星期一, 25 11 月, 2024
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Tag: TECHNOLOGY AND R&D

Harvesting atmospheric water to cool down PV panels

Scientists from Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology have developed a cooling solution for photovoltaic panels that uses a sorption-based atmospheric...

Investigating backsheets and ultraviolet stability

Historically one of the most problematic components within PV modules, backsheets have been observed to degrade in outdoor conditions and, in many cases, to fail completely,...

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...

Solar hot air also rises, solar chimneys save energy and lives

Solar chimneys are an under-appreciated and underdeveloped passive solar heating and cooling technology. A collaborative project between RMIT University and the City of Kingston...

Perovskites thrive under pressure

Scientists are yet to settle on the optimal fabrication method for perovskite solar cells despite a variety of candidates. Researchers from Nigeria’s African University of Science...

Power-to-heat-to-power storage for rooftop PV

Researchers at the Polytechnic University of Madrid have examined the feasibility of storing power generated by rooftop solar as heat which can then be...

LCOE from large scale PV fell 4% to $50 per megawatt-hour in six months

The cost of generating solar power has plunged low enough to threaten thermal power fleets in the world coal capital of China and fossil fuel facilities in the petrostate of...

Mini perovskite module with 18.13% efficiency

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), have developed mini solar modules based on perovskites with an efficiency of 18.13%. The 21 cm2 mini...

Solar can drive down levelized cost of desalinated water

The global average levelized cost of drinking water (LCOW) from desalination plants could decline from around €2.40/m3 in 2015 to €1.05 by 2050 if solar, storage systems...

Australian researchers shine light on potential storage solution

Scientists at the Queensland University of Technology’s (QUT) Centre for Materials Science have published a new research paper in Nature Communications that proposes the use of...

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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...