New solar window tech with 2.1% efficiency
Researchers in South Korea have fabricated a fully transparent solar cell which they claim has a transmittance for visible light of more than 57%. The integrated device generates enough power to move a small-sized motor.
GoodWe launches 1500 V string inverter series
The two devices of the series have, both, an efficiency of 99%. With this new inverter series, GoodWe has made its first step into the large scale PV business.
Could agrivoltaics feed demand for clean energy?
Agrivoltaics could result in more food, more energy, lower water demand, lower carbon emissions, and more prosperous rural communities, says an Oregon State University researcher. He plans to build a farm to prove the point.
General Electric to build 400 MW pumped-hydro storage project in Australia
A proposed 400 MW pumped-hydro storage project is on track to become the first of its kind in more than three decades in Queensland, Australia. GE Renewable Energy is backing the plan.
JinkoSolar claims 24.9% efficiency for n-type monocrystalline cell
The result was confirmed by Germany’s Institute for Solar Energy Research (ISFH).
Mini grids grant could drive 80 MW of new capacity in Africa
A new fund established by the African Development Bank could attract $650 million of private money into the sector, according to the lender.
France’s PV tender for non-interconnected areas produces average price of €0.0986/kWh
The French government allocated 57 MW of PV capacity across 47 projects through the tender. Réunion and Guadeloupe were the territories with the largest allocated capacities.
Confusion surrounds Kuwait’s mega solar plans
The state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corporation has reportedly ended its involvement with the gigawatt scale Dabdaba solar field and asked the national body responsible for drumming up private sector investment to merge it with the 2 GW Shagaya renewables development.
Zinc-air batteries with non-alkaline, aqueous electrolytes
New battery chemistry developed in Germany promises to make zinc-air batteries the storage technology of the future.
Brazil may add 9 GW of distributed solar over next two years
Brazil may see the deployment of 4 GW of new distributed generation solar capacity this year and another 5 GW next year, according to Aldo Pereira Teixeira, the CEO of Brazil’s largest PV product distributor and system integrator. In an interview with pv magazine, he explains why and how this huge growth could materialize.
