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Verbund AG enters Italy with 250 MWp Solar PV Project
Verbund AG has actually signed a cooperation agreement with the PV-Invest Group for the acquisition of a project development business including development of a solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) project portfolio of up to 250 MWp.
The project portfolio includes a pipe of approximately 45 greenfield solar PV installments approximately Apulia in southern Italy.
Dec 14, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Italy, Europe, Solar Power, verbund, Mission V programme, PV-Invest Group, solar plants in Apulia, Verbund AG
BP Ventures invests in Oz solar tech company
Financial investment will assist 5B Holdings accelerate commercialisation of its system for accelerating panel installations
Dec 15, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, Chris McGrath, BP Ventures, Johnathan Stone
Largest Floating Solar of North India Worth 2 MWp Capacity Inaugurated in Chandigarh
The floating solar power plant, situated at Water Works, Sector 39, Chandigarh, will produce 28,00,000 units of electrical power every year.
The plant is anticipated to offset 80,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year.
Jan 24, 2023 // Plants, Floating PV, CREST, floating solar power plant, Banwari Lal Purohit, Floating, Governor of Punjab, Hartek Solar, North India's largest floating solar power plant, Simarpreet Singh
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
KAUST team reports results of 1 year outdoor testing of perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells
Scientists from Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah University of Science and also Technology (KAUST) have actually reported the results of an one-year outdoor test for a tandem perovskite-silicon solar cell they developed in 2020. They have located that the device retained greater than 80% of its initial performance throughout the testing period between April 2021 as well as April 2022.
Feb 14, 2023 // Technology, solar cells, perovskite, KAUST
Purdue University Creates Safer Solid-State Lithium-Ion Batteries
The new batteries are created from new composite products.
The new battery shows exceptional thermal stability up to around 330 degrees Celsius.
Mar 13, 2023 // Storage, Lithium-ion batteries, Purdue University, spe, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, engineers, Purdue Research Foundation Office of Technology, solid polymer electrolyte, solid-state, thermal stability, Vilas Pol
Equinor acquires solar developer BeGreen
The purchase includes a 6GW project pipeline to the business's renewable assets
Nov 2, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Equinor, begreen
GIG launches energy storage programmer
Eku Energy will establish, build, as well as proactively handle a portfolio of battery assets diversified across markets
Nov 8, 2022 // Storage, UK, Australia, Europe, Oceania, Green Investment Group, GIG, Eku Energy, Chris Morrison, Mark Dooley
TOPCon solar modules have good showing in PVEL reliability scorecard
Independent solar testing lap PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) today published its "2023 PV Module Reliability Scorecard," which names 250 model types of PV modules from 35 producers as Top Performers in PVEL's testing, the most in the company's history.
May 23, 2023 // Manufacturing News, pvel, solar module
Google Partners on Illinois’ New 593MW Double Black Diamond Solar
Swift Current Energy’s 800 MWDC Double Black Diamond Solar park, backed by Google, now powers 100,000 homes and supplies 70% of Chicago’s municipal electricity.
May 2, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Solar Energy, North America, Illinois, renewables, PV Power Plant, swift current energy, Google investment
Fabric-based solar cells on the horizon
New textile-based solar cells developed by Fraunhofer researchers, semitrailers could soon be producing the electricity needed to power cooling systems or other onboard equipment. In short, textile-based solar cells could soon be adding a whole new dimension to photovoltaics, complementing the use of conventional silicon-based solar cells.
Aug 5, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Solar, Germany, Fraunhofer, textile-based solar cells, Europe
Keesler Air Force Base breaks ground on 1.5-MW solar carport
Design-build company NORESCO has broken ground for a 1.5-MW solar carport at Keesler Air Force Base (AFB) in Mississippi, part of a $32.7 million guaranteed energy savings performance contract (ESPC).
Aug 12, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, NORESCO, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, ESPC, Marcia Quigley, Shawn Walsh
Solar hails victory as Victoria u-turns to ramp up rebate support
Victoria’s state government has yielded to industry pressure and increased the frequency and number of rebates available in its rooftop solar subsidy programme.
Aug 29, 2019 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Rooftop PV, Victoria, Australia, rooftop, John Grimes, Oceania, subsidies, smart energy council
Coating could lead to commercial lithium-metal batteries
A new coating developed by scientists at Stanford promises to bring lithium metal batteries ‘closer to reality’, by significantly extending their operational lifetime and limiting the occurrence of dendrites at the anode, which can cause short circuiting and fires.
Sep 3, 2019 // Technology, California, USA, battery, North America, Stanford University, SLAC, Lithium metal, Zhiao Yu, Yi Cui
BYD's $1.4 Billion Investment Sparks Sodium-Ion Battery Revolution
BYD's $1.4 billion investment in a new sodium-ion battery facility in China could revolutionize the EV industry, making Xuzhou a battery production hub and paving the way for wider adoption of this cutting-edge technology.
Jan 10, 2024 // Storage, China, Asia, BYD








