Flasher trends at EU PVSEC
Discussion about the adaptation of standards for Flashers, and the way in which high-performance and bifacial modules should be measured goes on. Berger Lichttechnik is now launching a new cell tester and Halm reports a three-digit number of delivered cell testers.
Singulus adjusts 2017 revenue forecast
German PV equipment manufacturer Singulus has announced a reduction to its financial forecasting for the full year 2017. The company cites delays in a large-scale project for a China-based client as the primary reason for the reduction.
Dyson aiming to hoover up EV market with new battery-powered car
The British engineering firm will invest £2bn in the development of a new electric car that Sir James Dyson has labelled ‘radical’. News prompts U.K. Renewable Energy Association to urge government to develop national EV charging strategy.
France to spend €7bn on renewables by 2022
Government of France will invest total of €20 billion in five-year energy transition plan between 2018 and 2022, including €7 billion on renewables, €4 billion on cleaner vehicles and €9 billion on improved energy efficiency.
KAUST researchers develop single crystal perovskites
A team of researchers from Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and Oxford University has developed a process which uses the effects of surface tension to grow highly pure perovskite crystals at centimeter scale.
Record-setting summer for UK solar, but challenges ahead finds National Grid
The U.K.’s National Grid has published data showing that summer 2017 achieved a new landmark for clean energy, with the electricity powering the nation’s homes and businesses the “greenest ever”.
ABB signs MoU, will part-finance Europe’s largest lithium-ion battery fab in Sweden
The Swiss power electronics specialist is to work alongside Northvolt on the development of battery solutions, R&D and factory automation at a new state-of-the-art lithium-ion battery factory in Sweden.
Anesco formally opens UK’s first subsidy-free solar farm, complete with storage
The 10 MW Clayhill solar farm and storage facility, developed by British renewable energy developer Anesco, was officially opened by the U.K. government’s climate change minister Claire Perry.
Scotland’s emission cut goals deemed insufficient by Climate experts
After a positive two years for renewables in Scotland, experts have deemed announced projects of the Scottish renewables energy committee as unviable and unambitious.
Fraunhofer ISE announces 22.3% efficiency for polycrystalline solar cell
The German research institute said this new result has beaten its own world record, which it set in Februrary reaching a 21.9% efficiency.
