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IEA upgrades renewables anticipate as solar PV continues to damage new records
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has stated it expects yearly solar PV additions worldwide to surpass 160GW by 2022, affirming the technology's placement as the "brand-new king" of worldwide electricity markets.
May 12, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Markets & Finance News, Policy, China, Asia, IEA, Fatih Birol, International Energy Agency, solar installations, install forecast
New understanding of electrolyte ingredients will certainly enhance dye-sensitised solar cells
Dye-sensitised solar cells utilized in low-light conditions might carry out more continually thanks to enhanced understanding of the function additives play in optimising electrolytes.
Sep 4, 2020 // Technology, Australia, solar cells, Oceania, electrolyte, Sebastian Furer, Rebecca Milhuisen
Seraphim breaks ground on brand-new phases of 10GW module manufacturing plant
Solar module producer Seraphim has started building and construction on brand-new phases of its 10GW module production facility in Jinzhai, China.
Sep 16, 2021 // Manufacturing News, China, Asia, PV module, seraphim, Polaris Li
Vikram Solar opens brand-new 1.3 GW solar module facility in Tamil Nadu
Vikram Solar has actually finished a new 1.3 GW solar module production center in Tamil Nadu, India, taking its total manufacturing output to 2.5 GW.
Jul 21, 2021 // Manufacturing News, India, Tamil Nadu, Asia, Vikram Solar
New Mexico energy plans nearly 1GW of solar-plus-storage to change coal plant
New Mexico's biggest energy plans to create 950MW of solar and storage by 2022 as it departures the state's San Juan coal plant as well as eyes 100% emissions-free electrical power by 2040.
Oct 13, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, solar-plus-storage, North America, New Mexico, IEEFA, pnm, carbon capture and storage, Karl Cates
Greece sets date for 500MW new renewable energy auction
Solar developers will have a chance this spring to compete at a new renewable auction in Greece, the latest in a country aiming to take installed PV capacity near the 8GW mark by 2030.
Jan 31, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Greece, tender, auctions, Europe, southern europe
A new generation of nano-architected, 3D solar cells
A group of scientists at Netherlands based research institute AMOLF have discovered a method for electrochemical printing at the nanoscale. With further optimizations, the group theorizes, the technique could allow for the development of new, three dimensional solar cells.
Oct 9, 2019 // Technology, Europe, Netherlands, AMOLF, Mark Aarts
Panasonic Shows New Innovation Solution to Optimise Renewable Energy
In the unique experiment, Panasonic located that battery storages, pure hydrogen fuel cell generators as well as solar PV generators can be made to work together for a stable supply of power and also appropriate control in a building or facility. Panasonic held that the solution is unaffected by climate adjustment.
Oct 31, 2022 // Technology, Panasonic, EverVolt Solar Modules, Ene-Farm, Green Impact, H2 KIBOU FIELD, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Kusatsu factory of Panasonic, Shiga Prefecture
Generac increases 2021 outlook after 'outstanding' Q2 performance
Power product provider Generac upgraded its projection for 2021 after reporting an "phenomenal" collection of Q2 2021 results, increased by solid sales growth in its residential and also industrial and also industrial (C&I) markets.
Jul 29, 2021 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Inverters, USA, North America, microinverter, generac, York Ragen
First Solar's new 3.5-GW solar panel manufacturing facility will establish in northern Alabama
First Solar has actually chosen northern Alabama as the area for its 4th U.S. solar module manufacturing facility. The new thin-film manufacturing facility is part of the previously announced financial investment that will certainly grow First Solar's American manufacturing footprint to over 10 GW by 2025.
Nov 17, 2022 // Manufacturing News, USA, First Solar, North America
New metallization process cuts silver demand for modules by 30%
Fraunhofer ISE has worked with German technology companies to improve the metallization process in silicon solar cells. The result could drive down module costs quite a bit.
Sep 8, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, solar cell, Fraunhofer ISE, PERC, metallisation, wickon hightech, koenen, murakami, Florian Clement
New Purification System Uses Power from Solar Panels to Sanitize Water
At Texas A&M University, researchers have actually established an eco-friendly, affordable service that can aid meet the water as well as electrical power needs of underserved neighborhoods.
Nov 6, 2020 // Technology, USA, Solar Panels, North America, Decontaminate Water, Texas A&M University, Le Xie, Shankar Chellam
US govt extends USD 128m in financing to help meet new solar cost target
The United States Division of Energy (DOE) introduced on Thursday it will certainly provide virtually USD 128 million (EUR 108.2 m) in moneying to reduce prices, reinforce efficiency and also step up the deployment of solar power technologies.
Mar 26, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America
Anesco names ex-Centrica supervisor Mark Futyan as brand-new CEO
Anesco has actually called ex-Centrica supervisor Mark Futyan as its brand-new ceo, changing the outward bound Kevin Mouatt.
Feb 27, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, UK, Europe, Anesco, Mark Futyan, Kevin Mouatt
Biden devotes to halving United States discharges in week of new climate promises
Head Of State Joe Biden has actually said this is the "definitive decade" for combating climate modification, as he unveiled a new goal to a minimum of half United States exhausts by 2030.
Apr 23, 2021 // Policy, UK, Europe, European Union, Joe Biden, energy transition, ACORE, paris agreement, carbon emissions, decarbonsiation