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Sweden Tests Solar-Powered Hybrid Truck
Funded by Vinnova and Scania, this research project is developing a solar-powered hybrid truck with a 560-horsepower plug-in hybrid and 18m trailer covered with 100 sqm solar panels. Expected to reduce emissions and sell electricity to the grid, the truck is being tested by Ernsts Express AB.
Aug 31, 2023 // Transport, Sweden, hybrid, Europe, Scania, Electric, truck
Total Solar DG has completed Construction of Solar PV rooftop for CARROS Centre in Singapore
Total Solar Distributed Generation (DG) has completed the installation of a solar photovoltaic rooftop system for CARROS Centre, Singapore's first-of-a-kind integrated mega hub dedicated to the Automotive Industry.
Oct 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, Asia, rooftop PV, Singapore, Total Solar Distributed Generation, CARROS, Raymond Ng, Gavin Adda
Heelstone Secures 320MW US Solar Funding
Heelstone Renewable Energy LLC closes tax equity investment with Advantage Capital to fund four utility-scale solar projects with a combined capacity of 320 MW DC in Georgia, expected to power over 55,000 homes annually in late 2023 or early 2024.
Jul 14, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, heelstone renewable energy, Solar Project
Neoen Unveils Italian Solar Trio: 24.7MW
Neoen is quickly expanding their presence in Italy with the construction of their first three renewable energy projects. These 24.7MW solar farms in Lombardy and Marche will be operational in 2025, helping the government reach its 40% renewable energy goal. Intec Energy Solutions has been contracted as the solar EPC provider.
Jan 2, 2024 // Plants, Italy, Europe, neoen, PV Power Plant
Italy Doubles Solar Deployments in 2023
Discover how Italy more than doubled its solar capacity in the first nine months of 2023. Learn how residential and industrial sectors contributed to the growth, and find out which regions achieved the highest output.
Nov 27, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe
LONGi Breaks 27% Solar Cell Efficiency
LONGi sets record with 27.09% efficiency solar cells, made with all-laser patterning process. Cutting costs and indium usage, LONGi is paving the way for brighter future of solar PV.
Dec 21, 2023 // Technology, Manufacturing News, solar cell, LONGi, efficiency
LONGi Shatters Solar Efficiency Records Again
LONGi Green Energy sets new world record for solar cell efficiency, now holding 17 records since April 2021. Their Hi-MO 9 module offers high efficiency and reliability for power generation.
May 9, 2024 // Technology, Manufacturing News, PV module, LONGi, efficiency
FTC Solar creates single-axis tracker clamp for First Solar thin-film modules
FTC Solar, a solar tracker maker, established a clamping solution constructed especially for First Solar Series 6 and Series 6 Plus modules.
Nov 9, 2022 // Manufacturing News, ftc solar, Nagendra Cherukupalli, thin-film modules
Centrica turns sod on 18MW solar
Codford PV project in Wiltshire in England will be completed by the summer
Apr 26, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, Centrica, England, Amit Oza, Andrew Murrison
German companions release 500MW solar venture
Aracari's as well as Vestinas' very first projects will certainly be ready for construction in H1 2023
Nov 8, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, Oliver Niedhöfer, Sibylle Pähler
Engaging Solar Cells: Colorful, Transparent, Efficient
Research team succeeds in creating world's first transparent thin-film solar cell on flexible substrate with reflective colors, maintaining cell efficiency. Multi-layer thin film reduces the reflection loss in visible light, making solar cells with varied colors & excellent efficiency at a reasonable cost. Can be used in image sensors, photolithography masks, and infrared shielding fields. Research team actively pursues solar modules with esthetic & functional BIPV elements.
Aug 29, 2023 // Technology, Asia, Korea, thin-film solar cell, Jung-dae Kwon
China Floats Solar to Green Beijing
China could power up to 863GW of green energy with floating solar, allowing it to bring solar power to regions where land is limited. With the potential to occupy 7,117 square kilometres less land than traditional PV, floating solar offers higher power outputs and a more economic solution.
Jan 3, 2024 // Plants, Floating PV, China, Asia, PV Power Plant
Solar Tracker Market Report 2019-2029
Forecasts by Technology (Solar Photovoltaic (PV), Concentrated Solar Power (CSP), Concentrated Photovoltaic (CPV)), by Product (Single Axis, Dual Axis), by Application (Utility, Non-Utility), by Type (Active Tracker, Passive Solar Tracker, Chronological Solar Tracker, Single Axis Tracker, Dual Axis Tracker) Plus Leading Company Analysis and Regional and Leading National Market Analysis
Dec 5, 2019 // Market Research, Solar Tracker Market Report, Solar Tracker, Concentrated solar power
Researchers advance solar material production
A Washington State University team has developed a more efficient, safer, and cost-effective way to produce cadmium telluride (CdTe) material for solar cells or other applications, a discovery that could advance the solar industry and make it more competitive.
Jan 27, 2020 // Technology, USA, solar cells, North America, CdTe, Washington State University, Santosh Swain
US ROUND-UP: Gap diversifies; 125MW PPA in MI; Military-funded space solar; Solar bees
Global retail brand Gap moved one step closer to its goal of fully renewably-powered operations by 2030 after signing a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Enel Green Power North America. It has purchased 90MW of energy from the renewables giant's North Dakota wind project for a period of 12 years.
Aug 13, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Solar, USA, SunPower, plants, Michigan, cleanchoice energy, solar bees, Antonio Cammisecra, air force, university of toledo, solar space, upper peninsula power company, power purchase agreement, orion renewable energy group, map energy, gap, North Dakota, enel green power, the chandler solar project, North America