Solar for small-scale brewing
Researchers in Spain have investigated the potential of using photovoltaic (PV) or photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) systems in microbreweries and have found that PVT systems can cover more energy demand but have a longer payback time.
Smart window company sees buildings as renewable energy hubs
ClearVue Technologies, an Australian smart-window tech manufacturer, has secured a repeat order from the United States.
Using digital twin, roll-to-roll platform to design high-performance organic PV devices
An international team of researchers have demonstrated how to speed up the research and development of scalable, high-performing organic solar cells by using an automated, high-throughput platform. It relies on digital twin technology and roll-to-roll (R2R) printing in a closed-loop system.
2D Dion-Jacobson perovskite solar cell based on MXene contacts achieves 17.47% efficiency
Scientists in India have combined 2D perovskite solar cell technology with MXenes materials to build a PV device with remarkable efficiency and open-circuit voltage. They claim the new cell architecture is key to helping charge carriers move smoothly through the cell layers and reduce recombination losses.
California city to install pop-up solar canopy with EV charging
The City of Campbell contracted with Paired Power to install its Pairtree solar canopy.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: JinkoSolar’s TOPCon module shipments pass 100 GW
Chinese solar module maker JinkoSolar says it has shipped more than 100 GW of tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) modules in just 18 months.
VDMA expects copper metallization to take off in next 2 years
At SNEC 2024 in Shanghai, pv magazine spoke with Puzant Baliozian, lead consultant of sector group photovoltaic equipment for Germany’s Machinery and Equipment Manufacturers Association (VDMA). He says tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) technology will dominate the solar market in the next 10 years and expects module manufacturers will compete to develop more creative product designs. He also believes that copper metallization will gain market share in heterojunction (HJT) module production in the next years. “In the upcoming decade, we will have less than mg/W of silver being used for both TOPCon and HJT technologies,” he stated.
Solar on atypical, steeply sloped roofs
French company HDF Energy has equipped its new polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) hydrogen fuel-cell production plant with a 500 kW solar project, by adjusting the PV modules and inverters to fit the sawtooth roof design.
Wafer prices stable-to-soft on weak demand
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.
Solar cell based on high-entropy hybrid perovskite achieves 25.7% efficiency
Researchers in China have built for the first time an inverted perovskite solar cell relying on a high-entropy hybrid perovskite material. The result is a device with an improved open-circuit voltage and fill factor, due to reduced non-radiative recombinations and optimized interface.
