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Semi-transparent perovskite solar cell for window applications
Buildings, especially those with glass facades, are getting closer to self-powering, according to Australian researchers that lately established a 15.5%- efficient, semi-transparent solar cell that enables more than 20% of visible light to travel through.
Jul 1, 2022 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, Jacek Jasieniak, Monash University’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Why Solar Energy Stocks Are Dropping Like a Rock
stocks had a pretty rough week last week. First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR), SunPower (NASDAQ:SPWR), JinkoSolar (NYSE:JKS), and Enphase Energy (NASDAQ:ENPH) all fell
Oct 2, 2019 // Inverters, USA, SunPower, China, First Solar, Enphase Energy, Europe, JinkoSolar, Asia, solaredge technologies, North America
Espe shines in Italy with 59 MWp solar projects
Espe SpA shines bright with new solar park contracts in Italy, adding 59 MWp of power generation capacity and expanding their backlog to EUR 85 million.
Apr 12, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Europe, PV Power Plant, Espe SpA
NSW is about to overtake the Sunshine State on big scale solar production
Queensland, the Sunshine State, is about to shed its mantle as the largest state in Australia for the manufacturing lots of electrical energy from large scale solar.
Sep 6, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, solar farm
Origis Energy protects US$ 375m credit facility for solar, storage space pipeline
one with Maxeon Solar Technologies for 400MW of modules and also another with First Solar for 750MW.
Last year, funds taken care of by private equity firm Antin
May 4, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Deutsche Bank, North America, hsbc, rabobank, Origis Energy, Santander, developer, nomura
SOLV Energy breaks ground on unique solar peaker plant in California
Vikings Energy Farm is amongst the First Solar peaker plants in the United States. The facility's unique 1:1 configuration-- 137 MW of solar, paired with 150 MW/600
Feb 23, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, California, USA, North America, PV Power Plant, SOLV Energy
Xcel Energy suggests 250-MW enhancement to massive Upper Midwest solar project
Xcel Energy is proposing to include an extra 250-MW solar project near the existing Sherco plant site in Becker, Minnesota, which will soon be house to the Upper Midwest's largest solar advancement and also represents a crucial item of the business's clean energy future.
May 8, 2023 // Plants, Xcel Energy, PV Power Plant, Upper Midwest solar project
Brazil's Paraiba to come to be residence to 1.6-GW solar project as well as PV manufacturing facility
Brazilian power company Rio Alto Energias Renovaveis SA will carry out a 1,625-MW solar power facility in Paraiba state, governor Joao Azevedo announced on Friday.
Jun 14, 2021 // Plants, Commercial, South america, Brazil, paraiba, Joao Azevedo, Rio Alto Energias Renovaveis
Japanese giants have solar operations on the down-low
Solar kept a relatively low profile in the latest quarterly results published by Japanese conglomerates Panasonic and Kyocera.
With Osaka-based
Aug 2, 2019 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Solar, Japan, Malaysia, Panasonic, GS-Solar, Kyocera, Residential PV, Asia
Sunly and Metsa to Build Baltic's Largest Solar Park
Sunly and Metsa to build Baltics' largest solar park in Estonia, integrating solar panels, wind turbines, and batteries for a groundbreaking renewable energy project.
Mar 11, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PV Power Plant, Sunly, Metsa, Baltic
Toledo Solar gets DOE grant to research study lighter, steel-backed solar modules
As if being the only thin-film cadmium telluride solar panel maker in the household market had not been enough of a niche, Toledo Solar is currently seeking to establish something never done prior to: modules with glass-enameled steel backs.
Aug 13, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, PV module, North America, Ohio, CdTe, Toledo Solar
Solar to the fore as Athens Airport announces plan for net zero carbon ground operations by 2025
Greece’s largest international airport has set a goal to operate as a net zero carbon emitter by 2025, mainly via investing in on-site solar. Should the goal be met, the airport will be Europe’s first to rely on self-generated electricity and operate with net zero emissions.
Dec 10, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Policy, Greece, solar pv, Europe, AIA, Olivier Jankovec
Standard Solar installs New York's largest community solar + storage project
New york city's biggest community solar + storage project is nearing conclusion. Standard Solar created, mounted and funded the 6.9-MW community distributed generation project in Lenox. The Lenox Community Solar Project is made of 17,966 components connected to fixed-tilt and also single-axis tracker frameworks and also has a 20 MWh battery.
Aug 10, 2021 // Plants, Standard Solar, Daryl Pilon, Solar Project
New Jersey is home to the country’s largest floating solar array
Ciel & Terre USA, floating solar power systems providers, in conjunction with Solar Renewable Energy and RETTEW are pleased to announce the completion of its Hydrelio floating solar solution for a 4.4.-MW floating array on the town of Sayreville, New Jersey’s pre-treatment water storage pond. This represents the largest floating solar array installed in North America to date.
Oct 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, USA, New Jersey, floating PV, North America, Ciel & Terre USA, Solar Renewable Energy, RETTEW, Dan Frankel, Jason Wert, Chris Bartle
Indian Railways to establish 3 GW solar plants on vacant land
The projects-- to be established in three phases of 1 GW each-- are anticipated to be finished by year 2022-23. While the very first and the 3rd phases will be developed under public-private collaboration basis, the second phase will certainly be on the possession model of REMCL and eligible for funding subsidy under the CPSE plan.
Jun 5, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Asia, REMCL