GSA taps Solaria for Green Proving Ground program
The PV module technologies provider will participate in the U.S. government program, which evaluates innovative sustainable building technologies.
US DOE: Austin Energy biggest winner under SHINES storage program
Austin Energy has emerged as the biggest winner under the U.S. Department of Energys (DOEs) latest funding round, which has seen US$18 million awarded to six energy storage+solar projects. It will partner with the likes of Tesla, Samsung and SolarEdge to develop solar LCOEs of $0.14/kWh when combined with storage, for example.
ViZn Energy Systems wins flow battery system contract from INL
Idaho National Laboratory, part of the U.S. Energy Department’s national laboratory network, will use the battery system for research and development.
First Tesla Powerwall operational in Australia under Energex solar battery trial
Queensland has seen the first Tesla Powerwall home battery switched on in Australia under Energexs battery storage trial, launched today by State Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk.
NASA sets new long-distance solar spacecraft record
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Juno spacecraft has broken the solar power distance record on its journey to Jupiter. While Juno’s massive solar arrays will generate only 500 W when it arrives at the planet, it wil be enough to continue powering the craft.
US announces $220 million in grid modernization funding
The research and development funding will help finance a comprehensive grid-related research and development effort to address a range of emerging challenges and opportunities in the United States’ power grid.
SolarWorld hits 22% PERC efficiency
At a presentation of its latest solar innovations yesterday in Freiberg, Germanys largest solar cell and module manufacturer announced a PERC efficiency of 22%. Advances in busbar-less modules with half cells and bifacial PV modules were also announced.
NREL: Defects can improve solar cell performance
The U.S. renewable energy laboratory explains that finding the right defect can in layers adjacent to the cell can have the counter-intuitive result of increasing solar cell efficiency.
PERC: Gintech achieves 21.44% efficiency; demand to continue
Kicking off 2016s PERC news, Taiwan-based Gintech Energy Corporation has achieved a solar PV cell efficiency of 21.44% using its PERC technology, thus ranking it number three in terms of global monocrystalline PERC efficiencies, behind Trina and SolarWorld. Predictions are PERC demand will continue well into 2016.
Trina Solar sets efficiency record with c-Si cell
Trina Solar has announced a new efficiency record of 22.13% for its p-type mono-crystalline silicon solar cell.
