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Grid-scale, residential energy storage installments established new quarterly records
The utility-scale energy storage space market set up 4,733 MWh in Q3 2022, going beyond the previous quarterly high of 4,590 MWh set in Q1 2021. This info is in the most up to date "united state Energy Storage Display" record from ACP and Wood Mackenzie. Grid-scale storage releases in Q3 primarily came from California and Texas, which accounted for 96% of overall mounted capacity.
Dec 16, 2022 // Residential, Grids, Market Research, USA, Jason Burwen, Wood Mackenzie, North America, Vanessa Witte
Brazil's Claro grows DG portfolio with 25 MWp of new solar plants
Brazilian telecommunications Claro SA has included 25 MWp of solar power to its distributed generation (DG) renewables portfolio with the commissioning of 4 solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) plants.
Jun 3, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, South america, Brazil, PV Power Plant, Claro
Modi teases brand-new support as India doubles down on domestic solar production initiatives
India will offer extra support for residential solar equipment producers to aid satisfy the nation's rising renewable resource generation ability, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said.
Nov 27, 2020 // Manufacturing News, India, pv modules, Asia, solar cell, narendra modi
BayWa r.e. targets quicker deliveries to Poland with brand-new workplaces and also warehouse
Renewables developer and representative BayWa r.e. will open new offices and a warehouse in Poland to improve its services for PV installers in the country.
Mar 22, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Poland, Europe, eastern europe, baywa r.e., BayWa, distribution, Lukasz Zaziabl, Frank Jessel
SunPower to buy platform upgrades as domestic solar customer backlog gets to new record
US household solar installer SunPower's backlog soared to a record 13,800 customers entering Q2 2022 with the installer validating a series of financial investments it is making to meet surging demand.
May 9, 2022 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, USA, SunPower, financial results, North America, Battery Energy Storage, Peter Faricy, sunvault
New Lithium Batteries by WECO
WECO is a middle east based tech company that has recently unveiled a lithium battery solution that offers dual voltage without any hardware change. It can operate as low voltage when placed in parallel and serves as high voltage when placed in series.
Feb 26, 2021 // Storage, Weco, lithium batteries
Delta launches new string inverter
The Taiwanese manufacturer said the 77 kVA, three-phase device is ideal for solar parks and commercial rooftops. The inverter, which has six maximum power point trackers, is said to have an efficiency of 98.8%.
Oct 25, 2019 // Inverters, Taiwan, Delta
Generac releases new microinverter line
Generac Power Systems has boosted its visibility in the microinverter section with the launch of a brand-new line of product that it claims allows property owners to benefit from the complete potential output of solar arrays.
Sep 22, 2021 // Inverters, microinverters, product launch, microinverter, generac, generac power systems
Maxeon assigns new board chairman
Solar module distributor Maxeon Solar Technologies has actually selected Donald Colvin as its brand-new chairman of the board of directors, doing well Kevin Kennedy.
Apr 14, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Maxeon, Maxeon Solar Technologies, solar manufacturer, appointments, board of directors
New-build solar less costly still, but short-term spot could be really felt in H2 2021-- BloombergNEF
The expense of structure and also operating brand-new utility-scale PV is now less expensive than running existing coal plants in China, India as well as throughout much of Europe. Yet, rising asset rates can see PV projects come to be momentarily much more expensive in the 2nd fifty percent of 2021, according to BloombergNEF analysis.
Jun 25, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, BNEF, India, China, LCOE, Asia, BloombergNEF
Transparent Solar Cells That Could Unlock brand-new era of Personalised Energy
A group of scientists has actually successfully developed clear solar cells which they believe can take us in the direction of a brand-new period of customised power.
Nov 3, 2020 // Technology, solar cells, Asia, Korea, International, Innovation, Incheon National University, Joondong Kim
Researchers present new method for fabricating thin films of perovskite oxide semiconductors
Researchers from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities-led, University of Wisconsin-- Madison and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have actually developed a new method for making thin films of perovskite oxide semiconductors, a class of "smart" materials with distinct properties that can transform in response to stimuli like light, magnetic fields, or electrical fields.
Jan 4, 2023 // Technology, perovskite, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University of Minnesota Twin Cities-led, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Bharat Jalan
Disorder-engineered inorganic nanocrystals set a new efficiency record for ultrathin solar cells
Presented over roof covering tops and also in solar ranches, silicon-based solar cells are, up until now, among the most efficient systems in generating electrical power from sunlight, however their fabrication can be pricey and power demanding, in addition to being heavy and also large.
Feb 15, 2022 // Technology, solar cells, efficiency, ICFO, Gerasimos Konstantatos, Yongjie Wang, Ignasi Burgues-Ceballos
IEA: Solar the 'brand-new king' of power, will certainly exceed for decades to find
Solar is the "brand-new king" of electrical power, the International Energy Agency has claimed, with the asset course set to release more brand-new capability after that any other innovation each year for the coming decades.
Oct 13, 2020 // Market Research, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, IEA, Fatih Birol, decarbonisation, covid-19, grids
New layout strategies to improve the stability and efficiency of bifacial perovskite solar cells
Solar cells based upon perovskites, calcium titanium oxide minerals or compounds with similar structures, are amongst one of the most appealing emerging energy options. Over the past couple of years, engineers and material researchers have been exploring the capacity of solar mini-modules (i.e., little cells that can be utilized to develop larger-scale solar panels) made from perovskite bifacial structures.
May 16, 2023 // Technology, Manufacturing News, solar cell, perovskite, efficiency, University of North Carolina