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Maximizing the potential of PV irrigation in Spain’s ‘Sea of Plastic’
Spanish researchers have developed an analytical model to optimize the operation of PV water pumping systems. They say simultaneously irrigating different parts of a farm could help minimize costs and maximize energy use. The model was tested on an olive farm divided into four zones in the Spanish province of Almería.
Dec 19, 2019 // Technology, Spain, Europe, PV water pumping system
UNEP: Solar the star of a decade of ‘incredible’ renewables momentum
Solar PV has seen a “meteoric rise” over the past decade, with more capacity installed than any other power source, according to a new report by BloombergNEF and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Sep 9, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Germany, UK, China, Europe, Asia, bloomberg nef, unep, solar finance, development finance, reports, Inger Anderson
Swissolar estimates enhancement of approximately 460 MW of PV in 2020
New solar power systems with an ability of an approximated 430 to 460 MW were mounted in Switzerland last year. This represents a development of 30 to 39 percent contrasted to 2019, estimates Swissolar, the Swiss solar power trade organization.
Mar 3, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, Switzerland, Swissolar, David Stickelberger
Plasmon-induced trap filling at grain boundaries in perovskite solar cells
Lately, organic-inorganic halide perovskite (OIHP) solar cells have turned into one of one of the most enticing study subjects.
Nov 2, 2021 // Technology, China, solar cells, Asia, perovskite, Nanchang University, Kai Yao, Haitao Huang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Dangyuan Lei
NEXTracker Completes Delivery of Trackers for 3.4 GW of Solar Portfolio
NEXTracker has actually finished the distribution of its clever solar trackers for 174 Power Global's 3.4 gigawatts (GW) United States solar projects profile.
Mar 19, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, tracker, Nextracker, International, Dan Shugar
NTU researchers create energy-saving 'liquid window'
Scientists at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have created a liquid window panel that can concurrently block the sun to manage solar transmission, while capturing thermal warmth that can be launched via the night and day, helping to reduce power intake in buildings
Nov 6, 2020 // Technology, Asia, Singapore, liquid window, NTU Singapore, Long Yi, Wang Shancheng, Zhou Yang
BLM greenlights construction of 465 MW of solar projects in California
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the United States has authorized the building and construction of the Arica and also Victory Pass solar projects in California, which will certainly with each other provide 465 MW of solar capacity and 400 MW of battery storage.
Jun 14, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, California, USA, North America, solar projects, BLM
Solar cells as part of the house façades of the future
Photovoltaic panel with various colors can be incorporated in the façades of buildings as well as end up being a visually interesting part of the architecture. The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) is teaming up with façade specialist HSHansen to document the result of different-colored photovoltaic or pv elements.
Nov 15, 2022 // BIPV, Technology, solar cells, DTU, Technical University of Denmark, Sune Thorsteinsson
Tigo Energy Crosses Threshold of 75 GWh of Collective Reclaimed Energy
Performance improvement showed in over 18,000 installations for installers like Project Solar UK Tigo Energy, Inc., the solar market worldwide leader in Flex MLPE (Module Degree Power Electronics), revealed today that the firm has surpassed 75 GWh of Reclaimed Energy because 2009 for around the world setups using the firm's industry-leading optimization solutions.
Feb 18, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Tigo Energy, Project Solar, Steve Wallace, JD Dillon
Colored PV module efficiency is undervalued
In a current discussion with pv magazine Roland Valckenborg, service developer as well as project supervisor at the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), has actually explained the outcomes of a multi-year screening program for tinted BIPV components. Simply a couple of years earlier, it was assumed that power return could be approximately 50% less than traditional panels, however examinations have actually revealed a distinction of simply 10%. Valckenborg claims that losses can differ depending upon the shade of a panel.
May 14, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Residential, pv modules, Europe, Netherlands, Roland Valckenborg
Is it worth purchasing solar PV with batteries in your home?
Solar energy is a tidy, renewable source of power that could potentially play a significant component in fulfilling the globe's energy demands, however there are still some challenges to totally capitalizing on this capacity. Researchers checked out some of the problems that interfere with the uptake of solar energy and also proposed different policies to encourage the use of this modern technology.
Mar 22, 2021 // Storage, Europe, Austria, Behnam Zakeri
ReneSola Power Announces Sale of 12.3 MW of Projects in Hungary
ReneSola Ltd, a leading completely integrated solar project designer, today announced that it entered into an arrangement to offer a portfolio of projects situated in Hungary to Obton, a leading global solar investment firm headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark.
Jan 11, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, pv power plants, Yumin Liu, Anders Marcus, Josef Kastner, Obton Group, ReneSola Power
A strategy to optimize photocurrent in organic photovoltaics by suppressing recombination loss
Organic photovoltaics (OPVs), solar technologies based on organic semiconductors, have actually revealed excellent promise both for the scalable provision of clean energy and also for the development of solar-powered wearable electronics. Regardless of their benefits, organic solar cells suffer from the so-called recombination loss, a loss of photocurrent resulting from the recombination of photocarriers.
Dec 13, 2022 // Technology, Nanjing University, organic solar cells, City University of Hong Kong, Francis Lin, Alex Jen
ERG closes procurement of 34 MW of solar arrays in Italy
Italian power firm ERG SpA (BIT: ERG) revealed on Thursday that it has actually settled acquiring 33.8 MW of solar arrays in your home.
Jul 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, solar arrays, ERG
Fikile Brushett is trying to find brand-new ways to keep energy
Fikile Brushett, an MIT partner teacher of chemical design, had an unusual resource of motivation for his occupation in the chemical sciences: the character played by Nicolas Cage in the 1996 motion picture "The Rock." In the movie, Cage represents an FBI drug store that hunts down a group of rogue U.S. soldiers who have actually commandeered chemical weapons and also taken over the island of Alcatraz.
Dec 3, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, Lithium-ion batteries, MIT, North America, Fikile Brushett, John Vohs