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New solar component-sourcing company aims to assist smaller installers
A group of seasoned wind and solar industry executives launched a new solar component-sourcing service, Strategic Solar Sourcing.
Aug 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Solar, Strategic Solar Sourcing, John Billingsley, Joseph Kiwak, Tri Global Energy, Sunfinity Renewable Energy
Trina Solar introduces brand-new packaging solution focused on cutting shipping costs
Trina Solar has exposed a brand-new freight packing service for its bigger modules that it stated will decrease the costs associated with delivery that have actually soared because the start of the pandemic.
Nov 18, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Asia, Trina Solar, Zhang Yingbin, module prices, shipping
SMA releases new app to simplify inverter service
SMA America has released a new mobile application, empowering PV installers with up-to-date system information, quick error analysis and repair assistance.
Oct 30, 2019 // Inverters, Software, USA, SMA, North America, Charles Morrill
Scientists report brand-new synapse-like phototransistor
Scientists at the UNITED STATE Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) established an advancement in energy-efficient phototransistors. Such gadgets might eventually help computer systems procedure visual info extra like the human mind and also be utilized as sensors crazes like self-driving cars.
May 5, 2021 // Technology, USA, NREL, North America, Joseph Luther, metal-halide perovskites, Jeffrey Blackburn
Tender for 1.5 GW New Solar Projects Soon in Germany
Players can submit their proposals for the growth of their projects by January 15 following year.
According to the news, the size of the proposed projects need to not be more than 100 MW.
Sep 19, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, tender, Europe, Federal Network Agency, BSW-Solar, solar projects, Bundesnetzagentur, crisis tender, German Solar Association
Out with old inverters, in with the brand-new
International need for substitute inverters will likely expand by virtually 40% to get to 8.7 GW in 2020, as a huge and also broadening mounted base old solar PV setups drives implementation, creates Miguel De Jesus of IHS Markit.
Feb 13, 2020 // Inverters, Opinions, USA, IHS Markit, Europe, Asia, pv inverters, North America, Miguel De Jesus
New approach to power administration in microgrids
Researchers from Australia's Monash University have established a power exchange framework to handle dispersed energy sources as well as assist customers lower their power prices.
Jun 15, 2020 // Technology, Australia, Oceania, Reza Razzaghi
Monolithic perovskite-silicon solar cell with 20% effectiveness via new lamination method
The solar cell accomplished an open-circuit voltage of 1.75 V, a short-circuit present density of 15.5 mA cm − 2, and a fill element of 73.6%. It was likewise able to retain 93% of its first performance after 100 hrs at a temperature of 80 C.
Jul 26, 2022 // Technology, Germany, Europe, solar cell, KIT, perovskite-silicon
Innovative ‘light harvesting material’ will be produced at a new Swedish factory
Sweden-based solar maker Exeger is building a new factory to manufacture an advanced dye-sensitized material, which is supposed to allow solar-powered portable e-gadgets to operate infinitely with no need for battery recharge.
Nov 21, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, ABB, Sweden, Europe, Exeger
SEIA concerns new protocol to promote ethical solar supply chains
The US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has introduced a new tool to make it simpler for solar designers to map where their modules and modern technologies are made and make sure an ethical supply chain.
Apr 29, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, SEIA, SunPower, North America, labour, solar supply chain, Suzanne Leta, xingjiang
Enpal Elevates EUR345 M for New Solar Projects in Germany
To speed up the advancement of solar energy in Germany, solar remedies service provider Enpal has secured debt dedications of EUR275 million from globally leading financiers BlackRock, Pricoa Private Capital (the exclusive capital business of PGIM), and also UniCredit in its current round of fundraising. Additionally, additional institutional dedications of EUR70 million were signed in the kind of a subordinated mezzanine financing.
Sep 27, 2021 // Plants, BlackRock, Germany, Europe, PV Power Plant, Enpal, Greenberg Traurig, Gregor Burkart, Pricoa Private Capital
SPI 2021 cancelled as organisers motivate contributions to assist New Orleans
Solar trade convention Solar energy International (SPI) has actually been cancelled because of the destruction caused by Hurricane Ida on New Orleans, where the event was scheduled to take place later on this month.
Sep 6, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, exhibition, events, Louisiana, spi, trade show
Massachusetts takes SMART program to 3.6 GW, includes power storage space regulation
The United States state of Massachusetts has actually released an emergency situation law to its Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) program, that consists of increasing the PV capability it looks for to aid release along with mandating the enhancement of power storage space on projects over 500kW.
Apr 16, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Massachusetts, SMART, policy and regulation, solar-plus-storage, North America, co-location, covid-19, government incentives, support schemes, renewable portfolio standards
Iberdrola Appoints Pedro Azagra as New Group CEO
Iberdrola appoints Pedro Azagra as CEO, signaling a new era in global energy leadership.
Jun 25, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Iberdrola, ceo, Pedro Azagra
Renewables set new records in Germany, but ‘second pillar’ solar needs to accelerate even further
Renewables contributed some 43% of electricity consumption in Germany in the first nine months of 2019 – a new record – however doubts remain over the country’s chances of meeting future targets.
Nov 1, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, solar pv, Europe, decarbonisation, renewables, Stefan Kapferer, Frithjof Staiß










