Concentrated Photovoltaics (CPV) News
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Sharp Develops Solar Cell with World`s Highest Conversion Efficiency of 37.9%
Sharp Corporation has achieved the world's highest solar cell conversion efficiency*1 of 37.9%*2 using a triple-junction compound solar cell in which three photo-absorption layers are stacked together. Sharp achieved this latest breakthrough as a result of a research and development initiative promoted by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)*3 on the ...
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Zytech Solar and Energyweb. Partners to Create Blockchain-ready Solar PV Systems
Today Zytech Solar announced that it had become the newest member of Energy Web. Together the two organizations also jointly unveiled an initiative to develop blockchain-ready solar PV systems that are out-of-the-box compatible to transact on the Energy Web Decentralized Operating System (EW-DOS). “We’re proud to welcome Zytech to the Energy Web ecosystem,” said Jesse Morris, ...
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U.S. Department of Energy Announces 20 New Competitors for the American-Made Solar Prize
Earlier this week (2/11), the U.S. Department of Energy announced the 20 competitors who have been invited to advance to the next phase of the American-Made Solar Prize Round 3, a competition designed to incentivize the nation's entrepreneurs to strengthen American leadership in solar energy innovation and domestic manufacturing. The American-Made Solar Prize is designed to help more American ...
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Rioglass Solar Signs Contracts for World’s Largest CSP Plant
The record-breaking Dubai 700 MW CSP + 250 MW PV Hybrid Project Noor Energy 1, developed by Acwa Power in close cooperation with DEWA, Shanghai Electric Group Corporation as EPC, and Abengoa Energía as solar field technology provider, will utilize the Rioglass Solar tempered mirror and solar receiver technologies. Rioglass Solar has received the confidence of the project partners and the ...
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Using CSP to Improve Frequency Stability of Power Grid
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and General Electric (GE) have joined forces to tackle an issue that is relatively new ground for the power industry. Five years ago, most people couldn't envision high penetration on the grid of variable-generation renewables such as photovoltaics (PV) and wind. But now, this scenario is becoming a reality, so the topic of maintaining grid ...
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Department of Energy Announces $53 Million in New Projects to Advance Solar Technologies
Recently (10/23), the U.S. Department of Energy announced selections for up to $53 million in new projects to advance early-stage solar technologies. Through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office, DOE will fund 53 innovative research projects that will lower solar electricity costs and support a growing solar workforce."Innovation is key to solar's ...
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2016 Data Book Shows Continued Growth of Renewable Electricity
The 2016 Renewable Energy Data Book shows that U.S. renewable electricity grew to 18.3 percent of total installed capacity and 15.6 percent of total electricity generation in 2016. Published annually by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the Renewable Energy Data Book presents U.S. and ...
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U.S. Department of Energy Announces Five New Projects Through BIRD Energy Partnership with Israel
On November 1, 2017, The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in partnership with Israel's Ministry of Energy (MOE) and the Israel Innovation Authority announced $4.8 million for five newly selected energy projects as part of the Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy program. The approved projects will leverage cost-share for a total project value of $10.5 million in the areas ...
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Xcel Energy To Test Battery Storage Technology In Stapleton
Xcel Energy is partnering with battery vendors Sunverge Energy and Northern Reliability, Inc. to test battery storage technology to maximize the use of rooftop solar energy while ensuring the safety and reliability of the electric grid. The two-year pilot project is taking place in Stapleton's North Central Park and Eastbridge neighborhoods. As customers' demand for solar energy in their homes ...
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NREL Data Book charts growth of renewable-electricity generation in 2015
Renewable energy generation continued to grow in the U.S. even as demands for electricity decline, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) 2105 Renewable Energy Data Book. The Data Book issued this month is compiled by NREL for the U.S. Department of Energy. “Since it was first released in 2009, the Renewable Energy Data Book has provided useful insights for ...
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High Renewable Electricity Growth Continued in 2015
The 2015 Renewable Energy Data Book shows that U.S. renewable electricity grew to 16.7 percent of total installed capacity and 13.8 percent of total electricity generation during the past year. Published annually by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) on behalf of the Energy Department's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the data book illustrates U.S. and global energy ...
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Call for Papers open for 33rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Amsterdam
The experts of the PV solar community will meet in Amsterdam to discuss new concepts, trends and developments in science and industry. The EU PVSEC provides the most inspiring platform for dialogue and information exchange across the world. The next European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC 2017), the leading international conference in photovoltaics, will be held in ...
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Egypt to receive $500m solar funding; Rioglass to buy Schott receiver division
Solar thermal news you need to know. European Bank allocates $500 million to Egypt solar The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has allocated up to $500 million of 2016 funding to finance Egypt's new solar energy program, Egyptian news agencies reported December 1. Egypt has set a target of 20% of electricity from renewable sources by 2020 and aims to build up to 2 GW of ...
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Winners of the MENASOL 2015 Awards
CSP Today and PV Insider are proud to announce the winners of the MENASOL 2015 Awards. The ceremony took place on Wednesday, 13th May, as part of the 7th Middle East & North Africa Solar Conference and Expo, MENASOL 2015. Hundreds of online votes cast by the concentrated solar power and photovoltaic industry were assessed by a panel of Judges comprising, Dr. Rabia Ferroukhi, Head of Policy ...
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NREL Demonstrates 45.7% Efficiency for Concentrator Solar Cell
The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has announced the demonstration of a 45.7 percent conversion efficiency for a four-junction solar cell at 234 suns concentration. This achievement represents one of the highest photovoltaic research cell efficiencies achieved across all types of solar cells. NREL's new solar cell, which is designed for operation in a concentrator ...
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World Future Energy Summit (WFES) Abu Dhabi - At the Forefront of the Global Energy Dialogue
With the global population forecast to increase to more than nine billion by the year 2050, placing huge strains on energy and natural resource supplies, the world must find new, innovative ways to drive social and economic development, whilst reducing the environmental impact. That is the challenge the annual World Future Energy Summit (WFES), the Middle East's largest gathering on future ...
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Soitec has Executed a sales agreement to sell 150 MW of PPA s to Large Solar Services Provider
This is a major milestone toward realization of a solar project that is expected to deploy up to 83,400 Soitec concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) modules. Soitec, a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, announced today that Soitec Solar Development, LLC ("Soitec"), a wholly owned subsidiary, has entered into a ...
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International and local CSP community including Saudi Aramco, Kuwait Oil Company, Masdar, Abengoa, ACS Cobra to meet at MENASOL (6-7 May, Dubai)
Over 400 senior executives will be gathering in Dubai next week to learn how to develop and construct photovoltaic (PV) and concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) plants in the top markets in the region including Jordan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Morocco and more. The opportunities in the MENA region for both local and international solar companies are steadily rising and the MENASOL ...
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GeoModel Solar joins CHILESOL 2014 exhibition this May
The solar data provider will be exhibiting its services at the 2nd Chilean Solar Conference & Exhibition in Santiago this May. On the 27th and 28th May Santiago will host the CHILESOL 2014 conference, which covers both utility scale solar technologies: concentrated solar power and photovoltaic. It will also feature a solar focused exhibition which GeoModel has joined this week. The ...
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Secretary Moniz announces $30 million investment for solar development
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has announced $30 million in funding to 12 projects to develop solar technologies which can produce electricity when the sun is not shining. The 12 award recipients will develop technologies that span solar photovoltaics (PV), concentrating solar power (CSP) and concentrating photovoltaics (CPV). “The Energy Department is working across the industry to ...
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