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Solar Cell

Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Solar Cell Based on Wide-Bandgap Top Device Achieves 33.10% Efficiency

Researchers in China have integrated a wide-bandgap perovskite solar cell with a hybrid back contact device in a four-terminal tandem cell that achieves high ef…

Solar Module

Cooling PV Modules With Lauric Acid and Nanoparticles

Thai researchers developed three organic phase-change material (PCM) mixtures with nanoparticles to cool PV modules and improve efficiency. They used lauric aci…

Floating Solar

Testing Rigid Connectors in Floating Photovoltaics

New research from China shows that using rigid connectors instead of polyester ropes in floating photovoltaic arrays may help reduce the relative motion of floa…

Photovoltaic （PV）

France Deployed 3.5 GW of New Solar in January-September Period

France added an additional 3.5 GW of solar during the first three quarters of this year, compared to 2.3 GW during the same period of 2023. The country’s …

Photovoltaic （PV）

Spain’s Acciona Energía to Develop Agrivoltaics Over Canal

The agrivoltaic project, with a production capacity of up to 5,011 MW, will cover 2 km of the Orellana Canal in Cáceres, western Spain.Spanish energy com…

Electric Vehicle Charging

CEC Approves $1.4B Plan to Expand Zero-Emission Transportation Infrastructure

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved a $1.4-billion investment plan that accelerates progress on the state’s electric vehicle (EV) charging and…

Battery

FHE Group Presents Thermal Battery for Solar Power Storage

The French company says its Inelio thermal battery can store solar power in the form of heat for heating and cooling applications, as well as for producing dome…

Microgrid

Suriname Starts Building Hybrid Solar Microgrids to Power 25 Villages

PowerChina is building three hybrid solar microgrids in Suriname, combining solar panels, energy storage, and diesel backup to power 25 remote villages across t…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Stellantis and CATL to Invest up to €4.1B in Joint Venture for Large-Scale LFP Battery Plant in Spain

Stellantis and CATL will invest up to €4.1 billion to form a joint venture that will build a large-scale European lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery plan…

Battery

Australia’s Batteries Surf Revenue Wave on Back of Volatile Power Prices

Investments in battery storage within Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) are increasingly profitable due to higher power price volatility and c…

Electric Vehicles

Volvo Begins Autonomous Operations for DHL Supply Chain in Texas

Volvo Autonomous Solutions (VAS) and DHL Supply Chain have launched autonomous operations in the United States. The operations will be enabled by the purpose-bu…

Electric Vehicles

EPA awarding $735M to assist in purchase of 2,400 zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that 70 applicants across 27 states, three Tribal Nations, and one territory have been tentatively select…

Solar Panel

US Doubles Solar Polysilicon and Wafer Tariffs on China

The US government has doubled Section 301 tariffs on imported solar polysilicon and wafers from China to 50%. The materials are vital for manufacturing solar pa…

EV Technology

ZF in Serial Production of SMotion Active Chassis Dampers

ZF is an industry leader with 25 years of experience in electronically controlled chassis damping system development. A new era of damping technology has begun …

Solar Cell

Fraunhofer ISE Concludes Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Solar Cell Project

The five-year MaNiTU project, involving six Fraunhofer institutes, covered a range of investigations across the life cycle of perovskite-silicon tandem solar ce…