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Solar Industry Vows to Lead Power Generation in the 2020s
  WASHINGTON, D.C. - When energy and climate analysts look back on the 2020s, they will see a transformed energy landscape dominated by new solar energy
Jan 8, 2020 // Market Research, Abigail Ross Hopper, solar jobs, deployment, Climate, Consumer Protection
Strong winds flip cars competing in the World Solar Challenge
A solar car competing in the World Solar Challenge has rolled over on the Stuart Highway, just north of Coober Pedy in South Australia.
Oct 16, 2019 // Transport, Australia, World Solar Challenge, Oceania, Chris Selwood
The victors and losers in U.S. solar production in 2020
As we liquidate 2020, the solar sector prepares to enter its last scheduled year with tariffs on imported solar panels. The Trump administration repetitively stated the tariffs were enforced to re-energize U.S. solar manufacturing. As well as while we did get some significant capacity enhancements in 2019, market revitalization has actually petered out considering that.
Nov 16, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, Miasolé, North America, Toledo Solar, Aaron Bates, violet power, Global Solar, Charlie Gay
OMCO Solar opens 5th mounting production center in the USA
Tracker and also fixed-tilt mounting maker OMCO Solar opened its fifth U.S. production facility, a new site in Warsaw, Indiana. The company also revealed a new torque tube line at its Pierceton, Indiana.
May 19, 2023 // Manufacturing News, USA, tracker, North America, OMCO Solar
Putting the brakes on lithium-ion batteries to prevent fires
Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are used to power everything from wise watches to electrical vehicles, thanks to the large amounts of power they can save in small spaces. When overheated, nevertheless, they're prone to catching fire and even taking off. Yet recent study published in Nano Letters uses a possible solution with a new innovation that can swiftly put the brakes on a Li-ion battery, shutting it down when it obtains also warm.
Nov 15, 2022 // Technology, Storage, lithium-ion battery, Yapei Wang, Kai Liu
Large scale solar passed the 200-GWAC milestone in 2019
Large scale solar passed the 200-GWAC milestone in 2019, following another year of record deployment; according to preliminary figures released today by Wiki-Solar. New installations topped 40-GWAC in 2019 making it the tenth consecutive year of rising figures
Jan 9, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Market Research
REC Files Lawsuit Versus Hanwha Q Cells In The US
REC Group, the Norway headquartered Solar manufacturer with its production in Singapore, has filed a patent Infringement Lawsuit against Hanwha Q Cells in an American District Court on 30th November 2020.
Dec 1, 2020 // Manufacturing News, USA, REC Group, North America, Hanwha Q Cells, Hanwha, G.Sridhara, Q.Antum, shankar G Sridhara
JA Solar founder and also chairman back at the helm
'Solar Module Super League' (SMSL) participant JA Solar has actually verified its founder and chairman, Jin Baofang had gone back to operate at the business.
Apr 19, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, China, JA Solar, Asia, jin boafang
Innova's Solar Trio: UK Approvals Pave the Way
Innova's latest solar projects in England and Scotland will power over 16,000 homes, with the largest farm in East Suffolk generating electricity for 6,292 local households.
Feb 7, 2024 // Plants, UK, Europe, PV Power Plant, Innova
Vietnam's draft PDP8 has failed to recognize the need of creating a much more flexible system that can accommodate a transforming modern technology mix
Vietnam's just recently released draft power growth prepare for 2021-2030 (PDP8) has fallen short to recognize the value of developing an extra flexible system that can accommodate a changing modern technology mix, according to a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).
Mar 11, 2021 // Policy, Market Research, Asia, coal, Vietnam, policy, IEEFA, renewables, PDP8
Britain's 'artificial sun' nuclear fusion reactor sets a brand-new globe record after launching 59 MEGAJOULES of energy for five seconds-- taking us closer in the direction of 'infinite clean energy'
Britain's Joint European Torus nuclear fusion reactor has established a brand-new globe record ' Artificial sun', near Oxford, launched 59 megajoules of power for 5 seconds This overshadowed the previous fusion power record, also established by JET 25 years ago If researchers can harness fusion power, hope is to create endless clean power
Feb 9, 2022 // Solar, Britain, reactor
Axpo & IWB Build the Largest Solar Plant in Swiss Alps
In a statement released yesterday, it was disclosed that over the next four months, Axpo, Switzerland's biggest renewable energy manufacturer, as well as IWB, a Basel-based power carrier, will certainly develop the biggest Alpine solar plant in Switzerland at the Muttsee dam.
Jun 3, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Axpo, Europe, Switzerland, solar plant, IWB, the Alps
Commercial rooftops will lead renewables growth in the next five years
Although the International Energy Agency’s latest renewables report forecasts impressive solar growth there is still a nagging feeling it has produced conservative estimates and the emphasis on sharing costs with grid operators is predictable.
Oct 21, 2019 // Commercial, Residential, Rooftop PV, USA, Australia, Europe, rooftop PV, Oceania, Netherlands, Belgium, North America, Austria, IEA
Molecular resonances lower the optimum possible photovoltage in natural solar cells
Researchers at TU Dresden and also Hasselt University in Belgium examined the physical reasons that restrict the performance of unique solar cells based upon natural molecular products. Presently, the voltage of such cells is still also reduced-- one factor for their still fairly reduced effectiveness.
Mar 20, 2020 // Technology, solar cells, Europe, Belgium
Double-Sided Solar Panels Follow the Sun for Cost-Effective Energy
Researchers combined bifacial photovoltaic panels as well as single-axis tracking to improve energy generation by 35 percent.
Aug 31, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Asia, Singapore, bifacial solar panels, Carlos Rodríguez-Gallegos