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European Solar Effort introduced to drive continent's PV production growth
A European Commission-backed project has been released to scale up Europe's PV production sector and also record the continent's "growing need" for solar equipment.
Feb 25, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Walburga Hemetsberger, meyer burger, SolarPower Europe, European Union, European Green Deal, Diego Pavia, eit innoenergy, sfi con london, european manufacturing
Rikers Island might come to be a renewable resource and storage space center
Rikers Island, the well known island house to New york city City's main jail complex, is to be made use of to discover the development of renewable resource generation as well as battery power storage.
Mar 9, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, New York, solar-plus-storage, North America, colocation, bill de blasio, feasibility study, rikers island
At the very least 1GW of PV ability to be included in Spain's renewables auction next month
The first of Spain's new clean power auctions is readied to take place following month, with the nation's federal government designating a total amount of 3GW of renewables capacity. While at the very least 1GW will be for solar PV and one more 1GW for onshore wind, the staying capability will certainly be auctioned without technological constraints.
Dec 15, 2020 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Spain, auctions, Europe, auction, tenders, Utility-Scale Storage, renewable tender
CDPQ to Invest USD 1 Billion in Invenergy Renewables
CDPQ has dedicated USD 1 billion to Invenergy Renewables, one of the biggest designers, proprietors and also drivers of RE projects in North America
Dec 21, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, CDPQ, Emmanuel Jaclot, CDPQ Invenergy Renewables, Invenergy Renewables, Jim Murphy
New power conversion layer for biosolar cells
A study group from the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum (RUB), along with coworkers from Lisbon, has produced a semi-artificial electrode that could transform light energy right into various other forms of energy in biosolar cells.
Dec 22, 2020 // Technology, Marc Nowaczyk, biosolar cell, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, RUB, Panpan Wang, Fangyuan Zhao, Julian Szczesny, Adrian Ruff, Felipe Conzuelo, Wolfgang Schuhmann, Anna Frank, Matthias Rogner, Lisbon
7th PVEL Scorecard Ranks 26 Module Manufacturers as Top Performers
California-headquartered PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), an independent test laboratory for the downstream solar and also power storage space market, recently published its 2021 PV Module Reliability Scorecard, which names 117 design types of PV modules from 26 suppliers as Top Performers in PVEL's testing.
May 27, 2021 // Manufacturing News, California, USA, Solar Energy, pv modules, North America, pv module reliability scorecard, Jenya Meydbray, PV Evolution Labs, Adam Larner
Queensland aims to 'turbo charge' a lot more renewables projects with AU$ 2bn jobs fund
Queensland will certainly invest AU$ 2 billion (US$ 1.55 billion) on renewables and hydrogen jobs to sustain the Australian state's financial recovery from COVID-19 as well as aid it provide on its 50% clean energy target by 2030.
Jun 11, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Australia, queensland, Oceania, Clean Energy Council, green hydrogen, employment, covid-19 recovery, jobs
Structure effective and also thermally secure perovskite solar cells making use of Ti ₃ C ₂ TₓMXene.
A new generation of low-cost, lasting and effective solar cells is a step better, thanks to scientists at The University of Queensland.
Oct 6, 2021 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Australia, solar cells, perovskite, Oceania, efficiency, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, AIBN, Joe Shapter
African Nation Namibia to Tender 50-130MW CSP Project Next Year
At the recently held SolarPACES Conference, NamPower generation projects head Grant Muller set out the nationwide power firm's now finalized prepare for a CSP project in Namibia, for in between 50 MW as well as 130 MW, with storage space.
After 4 years of prep work, the nation awaits its first CSP auction in 2022.
Dec 23, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, Namibia, Concentrated solar power, csp, solar projects, Grant Muller, Namibia Power Corporation Ltd, NamPower, SolarPACES
Solar perovskite start-up Evolar bags brand-new financial investment to target rapid commercialisation
Solar perovskite start-up Evolar has actually sourced investment from Norwegian renewables investor Magnora as it targets rapid commercialisation of the technology.
Nov 17, 2020 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, perovskite, thin film, Solibro, r&d, Tandem cells, evolar, magnora, Norwegia, Erik Sneve, Haakon Alfstad
Saudi scientists perform 'first ever' effective damp-heat examination of perovskite solar cells, maintains 95% efficiency
Scientists in Saudi Arabia have actually reported the "the very first" successful damp-heat examination of perovskite solar cells, which they claim has relocated the technology closer in the direction of industrial viability after it held up against 1,000 hours of extreme conditions as well as kept a 95% effectiveness.
Feb 22, 2022 // Technology, Manufacturing News, perovskite, perovskite cells, KAUST, degradation, durability, potential induced degradation
Portugal floating solar auction gathers record negative price, awards 183MW
Portugal's very first floating solar auction closed with a world record-low price, with utilities EDP and also Endesa among the winning bidders, the nation's environment ministry has actually announced.
Apr 6, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, Portugal, EDP, Voltalia, Finerge, floating PV, Europe, auction, Endesa, world record, joao galamba, hybridisation
Solar wins 166MW in most current Brazilian renewables auction
Solar projects worth 166MW of capacity have actually won out in Brazil's most current renewables auction, power regulatory authority EPE has actually verified.
May 31, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, South america, auctions, Brazil, tenders, EPE, renewable auction
Reordering the layers in solar-cell modules can aid improve efficiency
A solar-cell module that mitigates cell-to-module losses has actually been established by KAUST researchers complying with a rethink of the module's optical design as well as how it must be stacked.
Aug 23, 2022 // Technology, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, solar cell, efficiency, KAUST, Stefaan De Wolf, Lujia Xu
Alliant Energy completes 50-MW union-built solar project in Wisconsin
Alliant Energy, a Wisconsin public utility, has actually completed its initial utility-scale solar project in the state. The 50-MW Bear Creek Solar Project in Richland County is currently operational and will certainly create enough electricity to power approximately 13,000 homes.
Aug 23, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Wisconsin, North America, alliant energy, Solar Project











