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Coating could lead to commercial lithium-metal batteries
A new coating developed by scientists at Stanford promises to bring lithium metal batteries ‘closer to reality’, by significantly extending their operational lifetime and limiting the occurrence of dendrites at the anode, which can cause short circuiting and fires.
Sep 3, 2019 // Technology, California, USA, battery, North America, Stanford University, SLAC, Lithium metal, Zhiao Yu, Yi Cui
Solar-plus-storage for social housing
U.K. nonprofit organization Together Housing is launching a solar-plus-storage demonstration project in a social housing complex. The $2.4 million pilot is designed to identify alternative commercial models for residential storage, following the abrupt reduction of feed-in tariff rates.
Sep 20, 2019 // Commercial, Residential, Storage, UK, Europe, solar-plus-storage, ESIF, Patrick Berry
Purdue University Creates Safer Solid-State Lithium-Ion Batteries
The new batteries are created from new composite products.
The new battery shows exceptional thermal stability up to around 330 degrees Celsius.
Mar 13, 2023 // Storage, Lithium-ion batteries, Purdue University, spe, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, engineers, Purdue Research Foundation Office of Technology, solid polymer electrolyte, solid-state, thermal stability, Vilas Pol
BYD's $1.4 Billion Investment Sparks Sodium-Ion Battery Revolution
BYD's $1.4 billion investment in a new sodium-ion battery facility in China could revolutionize the EV industry, making Xuzhou a battery production hub and paving the way for wider adoption of this cutting-edge technology.
Jan 10, 2024 // Storage, China, Asia, BYD
Mytilineos Secures Financing for 588MWp Chilean Solar Portfolio
Greek energy company Mytilineos secures financing for 588MWp solar portfolio in Chile, with DNV's advisory role playing a crucial part in achieving this milestone. The projects are expected to generate 1.6TWh of green electricity annually and reduce over 1 million tonnes of CO2 emissions each year. Enel Chile commits to purchasing most of the power produced through 10-year power purchase agreements.
Feb 5, 2024 // Plants, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Chile, South america, Mytilineos
Neoen Secures Financing for South Australia Wind and Battery Project
Neoen secures financing for a 203 MW wind project and a 238.5 MW/477 MWh battery storage scheme in South Australia, providing renewable energy to mining group BHP.
Feb 6, 2024 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, South Australia, neoen
TOPCon solar modules have good showing in PVEL reliability scorecard
Independent solar testing lap PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) today published its "2023 PV Module Reliability Scorecard," which names 250 model types of PV modules from 35 producers as Top Performers in PVEL's testing, the most in the company's history.
May 23, 2023 // Manufacturing News, pvel, solar module
Lightsource bp Partners up for 300 MW Solar Project in Colorado
McCarthy Building Companies has been called by Lightsource bp as the EPC Contractor for the 300 MW Bighorn Solar project in Colorado
Aug 13, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Colorado, Lightsource BP, North America, Kevin Smith, International, solar projects
French start-up strategies 16 GWh battery manufacturing facility
Verkor plans to establish a battery fab, with manufacturing to begin in 2023. The scale might get to 50 GWh, relying on the dynamism of the fixed storage space as well as electrical lorry markets.
Aug 20, 2020 // Storage, France, Europe, Start-up, Verkor, Diego Pavia
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
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
LONGi Supplies 273 MW of its Solar Modules for Southeast Asia's Largest Solar Plant
LONGi, the globe leading solar innovation headquartered in Xi'an, China, mores than happy to introduce that it has efficiently supplied its Hi-MO 4 Series modules for Southeast Asia's biggest solar plant, Phase I of the Xuan Thien Ea Sup Project in Dak Lak, Vietnam. Appointed by Xuan Thien Group on November 15, 2020, the 600 MWac/ 831 MWp utility-scale solar plant is estimated to have a power outcome of 1.5 billion kWh annually.
Nov 26, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, China, Asia, longi solar, solar modules, solar plant, Dennis She, Dak Lak









