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Solar growth continues to erode coal market share in Australia as prices soar
Solar PV and various other renewables represent more than a third of electricity generation in Australia's National Energy Market (NEM) in Q1 2022, coal's share slipping by five percentage points year-on-year.
May 17, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Australia, AEMO, NEM, Oceania, national energy market, distributed generation, grid transmission
Perovskite solar company Tandem PV raises US$ 6m to develop Californian production facility
US perovskite company Tandem PV has closed on the first half of a US$ 12 million Series A raise after raising US$ 6 million for constructing a pilot production center in its headquarters of San Jose, California.
Apr 25, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, perovskite, funding, Tandem cells, series a, tandem solar cell
LONGi Bags Top Performer & Achiever Awards at PVEL as well as RETC
China-based leading producer of solar cells and modules LONGi Solar has bagged awards and recognition for PV module reliability and performance from 2 different testing labs-- PVEL and also RETC.
Jun 8, 2021 // Manufacturing News, China, Asia, longi solar, solar modules, top performer, RETC, PVEL 2021, High Achiever, Testing and Certification, Archie Flores
Making use of flexible organic solar cells in the stratosphere
Near-space aircraft and pseudo high-altitude satellites in the stratosphere have a wide application in environmental monitoring, catastrophe relief as well as reduction, agricultural and also forestry surveillance, resource expedition, as well as interaction. Solar power is the most effective power resource for near-space aircraft as well as pseudo high-altitude satellites.
Apr 10, 2023 // Technology, China, Asia, solar cell, flexible, Chinese Academy of Sciences, organic, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics and Aerospace Information Research Institute
Revolutionary CFS Technique for Rapid Perovskite Solar Cells
Revolutionizing solar cell fabrication with continuous flash sublimation - achieving high efficiency in just minutes. A game-changer in renewable energy technology.
Apr 19, 2024 // Technology, Manufacturing News, NREL, solar cell, perovskite, University of Washington, Rochester Institute of Technology, BlueDot Photonics, Colorado School of Mines
Trina Solar Breaks Record with 740.6W Module
Trina Solar breaks records again with its 210mm i-TOPCon module, reaching 740.6W of power output. Leading the industry in efficiency and innovation.
Apr 30, 2024 // Manufacturing News, PV module, Trina Solar
Perovs Sets 20.87% Record for Large Perovskites
Perovs hits TÜV-certified 20.87% efficiency on mass-produced large-area perovskite modules, 150.26 W, as it scales from a 100 MW pilot to a 1 GW plant and GW-level base.
Jan 14, 2026 // Technology, efficiency, Perovskite Solar, Perovs
IASOL Hits COD on 33-MW Spanish Solar
IASOL powers up a 33‑MW Spanish solar farm, hitting COD on time and grid‑code marks—now shifting to high‑availability O&M and storage‑ready returns in Europe’s toughest market.
Feb 24, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, EPC, Spain, Europe, solar farm, Iasol, commissioning
Hanergy sets up a new solar cell efficiency record
Chengdu R&D Center of Hanergy has established a new conversion efficiency record for silicon heterojunction cells.
Nov 20, 2019 // Technology, Asia, Hanergy, SHJ, silicon cell
Researchers recognize 13.8% certified effectiveness of kesterite solar cells
A research study team led by Prof. Meng Qingbo from the Institute of Physics (IOP) of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) as well as Prof. Xin Hao from Nanjing University of Posts as well as Telecommunications has actually reported 13.8% accredited effectiveness of emerging kesterite solar cells. The research study was released in Nature Power on April 13.
Apr 18, 2023 // Technology, solar cells, efficiency, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Meng Qingbo
Green H2 Demo Plant: Duke's Florida Project
Duke Energy's innovative pilot project in DeBary, Florida, will feature green hydrogen production, storage and combustion technology. In collaboration with GE Vernova and Sargent and Lundy, the project will create the first combustion turbine running on up to 100% hydrogen. Construction starts this year and is expected to be operational by 2024.
Oct 30, 2023 // Plants, Storage, USA, Duke Energy, North America
Swansea Pioneers Roll-to-Roll Printable Solar Cells
Swansea University pioneers cost-effective, scalable carbon ink for perovskite solar cells, enabling high-speed, low-temperature production with improved efficiency and stability, paving the way for cleaner energy solutions.
Apr 4, 2025 // Technology, Manufacturing News, solar cell, perovskite, Swansea University
GoodWe Wins All Quality Matters Award for 5th Consecutive Year
GoodWe has once again got the "All Quality Matters" honor in recognition for the superior quality of its EH storage inverter as well as its MT C&I inverter.
Jul 8, 2020 // Inverters, C&I, inverter, GoodWe, tuv rheinland, All Quality Matters, GoodWe All Quality Matters
China's CATL Reveals the First-generation Sodium-ion Battery
CATL has actually exposed its first-gen Sodium-ion battery.
This battery would certainly be cost-efficient and also have a high rate of charging with a power density of 160Wh/kg.
The supply chain for these batteries is expected to develop in 2023.
Jul 30, 2021 // Storage, China, Asia, CATL, sodium-ion battery, Zeng Yuqun
US solar to represent bulk of new generation capacity
FERC forecasts utility scale PV additions to virtually reach 73,000 MW between December 2022 and November 2025
Jan 19, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, USA, FERC, North America