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Longi, Jinko and also Adani were India's biggest module suppliers in the first fifty percent of 2020
Longi Solar (China), Jinko Solar (China), and also Adani (India) became the leading 3 solar modules distributors in India in the initial fifty percent (1H) of the calendar year 2020. Together, these 3 suppliers accounted for regarding 31 percent of the complete market share.
Nov 12, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Jinko Solar, India, China, Asia, Risen Energy, longi solar, Adani, Waaree Energies
Biden to provide $3.1 B to support domestic production of EV batteries
President Joe Biden's management stated it will supply $3.1 billion in funding to support the domestic production of sophisticated batteries that will stimulate electric vehicle fostering.
May 3, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, EV batteries, Joe Biden, LG Energy
Large-area natural PV module with 9.5% efficiency
Researchers in China have actually created a natural PV module with an energetic location of 216 sq centimeters. The panel is stated to have open circuit voltage of 10.6 V and short circuit current of 1.82 mA. It likewise includes the highest efficiency reported for a panel of its kind which has an active area of more than 100cm2
Sep 8, 2020 // Technology, China, Asia, PV module, efficiency
Hoosier Solar planning 1.6 GW of solar projects in the Hoosier state
Hoosier Solar Holdings is establishing 1,600 MW of solar projects in financially troubled, country communities across Indiana that have actually been designated as "Qualified Opportunity Zones."
Apr 29, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Solar Project, Hoosier Solar Holdings, Paul Mitchell, T.J. Kanczuzewski, Carl Weatherley-White
Trump Budget Slash Triggers 114 Layoffs at U.S. NREL Lab
Trump’s FY 2026 budget slashes DOE funds, forcing NREL to lay off 114 employees—3 % of staff—in Colorado and beyond, raising alarm in clean-tech circles.
May 7, 2025 // Technology, USA, NREL, Trump, North America, workforce, BudgetCuts
Researchers develop solar cell with efficiency of 14%.
A solar cell established by physicists from the University of Luxembourg and Uppsala University has actually lately been licensed with a performance of 14%, which resembles the globe record of 15.5%. These brand-new searchings for have actually been recently accepted for publication in the worldwide journal of power study Joule.
Jun 8, 2021 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Europe, solar cell, efficiency, Uppsala University, University of Luxembourg, Susanne Siebentritt
Losing weight on silver
Using an ingenious high-speed video clip arrangement, researchers in Germany had the ability to observe the screen-printing process utilized in solar cell metallization, on a time scale of less than 50 milliseconds. Insights into the paste's behavior and the mechanisms at the workplace during display printing will improve the procedure as well as the formulation of the silver paste it relies upon.
Aug 28, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Germany, solar cells, Europe, KIT
Tandem solar cell globe record: New branch in the NREL graph
Tandem cells combine 2 various semiconductors that convert various parts of the light spectrum into electric power. Metal-halide perovskite substances primarily make use of the noticeable parts of the spectrum, while CIGS semiconductors convert rather the infrared light.
Sep 1, 2020 // Technology, NREL, Germany, solar cells, Europe, Steve Albrecht, Marko Jost, CIGS cells, Christian Kaufmann
Neoen turns sod on 200MW Blyth Battery
Developer has provided a notice to proceed to a consortium comprising Elecnor and NHOA to build the plant
Jan 5, 2023 // Storage, South Australia, neoen, Louis de Sambucy
Study on Perovskite-CIGS Tandem Solar Cells Yields 24.9% Performance
In a joint project with Prof. Yang, the engineers showed a four-terminal perovskite-CIGS tandem solar cell. It is based on a perovskite top cell that has actually been maximized for assimilation with Midsummer's CIGS cells that are made use of in their commercial suite of BIPV products.
Mar 20, 2023 // Technology, midsummer, Yang Yang, UCLA, CIGS solar cells, midsummer DUO machine, perovskite research