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Photovoltaic （PV）

Improving Vertical Bifacial PV System Performance With Free-Space Luminescent Solar Concentrators

New research from the Netherlands shows that using free-space luminescent solar concentrators could be used to considerably increase bifacial solar module perfo…

Solar Cell

Waaree Energies, IIT Bombay Collaborate to Drive Perovskite Solar R&D

Waaree Energies says it has agreed to support IIT Bombay in creating an advanced fabrication and characterization setup to develop high-efficiency perovskite so…

Solar project

First Phase of 2 GW/11 GWh Solar-Plus-Storage Project in Chile Nears Completion

Spanish company Grenergy says the 105 batteries that will complete the first phase of the Oasis de Atacama solar and storage project have arrived at the Chilean…

Solar Cell

Fraunhofer ISE Developing Copper Metallization for Tandem Perovskite-Silicon Solar Cells

The German research institute said it is currently exploring three copper metallization methods: Screen printing, FlexTrail printing and rotary printing. The pr…

PowerGrid Technology

Belgian Startup Raises $2.5 Million for Grid Orchestration Software

Powernaut’s software balances local generation from decentralized devices such as solar panels, batteries, and heat pumps with the needs of the power grid…

Solar Technology

Self-Powering Greenhouse Based on PV, BESS, Hydrogen

Scientists have designed a greenhouse system that involves a battery energy storage system, hydrogen production and storage, as well as a semi-transparent PV ar…

Solar Module

Spanish Researchers Find Revamping Modules and Inverters Is the Most Profitable Strategy

A group of researchers have carried out a techno-economic analysis of three revamping strategies for an operating photovoltaic power plant in southeast Spain. T…

Rooftop Solar

Gibraltar Opens Tender for Rooftop Solar Arrays

The Gibraltar government is seeking developers to install rooftop solar systems at selected sites across the British Overseas Territory. It will also consider p…

Solar Inverter

PowerChina Wraps up Record 102 GW Solar Equipment Procurement Tender

China Power Construction Corp. (PowerChina) says it has concluded the largest procurement tender in solar industry history, involving 51 GW of PV modules and 51…

Solar project

UK Government Seeking Developers for Solar Project in Cyprus

The UK Ministry of Defence has launched a tender for a 875 kW solar array to be built within its base in Cyprus. The deadline for expressions of interest is Jan…

Solar project

BYD Delivers 600 MWh of Batteries for Solar-Plus-Storage Project in Chile

Grenergy has announced the arrival of 600 MWh of BYD batteries at the Chilean port of Iquique, marking a key milestone in the first phase of the Oasis de Atacam…

Solar project

UK Targets 45 GW Solar, 22 GW BESS in Clean Power 2030 Plan

Policies and targets confirmed in 138-page government plan to decarbonize Great Britain’s electricity generation by 2030. Solar and storage to play a key …

Solar Materials

Stable Silicon, Wafer Prices With Minor Variations

TrendForce says silicon material and wafer prices stayed mostly stable this week, while Longi Green Energy has signed a strategic deal with China Energy Constru…

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…