Solar Technology & PV R&D News

HighLine Technology GmbH-- New Fraunhofer ISE Spin-Off for Sustainable Solar Cell Production
Highline Technology GmbH has a manufacturing procedure in which steel calls are used without touching the front of solar cells, reportedly saving resources and increasing effectiveness.
Sep 28, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, solar cells, HighLine Technology GmbH, Maximilian Pospischil, Ralf Preu
World's very first solar & hydrogen powered cabins reduced carbon at HS2 building websites.
AJC Trailers, a British company, has actually made, made, and supplied the world's first solar & hydrogen-powered cabins that have actually been presented across the HS2 building site in the United Kingdom in an initiative to make the sites greener.
Sep 28, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, UK, Europe, hydrogen, AJC Trailers, HS2 construction
Solar panels move off the roofing system on to exterior wall surfaces with Solstex
Using the power of the sun through brand-new solar panel exterior for LEED credit rating and also net no buildings
Sep 25, 2020 // Technology, UK, Europe, solar panel, CdTe, Solstex, Hugh Lowry
Software application to improve commercial, distributed solar and storage space deployment introduced in the United States
New software program services focused on streamlining the procedure of deploying commercial and also industrial (C&I) power storage space and also for correctly sizing energy storage for distributed solar have actually been launched in the US.
Sep 25, 2020 // Technology, Commercial, Residential, Software, USA, North America, Aurora Solar, Jim Hughes, Steve Luker, Christopher Hopper
'Every step' of lithium battery worth chain will certainly have a passion in recycling
It will certainly be in the rate of interests of more or less everybody associated with the "wider lithium-ion battery supply chain" to develop efficient reusing communities, according to an analyst with IHS Markit.
Sep 25, 2020 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, IHS Markit, recycling, North America, Youmin Rong, startup, lithium battery, Chloe Holzinger, Kunal Phalpher, Li-Cycle
Mitsubishi Power working with US utility Entergy on hydrogen, batteries and also nuclear-plus-storage
Mitsubishi Power has authorized a joint development agreement to concentrate on decarbonising technologies with Entergy, a United States incorporated power and also utility firm offering just under 3 million clients throughout 4 US states.
Sep 25, 2020 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, Japan, Asia, hydrogen, North America, Entergy, Mitsubishi Power, Paul Browning
Can a Novel Zinc Battery Deliver Clean Multiday Backup Power?
California is checking Canadian start-up e-Zinc's long-duration modern technology to keep companies powered through wildfires and failures.
Sep 25, 2020 // Technology, Storage, California, USA, North America, startup, Zinc Battery, James Larsen
The Energy Transition Needs Perovskite PV and Alternative Storage
Existing clean energy modern technologies are inadequate to get to zero-carbon generation, the author creates
Sep 25, 2020 // Technology, USA, NREL, solar cell, perovskite, North America
Fraunhofer ISE develops natural solar cell with 14.9% efficiency
The record was obtained with a 1.1 sq cm tool.
Sep 24, 2020 // Technology, Germany, Europe, solar cell, Fraunhofer ISE, organic solar cell, efficiency, Uli Würfel
An optimistic-- yet sensible-- point of view for sodium batteries
International researchers have evaluated the possibility of sodium-based power storage space and discovered current technical developments have gotten here faster than those for the lithium-ion batteries which have actually been researched for three decades. Issues continue to be, nonetheless, prior to sodium comprises a corresponding alternative to lithium.
Sep 24, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Spain, France, Germany, UK, Europe, Norway, sodium batteries
Very effective perovskite solar cells with enhanced security as well as reduced lead leakage
While the power conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells (PVSCs) - a future of solar cells - has currently greatly enhanced in the past decade, the problems of instability and also potential ecological influence are yet to be gotten rid of. Lately, scientists from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) have developed a novel technique which can concurrently tackle the leakage of lead from PVSCs as well as the stability problem without compromising efficiency, paving the way for real-life application of perovskite photovoltaic or pv technology.
Sep 22, 2020 // Technology, Hong Kong, solar cells, perovskite, efficiency, Alex Jen Kwan-yue
Mirror-like photovoltaics obtain even more electrical energy out of warm
New heat-harnessing "solar" cells that show 99% of the power they can not transform to electrical energy might aid bring down the rate of saving renewable energy as warmth, as well as harvesting waste warmth from exhaust pipes as well as chimneys.
Sep 22, 2020 // Technology, solar cell, Andrej Lenert, Steve Forrest
Best membrane for vanadium redox flow batteries
A new research paper takes a look at the membrane layers used for applications in vanadium redox flow batteries. It outlines various membrane layer modern technologies as well as the obstacles to bringing batteries to mass production.
Sep 22, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Europe, Netherlands, vanadium redox flow batteries
Streamlined modeling for partly shaded PV systems
A proposed two-diode model is based solely on the standard test problem criteria of solar modules and their irradiance levels. The logical tool apparently enables PV system operators to estimate the I-V curves of a shaded variety promptly and also accurately.
Sep 21, 2020 // Technology, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Malaysia, Australia, Asia, Oceania
Probabilistic model shows PV module warranty reliability
U.S.-Spanish researchers have actually proposed a brand-new way to examine the dependability of PV modules as well as their service warranties. It is impossible to satisfy a 25-year guarantee if the limit of returned modules exceeds 5% and the yearly destruction rate is over 0.73%.
Sep 21, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, Spain, Europe, PV module, North America, Manuel Vazquez Lopez