星期六, 23 11 月, 2024
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RatedPower’s pvDesign software can now model bifacial energy yield

RatedPower’s solar modeling product called pvDesign recently launched its own bifacial energy yield model to support bifacial simulations. pvDesign uses a 2D model that assumes...

Chips, commercial CSP and a solar river: What the DOE is doing with its solar innovation dollars

Eric Cummings is out to disrupt the residential solar and storage market with a $1,000 synchronous condenser — essentially a small generator with a...

Discriminatory rooftop solar charges may violate antitrust law

When his electric bill went up by about 65% because he has solar panels on his roof, William Ellis joined three others to file...

New alliance aims to break 600 W threshold

The 600W+ Photovoltaic Open Innovation Ecological Alliance set up by mostly China-based solar companies aims to cross the 600 W module output threshold. Trina Solar,...

Heterojunction MWT solar module based on 23%-efficient cells

The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) is teaming up with equipment provider Eurotron, solar project developer GroenLeven, and Dutch research institute SIEC to develop a...

New production equipment for large-area perovskite solar cells

The New Energy Center at National Taiwan University and Taiwanese PV production equipment provider E-Sun Precision Industrial Co. have developed new production equipment to...

Scientists in China give flexible perovskites a backbone

Scientists in China have reported the development of a flexible perovskite solar cell measuring 1.01cm² and achieving a stabilized efficiency of 19.87%. The cell...

Deploying rotating PV arrays on cooling towers

Researchers from Sweden’s Mälardalen University have come up with a new rotating PV array concept for vertical deployment on the cooling towers of thermal...

CIGS solar cell with IBC structure and up to 19.7% efficiency

Scientists at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have developed an interdigitated back contact (IBC), copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS) solar cell with a sub-micron thickness of 673nm. The Delft researchers...

Startup with MIT roots develops lightweight solar panels

Joel Jean PhD ’17 spent two years working on The Future of Solar Energy, a report published by the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) in...

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China CORNEX signed cooperation agreement with the Italian Cestari Group

On November 13, CORNEX signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Italian company Cestari Group in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. According to the agreement,...

Solar Leader Enphase Energy Cutting 500 Jobs

California-based Enphase Energy, a company known for its solar power and electric vehicle (EV) charging technology, announced it is laying off about 500 workers....

Cincinnati’s solar array powers city operations, tens of thousands of homes

A sprawling solar array in Highland County now powers 20% of Cincinnati's operations and tens of thousands of homes. Cincinnati’s 900-acre solar farm was completed...

1.2-GW solar panel assembly facility to open in Puerto Rico

A contract solar panel assembly facility will soon open in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, that will supply the utility-scale market on the island and hopefully...