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Nucor Corporation announced that it has actually authorized a 15-year Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) with EDF Renewables North America (EDFR) for 250 MWAC of brand-new solar power in Texas. The agreement, which will enable EDFR to add even more tidy energy to the area's power grid, is Nucor's first VPPA and the biggest of its kind for the steel sector.

The Department of Energy has granted $2 million to NREL to develop a prototype CSP system that can harness energy potentials of molten salts. This is the very first time that the federal government is leveraging the energy storing power of molten salts; besides proceeding research on particles.

On December 17, ReneSola, a globe considered Solar PV Module maker revealed that they have decided to become part of Solar PV rooftop markets in China & various other south Asian nations.

Many of the technologies we come across everyday seem to be either perfect or nearing perfection. However, there is always scope for improvement and this is what the Dutch startup Lightyear follows. The company manufactures a car that comes equipped with a solar panel that helps generate electricity and improve the vehicle’s range. While the solar panel itself is not a new innovation, the company has announced of notably improving the aerodynamics of its car.

Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have actually constructed a brand-new sort of battery that integrates the many advantages of existing choices while removing their crucial imperfections and also saving energy.

Solar energy acquisition agreements (PPA) in the UK climbed 18.4% throughout Q2 and surpassing ₤ 60/MWh, yet less than the 24% rise of wind rates.

Fraunhofer ISE will certainly be solar technology partner of Emmvee for its upcoming solar cell manufacturing facility near Bangalore. The partnership aims to establish a 1.5 GW integrated Mono PERC/TOPCon cell production facility.

' Solar Module Super League' (SMSL) participant, JA Solar is preparing to broaden high-efficiency solar battery ability to 10GW at a just recently revealed 5GW brand-new solar battery factory in China, while likewise purchasing significant upgrades at a present cell plant to give a more 3.6 GW of high-efficiency cell ability.

An ingenious evaluation of two-dimensional (2D) materials from engineers at the College of Surrey can boost the development of next-generation solar cells and also LEDs.

Enphase Energy announced that the Enphase IQ 7A microinverter for high-power monofacial and bifacial solar modules will begin shipping to customers in North America in November 2019. The IQ 7A microinverter augments the lineup of seventh-generation Enphase microinverters with support for modules up to 450 W, targeting high-power residential and commercial solar applications.

In its drive to advertise a lot more & a lot more fostering of electrical automobiles (EVs) in the nation, state-owned Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) has actually provided a brand-new tender for the purchase of electrical automobiles (e-cars).

A Dutch research study group has actually utilized very clear, hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon oxide layers to boost the optoelectrical efficiency of get in touch with heaps in a silicon heterojunction tool. The product is claimed to provide remarkable electric in addition to desirable optical buildings.

A modern technology to more increase the commercialization of Colloidal Quantum Dot( CQD) Photovoltaic( PV) gadgets, which are anticipated to be next-generation photovoltaic tools, has actually been established.

Scientists in Australia have actually performed a 'cradle to grave' life process evaluation (LCA) to gauge the life process analysis of the 4 most extensively utilized PV modern technologies. The academics claim that cadmium telluride solar components have the most affordable life process effect, complied with by amorphous, multi and also monocrystalline silicon items.

PV module supplier Maxeon Solar Technologies is to select a new CFO, Kai Strohbecke, from March 15 2021, seven months after its offshoot from SunPower succeeding as well as NASDAQ IPO.