // Technology, solar cells, efficiency, University of Oklahoma, Ian Sellers
Holograms increase solar energy yield
The energy offered from sunlight is 10,000 times more than what is required to provide the globe's energy needs. Sunlight has two major homes that are useful in the design of renewable resource systems.
May 26, 2021 // Technology, USA, solar cells, solar panel, North America, University of Arizona, QESST Engineering Research Center, Jianbo Zhao
A photo-rechargeable lead-free perovskite lithium-ion battery that generates and stores energy
A team of scientists from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has created a cost-effective, light-weight, and safe (lead-free) photo-battery that has dual features in collecting solar power and keeping energy on a single gadget, making it possible to charge a battery imaginable, without having to connect the device into the wall surface.
Aug 20, 2021 // Technology, Storage, China, Asia, lithium-ion battery, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HKUST, Jonathan Eugene HALPERT
US ROUND-UP: Gap diversifies; 125MW PPA in MI; Military-funded space solar; Solar bees
Global retail brand Gap moved one step closer to its goal of fully renewably-powered operations by 2030 after signing a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Enel Green Power North America. It has purchased 90MW of energy from the renewables giant's North Dakota wind project for a period of 12 years.
Aug 13, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Solar, USA, SunPower, plants, Michigan, cleanchoice energy, solar bees, Antonio Cammisecra, air force, university of toledo, solar space, upper peninsula power company, power purchase agreement, orion renewable energy group, map energy, gap, North Dakota, enel green power, the chandler solar project, North America
ReneSola touts profitability comeback but short-term debt looms high
Progress with solar projects worldwide have helped push ReneSola back onto the profitability path, with a cash boost "tentatively" secured from its top shareholder as short-term borrowings continue to pile.
Sep 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, New York, China, renesola, shanghai, Shelley Xu, Xianshou Li
Solar hot air likewise climbs, solar smokeshafts conserve power as well as lives
Scientists at RMIT University have actually developed a solar smokeshaft that both conserves power, as well as conserves lives. The solar smokeshaft, part of a series of lasting attributes developed right into the brand-new Mentone Reserve Pavilion in Melbourne's Kingston.
May 8, 2020 // Technology, Australia, Oceania, RMIT, Long Shi
BayWa r.e. breaks ground on Poland's largest solar farm, eyes 600MW PV pipe
BayWa r.e. has actually broken ground on a 64.6 MWp solar farm in Poland-- the nation's largest-- as it sets sights on a 600MW profile in the nation.
Jul 20, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, EPC, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Poland, Europe, eastern europe, grid parity, subsidy-free, baywa r.e., development
Understanding the fate of end-of-life modules
Researchers in India have taken a close take a look at the possible effect of expanding volumes of PV waste, and also have conducted surveys that recommend a great deal more job is required from suppliers as well as policymakers to establish administration systems for end-of-life PV items.
Jul 29, 2020 // Manufacturing News, India, pv modules, Asia, recycling
Microsoft trials hydrogen-powered data facilities
The software program titan has actually started examining hydrogen fuel cells as a back-up source of power at one of its U.S. information centers. A 250 kW pilot system efficiently powered part of the center for 48 hrs as well as the business is currently eyeing 3 MW systems to change back-up diesel generators.
Jul 29, 2020 // Storage, Solar to Fuel, USA, Microsoft, hydrogen, North America, fuel cells, Mark Monroe
Fuzzy logic MPPT to enhance PV system performance
A Pakistani-Chinese research team has actually demonstrated a new maximum power factor tracking technique, based upon a fuzzy logic algorithm to supply faster results. The converter tech is asserted to have an effect on PV system performance and offer seclusion between the tons as well as the PV range.
Jul 31, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Inverters, China, Asia, Pakistan, PV system, Comsats University
Floating solar presentation project to be installed off Seychelles' coastline
A floating photovoltaic or pv presentation project is expected to be installed off the shore of Seychelles' Providence Industrial Estate.
Aug 31, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, solar pv, floating PV, Swimsol, Nordic Development Fund, Energy Solutions Seychelles, Providence Industrial Estate, UniSey, NISTI
Large solar projects move forward in Chile
Mainstream Renewable Power is establishing the $934 million Huemul wind and also PV project, the 2nd stage of the $1.8 billion Andes Renovables renewable resource system, which is anticipated to have a complete ability of 1.3 GW when finished. A 3rd stage is currently in the funding stage.
Sep 3, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Chile, South america, mainstream renewable power
All Energy Solar completes uncommon Minnesota solar project meant to function as art setup
Enphase Energy introduced that All Energy Solar, a full-service energy business offering residential, commercial, farming, and government consumers in the Midwest and Northeast, has actually deployed Enphase IQ 7+ microinverters in a special, building-face-mounted solar array in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The 208 VAC, three-phase solar system, which was created and also set up by All Energy Solar, currently provides tidy solar power to the MoZaic East commercial structure to match the building's LEED Gold qualification.
Sep 14, 2020 // Plants, USA, Enphase Energy, North America, Senthil Balasubramanian, Dave Ranhoff, Michael R. Allen
Ecological power storage battery constructed from vanillin
Researchers at TU Graz have found a way to convert the fragrant substance vanillin right into a redox-active electrolyte product for liquid batteries. The modern technology is a crucial step in the direction of environmentally sustainable energy storage space
Oct 1, 2020 // Technology, Storage, TU Graz, Stefan Spirk, Redox flow
Lodestone Energizes Coromandel’s First Utility-Scale Solar
Lodestone Energy’s Coromandel utility-scale solar farm powers NZ’s grid by day, cutting prices; biodiversity-friendly, low-glare design, future battery and SCADA-led uptime boost resilience and local jobs.
Dec 5, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, New Zealand, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Oceania, Lodestone Energy, grid integration, commissioning












