星期一, 24 2 月, 2025
Tags TECHNOLOGY AND R&D

Tag: TECHNOLOGY AND R&D

Software for virtual power plants powered by residential solar-plus-storage

With a virtual power plant (VPP) aggregated from household solar-plus-storage installations operating in Germany’s primary balancing energy market since November 2018, German energy storage specialist Sonnen has developed software it...

A big grid solution to harness small solar arrays

Scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in the U.S. are developing a system to coordinate and control the injection of solar power from small installations into...

Waves, wind & floating PV

The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) is studying the impact of wind and waves on the performance of floating solar systems at a special...

Fraunhofer ISE tests vehicle-integrated PV in commercial trucks

The transport sector’s energy transition is stalling. Electric cars are still in short supply and biofuels are also controversial. Heavy goods traffic alone accounts...

Solar car tarp to recharge EV batteries

French thin-film PV manufacturer Armor has deployed a thin-film solar car cover on a Gazelle Tech electric vehicle made of composite materials. The cover consists...

How much money can you make with PV-assisted EV charging stations?

A group of scientists from Istanbul Technical University, the Turkish-German University, and France’s University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne has developed an economic model to evaluate...

General Electric works on grid-forming inverter controls

GE Research, the R&D arm of U.S. conglomerate General Electric, recently secured $4.2 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy...

No such thing as ‘next-generation’ modules

Next time you hear about the launch of a new “next-generation” solar module, take the news with a measure of caution, because the product...

Solar pump moved by fuzzy logicResearchers in the United Arab Emirates have proposed a PV-powered irrigation system that runs on a fuzzy logic-based algorithm,...

Researchers from the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates have proposed an irrigation system featuring a standalone PV system, a single...

TOPCon technology hits 23.5% in mass production

Jolywood this week announced that it has pushed the efficiency of its mass-produced silicon solar cells to 23.5%. The cells rely on n-type tunnel oxide...

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400W of free energy for 25 years – this company presents the first bifacial solar billboard

Next2Sun has unveiled the world’s first bifacial solar fence, a groundbreaking step in renewable energy that does more than just generate electricity—it also works...

OCI Holdings Partners with Arava Power for 260MW Solar Project in Texas

OCI Holdings, a prominent South Korean company in the solar energy sector, announced on Feb. 24 that its U.S. subsidiary, OCI Energy, has entered...

Northern Solar eyes growth amid rising clean energy demand

Announcing the earnings, Northern Solar achieved revenue of RM24.05 million for the third quarter (Q3) ended December 31, 2024 (FY24), driven primarily by its...

Cornish company takes on ‘controversial solar farm projects’

A Cornish company has said its taking on “controversial solar farm projects”. Vertical PV UK, based in Newquay, says its technology allows farmers to have...