Quality, reliability and a track record: New video report from the SolarWorld 2016 Installer Summit
As part of our pv magazine LIVE series, we bring you a new video report from SolarWorlds 2016 Installer Summit in Portland Oregon, including commentary from SolarWorld Americas President Mukesh Dulani.
SolarWorld ramps 72-cell module production in Oregon
The German-American PV maker has now reached 550 MW of annual module capacity at its facility near Portland, Oregon, and has additionally begun production of 5-busbar cells and monocrystalline silicon ingots.
ABB connects mega 648 MW PV plant to Indias grid
The huge plant the largest of its kind in the world was connected by ABB, after the Swiss company was awarded the project by Adani Group, who is currently making a number of moves in the thriving Indian PV market.
Energy storage market to grow to USD250 billion by 2040
This is the forecast in Bloomberg New Energy Finances New Energy Outlook 2016 report, which expects to see the price for energy storage systems significantly drop, as batteries will help to wean power dependency away from large-scale fossil fuel plants.
Major Swedish parties agree to 100% renewable goal by 2040
The five parties, including the coalition government, have agreed on a policy framework for long term future of the country’s power generation, which includes the ambitious target of being 100% renewable by 2040.
Solar to account for 30% of all generation capacity investment until 2040
A new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance on the future of energy not only points to solar as the technology that will have the most invested in it, but that costs will fall dramatically over the next 25 years, making it the cheapest energy source for most of the world by 2040.
Solar Impulse 2 lands in New York City
This weekend the solar-powered plane landed in New York City, as the latest leg of its round-the-world tour.
LG Chem supplies 7 MW battery to Ohio community
A 7 MW utility scale battery has been coupled with a 4.2 MW PV array in the Village of Minister, Ohio, to provide a range of electricity supply services to the community. The array was commissioned for the S&C Electric Company and will provide a number of grid and power supply services.
EPFL achieves 19.6% perovskite efficiency using vacuum coating
Switzerland’s Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has used vacuum coating to deposit and grow a perovskite semiconductor layer, resulting in a 19.6% efficient cell. Researchers have applied a mild vacuum for 20 seconds to achieve the result, which is a low-temperature process.
Signs emerge Apple to begin selling solar electricity
Reports have emerged that electronics giant Apple is looking to sell solar electricity. Apple has formed the Apple Energy subsidiary, with an aim to trade electricity and potentially retail the solar electricity it generates from its PV power plants.
