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How much PV is needed in an hybrid solar-diesel mini-grid?

The use of solar radiation databases and a solar simulator when designing solar-plus-diesel mini-grids could improve operation, costs and output, according to a study by researchers from Brazil’s Federal...

Researchers have developed new sustainable solar panels

Researchers at the University of Bristol have developed a new and more sustainable approach to solar-powered technological devices.  Solar panels are usually made of materials...

Designing super-strong solar modules for the tropics

Researchers from Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi and the U.K.’s Teesside University have identified parameters and techniques they say could...

European agrivoltaics

“Solar energy and agriculture can go hand in hand,” said Walburga Hemetsberger, CEO of SolarPower Europe. She sees a “triple benefit” in which the...

Predicting the I-V characteristics of PV systems under partial shading

A research group from Tunisia’s Carthage University has developed a method of analytically determining the characteristic I-V profile of a PV system under partial shading. Described in...

Bad vibes for organic solar cells

Scientists from Germany’s Technische Universität Dresden and Hasselt University, in Belgium, have discovered molecular vibrations are responsible for reducing the maximum achievable photovoltage of organic...

More efficient underwater PV cells with wide-band gap semiconductors

A research team from New York University is trying to assess the potential efficiency limits of underwater solar cells. In Efficiency Limits of Underwater Solar Cells, published in Joule,...

A second life for disused modules and EV batteries

Large quantities of disused solar modules and batteries from electric vehicles are currently disposed of, despite still being usable. But this is set to...

Raising a PV system’s yield by 20% with mirror reflectors

Researchers from India’s National Institute of Technology, the Centre for Energy and Environmental Engineering and Shoolini University have developed a new modeling technique to...

Identifying early-stage discoloration in EVA encapsulants

Identifying early-stage discoloration in the ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer encapsulants used for crystalline solar module lamination can spot panel degradationbefore power output is affected. Discoloration reduces direct short...

The best string configurations to avoid mismatch losses from rooftop PV shading

Scientists from Pakistan’s Lahore University of Management Sciences have analyzed various string configurations attached to inverters widely used in the solar industry, to assess mismatch losses and cost. In...

Heating solar panels to clear snow

Norwegian technology company Innos has developed a weight monitoring system it claims can kick in to melt snow on rooftop PV panels. The Weight Watcher technology,...

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RPC, Sungrow and EPC Suvic to build 50MW/100MWh Finland BESS

Renewable Power Capital (RPC) has signed key construction and supply contracts for their 50 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) facility in Finland. This is...

Trinasolar begins deliveries for integrated solar and energy storage project at Sandon Brook, UK

Trinasolar, a global leader in smart PV and energy storage solutions, has started deliveries for a colocated solar and energy storage project at Sandon...

Sungrow Hosts “Tailored Solutions, Full Coverage” Distribution Summit in Thailand, Introducing Tailored Energy Solutions

Sungrow, a global leading PV inverter and energy storage system provider, successfully hosted its regional distribution summit under the theme "Tailored Solutions, Full Coverage" in Thailand on 28th February....

Romania subsidizes municipal authorities with 86% for solar power investments

The Ministry of Energy provided EUR 28.8 million for 105 photovoltaic projects of 23.1 MW in total in almost all counties of Romania. The...