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Meta Taps Zelestra for 136 MW Texas Solar
Meta inks 136‑MW Texas solar PPA, powering data centers and ERCOT peaks, with battery-ready design—locking price certainty, cutting Scope 2, and boosting local jobs and grid resilience.
Feb 4, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, PPA, Texas, utility-scale, North America, meta
Philippines' nexus technique for water as well as solar energy supply
The country's National Irrigation Administration will certainly bank on floating PV and also solar-powered irrigation to boost water and power supply. The Pantabangan as well as Casecnan dams, in the province of Nueva Ecija in the Central Luzon region, have been recognized as perfect locations for floating solar.
Jul 27, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, floating PV, Asia, Philippines
A closer consider clouds to maximize power projections
A team of researchers in the United States has actually created a weather forecasting design made to much better anticipate the solar irradiation that an offered location will certainly obtain. The version utilizes satellite information to approximate the light transmission residential or commercial properties of clouds, a statistics commonly forgotten in conventional weather forecasting, yet however essential in modeling PV power return.
Apr 16, 2020 // Technology, USA, North America
Effective, 'eco-friendly' quantum-dot solar cells make use of flaws
Unique quantum dot solar cells created at Los Alamos National Laboratory match the performance of existing quantum-dot based tools, yet without lead or various other poisonous aspects that many solar cells of this kind count on.
May 19, 2020 // Technology, solar cells, Los Alamos, Victor Klimov
Renewable Gadget That Can Create Electrical Energy out of Thin Air
Researchers at UMass Amherst have actually established a tool that utilizes an all-natural healthy protein to produce electrical energy from dampness airborne
Feb 18, 2020 // Technology, USA, North America, Renewable Energy, International, Electricity Air, Innovation, UMass Amherst
Australian scientists press borders on tandem solar cells
Researchers at Australian National University have actually attained a 27.7% performance price for mechanically piled perovskite-silicon tandem cells.
Mar 11, 2020 // Technology, Australia, solar cell, perovskite, silicon, Oceania, efficiency, ANU
Scientist Pinpoint Way To Improve CIGS Solar Cells
CIGS thin-film solar cells have an optimum academic efficiency of about 33 percent, however the real-world efficiency has gotten to just around 23 percent. This shortfall is attributable to loss systems in the CIGS solar cell in the practical layers as well as at varied user interfaces. But where specifically and why these losses occur has been a point of opinion.
Oct 12, 2020 // Technology, Germany, solar cells, Europe, CIGS cells, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, CIGS thin-film, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg
Solar Cells with Ferroelectric Crystal Lattice Create 1,000 Times Much More Power
Crystal Lattice of 3 different layers elevated the PV result of solar cells a thousand times. Titanium oxides of 3 different metals were made use of in the research. The study is still taking place to know exactly what triggered the PV result.
Aug 5, 2021 // Technology, Germany, solar cells, Europe, efficiency, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, MLU
10.5 GW Solar, Wind and Storage Space Project in Morocco
British company Xlinks is developing a 10.5 GW solar-plus-wind project, incorporated with a battery storage center, in Morocco's Guelmim Oued Noun area. Of the created quantity, 3.6 GW renewable energy will be supplied to the UK via the globe's longest subsea cables.
Sep 30, 2021 // Plants, UK, Europe, Africa, Morocco, Renewable Energy, Battery Storage Facility, solar-plus-wind project, Xlinks
United States Researchers Pursue 5 cents/ kWh Energy Cost Goal with New CSP System
The Department of Energy has granted $2 million to NREL to develop a prototype CSP system that can harness energy potentials of molten salts. This is the very first time that the federal government is leveraging the energy storing power of molten salts; besides proceeding research on particles.
Feb 17, 2022 // Technology, NREL, Renewable Energy, Concentrated solar power, department of energy, csp, molten salts, salt particles
SEIA launches community solar siting advice for designers and also regulators as it advises better uptake across the US
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has actually released a new guide on community solar siting processes that gives a framework for designers and also state regulators to seek advice from as well as stresses the need for higher release throughout the United States.
Mar 2, 2022 // Plants, Policy, USA, SEIA, small-scale solar, North America, project design, project siting
REC Solar installs specialized project at observatory atop dormant volcano in Hawaii
REC Solar, a company device of Duke Energy, has actually completed the globe's biggest business planetary system at the highest possible elevation of 13,600 feet atop the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii.
Dec 11, 2020 // Plants, USA, Hawaii, North America, REC Solar, Mark Devenot, Dan Alcombright
CORE celebrates ₤ 31m community owned solar PV refinancing deal
A ₤ 31 million inflation linked debt refinancing has actually been safeguarded from institutional investment abrdn by Community Owned Renewable Energy Partners (CORE).
Mar 18, 2022 // Large-Scale, Residential, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, CORE, Peter Jenkins
Priority Power energizes 2-MW Kansas solar project
Priority Power announced the official opening of the Beloit Solar Farm in Beloit, Kansas. BSF is a 2-MW solar farm that will certainly give renewable electric power to the City of Beloit.
Jul 4, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Solar Project, Priority Power
National Grid Launches 128-MW Solar Park in South Dakota
National Grid Renewables launches South Dakota's largest solar park, Wild Springs, set to power 37,000 homes and bring $29.5 million in economic impact over 20 years.
Jun 26, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial