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Mini series: ‘Today, it’s not just the energy that you produce’
While based in Munich in Germany’s south, renewable asset management software provider 3megawatt’s first major clients were in the United States. However, as the European markets have transitioned beyond feed-in tariffs to the complexity of subsidy-free solar and wind arrays, the understanding of the need for asset management tools is rapidly increasing, says 3megawatt founder and CEO Edmee Kelsey.
Aug 29, 2019 // Tariffs, Software, Opinions, USA, Germany, Europe, North America, tariffs, Munich, Edmee Kelsey, 3megawatt
Northeastern States Primed to Be the Next Major Energy Storage Market
Where the challenge was once a lack of profitable storage opportunities in the Northeast, now the trick is keeping up. Here’s GTM’s handy guide.
Jul 24, 2019 // Storage, USA, New York, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables, Sunrun, Northeastern states, PJM, York ISO, ISO New England, GTM, Massachusetts, Andrew Cuomo, SMART, Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target, Engie Storage CEO, Chris Tilley, Clean Peak Standard, New Hampshire, Tesla Powerwalls, Westmoreland, BYOD, New Jersey, VDER, NYISO, Vermont, North America
Enhancing the performance of solar cells with 'graphene armor'
A group of scientists, connected with UNIST has actually thought of a novel electrode that might substantially boost the security of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), one of the most promising prospect for the next generation solar cells because of their low cost and high power conversion effectiveness. This is due to the fact that putting a protection layer in between the metal-based electrode as well as the perovskite movie can stop metal-induced deterioration and that graphene, thus a layer, can effectively subdue the diffusion of steels and also halide ions.
Jul 3, 2020 // Technology, South Korea, solar cells, Asia, perovskite, efficiency, UNIST, Graphene, Hyesung Park, Gyujeong Jeong
Massive solar farm project near Taupō about to see the light
Plans to build a 400MW solar energy station on farmland near Taupō will be listened to by an independent resource authorization commissioner later this month.
Sep 5, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, New Zealand, Oceania, PV Power Plant
New algorithm to limit the huge list of prospective batt materials
A group of American scientists have selected 133 thousand prospective molecules for batt electrolyte from the list of 166bn with the help of newly created machine learning algorithm. The new approach is said to minimize the cost of computational examination without compromising the investigation accuracy.
Dec 3, 2019 // Technology, Storage, USA, North America, Li-ion
Renewable gas from carbon dioxide with the aid of solar power
Scientists at Linköping University, Sweden, are trying to transform carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, to sustain using power from sunlight. Current results have actually shown that it is possible to utilize their method to uniquely create methane, carbon monoxide gas or formic acid from carbon dioxide and water. The study has been released in ACS Nano.
Jun 10, 2020 // Technology, Solar to Fuel, Sweden, Europe, Linköping University, Graphene, carbon dioxide, Jianwu Sun
DIY Solar LEAF Project Shows The Untapped Potential Of Solar EVs
After my recent article about solar electric vehicles (EVs), I came across something I didn’t expect to see so fast. Since the prices of both used EVs and solar panels have fallen so much, the price is now where DIY tinkerers are willing to break out their Dremel tools and make a go of it themselves.
Jul 24, 2019 // Technology, Storage, Sam Elliott, LEAF, AC Propulsion, Sono Motors
The weekend read: Unsteady progress of a potential MENA solar superpower
With a combination of scale, a growing population, outstanding irradiation, and available capital, solar PV should be a ‘no brainer’ for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. But early explorations of the technology have soured expectations, and progress has come in fits and starts.
Aug 17, 2019 // Solar, Saudi Arabia, solar pv, Asia, K.A.CARE, REPDO
Report finds tribal utility-scale solar is booming in the Southwest
Deals for utility-scale solar installations are accelerating on tribal lands in the Southwest U.S., according to a report published by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).
Oct 23, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, North America, IEEFA, LADWP
Green power: Just how to enhance the effectiveness of solar cells
Dr. Torsten Schwarz, senior scientist in the team "Nanoanalytics and also Interfaces" at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, evaluated just how surface area therapies of chalcogenide semiconductors influence their problem concentrations and also thus their efficiency and which modifications during the manufacturing of solar cells are needed to achieve a much better efficiency.
Jan 15, 2021 // Technology, solar cells, efficiency, Torsten Schwarz, University of Luxembourg
Capital Dynamics, Sol Systems Financing Renewable Energy Projects Throughout the US
Capital Dynamics, an independent worldwide exclusive possession monitoring company, today revealed that the joint endeavor entitled Sol Customer Solutions between its Clean Energy Infrastructure (CEI) business as well as Sol Systems, among one of the most seasoned solar financing and growth systems in the United States, has actually secured a Distributed Generation (DG) Tax Equity Commitment from Bank of America.
Oct 20, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Capital Dynamics, rooftop solar, sol systems, bank of america, Tim Short, Clean Energy Infrastructure, Nebraska Public Power
A method to track the outside efficiency of perovskite solar minimodules
Recently, scientists have been creating a vast array of innovations created to convert renewable resource resources, such as sunshine as well as wind, right into electric power. This includes solar or solar (PV) cells, gadgets that can transform light into electrical power as well as are normally incorporated to develop photovoltaic panels.
Jan 23, 2021 // Technology, Spain, solar cells, South america, Europe, perovskite, Colombia, efficiency, Universidad de Antioquia, Jaume I University, Iván Mora-Seró
CEP Renewables Establishes the Largest Landfill Solar Project in North America
Solar designer aids recover a scenic northwest New Jersey community transitioning a Superfund site to a clean power generation plant that delivers an earnings stream.
Aug 19, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, North America, Solar Project, CEP Renewables, Gary Cicero, Alyssa Sarubbi
Double-sided solar panels that follow the sun confirm most economical
Solar energy systems with double-sided (bifacial) photovoltaic panels - which accumulate sunshine from 2 sides as opposed to one - and also single-axis monitoring innovation that tilts the panels so they can comply with the sun are the most cost effective to day, researchers report June 3rd in the journal Joule. They identified that this combination of modern technologies generates practically 35% more energy, typically, than stable single-panel solar systems, while lowering the expense of electrical energy by approximately 16%.
Jun 4, 2020 // Technology, Solar Panels, Washington DC, Carlos Rodriguez-Gallegos
Perfecting Quantum Dots to Make The Most Of Solar Panel Effectiveness
Scientists in Australia have developed a formula to determine the exact size and also density of quantum dots essential to produce record efficiency in photovoltaic panels.
Jan 22, 2021 // Technology, Australia, solar panel, Oceania, efficiency