星期二, 26 11 月, 2024
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A PV antenna for solar power beaming from space to Earth

The idea of harvesting solar energy in outer space through special antennas and transferring it directly to Earth via microwave beams is not new,...

BIPV solar modules with varying transparency

German solar module manufacturer Sonnenstromfabrik has developed a building-integrated PV module that can be optimized for high transparency. The glass-glass monocrystalline modules, which Sonnenstromfabrik is...

We’ll be What We Want to Be in Digital Future! The first international online conference in 2020 is coming soon!

With the gradual improvement of the overall situation in the overseas market, the overseas photovoltaic market demand is expected to pick up after the...

REC is now suing Q CELLS over split-cell manufacturing and junction box patent infringement

The patent infringement lawsuit war is heating up in the solar panel manufacturing world. Unrelated to the recently thrown-out patent infringement claim from Hanwha Q...

Assessing impact of residual stress in solar cells

Residual stresses are those that remain in a solid material even after external loading or thermal gradients that cause them are removed. In some...

Research team finds way to make solar panels “sweat” to deliver more power

Researchers have figured out a way to make solar panels “sweat,” allowing them to cool themselves down in the heat and thus boost their...

Indoor perovskite solar cells pack high efficiency in artificial light

It might sound counterintuitive to put solar cells indoors, but there’s still plenty of light energy inside that’s largely going to waste. Now, a...

Flexible, 22.6%-efficient perovskite cells for indoor use

Researchers from the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics and the South Colombian University, in Colombia, have developed a flexible perovskite...

Single‐walled carbon nanotubes for more efficient III‐V solar cells

Scientists from the Saint Petersburg Academic University in Russia claim to have raised the efficiency of gallium arsenide (GaAs) solar cells from 10.6% to...

‘Free-form’ organic PV

French thin-film solar specialist Armor has started manufacturing organic PV films that can be made into different shapes. It was able to launch production because it combined...

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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...