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South Australia Is a Time Machine Into the Solar-Powered Future
The glut of home-generated electrical power there holds lessons for the future of distributed energy generation.
Feb 4, 2021 // Market Research, Australia, South Australia, Oceania
Citicore turns sod on 680-MW solar project in the Philippines
Philippine renewable resource company Citicore Renewable Energy Corporation (CREC) has begun the construction of a 680-MW solar park project in Luzon, the Philippines' largest as well as most populous island.
Mar 23, 2023 // Plants, Asia, Philippines, Solar Project, Citicore
Double-Sided Solar Panels Follow the Sun for Cost-Effective Energy
Researchers combined bifacial photovoltaic panels as well as single-axis tracking to improve energy generation by 35 percent.
Aug 31, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Asia, Singapore, bifacial solar panels, Carlos Rodríguez-Gallegos
Octopus Energy, Nest And GLIL Spend ₤ 200 Million In Hornsea One
Octopus Energy Generation's fund monitoring group has spent ₤ 200 million in Hornsea One. For a sum of ₤ 400 million, they have actually bought a 12.5% share from Global Infrastructure Partners with a joint venture with GLIL Infrastructure, which is additionally adding ₤ 200 million. A ₤ 3.6 billion fund called GLIL makes infrastructure investments in support of pension funds.
Aug 9, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, clean energy, finance, Octopus Energy, Renewable Energy, International, solar projects, green energy, Hornsea One, Octopus Energy Investments
Enpal increases EUR345m to fund the rollout of 15,000 solar projects
German solar installer Enpal has actually raised EUR345 million (US$ 405 million) in the red financing to money the deployment of more than 15,000 household solar PV systems.
Sep 21, 2021 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, Germany, Europe, rooftop PV, Enpal, fundraising
Jolywood manufactures solar modules for the biggest n-type power station
Jolywood Suzhou has been selected as the only supplier of bifacial silicon solar panels to the Oman-based biggest bifacial photovoltaic array in the world.
Jan 13, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, bifacial, solar modules, Jolywood, International
Tandem solar cell globe document: New branch in the NREL graph
Tandem cells integrate 2 various semiconductors that transform various parts of the light range right into electric power. Metal-halide perovskite substances mostly make use of the noticeable parts of the range, while CIGS semiconductors transform instead the infrared light.
Apr 15, 2020 // Technology, NREL, Germany, Europe, solar cell, efficiency, CIGS, Steve Albrecht, Marko Jost
Predicting the device performance of perovskite solar cells with machine learning
Steel halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have been rapidly established in the past years. To obtain high-performance PSCs, it is essential to optimize the construction procedures as well as the structure of the perovskite films. Substantial work has actually been carried out to identify the impacts of the fabrication procedures and also composition of the perovskite films on the device performance.
Nov 18, 2022 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zheng Xu, Dandan Song
Anticipating the I-V qualities of PV systems under partial shading
Scientists in Tunisia have actually recommended a technique of establishing the particular I-V account of a partly shaded PV module, and also to theorize it right into a string account.
Mar 23, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Commercial, PV module, Tunisia, Africa
Japanese scientists study photosynthesis and Chl f for future solar application
A group of scientists from several Japanese research universities have found new information on where exactly the molecule of chlorophyl f is located and how it works. The research was conducted to better understand the photosynthesis process in order to be able to apply this knowledge practically, including solar industry.
Jan 23, 2020 // Technology, Japan, Asia, chlorophyl f
Tesla is building the first huge Europe-based fab in Germany
Elon Musk has announced a factory next to Berlin, which is forecasted to provide about 10,000 new vacancies. Tesla is intended to build the plant in the proximity of new Berlin airport.
Nov 14, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Storage, TESLA, Elon Musk, China, Asia, Berlin, Axel Springer
350MW solar-plus-storage center wins government approval in the UK
The UK government has green lit what stands to be the nation's biggest solar ranch, a 350MW project by the south east shore.
May 29, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, solar-plus-storage, hive energy, Giles Redpath, wirsol, Cleve Hill, colocation
The Titanic Gift to China's Solar Makers of trump
The White House put an loophole in its own tariffs, and the effort to undo it has been held up in court.
Jan 22, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Tariffs, Solar, China, Trump, Asia, Hanwha Q-Cells
Victoria supplies extra rebates for rooftop solar and residence battery installments
The Australian state of Victoria has increased down on its rooftop solar as well as house battery aid programme as part of a drive to assist households cover the price of their power expenses while making residential or commercial properties more energy effective.
Nov 17, 2020 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Rooftop PV, Victoria, Battery Storage, Australia, Lily D’Ambrosio, rooftop PV, Oceania, covid-19
Decom Solar decommissions and recycles 360-kW solar array for Target
Decom Solar has successfully finished the decommissioning of a 360-kW rooftop solar array in Los Angeles, California, for Target Corporation and PowerFlex. The previous system included legacy Shell Powerlight modules, Xantrax inverters and also an incorporated PowerGuard flat racking option. The whole project, including the removal of all system equipment, was completed within 3 weeks.
May 31, 2023 // Rooftop PV, USA, North America, Target, solar array, Decom Solar