Covid-19 forces Meyer Burger to reduce solar module output, increase panel prices for 2022
An above-average employee sickness absence is forcing the Switzerland-based solar panel manufacturer to slow down production until the end of January. Meyer Burger has also informed customers that the prices for its solar modules will rise in the coming year.
Inverted perovskite solar cell with 23.7% efficiency
A German-Italian research team has designed an inverted perovskite solar cell with a short-circuit current of 1.184 V and a remarkable fill factor of 85%. The device was built by modifying its interfaces with large organic cations.
Narrowing down a million molecules for the optimal flow battery
Scientists in the United States turned to artificial intelligence to speed up their search for new materials for use in a flow battery. The group developed a machine learning algorithm that could search a dataset of potential materials and identify those with the ideal balance of different characteristics that make it suitable for use in a flow batteries. The group says its algorithm could be applied to other battery technologies, and even in other fields.
Inventec Solar files for bankruptcy
Taiwanese module manufacturer Inventec Solar has accumulated about $70.2 million of debt.
Intersolar India 2021 opens in Gujarat
Intersolar India 2021, a three-day solar exhibition, kicked off this week in Gujarat. Companies such as Indian solar manufacturers Adani Solar, Pixon, and Saatvik spoke to pv magazine about their plans to ramp up production and launch new technologies.
Amazon procures more than 1 GW of U.S. solar projects
Amazon has announced 5.6 GW of solar throughout the world. The first U.S. projects are planned for Arizona and Georgia.
Record solar numbers expected this year but IEA highlights pricing concern
The Paris-based body expects the world will have installed almost 160 GW of solar this year, a record number, but still not enough to keep the prospect of a net zero global economy by mid century in sight.
Tata Power awarded India’s largest solar and battery storage project
Tata Power Solar has secured the engineering, procurement, and construction contract for a 100 MW solar field with a 120 MWh battery. The project, awarded by the Solar Energy Corporation of India, will be in the state of Chhattisgarh.
Acciona signs up to supply solar for 3 GW green hydrogen project
Australia’s Stanwell Energy and Spanish renewable energy company Acciona Energia have signed a deal that could use energy generated at the proposed 600 MWp Aldoga Solar Farm to power a 3 GW green hydrogen project being developed in Queensland.
Indian salt producer tenders 5 GW of solar
State-owned Hindustan Salts has invited developers to build and operate 5 GW of solar capacity on disused land in the Indian states of Rajasthan and Gujarat.
