Photovoltaic Solar Cells News
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26.3 MW solar farm constructed by Ameresco in Illinois village
Ameresco Inc., a US renewable energy business (NYSE:AMRC), announced on Wednesday that it has finished a 26.3 MWdc solar project in the US state of Illinois hamlet of DePue, resulting in the creation of the largest solar farm in Bureau County. In its first year of operation, the 65,832 solar photovoltaic panels that make up the DePue facility are anticipated to generate 37 GWh of electricity. ...
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First Solar Breaks Ground on $1.1 Billion, 3.5 GW Louisiana Manufacturing Facility
First Solar, Inc. this week (Sept 21) broke ground on a previously announced manufacturing facility in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, its fifth fully vertically integrated factory in the United States. The ceremony was attended by the Governor of Louisiana, John Bel Edwards, and other dignitaries from the state. The facility, believed to be the largest capital investment in the area's history, ...
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Matexcel Updated Its Photovoltaic Product Analysis Service for Research Use
Matexcel, a biotechnology company in material science, recently updated its Photovoltaic Product Analysis Service to assist scientists and researchers better with their projects. Products that use solar cells to transform light energy into electrical energy are referred to as photovoltaic products. In a broad sense, photovoltaic products refer to items like solar street lights, traffic lights, ...
By Matexcel
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FERC Proposes IBR Standards, Registration to Improve Grid Reliability
FERC took several actions on Nov 17 focused on inverter-based resources (IBRs), including proposing that new mandatory standards be developed to enhance the reliability of the bulk electric system. IBRs are solar photovoltaic, wind, fuel cell and battery storage resources that use power electronic devices to change direct current power, produced by generators, to alternating current power, to be ...
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In a world first, photovoltaic solar panels were installed on protected sites
Integrating photovoltaic solar panels onto historic protected sites has often been a problem without a real solution. However, an important milestone has been reached in the village of Ecuvillens, located in the Swiss canton of Fribourg, where terracotta-red solar panels have been installed on the roof of a farmhouse. Developed by CSEM (Swiss center for microelectronics and microtechnologies) and ...
By ISSOL Ltd.
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DEWA achieves world records in energy and water performance indicators
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)’s adoption of the latest international technologies in the production, transmission and distribution of energy and water contributed to setting world records in the performance indicators of the energy and water sectors, and surpassing an array of leading utility companies in the European Union and the US in various global competitiveness ...
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Alfa Chemistry Materials Launches High Quality Perovskite Materials for Optoelectronic and Photovoltaic Research
In a recent statement, Alfa Chemistry Materials announces to have launched a comprehensive line of high quality perovskite materials, which emerged as the most promising and efficient low-cost energy materials in various optoelectronic and photovoltaic researches and are currently in urgent demand. Ever since the Russian scientist Gustav Rose found perovskite, a mineral composed of calcium ...
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XENDEE and Idaho National Laboratory Partner to Develop Zero-Carbon Microgrids in Puerto Rico
XENDEE Corporation, a company focused on microgrid design and decision support software, and Idaho National Laboratory's (INL) Net-Zero Microgrid Program will support the Cooperativa Hidroeléctrica de la Montaña to develop and implement an environmentally and financially sustainable zero-carbon microgrid in Puerto Rico. "Increasingly dangerous climate events have been devastating to Puerto Rico's ...
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Solar Plate: An Overview
With the passage of time and the rapid advancement of technology, it is necessary to take steps toward environmental sustainability. People now prefer renewable energy sources to conventional energy sources to safeguard the environment. The UK government has taken a good step toward environmental conservation by implementing the Feed-in-Tariff scheme. They have demonstrated to the rest of the ...
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Solar Energy Market Projected to Reach USD 200 billion by 2026
According to the report, The global solar energy market in 2019 was above USD 50 billion. The market is expected to grow around a CAGR of 20% and is anticipated to reach over USD 200 billion by 2026. A radiant energy generated by the sun is solar energy, harnessed by the use of various technologies such as photovoltaic cells, solar heating, solar architecture, solar thermal energy and others. It ...
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First Flexible Bifacial Module Tested
In order to increase the energy yield from a noise barrier, we can make use of albedo. A large portion of the sunlight is, depending on their albedo, reflected by buildings, plants, roads and forests. By developing double sided solar cells, we can harvest extra energy from this diffuse light. And last Friday, we tested the first double sided thin-film module that we made in the project ...
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Trump administration disputes claim solar tariffs led to slower job growth and investment
The Trump administration’s tariffs on solar cells has blunted the growth in jobs, investment and generating capacity, according to a report by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). The analysis calculated that the industry has forgone 62,000 jobs, $19 billion in lost investment and missed building 10.5 gigawatts of new capacity. The SEIA report was released in advance of a ...
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NV Energy gets the green light for 1.2 GW of new solar with storage in Nevada
NV Energy has received the go-ahead from Nevada state regulators for 1,190 megawatts (MW) of new solar renewable energy twinned with 590 MW of energy storage. The new capacity – solar and storage – will be in three projects located in southern Nevada and are set to be in operation by 2024, the company said. The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) approved the plan Dec. 4. ...
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Kelp Elevator Could Give Biofuels a Lift
Inside Science -- Catalina Island, 25 miles off the coast of Los Angeles, is known for pristine coastlines, epic snorkeling, and panoramic views of the Pacific. Its waters are also home to an unsual-looking science experiment: a floating bed of planted kelp that is pushed down and pulled up each day, as if riding a giant elevator. The idea behind the project is to find an efficient way to farm ...
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Why floating solar panels are on the rise
Solar power companies in Southeast Asian that are competing for land with agriculture, industry and expanding populations have found an innovative alternative: placing floating panels in lakes, dams, reservoirs and the sea. Earlier this week, the state utility Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) said it will submit a proposal for a 45-megawatt floating solar plant in the ...
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AutoGrid Announces Major Virtual Power Plant Agreement with Japan's ENERES Co., Ltd.
AutoGrid, a leader in flexibility management software for the energy industry, announced recently (6/16) its latest project in Japan, which will be the largest storage-virtual power plant (VPP) in the world by asset volume. The project anticipates adding more than 10,000 assets to the VPP between 2020-2021, with rapid scaling in subsequent years.Under the partnership, AutoGrid will supply ...
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City of Norfolk, NPPD Team Up for Solar Project, Battery Storage
Approval was given earlier this week on an agreement by the Norfolk City Council for the state’s largest community solar project with Nebraska Public Power District, that will be tied to a battery energy storage system (BESS) demonstration project expected to be in operation by mid-2020.NPPD, with support from the city of Norfolk, received a grant from the Nebraska Environmental Trust (NET) in ...
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MNRE suggests mandatory recycling of glass panels for solar developers
The National Green Tribunal had directed MNRE to make a policy for managing the antimony which is present in solar glass panels Reports confirm that under a new framework, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has proposed to make it obligatory for solar power developers to follow the procedure of glass recycling for solar photovoltaic (PV) panels. Sources familiar with the matter ...
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Faith Technologies Helps Build First-Of-Its-Kind Solar-Wind Hybrid Project
Faith Technologies, a leader in electrical planning, engineering, design and installation, in partnership with Juhl Energy and General Electric (GE), recently began work on a first-of-its-kind solar-wind hybrid project in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota. This new solar-wind hybrid will provide clean, low cost, locally generated and renewable energy to the Lake Region Electric Cooperative. The hybrid ...
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Faith Technologies and Schneider Electric To Build State-Of-The-Art Microgrid
Faith Technologies, a leading electrical planning, engineering, design, and installation expert, in partnership with Schneider Electric, has designed and built a state-of-the-art, clean energy microgrid at the Gordon Bubolz Nature Preserve in Appleton, Wisconsin.The advanced microgrid uses a 200 kW solar photovoltaic energy (solar panels); a 30 kW hydrogen fuel cell; a 100 kW lithium-ion battery ...
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