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Enphase earnings increase yet shipments dip as supply chain restraints persist
Enphase Energy delivered less microinverters in Q2 2021 than in the preceding quarter as supply restrictions continued to attack, yet the maker still managed to enhance earnings sequentially.
Jul 28, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Enphase Energy, North America, grid services, iq7, IQ8
Battery Ventures Obtains Specialty Products Provider Goodfellow
Battery Ventures, a technology-focused investment firm, has obtained Goodfellow, a professional vendor of high-grade materials for research and development, prototyping and specialized manufacturing. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Sep 30, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Battery Ventures, Goodfellow, Jesse Feldman, Simon Kenney, Specialty Materials Supplier
Suniva Partners with Imperial Star for U.S. PV Modules
Suniva Inc teams up with Imperial Star Solar to boost US-made solar modules, driving innovation in domestic manufacturing and powering a brighter, sustainable future.
Nov 28, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, module, Suniva Inc
Resurgence of Heterojunction (HJT) Solar Panels
Heterojunction Solar cells combine two various technologies into one cell-- a crystalline silicon cell sandwiched in between 2 layers of amorphous "thin-film" silicon
Oct 25, 2022 // Technology, Manufacturing News, REC Group, bifacial solar modules, Reliance, Goldi Solar, HJT Solar Modules
Agrivoltaics works better with leafy eco-friendlies, root crops
UNITED STATE scientists have created a brand-new model to analyze the overlap between solar possible as well as underlying land usage. The locations with the largest possibility are the western United States, southerly Africa, and the Middle East. The scientists wrapped up that croplands, grasslands, and wetlands are the top three land courses for PV projects connected to farming activities, while barren terrain, generally focused on for solar PV system installation, ranked 5th.
Jun 9, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Residential, USA, North America, Chad Higgins
Live fast, die young: MIT study proposes use of 10-year panels
Research has found even short-lived, 10 to 15-year solar panels could provide enough return for bankable projects. The researchers believe panel costs, coupled with an industry mindset now fixed on the final solar energy price rather than costs per kilowatt installed, may open opportunities for PV products currently snubbed because of a short lifecycle.
Sep 24, 2019 // Technology, USA, LCOE, MIT, North America, Bertrand Lempkowicz
Voltalia, IFC Team to Decarbonize Africa’s Mines
Voltalia and IFC power Africa’s mines with solar, wind and batteries—replacing diesel and coal to cut costs, boost reliability, and accelerate net-zero, country by country.
Oct 17, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Voltalia, ifc, Africa
Next-gen electric lorry batteries: These are the concerns we still need to respond to
The future generation of electrical car batteries, with higher range and improved security, could be arising in the form of lithium metal, solid-state modern technology.
May 28, 2021 // Technology, Storage, electric vehicles, University of Michigan, Jeff Sakamoto, Neil Dasgupta
Sungrow Launches New Energy Storage Systems for APAC Commercial & Industrial Market
This item supports different applications consisting of demand monitoring, optimal & valley arbitrage, self-consumption, power backup as well as micro-grid. The series has 2 core elements: the Battery Unit, integrating essential devices such as battery module and also heating ventilation air conditioning (HVAC); and also the PCS Unit, integrating PCS, transformer, as well as energy monitoring system (LC&EMS).
Oct 26, 2021 // Storage, Sungrow, APAC customers, Hui Wu, ST129CP-50HV Series
A closer consider Jinko's 565-585 W panel
The module-- which gauges 2,411 × 1,134 × 35mm, considers 31.1 kg as well as functions 156 p-type monocrystalline cells-- is offered in 5 variations with power outcomes of 565-585 W and also performances of 20.67-21.40%. Jinko states the Pro Tiger collection will certainly end up being the company's primary income stream in 2022, going beyond the Tiger 475 W panel.
Jul 15, 2020 // Manufacturing News, China, Asia, Jinko, Dany Qian, PV panel
Emerging markets and also development: Twin pillars of the solar tracker market
International solar tracker deliveries got to brand-new record degrees in 2019, going beyond 31 GW, up 55% year on year. Remarkable need in the United States-- as well as multiple gigawatt markets in Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Spain and also Australia-- helped move the market to new heights, composes Cormac Gilligan, associate director at IHS Markit.
Jul 14, 2020 // Opinions, IHS Markit, Cormac Gilligan
Physicists create perfect testing conditions of solar cells for space applications
This new method for screening perovskite solar cells leads the way for their usage in powering objects that require the cells' radiation firmness and durability.
May 4, 2022 // Technology, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, solar cells, perovskite, University of Oklahoma
Twisting, flexible crystals essential to solar power manufacturing
Scientists at Duke University have actually revealed long-hidden molecular characteristics that supply preferable properties for solar energy and heat energy applications to an interesting class of products called halide perovskites.
Mar 16, 2021 // Technology, Solar Energy, perovskite, Duke University, Olivier Delaire, Volker Blum
Can solar power shake up the energy market?
The classical Greek philosopher Socrates believed the ideal house should be warm in winter and cool in summer. With clarity of thought like that, it's easy to see how the great man got his reputation.
Sep 11, 2019 // Solar, USA, BATTERIES, China, Asia, North America, Socrates, Golden Thread, Edmond Becquerel, Charles Fritts, Albert Einstein, Vanguard 1, silicon PV cells
Long-range energy transport in perovskite nanocrystal films
Producing clean power and lowering the power intake of illumination and personal gadgets are key difficulties to reduce the effect of contemporary world on the atmosphere. Therefore, the surging demand for solar cells and also light-emitting tools is driving researchers to explore brand-new semiconductor products and enhance their performances, while decreasing the production expenses.
Jan 13, 2021 // Technology, Transport, solar cells, perovskite, NTU, Tze Chien Sum, David Giovanni, Marcello Righetto