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Total to Develop 25 MW of Solar Rooftop Projects in Thailand
Total amount has actually authorized a binding agreement to give 25 MW of solar roofs for 24 centers of among the biggest food business in Thailand, Betagro.
Mar 10, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, Thailand, Asia, Total, rooftop solar, Julien Pouget, International
A dual-angle technique to developing solar plants at greater latitudes
A research study group in the United States has actually recommended a 'dual-angle solar collecting' approach it is asserted can assist PV designers enhance power return as well as land usage. It is declared the technique would certainly be especially appropriate for projects in cloudier environments as well as at greater latitudes.
Mar 24, 2020 // Technology, USA, PV panels, North America
Tandem solar cell globe record: New branch in the NREL graph
Tandem cells combine 2 various semiconductors that convert various parts of the light spectrum into electric power. Metal-halide perovskite substances primarily make use of the noticeable parts of the spectrum, while CIGS semiconductors convert rather the infrared light.
Sep 1, 2020 // Technology, NREL, Germany, solar cells, Europe, Steve Albrecht, Marko Jost, CIGS cells, Christian Kaufmann
Australian-made cutter rail for solar modules
Solar market individuals have actually created a brand-new Australian-manufactured rail for PV modules that has actually been crafted to ensure security and also durability, while accommodating the needs of installers that work with residential and business roof projects.
Sep 23, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, Clenergy, Solar Cutters
Solar panel installer banned in Victoria following dodgy installations
Hundreds of Victorians have been warned solar panels installed on their homes as part of a $1.3 billion rebate scheme are the work of a dodgy company using unlicensed electricians.
Oct 9, 2019 // Solar, Victoria, Community Energy Group Pty Ltd, Space Solar, Labor, Lily D'Ambrosio, Michael O'Brien
Construction underway for Panama’s self-styled largest solar plant
The utility-scale solar momentum slowly coursing through Latin America looks set to extend to one of the region’s smallest countries, with a large project now progressing through construction.
Oct 15, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Enel, Europe, North America, esslatam, solarcentury, panama, inelsa, hedomin, Manuel Domínguez
A new battery mix to prevent dendrites
Scientists at the United States Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have discovered a root cause of dendrite formation, which can cause battery failure and even fires in lithium-ion technology. With this new knowledge, the group is now working on electrolyte recipes that eliminate dendrite growth entirely.
Oct 16, 2019 // Technology, USA, North America, PNNL, Chongmin Wang
Exhibitors in Dhaka upbeat about solar future
Getting on for 300 international exhibitors are attending the Solar Bangladesh Expo in Dhaka which opened today and runs until Saturday. pv magazine’s Syful Islam is walking the floors and hearing optimistic messages.
Oct 17, 2019 // Solar, rooftop PV, exelon, Dhaka, Solar Bangladesh Expo, Nahid Hasan, Kazi Atiqur Rahman, Ahsan Ullah Chowdhury, Denryo
Solar park in western Anglesey 'would ruin the area for tourism'
A big solar park planned for western Anglesey would ruin the area for tourism and occupy good farming land, a campaign group has claimed.
Oct 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Anglesey, Parc Solar Traffwll, Vaughan Evans
EDF secures a slice of UK supermarket Tesco’s corporate solar plan
The French energy giant will provide supermarket Tesco with electricity from 17 rooftop PV installations and two wind farms for a renewables portfolio generation capacity of 59 MW. The groceries retailer has announced plans to install 187 solar rooftops.
Oct 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, UK, EDF, Europe, rooftop PV, Cleantech Solar, Tesco, Jason Tarry
Lighting the path to recycling carbon dioxide
Semiconductive photocatalysts that effectively soak up solar energy might help reduce the energy called for to drive a bioelectrochemical procedure that transforms CO2 emissions into valuable chemicals, KAUST scientists have revealed.
Oct 7, 2020 // Technology, recycling, KAUST, Bin Bian
The ideal angle for e-skin energy storage
Products researchers Sungwon Lee and also Koteeswara Reddy Nandanapalli at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) developed the manufacture process with colleagues in Korea. A trick for success is splashing a specific quantity of graphene ink onto flexible substratums at a certain angle and temperature.
Oct 15, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Asia, Korea, DGIST, Graphene, Sungwon Lee, Koteeswara Reddy Nandanapalli
These Transparent Solar Cells Can Produce Power Under Low-Light Issues
These clear solar cells can be utilized for glass structures, electrical cars, sensors, and mobile phones
Nov 11, 2020 // Technology, solar cells, Asia, Korea, Incheon National University
An Italian buys PV Proponent Renovalia from a Spanish Merchant
Spain’s renewable credentials have attracted the eye of an Italian infrastructure investor. Already, the Italian has acquired a PV Developer and the merchant projects it was working on.
Dec 18, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Italy, pv power plants, solar pv, Renovalia, Europe, m&a, f2i
Fabric-based solar cells on the horizon
New textile-based solar cells developed by Fraunhofer researchers, semitrailers could soon be producing the electricity needed to power cooling systems or other onboard equipment. In short, textile-based solar cells could soon be adding a whole new dimension to photovoltaics, complementing the use of conventional silicon-based solar cells.
Aug 5, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Solar, Germany, Fraunhofer, textile-based solar cells, Europe