EDF buys 29% stake in French microgrid specialist Ecosun
Alsace start-up Ecosun is developing innovative microgrid solutions to provide electricity in isolated areas.
US utility scale solar powers through 2020
Big solar projects in the U.S. are back in style and growing in number.
Australian utility gathers 100 MW of solar in pilot aggregation project
How can you get the gigawatts of distributed solar generation in the WA South West Interconnected System to play nicely with the network? Western Power has gathered 100 MW of resource to test its coordinated ability to stabilize the system on low-demand days.
Kesterite solar cell with 8.66% efficiency and fill factor of 62.63%
Researchers in South Korea have analyzed the effects of alkali doping on the fill factor of kesterite solar cells and have built a device on a flexible metal foil optimized with a sodium fluoride doping layer.
Solar projects under construction face uncertainty in India
Factors like a labour shortage and proposed duties on module imports could lead to significant cost overruns for Indian developers.
Fraunhofer ISE solar cell manufacturing spin-off could reduce silver content
Highline Technology GmbH has a production process in which metal contacts are applied without touching the front of solar cells, reportedly saving resources and raising efficiency.
Chile introduces energy communities
The government has published new rules for distributed generation which will come into force on November 6.
Solar module factory begins production in Burkina Faso
The 30 MW fab will assemble modules with power ratings from 260 W to more than 330 W.
III-V solar cells for PV-powered EV applications
According to a new study from Japan, the global installed PV capacity in solar-powered EVs may reach up to 50 GW by 2030. Its authors claim that solar cells with efficiencies higher than 30%, including multijunction III-V cells and III-V cells combined with silicon cells, are the best candidates for applications in the automotive sector due to the limited space of electric car rooftops. However, a series of technical and economic challenges must still be addressed.
Solar auctions to spread PV over the commercial landscape
Once upon a recent time, installing and extracting value from solar PV installed on commercial rooftops was viewed as extremely complex. Innovators such as Energy Action have been smoothing the experience, such that now you can almost just sit back and watch it happen …
