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Examining CPM-based passive cooling for CPV systems
A global study group has checked change product warm sinks for warm monitoring on a concentrator photovoltaic or pv system. It discovered that raising over height ratios decreases the development of stratified fluid layers, which consequently reduces the possible hot spots in the upper part of the solar cell.
Aug 17, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Japan, Asia, Africa, Egypt, cooling, CPV systems
South Korea bets on tandem solar technologies
The South Korean federal government has actually released a new roadmap to support R&D activities in the solar industry. The paper shows the country's solar manufacturing market might be motivated to go with high-efficiency and also pricey panels based upon tandem solar cells.
Sep 3, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, South Korea, solar cells, Asia, MOTIE
Power-to-heat for area heating might drive wind and solar
Researchers state the innovation could aid drive clean power deployment in nations with limited grids or in separated, coal-based energy systems. According to their version, Kosovo might see a solid boost in wind and PV ability if power-to-heat is coupled with thermal energy storage space for fixed-capacity district home heating.
Sep 10, 2020 // Technology, Large-Scale, Storage, Kosovo, Aalborg University
French federal government thinks about cutting pre-2011 FITs
Financial paper Les Echos declares the government is mulling a renegotiation of historical feed-in contracts after the Court of Auditors in 2018 ruled the motivations also charitable.
Sep 17, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Policy, France, Europe, Xavier Daval, Les Echos, Arnaud Gossement, KilowattSol
Brand-new globe record for large-area organic PV module efficiency
Scientists in Germany have attained 12.6% performance with a 26 sq cm organic panel as well as 11.7% for a 204 sq cm device. The tasks were accomplished with a new module format and a slower, high-resolution, short-pulse laser structuring process.
Sep 17, 2020 // Technology, Germany, Europe, PV module, efficiency, Andreas Distler
NREL advances thermochromic home window modern technologies with vivid Perovskites
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) report an advancement in creating a next-generation thermochromic window that not just decreases the demand for cooling but concurrently generates electrical energy.
Oct 21, 2020 // Technology, NREL, perovskites, Bryan Rosales
Scientists check out the role of surface area texturing in perovskite-silicon tandem cells
Nano-textured surface areas are an interesting strategy for maximizing the optical qualities for monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells. Researchers from Germany's Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) have actually checked out the growth of different textures of silicon surface areas making use of different industrial additives as well as their efficiency in silicon heterojunction (SHJ) and also SHJ-- perovskite tandem solar cells.
Mar 6, 2023 // Technology, Germany, Europe, perovskite, silicon, HZB, solar sells, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
Scientists simplify the procedure of producing perovskite solar cells by coating several layers at the same time
Scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), City University of Hong Kong, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), University of Kentucky, University of Colorado, University of Toledo as well as Brown University have actually created a concept that simplifies the process of manufacturing perovskite solar cells, which can increase their path towards commercialization.
Mar 24, 2023 // Technology, Manufacturing News, NREL, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, solar cell, perovskite, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL, City University of Hong Kong, University of Kentucky, University of Colorado, University of Toledo and Brown University
Stable and efficient organic solar cells based upon oligomer acceptors
Organic solar cells are solar technologies with light-absorbing layers made from conductive organic polymers or organic molecules. These solar power solutions can have remarkable advantages over their non-organic counterparts, including lighter weight, a bigger area insurance coverage and lower construction costs.
Nov 28, 2022 // Technology, organic solar cells, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, China University of Technology, Ning Li
From the Rooftops, Big Box Stores Are Embracing Solar
Target and Walmart are trying to out-green each other in proving to customers they are environmentally responsible businesses.
Oct 7, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, USA, Solar Energy, Apple, Amazon, rooftop PV, Walmart, North America, Target, Facebook, Google, Gregory Wetstone, The NPD Group








