Solar Energy Articles

PROJECT SPECS LOCATION: Kansas City, Missouri PROJECT TYPE: Commercial SYSTEM TYPE: Solar Canopies MODULE TYPE: LSX INSTALLER: Good Energy Solutions  On top of having one of the best names in the solar ...

Jan. 28, 2020

By Lumos Solar, LLC

We caught up with Quintin Mecke, who is embarking on his second Climate Ride mountain biking tour this year! Hey Q, why did you sign up? “How could I not participate?  I love cycling, I love people, I love the planet and I am a firm believer that actions (especially when on two wheels!) speak louder than words. For all of us, the time is now ...

Feb. 2, 2020

By Climate Ride

The world has never been more aware of the importance of conserving resources and reducing carbon emissions. Nowhere is this growing consciousness more keenly felt than in the energy sector. ...

Jan. 30, 2020

By IFS

In collaboration with the leading manufacturer of steel cable and mesh constructions, Carl Stahl Architektur GmbH, and material supplier Merck KGaA, OPVIUS (formerly BELECTRIC OPV) has developed for the African Union a unique energy-generating shade sail in the shape of the African continent – which also serves as the logo of the African ...

Jan. 29, 2020

By Opvius GmbH

It sounds like science fiction: a feather-light solar generator hangs above a public space, its light, swaying form casting a pattern of shadows like leaves on a tree. But it’s real: individual solar cells are suspended from a net of steel cables, generating electricity at the same time as casting shade on the space below and protecting it from the elements. And it’s eye-catching, ...

Jan. 29, 2020

By Opvius GmbH

Project Goal: To analyze different existing strategies to incentive renewable energy installations in buildings connecting the macro-economic interest to strengthen renewable energies with the micro-economic situation explaining that using the “prisoner’s dilemma”. ...

Jan. 29, 2020

By Opvius GmbH

The Thüringen State Horticultural Show will be opening in Apolda at the end of April with the slogan “Blossoms and so much more in Apolda”. At the same time, the state of Thüringen will be inaugurating its “Climate Pavilion” which will initially serve as an exhibition area for the State Horticultural Show and will later be used for other events in ...

Jan. 29, 2020

By Opvius GmbH

Newer, more efficient solar panels and inverters have been in the news recently, but advancements in solar technology aren’t limited to standard equipment. Energy storage is also moving closer to mass-market adoption, and more installers are offering solar batteries and solar panel battery banks (a.k.a. solar-plus-storage) as an option for homeowners. Solar-plus-storage systems include a ...

Jan. 28, 2020

By GreenBrilliance

Abstract : A key to surface finishing is a "properly" prepared surface. Defining and maintaining the surface preparation at "proper" levels is at best subjective. Often the failure of surface preparation processes is not discovered until problems, such as poor adhesion, occur down stream resulting in non-conformance due to poor surface cleanliness. To assure consistent quality of surface ...

Jan. 28, 2020

By Photo Emission Tech., Inc. (PET)

Abstract : Industry faces a dilemma in trying to select the "right" cleaning process. Evaluating alternative cleaning processes requires the answer to two questions: (1) is the new cleaning process as effective as the one being replaced? (2) Does the new cleaning process leave behind any residue that could be detrimental to subsequent processing or performance? This paper discusses reasons ...

Jan. 28, 2020

By Photo Emission Tech., Inc. (PET)

Surface preparation is one of the most important factors in assuring proper adhesion of the rust prevention/paint adhesion chemicals to the coil and decorative/protective or laminate adhesion to prepared surface. These treatments can be defined as "coatings". Several after the fact tests are currently used in the coil coating industry to check adhesion of these "coatings" to the surface. Usually ...

Jan. 28, 2020

By Photo Emission Tech., Inc. (PET)

Abstract Straightforward least squares fitting of l-V curves leads to non optimal fits: residuals around and above the open-circuit voltage dominate the fit, leading to a bad fit at the maximum power point and lower voltage values. To deal with this problem authors have resorted to using weighting functions or to minimizing the area between data and fit instead of the least squares ...

Jan. 27, 2020

By Photo Emission Tech., Inc. (PET)

ABSTRACT: Computer program has been developed to lit illuminated I-V curves of solar cells. The main effort has been put to achieve reliable fit rather then the optimum speed. A concept of a now weight factor modifying an object function has been introduced. i-V curves of the cells fabricated and measured in different laboratories were analysed. Results are compared with other concepts of the ...

Jan. 27, 2020

By Photo Emission Tech., Inc. (PET)

Abstract : Accuracy in the measurement of solar cell performance attains more and more economic significance additionally to its importance in technology development. Measurement of bare (without additional interconnectors on the bus bars) wafer based silicon solar cells directly in production with a high relative accuracy is important for cell sorting and a high absolute accuracy is necessary ...

Jan. 27, 2020

By Photo Emission Tech., Inc. (PET)

Gigawatt Global’s 7.5MW solar plant in Burundi to become first grid-connected project supported by REPP to begin full construction UK government-funded REPP set to continue support for country’s first private-sector grid-connected solar project with construction bridge loan Gigawatt Global’s 7.5MW solar plant in Burundi is to become the ...

Jan. 22, 2020

By Gigawatt Global Coöperatief U.A.

When establishing a new production plant for silicon crystal wafers with a nominal capacity of 80 MWp (megawatt peak) annual performance in New Delhi, Moser Baer Photo Voltaic Ltd. relied on the know-how of EnviroChemie. The wastewater, which is generated during the production of solar cells and in the exhaust air scrubbers, is continuously treated by the Envochem® COL 10,000 ...

Jan. 22, 2020

By EnviroChemie GmbH

We have all heard that renewables are now cheaper than coal or gas, especially after the Xcel bid that was reported in 2018, with PV with battery storage at a median price of $38/MWh (3.8 C/kWh) and Wind at $19.3/MWh (1.9 c/kWh). If this is true, why don't we just replace everything with wind and solar right now? It is, of course, a bit trickier than that. These prices, listed above, are for ...

Jan. 20, 2020

By Sinton Instruments

We all know what solar panels look like, or do we? Flat, square, black and heavy … Functional, they may well be, aesthetically pleasing, they are not. That is…until now. When Solivus® started down this road they needed a reliable partner who could bring their vision to life. We found this in the Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP) who were pivotal in bringing our remarkable new ...

Jan. 14, 2020

By Solivus

Tolaram Group and DHYBRID have collaborated for the installation of the first solar hybrid technology project at Northern Noodles Factory in Kaduna, Nigeria ...

Jan. 9, 2020

By Dhybrid Power Systems GmbH

In June 2017, the grid-connected photovoltaic system was installed to significantly reduce the energy consumption of a port wine factory. In addition 132,000 kg of CO2 are avoided every year and the port wine production is environmentally friendly and cost efficient.The whole system is constantly monitored by a DHYBRID monitoring ...

Jan. 9, 2020

By Dhybrid Power Systems GmbH