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Car industry copper demand to surge 250% due to EVs
By considering use of the metal in charging infrastructure, analyst Wood Mackenzie has found higher demand from the mobility sector than is the case if only the volume of the material required for vehicle construction is examined.
Aug 12, 2019 // Technology, Transport, Wood Mackenzie, Global electric vehicle, UBS Evidence Lab, Henry Salisbury, Aluminum, ads-tec GmbH, HPC Booster, battery
Australia National University hits new perovskite efficiency record
Scientists at the institution have achieved 21.6% efficiency with a perovskite cell measuring 1cm². The landmark has been verified as a new world record for perovskites at this size.
Sep 3, 2019 // Technology, USA, South Korea, Australia, Asia, Oceania, Australia National University, North America, Ulsan National Institute of Science, U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Thomas White
Westlands Solar Park, California
The 2.7 GW Westlands Solar Park, among the globe's biggest solar energy plants, is being created in the San Joaquin Valley in California, United States.
May 20, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, pv power plants, North America, Westlands Solar Park
PM Modi to Lay Foundation Stone of 600 MW Solar Park in Jhansi, UP
The step seeks to convert Jhansi's Bundelkhand region, which has plentiful land and sunshine, right into a "solar power hub" in the state.
Nov 18, 2021 // Plants, India, Asia, narendra modi, UPPCL, Bundelkhand, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd
IIT Madras, Deakin University to Launch Australia-India Centre for Energy (AICE).
The AICE virtual centre was developed by a consortium of Australian and also Indian universities, research study institutions as well as energy businesses.
The key purpose of AICE is to step up the collaboration in transdisciplinary study, education and learning, training, capacity building, expertise and also technology transfer.
Dec 9, 2022 // Technology, India, Australia, Asia, Oceania, Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Madras, AICE, Bas Baskaran, Raghunathan Rengaswamy, Sarah Kirlew, SDG 7
Tennessee university on the right track for 100% renewables thanks to brand-new PV project
Vanderbilt University in Tennessee is readied to reach 100% renewable energy for its campus procedures after subscribing to a 25MW section of a new 125MW utility-scale solar farm readied to be created in the state.
Nov 12, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, USA, utility-scale, North America, Tennessee, solar farm, Vanderbilt University, Daniel Diermeier
Tunisia announces grid-connection of its first solar park
The 10 MW facility is located in Tozeur, in southern Tunisia. The project was also financed by the German development bank KFW under Tunisia’s solar program Plan Solaire Tunisien (PST).
Aug 9, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, STEG, Tozeur, Tunisia, KFW, Plan Solaire Tunisien, Youssef Chahed
DIY Solar LEAF Project Shows The Untapped Potential Of Solar EVs
After my recent article about solar electric vehicles (EVs), I came across something I didn’t expect to see so fast. Since the prices of both used EVs and solar panels have fallen so much, the price is now where DIY tinkerers are willing to break out their Dremel tools and make a go of it themselves.
Jul 24, 2019 // Technology, Storage, Sam Elliott, LEAF, AC Propulsion, Sono Motors
Solar-Powered SUV Drives Morocco: From Mountain Peaks to Desert Dunes
Experience the future of driving: the world's first off-road solar-powered SUV designed by a team of Eindhoven University of Technology students, tested in Morocco. 710km range with a top speed of 145km/h, light-weight and ultra-efficient. Don't miss out!
Oct 17, 2023 // Transport, Africa, Morocco, Eindhoven University of Technology
IBC Solar opens up 10-MW section of solar park in Germany
German solar (PV) and power storage space developer IBC Solar AG has actually completed the initial two areas of the Draisdorf-Eggenbach solar park in Bavaria, which will certainly have a complete ability of 20 MWp.
Sep 17, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, IBC Solar, Solar Park
Solar for vehicle parking machines
New Zealand scientists have actually proposed a method to examine the technological and also financial usefulness of PV-powered vehicle parking machines. Solar may be an optimal remedy, but the siting of the machines is critical and ought to be planned ahead of time, in accordance with readily available solar radiation as well as prospective shading.
Aug 6, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, New Zealand, Oceania
Neoen Wins 81.6 MWp in Solar Projects in France
Neoen, among the world's leading as well as fastest-growing producers of solely renewable resource is announcing that it has actually been granted 81.6 MWp in the call for tenders for ground-mounted solar ranches held by the French federal government (CRE Innovation and also CRE 4.9).
Feb 18, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, France, Europe, neoen, solar projects, Xavier Barbaro
35-MW solar project curbs Vanderbilt University's carbon emissions by 70%.
Vanderbilt I Solar Farm, a 35-MWAC solar array in Bedford County, Tennessee, got to commercial procedures today. Developed by Silicon Ranch, Vanderbilt I is supplying power to its namesake, Vanderbilt University.
Apr 12, 2023 // Plants, USA, North America, PV Power Plant, Vanderbilt University'
Self-Assembling Material Extends Life, Raises Output of Tandem Perovskite Cells
South Korean scientists create a self-assembling interlayer that pushes perovskite/organic tandem solar cells to 24.7 % efficiency while surviving high-heat stress, edging flexible photovoltaics toward market readiness.
May 20, 2025 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, efficiency
Trina Solar provides 86MW of modules for Italy's biggest subsidy-free solar park
Trina Solar has given 86MW of solar modules to the Torre Antonacci project, the biggest solar farm in Italy that is operating without federal government subsidies or motivations of any type of kind.
Jul 29, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Europe, PV module, Trina Solar, grid parity, Luca Carosielli, Gonzalo de la Viña










