| Date | Title | Description |
| 13.09.2024 | The Rise of TOPCon: A Solar Revolution on the Horizon | In the world of solar energy, change is the only constant. As the sun rises on new technologies, one name shines brighter than the rest: TOPCon. This innovative solar module technology is not just a passing trend; it’s a beacon guiding the ... |
| 11.09.2024 | Trinasolar: TOPCon remains mainstream in 5 years, continues to lead the PV industry in tandem era after 5 years | CHANGZHOU, China, Sept. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- TOPCon solar module technology will continue to be the trendsetter in the photovoltaic industry over the next five years, says Yifeng Chen, vice president of Trinasolar. His views are in line... |
| 11.09.2024 | Trinasolar: TOPCon remains mainstream in 5 years, continues to lead the PV industry in tandem era after 5 years | CHANGZHOU, China, Sept. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- TOPCon solar module technology will continue to be the trendsetter in the photovoltaic industry over the next five years, says Yifeng Chen, vice president of Trinasolar. His views are in line... |
| 18.07.2024 | Trinasolar Vertex N 720W series module tops PV Magazine indoor performance tests | CHANGZHOU, China, July 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Trinasolar's Vertex N 720W series module has achieved top ranking in a PV Magazine test, demonstrating its excellent performance in all categories in indoor performance tests. Alongside the Ve... |
| 03.06.2024 | Valencia's 'RIP' Project Is Turning Graveyards into Spain's Largest Urban Solar Farm | By John Lopez
Published Jun 3, 2024 11:13AM EDT
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Valencia, a major city on Spain's east coast, is pioneering an innovative approach to re... |
| 21.05.2024 | В Норвегии представили грузовой электровелосипед с солнечной панелью | Разработчик велосипедов на солнечных батареях из Норвегии Infinite Mobility представил прототипы двухколёсных грузовых велосипедов с фотоэлектрическими двигателями. Они оснащены солнечными панелями.
Первой моделью станет электрический двухк... |
| 07.05.2024 | The Australian Government’s Manufacturing Objectives Rely on IT Capabilities | In recent weeks, the Australian government has announced several objectives and initiatives that are intended to drive towards a single outcome: a far more robust local manufacturing industry. For Australia to be able to achieve this, it’s ... |
| 22.04.2024 | How regions can lead the transition to green energy under a ‘Future Made in Australia’ | Source: Adobe Stock article-article-body
Right now, there’s a global race underway. The goal: bring back manufacturing and energy jobs as the energy transition speeds up.
In 2022, America launched its mammoth Inflation Reduction Act and the... |
| 09.04.2024 | Trouble at Tesla – has Elon Musk run out of road? | Tesla has come up against some major bumps in the road so far in 2024. Having been a leader in the electric vehicle market for years, the company has faced unprecedented challenges this year.
In a dramatic turn of events, Tesla temporarily ... |
| 16.01.2024 | Albania's visionary shift: Paving the way with railroad to Kosovo, new port, and green energy ventures | Belinda Balluku, Vice Prime Minister Minister of Infrastructure and Energy NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, January 16, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Albania's Ministry of Energy celebrates a groundbreaking achievement, as all hydropowe... |
| 11.01.2024 | Acculon launches production of sodium-ion battery modules, packs | From pv magazine Global
As the sodium-ion battery technology continues to mature, new product and manufacturing announcements are coming thick and fast from newcomers and established players alike.
With mainly pilot plants or small manufact... |
| 10.01.2024 | Utility scale solar farms contribute to bird diversity | From pv magazine global
A group of researchers in Europe conducted a study on the impact of solar parks on birds in a Central European agricultural landscape. They surveyed 32 solar park plots and 32 adjacent control plots in Slovakia durin... |
| 10.01.2024 | The effect of PV plants on albedo, vegetation, land temperature | Using remote sensing, researchers from China and the United States have quantified the effects of solar farms (SFs) on albedo, vegetation, and land surface temperature (LST). Namely, they have used data from the MODIS instrument onboard NAS... |
| 09.01.2024 | IEA-PVPS releases cross-sectional evaluation tool for BIPV | From pv magazine Global
The Fusion of Functionality in BIPV
Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) holds huge potential for the future of the building industry, as it represents a pivotal intersection of electricity generation and buildin... |
| 08.01.2024 | Canadian farm lobby presents renewable energy proposal | From pv magazine Global
The OFA – representing 38,000 farmers – submitted feedback in December over proposed changes to the government of Ontario’s Electricity Act in the Canadian province.
According to the Environmental Registry of Ontario... |
| 08.01.2024 | Solaris Hydrobotics Secures Multimillion ILS Grant to Revolutionize Solar Panel Cleaning and Management | Carl Williams, Tech Times 08 January 2024, 02:01 am
(Photo : Nuno Marques on Unsplash)
In an era increasingly defined by the urgency of climate change and the quest for sustainable solutions, the recent strides made by Solaris Hydrobotics, ... |
| 04.01.2024 | Energizing the Home | As we work to accelerate the energy transition, a new frontier has emerged as a key opportunity area: the home. Over the last three years, the Energize team has been closely following the software solutions that will help decarbonize the bu... |
| 03.01.2024 | Most read articles of 2023: pv magazine USA | As we begin 2024, pv magazine USA reflects on the articles last year that attracted the most readership. Last year, we had strong reader interest in residential solar asset longevity, changes to net metering policy, market signals, and dome... |
| 25.12.2023 | All I want for Christmas is one terawatt of solar deployed annually | Climate change’s varied and often lethal manifestations pose a growing concern for our global civilization. As we face these escalating challenges, it’s crucial for our societies to prepare for more significant and complex hurdles ahead. Ye... |
| 20.12.2023 | Longi announces 27.09% efficiency for heterojunction back contact solar cell | From pv magazine global
Chinese solar module manufacturer Longi has achieved a power conversion efficiency of 27.09% for an HBC solar cell. Germany’s Institute for Solar Energy Research (ISFH) has confirmed the result.
Longi said the result... |
| 18.12.2023 | ‘Not a very special year’: Canada solar expert mulls 2022 slump | From pv magazine global
On Aug. 25, 2023 the Government of Alberta in Canada announced it had directed the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) to “pause” approvals on renewable energy projects until the following February, the Minister of Af... |
| 13.12.2023 | Canadian startup unveils residential air source heat pump for cold climates | From pv magazine global
Terravis Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian technology company Worksport Ltd., has presented a prototype of a residential air source heat pump intended for use in heating and cooling applications.
“Our heat pump utiliz... |
| 13.12.2023 | Enphase launches three-phase inverter | Microinverter manufacturer Enphase has officially launched its dedicated 208V three-phase offering. The company says a focused support team, evolving hardware, financial solutions, and design tools are being made available for small busines... |
| 27.11.2023 | Solar wafer prices marginally rise, supported by currency exchange rate | From pv magazine Global
The price of wafers this week notched upward slightly as a result of the US dollar’s weakening relative to the Chinese yuan.
FOB China prices of Mono PERC M10 wafer increased by 0.68%, or $0.002 per piece (pc), to $0... |
| 27.11.2023 | Lessons learned: Battery energy storage systems | From pv magazine 11/23
CEA started developing energy storage services in 2015, at a relatively early stage in the storage industry. The company foresaw the growth potential of stationary energy storage as a critical enabler of the renewable... |
| 21.11.2023 | Gallium arsenide solar cell achieves 23.1% efficiency via electrochemical porosification | A Belgian-Canadian research team claims to have found a way to develop gallium arsenide (GaAs) solar cells at a lower cost while maintaining high power conversion efficiencies.
The scientists said they grew the cell on detachable germanium ... |
| 21.11.2023 | VPPs get the VIP treatment | From pv magazine 11-2023
pv magazine: What are the benefits of VPPs and why are you pushing them at the DOE?
Jigar Shah: There are two pieces to this. One is that we have been doing demand response and remote control, and virtual power plan... |
| 20.11.2023 | Arizona Tribal community to cut irrigation canal water losses with solar canopy | Gila River Indian Community announced that it signed an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to install solar panels over irrigation canals on its land south of Phoenix, Arizona.
The first phase of the project will cover approxim... |
| 15.11.2023 | Mysterious, higher energy yields in vertical PV systems | From pv magazine global
A group of researchers at the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) has conducted a series of tests and simulations to understand why vertical PV systems tend to provide unexpected yield gain... |
| 07.11.2023 | Ascent Solar announces 17.55% efficiency for CIGS tech | Colorado-based PV manufacturer Ascent Solar said its proprietary thin-film PV solutions, based on CIGS, have reached an efficiency of 17.55%, up from 15.5% in previous test results.
The company said that current measurements account for a m... |
| 31.10.2023 | 54,500 GW-miles of within-region transmission needed for a clean grid, says DOE | The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Transmission Needs Study has found that the U.S. will need to add 54.5 TW-miles of within-region transmission by 2035 under future scenarios with moderate load but high clean energy assumptions. Thos... |
| 20.10.2023 | Ecoflow launches ‘retrofit’ residential battery with PV-coupling technology | From pv magazine global
Ecoflow has launched a “retrofit” residential battery solution that it claims can be easily integrated with existing rooftop PV arrays.
“Unlike conventional DC-coupled or AC-coupled battery systems, PowerOcean DC Fit... |
| 20.10.2023 | Briggs & Stratton launches new lithium iron phosphate battery packages | From pv magazine Global
Briggs & Stratton Energy Solutions, a US-based provider of battery systems and standby generators, has unveiled a new lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) battery package comprising a battery, a 6 kW inverter and a c... |
| 18.10.2023 | Hawaiian startup launches scalable wave energy converter, usable with solar | From pv magazine global
Hawaii-based startup Wavr LLC has developed a wave energy converter (WEC) that could be used for low-power marine applications.
Wavr developed its first prototypes for consumers, such as boat owners. The company clai... |
| 16.10.2023 | Suniva announces IRA-driven manufacturing, undermining the value of solar tariffs | We now have verification that solar module tariffs are morally, ethically, spiritually, physically, positively, absolutely, undeniably and reliably dead! Suniva has announced plans to restart its solar cell manufacturing. This announcement ... |
| 13.10.2023 | 3Sun to offer Oklahoma-built modules by 2025, perovskites possible by 2027 | At the RE+ event in Las Vegas this past September, pv magazine USA connected with 3Sun’s Giovanni Bertolino. Topics ranged from 3Sun’s burgeoning product line, their expertise in heterojunction (HJT) technology, future endeavors in Oklahoma... |
| 12.10.2023 | Solar PV LCOE expected to slide to $0.021/kWh by 2050, DNV says | From pv magazine Global
By 2050 the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for solar PV will be $0.021/kWh, the international registrar and risk management company DNV, based in Norway, predicts in a new report published today. The Energy Transiti... |
| 09.10.2023 | Электромобили «наследили»: как производители решают проблему CO2 выбросов | Не так давно в СМИ разлетелась новость, что рынок электромобилей прошел точку невозврата: в 2023 году их доля в продажах новых автомобилей перевалила за 5%‑порог в 23 странах, а в среднем по миру показатель превысил 11%. Вопрос, будут ли эл... |
| 06.10.2023 | Novel thin-film anti-soiling coating increases solar module yield by over 3% | From pv magazine global
Scientists from the Madison Area Technical College in the Wisconsin have tested superhydrophobic self-cleaning, anti-soiling coatings that, if applied to photovoltaic modules, can purportedly increase the panels’ yie... |
| 28.09.2023 | Solar module prices are falling, with no end in sight | From pv magazine Global
We have all been asking ourselves for some time now: How far can photovoltaic module prices go down before the bottom is finally reached? Apparently, there is still room for further drops, as all prices have fallen a... |
| 28.09.2023 | P-type solar products may be phased out by 2026 as n-type tech ‘rapidly’ expands | From pv magazine global
Analysis and data by Taiwan-based industry analysts TrendForce show that the superior conversion efficiencies of n-type cells have led to “rapidly” expanded capabilities in 2022 and primed the market for competition.... |
| 22.09.2023 | Briggs & Stratton launches new lithium iron phosphate battery packages | From pv magazine global
Briggs & Stratton Energy Solutions, a US-based provider of battery systems and standby generators, has unveiled a new lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) battery package comprising a battery, a 6 kW inverter and a c... |
| 21.09.2023 | On the Floor at RE+: $12/module recycling, Tesla Powerwall III specs, EV vegetation management, and more | At the RE+ conference in Las Vegas, Swap Robotics showcased its electric, solar-powered vegetation mower. Rather than selling the mowers, the company rents them with their trained site clearing crews. Among their current projects is a 2,000... |
| 20.09.2023 | DOE announces $10 million grant program for green building skills training | The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced it will provide up to $10 million in competitive grants to nonprofit public/private partnerships that will provide energy efficiency classroom instruction and on-the-job training.
Applications a... |
| 19.09.2023 | What causes batteries to degrade? | From pv magazine global
Amid wide battery variety, each cell type and sub-species of device has unique vulnerability to degradation, influenced by usage and other factors. Some cells thrive at low temperature, others excel at high currents.... |
| 13.09.2023 | Tesla launches Powerwall 3 battery | US-based electric car and battery manufacturer Tesla has officially launched its new Powerwall battery.
The new battery has an energy capacity of 13.5 kW and offers continuous on-grid power of 11.5 kW. The system measures 110 cm x 61 cm x 1... |
| 12.09.2023 | Carrier launches new series of high-temperature heat pumps | From pv magazine Global
Carrier has launched a new series of high-temperature heat pumps for applications in industrial sites, commercial settings, public buildings, and district heating systems.
It has developed four new products with capa... |
| 12.09.2023 | Mango Power announces Inxeption partnership; extends home battery warranty to 15 years | Mango Power announced its latest partnership with Inxeption in the US, making its Mango Power M home energy storage system available to solar installers in Inxeption’s extensive network across the country. This gives solar installers the ab... |
| 11.09.2023 | How the Inflation Reduction Act clean energy programs benefit U.S. communities and business | From pv magazine
The IRA is not just about tax credits and incentives. It is providing billions of dollars in grants and loans for clean energy and climate action, with an emphasis on energy justice and meeting the needs of residents in dis... |
| 11.09.2023 | Silfab Solar signs agreement with NorSun for U.S.-made wafers | North American solar panel manufacturer Silfab Solar (Silfab) and Norwegian ingot and wafer producer NorSun signed a memorandum of agreement for to supply NorSun’s planned 5 GW ingot and wafer production facility in the U.S.
In March Silfab... |
| 07.09.2023 | EnerVenue launches new metal-hydrogen battery variant | From pv magazine global
The California startup, EnerVenue has developed a new version of its nickel-hydrogen batteries for large-scale renewables and storage applications.
“The newest version of EnerVenue’s batteries extends the solutions’ ... |
| 06.09.2023 | Ascent Solar increases CIGS thin-film solar cell efficiency to 15.2% | Colorado-based Ascent Solar, a provider of thin-film solar panels designed for harsh environments like space, announced it has achieved a significant increase in power conversion efficiency for its copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) so... |
| 06.09.2023 | Carrier launches new series of high-temperature heat pumps | From pv magazine global
Carrier has launched a new series of high-temperature heat pumps for applications in industrial sites, commercial settings, public buildings, and district heating systems.
It has developed four new products with capa... |
| 25.08.2023 | SunPower survey finds education is essential to scaling residential solar | Even with the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), fewer than 5% of domestic homes are solar-powered today. To find out why, SunPower Corporation surveyed 2,005 individuals aged 18 plus. Data was collected over ten days between Feb... |
| 22.08.2023 | Solar racking company ESDEC eyes $5 billion valuation ahead of planned IPO | Solar racking conglomerate ESDEC is reportedly targeting a $5 billion valuation in preparation for its initial public offering (IPO), following significant acquisition-driven growth in the U.S. and Europe.
According to a report from Bloombe... |
| 17.08.2023 | New study claims PV industry is neglecting overirradiance issues | From pv magazine global
An international research team has investigated how overirradiance (OI) may impact the performance of PV installations at low- and mid-latitudes and have found several issues may arise when OI conditions last more th... |
| 21.07.2023 | Separator tech to prevent battery fires | From pv magazine global
Nuvola Technology has unveiled its patented direct deposition separator technology, which could replace conventional film separators and deliver incremental improvements in safety and performance.
The SafeCoat Direct... |
| 20.07.2023 | Federal agencies urged to tap 25 GW potential of solar on canals | The U.S. Interior Department and the Bureau of Reclamation received a letter signed by over 125 groups urging the agencies to develop an initiative to develop solar facilities above federally owned and operated canals and aqueducts.
The req... |
| 17.07.2023 | Technology brings universal access to clean energy within sight | The opportunities available from the aggregation and interpretation of mass data are huge and could help attract investors and ensure more efficient electricity networks as the world races to try and achieve the UN goal of acc... |
| 14.07.2023 | How smart electrification can unlock the potential of solar PV Integration | from pv magazine Global
As we strive to achieve our climate goals and transition to a carbon-neutral future by 2050, it is imperative that we accelerate the global energy transition. Innovation has proven to be the engine powering the globa... |
| 11.07.2023 | Sumitomo reveals testing results of redox flow battery project in California | From pv magazine global
Sumitomo Electric, a unit of Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo Corp., has unveiled the results of tests on a vanadium redox flow battery system it deployed in 2017 at a facility owned by utility SDG&E in Bonita, nea... |
| 06.07.2023 | New guidelines for inter-row spacing of PV power plants | From pv magazine global
Researchers at the University of Ottawa in Canada have defined a series of formulae for ground coverage ratios (GCRs) in utility scale solar power plants.
In the study “Optimal ground coverage ratios for tracked, fix... |
| 05.07.2023 | New study finds growing inequality in metal footprints of renewable power value chains | From pv magazine global
An international research group has used quantitative models to analyze data about the flow of iron, copper, aluminum, and other precious metals from source to end-use destination in the renewable energy infrastructu... |
| 27.06.2023 | DOE announces over $192 million for battery recycling | The U.S. The Department of Energy (DOE) announced it is releasing over $192 million in additional funding to help businesses streamline battery recycling processes from consumer products.
The decision extends the Lithium-Ion Battery Recycli... |
| 21.06.2023 | Top risks for solar assets: Extreme weather | The solar industry is forecast to build as much capacity in the next five years as it has over the previous two decades. As the industry matures, risk assessments support the build out of bankable projects that perform at a high level.
This... |
| 08.06.2023 | Solar buildout mapped to determine biodiversity impact on largest estuary in the U.S. | from pv magazine Global
A research team from the Chesapeake Conservatory studied patterns of solar buildouts in the six states surrounding the Chesapeake Bay Watershed ─ Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, and West Virgini... |
| 02.06.2023 | Maxeon claims 24.7% efficiency for IBC solar module | Singapore’s Maxeon has announced that it has achieved an aperture module conversion efficiency of 24.7% for a full-scale Maxeon 7 PV panel. The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) confirmed the result.
Th... |
| 31.05.2023 | New standard for ultra-low carbon solar modules released | The Global Electronics Council (GEC) has unveiled the ‘Criteria for the Assessment of Ultra-Low Carbon Modules.’ This set of criteria aims to ‘establish a framework, standardized methodology, and performance objectives to incentivize manufa... |
| 30.05.2023 | CSI Solar announces initial public offering pricing on Shanghai Stock Exchange | CSI Solar, which consists of Canadian Solar’s module, battery storage manufacturing, inverters, solar system kits and EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) businesses, announced the pricing of its Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) ini... |
| 30.05.2023 | Longi launches 590 W TOPCon solar module with 22.8% efficiency | From pv magazine global
Chinese solar module maker Longi unveiled its new Hi-Mo 7 PV module for large scale and C&I applications at the recent SNEC tradeshow in Shanghai, China.
The manufacturer said the new product is based on tunnel o... |
| 16.05.2023 | Researchers assess degradation in PV systems older than 15 years | From pv magazine global
Scientists at the Polish Academy of Sciences have studied PV installations older than 15 years and observed a decrease in energy productivity ranging from 1.9% to 2.9% over a 16-year period. They conducted their test... |
| 10.05.2023 | Silicon Valley Bank reemerges as a lender, extends credit to Pivot Energy community solar portfolio | Just two months after the receivership and takeover of Silicon Valley Bank by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, now under the ownership of First Citizens Bank, SVB has reemerged as a lender to the solar development market.
The lend... |
| 08.05.2023 | RFQ alert: Prologis seeks developers for 1 GW California industrial solar | Prologis, a commercial and industrial real estate owner, has sent out a request for quotes (RFQ) from installers for the development of 1 GW of solar systems across an industrial building portfolio of 116 California facilities at 36 locatio... |
| 03.05.2023 | Ikea bets on Meyer Burger’s heterojunction solar modules | From pv magazine Germany
Swedish furniture provider Ikea announced it will rely on Meyer Burger‘s heterojunction solar modules for its own panel offer in the future.
The group’s investment arm, Ingka Investments, concluded a four-year suppl... |
| 13.04.2023 | How many solar panels would have been needed to power the Death Star? | From pv magazine Global
With the race on to eliminate carbon emissions from the world’s energy systems, solar power has long since been accepted as having made the transition from an energy source of the future to a mainstream option.
But, ... |
| 10.04.2023 | Solar-powered cannabis cultivation | From pv magazine Global
Solar energy and cannabis cultivation are old bedfellows. PV pioneer John Schaeffer has even credited solar with facilitating the northern California cannabis industry, which in turn supported the nascent PV sector. ... |
| 21.03.2023 | Iberdrola using dogs, robots to monitor solar plants | from pv magazine global
Spanish energy company Iberdrola is using a real dog and a robotic dog to detect faults in one of its ground-mounted PV plants.
The real dog uses its olfactory abilities to detect problems in the electrical network t... |
| 17.03.2023 | Nothing will save Eskom in its present configuration | A month ago, South Africans heard some hard truths about the state of Eskom, from now former CEO André de Ruyter. In an interview broadcast on television, De Ruyter made accusations about the role of criminal gangs as well as politicians in... |
| 14.03.2023 | A moral trilemma for U.S. solar procurement | from pv magazine 3/23
The numbers don’t make for great reading. According to energy analyst Wood Mackenzie, the US solar market declined 16%, year on year, in 2022. Some 20.2 GW of solar was installed in a market that should be undergoing s... |
| 13.03.2023 | Agrivoltaics market valued at $9.3 billion | Agrivoltaics, the combination of farming practices with energy produced by solar photovoltaics (PV), is forecast to become a $9.3 billion marketplace by 2031, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.1% in that timeframe from $... |
| 08.03.2023 | How NEM 3.0 could change California’s clean energy landscape | California’s electricity bills are already about 5% higher than the national average, and rising. Rate hikes went into effect in January and Southern California Edison proposed another 4.4% increase that would be effective this summer.
Cali... |
| 07.03.2023 | North America’s bid to onshore rare earth supply | From pv magazine global
With the electric vehicle market expected to drive demand for 200,000 tons of rare earth elements in North America through 2030, work is being put in by industry and policy makers to restore the region’s rare earth e... |
| 07.03.2023 | Raptor Maps points to growing problem of PV system underperformance | From pv magazine global
Raptor Maps has published its latest annual report on global PV system underperformance. The solar lifecycle management software specialist performed aerial inspections across 24.5 GW of large-scale solar systems.
Th... |
| 22.02.2023 | In a saturated market, energy storage emerges as a silver bullet | We are expected to see low-carbon energy sources generate a record share of the world’s electricity within the next few years, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). But despite increased momentum and recent progress, our natio... |
| 21.02.2023 | Impact of single-axis agrivoltaics systems on non-irrigated grassland | From pv magazine global
Scientists at Colorado State University are investigating how the redistribution of rainfall and light caused by agrivoltaic systems mounted on single-axis trackers can affect the growth of non-irrigated grassland. T... |
| 20.02.2023 | Innovations in long-duration energy storage | From pv magazine 02/23
As the penetration of renewables into the grid increases, storing intermittently supplied energy becomes increasingly valuable. The benefits of long-duration energy storage (LDES) are evident: storing intermittent cle... |
| 17.02.2023 | Looking Ahead in the Energy Sector | It’s fairly accepted that the use of fossil fuels is damaging our environment. Moving away from those energy sources and transitioning to renewable, sustainable energy sources is humankind’s best chance at slowing or even reversing the dama... |
| 13.02.2023 | From brownfield to green wellspring | from the magazine
The old adage “one man’s trash is another’s treasure” is being applied to brownfield and landfill sites across the United States as PV projects and electric vehicle charging hubs are beginning to top sites that were once d... |
| 09.02.2023 | Vanadium’s role in a just transition | From pv magazine global
Global development has always relied on exploiting natural resources. Coal, oil, and gas not only fueled hundreds of years of industry but formed many of the building blocks of modern society. During the past year, h... |
| 08.02.2023 | BoxPower wants to cut emissions, wildfire risk by taking power off the main grid | After sparking California’s second-largest wildfire ever, and dozens more in recent years, it’s no secret that Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) — one of the nation’s largest utilities — is interested in alternatives to aboveground transm... |
| 08.02.2023 | Battery supply chain state of health | From pv magazine global
Lithium-ion batteries can store energy from intermittent sources such as solar and wind generation, adding critical flexibility to the increasingly dynamic electric grid. But as the storage industry’s future brighten... |
| 02.02.2023 | EV batteries alone could satisfy short-term grid storage demand | From pv magazine global
With gigawatts of batteries on wheels expected to enter electricity markets around the world this decade, much ink has been spilt debating the theoretical benefits of V2G technology. While it has been around for over... |
| 01.02.2023 | Solar may cover the world’s electricity demand with 0.3% of its land area | From pv magazine global
Solar energy could theoretically cover the world’s electricity demand by just 0.3% of its land area. This is one of the main conclusions of new research by a group of academic institutions, led by Aarhus University i... |
| 01.02.2023 | Patent Office invalidates two Tigo rapid shutdown patent claims, upholds nine others | Patent Office invalidates two Tigo rapid shutdown patent claims, upholds nine others
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office invalidated two patent claims... |
| 31.01.2023 | Зачем России гигаваттный завод по производству кремниевых пластин и фотоэлектрических ячеек? | В Калининградской области завершается строительство завода "ЭНКОР". На предприятии будут выпускать кремниевые пластины и фотоэлектрические преобразователи - солнечные ячейки - из которых собирают солнечные модули для электростанци... |
| 26.01.2023 | Scientists assess lifetime for perovskite PV to become competitive on rooftops | From pv magazine global
An international research group has assessed what levels of efficiency and stability perovskite solar cells have to achieve to become an economically viable technology to compete with crystalline silicon cells in the... |
| 24.01.2023 | Solar property insurance product launched by kWh Analytics | kWh Analytics, an insurance provider for zero carbon assets, announced the launch of a property insurance product in partnership with Aspen Insurance. The offering covers physical damage to solar and other renewable energy assets.
A spokesp... |
| 23.01.2023 | Vertical PV for clean energy and crop production | Agrivoltaics, the practice of co-locating solar facilities with cropland, is increasingly being adopted worldwide as a way to introduced distributed clean energy while not compromising land use.
Research by Oregon State University found tha... |
| 19.01.2023 | U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board rules in favor of Q Cells in patent dispute with REC | From pv magazine Germany
In a review process initiated by Hanwha Solutions, the parent of Hanwha Q Cells, the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board declared on Dec. 9 that all contested claims of REC Solar’s U.S. patent No. 10,749,060 (Patent ... |
| 11.01.2023 | How the IRA persuaded a Jordanian solar firm to invest in the U.S. | From pv magazine global
There is no question the Inflation Reduction Act has been financially attractive for solar manufacturers, opening a door to opportunity that has never existed before.
For manufacturers, the bill contains tax incentiv... |
