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New PV producing bases outside China essential to reduce supply interruption, India minister claims
It is "undesirable" for China to dominate solar manufacturing and also manufacturing bases outside of the nation are required to lower the danger of supply chain interruptions, an Indian government official has claimed.
Jul 21, 2021 // Manufacturing News, India, Asia, Raj Kumar Singh, mnre, PLI
JPMorgan Chase as well as Brookfield Renewable Launch Collaboration to Power Over 500 Offices as well as Branches in New York with 100 Percent Renewable Electricity
JPMorgan Chase and also Brookfield Renewable today introduced a five-year power contract for providing clean, renewable electrical energy to over 500 of JPMorgan Chase's realty procedures in New York State.
Oct 28, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, JPMorgan, Renewable Electricity, Brookfield Renewable, Mitch Davidson, Michael Norton
New mega-projects aid send Europe's solar result rising to 68TWh in H1 2020
Europe's fleet of solar arrays created 68TWh of power in the very first six months of 2020, a 15% increase on last year's figure as brand-new, bigger solar ranches came to the fore.
Aug 17, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, France, Iberdrola, Europe, EnAppSys, Rob Lalor
Steel manufacturer Nucor indications massive PPA for 250 MW of brand-new solar power in Texas
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.
Nov 16, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, PPA, Texas, North America, Nucor Corporation, Leon Topalian, Ryan Pfaff
United States Researchers Pursue 5 cents/ kWh Energy Cost Goal with New CSP System
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.
Feb 17, 2022 // Technology, NREL, Renewable Energy, Concentrated solar power, department of energy, csp, molten salts, salt particles
Renesola to Enter in Solar Roof Projects in China & South Asia Under New Brand "Eversola".
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.
Dec 22, 2020 // Rooftop PV, China, Asia, rooftop PV, renesola, Sky Wang, Eversola, solar PV module
New room-temperature liquid-metal battery could be the course to powering the future
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.
Jul 13, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Lithium-ion batteries, Austin, Yu Ding
Dutch startup Lightyear sets new benchmark in automobile aerodynamics with its solar-powered car
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.
Nov 1, 2019 // Technology, Transport, Europe, Lightyear, startup
UK solar PPA raises 18.4% in Q2 to over ₤ 60/MWh in new European PPA Index
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.
Jul 14, 2022 // Large-Scale, Market Research, UK, PPA, Europe
Fraunhofer ISE to be Technology Partner for Emmvee's New Solar Cell Factory in Bengaluru
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.
Feb 14, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Fraunhofer ISE, mono perc, Jochen Rentsch, Bangalore solar factory, Emmvee Group, Emmvee Solar Cell Factory, Manjunatha, solar cells facility, Suhas Donthi, TOPCon cell
JA Solar including 8.6 GW of brand-new as well as updated high-efficiency solar cell ability
' 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.
Feb 19, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Storage, China, JA Solar, pv modules, c-si manufacturing, Asia, solar cell, monocrystalline wafer, PERC
Brand-new evaluation of 2D perovskites can form the future of solar cells as well as LEDs
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.
Mar 12, 2021 // Technology, solar cells, perovskites, Ravi Silva, Advanced Technology Institute
New Enphase microinverter for high-power solar panels will begin shipping in November
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.
Oct 28, 2019 // Inverters, Enphase Energy, microinverters, bifacial, solar modules, Badri Kothandaraman, Wayne Irwin, Jim Straeter, Carlos Martinez
New approach forever cycle evaluation of PV innovations
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.
May 19, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Australia, Oceania, Charles Darwin University
New protocols determine solar cell failings during manufacturing
2 new pass/fail procedures are stated to be able to different cells which offer high hot-spot possibility, reveal high current leakage as well as demonstrate intermediate actions. The arranging method relies upon a hands-on solar simulator, an infrared cam as well as a tool to gauge seclusion.
Jul 20, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Spain, Europe, solar cell