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.
Relabeled modules cause headache for distributor
pv magazines ongoing Black Sheep campaign has uncovered a case in which a module supplier shipped modules that appear to have relabeled with a false module power rating. On further investigation the dealer was able to satisfy the end customer, but the dispute continues.
Operations start at Enel's 66 MW solar plant in South Africa
With production starting at the Tom Burke PV power plant, the Italian company now has nearly 160 MW of installed capacity in South Africa, as Enels groundbreaking year continues.
Sungrow Australian shipments surge, rooftop market registers mid-year uptick
Chinese inverter supplier Sungrow reports that it has grown to become the leading Chinese inverter supplier to the Australian residential market, recording 50 MW of shipments to the small scale segment in 2015. The Australian residential rooftop market registered a robust uptick in May, according to data compiled by Green Energy Markets, with over 62 MW of small-scale solar systems installed.
North American solar investors concerned about H2 oversupply
Deutsche Bank released some market analysis, addressing the concerns of North American solar investors, who fear a potential PV oversupply is on the horizon, changes to net metering policies, and rising Chinese competition.
IBC Solar instals 2.4 MW rooftop self-consumption system in Holland
It is the largest self-consumption system ever installed by the German-company, to add to the growing network of large-scale rooftop PV systems in Holland.
Solar boat attempting to cross the Atlantic
The Solar Voyager, built by two friends in their spare time, is an autonomous boat that is attempting to be the very first to cross any ocean using solely solar power, as it travels slowly across the Atlantic Ocean.
SolarWorld donates 50 kW of PV modules for hospital in Haiti
This is now the fifth solar donation that SolarWorld has made to a hospital in Haiti, with the aim of reducing the hospitals energy reliance on expensive and unreliable diesel generators.
