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Changzhou Almaden Invests $240M in UAE Solar Glass Factory
Changzhou Almaden invests $240.2M in UAE solar glass plant, boosting global reach amid market challenges.
May 2, 2025 // Manufacturing News, Asia, UAE, solar glass, changzhou almaden
Sembcorp Lands Second Hybrid Solar-Storage Contract in India’s Energy Push
Sembcorp Green Infra secures 150-MW solar and 300-MWh battery project from SJVN, its second hybrid award in India, boosting renewables portfolio to 6.3 GW.
May 29, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, hybrid, Asia, sembcorp
Fortescue’s 644-MW Pilbara Solar Hub Opens to Public Review Process
Western Australia opens public consultation on Fortescue’s 644-MW Turner River Solar Hub; feedback will guide state and possible federal environmental review.
May 30, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Western Australia, Fortescue, Turner River, Pilbara solar, EPA review
Machine learning determines surprise factors that influence solar farms throughout severe climate
Sandia National Laboratories researchers integrated huge collections of real-world solar information and advanced equipment discovering to research the impacts of severe weather condition on U.S. solar farms, and also figure out what factors impact energy generation. Their outcomes were released earlier this month in the clinical journal Applied Energy.
Aug 31, 2021 // Technology, USA, North America, Solar Farms, Sandia National Laboratory, Thushara Gunda, Nicole Jackson
Roof solar cells can be a boon for water conservation too
Electricity-generating roof solar cells not just minimize planet-warming carbon emissions, they likewise save a substantial amount of water, say a pair of Duke University researchers that have done the math.
Sep 22, 2022 // Technology, USA, North America, Duke University, Roof solar cells, Avner Vengosh, Erika Weinthal
International research collaboration generates all-perovskite tandem solar cell with high efficiency, record voltage
A collaboration between University of Toronto Engineering, Northwestern University and also the University of Toledo has led to an all-perovskite tandem solar cell with exceptionally high effectiveness as well as record-setting voltage.
Nov 16, 2022 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, Ted Sargent, University of Toronto
Screen-printed heterojunction solar cell with 20.48% performance
Researchers from the United States have utilized new passivated get in touch with styles to show a screen-printed silicon heterojunction solar cell on 40 micron thick standalone wafers.
Aug 25, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, solar cell, heterojunction, silicon, wafers, North America, Arizona State University
New dopants might enhance PV glass efficiency
According to a British-Swedish research team, the down‐shifting process for solar glass manufacturing can be enhanced via making use of 2 dopant cations that produce no absorption bands. The doping with these substances is claimed to minimize the UV transmission while likewise maintaining the glass free from absorption in the visible as well as near-infrared ranges.
Aug 31, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Sweden, Europe, PV glass
Modular systems to generate perovskite-silicon cells on six-inch wafers
Researchers in Germany are scaling up initiatives to bring perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell innovation into commercial scale manufacturing. The scientists state production cells of that kind is feasible on widely-available six-inch silicon wafers as well as modular systems are being created to do so at scale.
Sep 8, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, solar cell, Bernd Stannowski
Nanostructures for ultrathin flexible wafer
Researchers in South Korea integrated 2 processes to engrave a nanostructure of little pyramids onto the surface of a silicon wafer. Along with trapping much more light and also enhancing the cell effectiveness, the team declares that its nanostructure improves the mechanical flexibility of the cells. This can potentially enable making use of much thinner silicon wafers than is currently feasible in manufacturing.
Sep 16, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, South Korea, Asia, KIST, flexible wafer
Solaria brings its license claims against Canadian Solar to ITC, adding a 3rd license
Californian solar module supplier Solaria Corporation has asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to release an exemption order to prevent the sale in the United States of Canadian Solar shingled solar modules it declares infringe its patents.
Sep 18, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, California, USA, Canada, Canadian Solar, China, Asia, solaria, North America, United States
Engineers locate anti-oxidants improve nanoscale visualization of polymers
Reactive particles, such as totally free radicals, can be generated in the body after direct exposure to certain atmospheres or materials and also go on to trigger cell damages. Anti-oxidants can lessen this damage by connecting with the radicals prior to they affect cells.
Jan 8, 2021 // Technology, USA, solar cell, North America, Enrique Gomez
Australia’s AEMC calls for energy pricing and transmission overhaul
The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has released a new paper outlining a blueprint to coordinate generation and transmission investments. The draft proposal seeks to overhaul wholesale pricing and transmission access to lower electricity costs and the ever-increasing risks inherent in getting new renewable energy generation capacity into the network.
Oct 16, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, aemc, Chairman John Pierce
The ‘butterfly effect’ of Chinese PV listings
A recent study shows that PV costs have declined faster than any other energy technology over the past two decades. The researcher behind the study said this would not have been possible without the “butterfly effect,” which is based on the idea that a small change in one part of a complex system can have a large impact elsewhere. The researcher also attributed the the rapidly declining cost of PV to Chinese manufacturing and strong US investor support.
Nov 29, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, Canadian Solar, China, JA Solar, JinkoSolar, Asia, Trina Solar, North America, Hanwha Q Cells, Martin Andrew Green
Tungsten disulfide helps organic solar cell reach 17% efficiency
Researchers from Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology claim to have developed a highly performant organic PV cell using tungsten disulfide flakes a few atoms thick. The stability of the device, however, is still to be evaluated.
Dec 19, 2019 // Technology, Saudi Arabia, Asia, solar cell, KAUST, WS2










