Mesoporous carbon for a 20-year stable perovskite solar cell
Scientists in Japan and Europe investigated the long-term stability of perovskite solar cells utilizing layers of mesoporous carbon, building on previous work demonstrating the strong potential of this approach. This latest work demonstrates a light-soaking effect, which allowed them to fabricate cells that retained 92% of their initial performance after 3,000 hours in damp heat conditions – which the researchers say is equivalent to 20 years in the field.
Planned $54m float could drive first slice of Philippines mega solar project
Developer Solar Philippines is preparing to issue up to 2.7 billion shares, for an estimated $0.02 per share, in the project company which will develop its 500 MW-plus Peñaranda project on Luzon.
Indian transformer manufacturer to set up 4 GW solar fab
Shirdi Sai Electricals, an Indian transformer manufacturer and EPC contractor, has placed a $252.16 million incentive bid to set up a fully integrated, 4 GW polysilicon-to-module fab under the Indian government’s production-linked incentives scheme.
New app from Japan enables users to invest in utility scale PV starting from $2.2/W
The app is currently available only in Japan and its developer – Change The World – is now planning to bring it to the U.S. market. The app is purportedly enabling annual investment return of around 7% for projects under Japan’s feed-in tariff scheme.
Redox flow battery with capacity retention of 99.98% per cycle
The battery was fabricated by Chinese scientists with a low-cost electrolyte made of a derivative of TEMPO, which is a well-known electroactive aminoxyl radical used with several applications in chemistry and biochemistry. According to the researchers, the battery shows high redox potential and is crossover-free.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Longi considers overseas factory, GCL-Poly switches on 20,000 MT polysilicon fab
Furthermore, DaSolar has unveiled a plan to build a 5 GW module factory in Fujian and Maxwell Technology said it will provide a 500 MW heterojunction solar cell production line to Anhui Huasun New Energy.
Adani Green targets 45 GW of renewables capacity by 2030
Indian renewable energy developer Adani Green had an operational capacity of 5.4 GW – including 4.76 GW of solar and 647 MW of wind – as of Sept. 30.
Bangladesh aiming for 2.3 GW of solar this decade
The nation announced a more ambitious climate change and renewables target at COP26 in Glasgow, and will be boosted by a $160 million funding pledge from the summit host nation.
Analyst revises up zero-emission vehicle forecast after bumper year
A report published by BloombergNEF for the COP26 climate change summit has listed global commitments by cities, states, provinces and nations to end the sale of new fossil-fueled vehicles but, with 2035 estimated as the cut-off date for zero-emission roads by mid century, policymakers need to be more ambitious.
Land-constrained Japan sees utility scale solar reach 1,185m altitude
A 37 MW solar plant was built in Japan’s mountainous eastern Nagano prefecture. The project was developed by Singapore-based Vena Energy and constructed by Japanese contractor Airu.
