Taiwan’s Wushantou Dam to host 13.7 MW floating PV array
The floating plant will be deployed at the 20 MW Wushantou hydroelectric power dam operated by Taiwanese state-owned utility Taiwan Power Corp, in Tainan city.
Flexible PV fabric for heavy transport
France’s Solar Cloth has announced that Renault Trucks has listed it as a supplier for its factories.
A touch of gold for a 19.8% efficient perovskite cell
Scientists in the U.S. fabricated a semitransparent perovskite solar cell that reached 19.8%, and 28.3% in a tandem cell stacked on top of a silicon-heterojunction device. The device relies on a film of gold just a few atoms thick, grown using an innovative seeding method, which has the valuable properties of being both highly conductive and transparent.
Brazil passes 9 GW of PV capacity
Brazil has installed 1 GW of new PV capacity in the past month alone. The distributed-generation solar segment and bilateral PPAs for large-scale PV plants are driving the market.
10-year PPA for 8 MW solar park in Sweden
Construction on the facility is expected to be finalized in April 2022. The electricity generated by the plant will be bought by Swedish polymer-based products provider Nolato Group.
Longi achieves 25.21% efficiency for TOPCon solar cell
The Chinese module manufacturer said the result was confirmed by the Institute for Solar Energy Research in Hamelin, Germany.
Flexible bifacial kesterite solar cell at 9.3% efficiency
Scientists in China developed a new kesterite solar cell they say could be suitable for indoor or outdoor applications. The bifacial solar cell reached 9.3% frontside efficiency, and also achieved a 9.0% on the backside.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Another massive polysilicon order, Tongwei starts operations at 30 GW cell factory
GCL-Poly will provide JA Solar with 148,000 metric tons of polysilicon over the next five years. Tongwei produced its first 210mm PERC cell at its Jintang factory.
New factory in Spain to produce and repair solar modules
The 50 MW facility is located in the region of Navarra and is operated by German specialist Rinovasol. The company buys, fixes and certifies the panels and puts them back on the market, with a new datasheet and a five-year warranty.
Construction begins on vertical solar project in the Alps
The 2.2 MW vertical solar plant, built on a dam wall at an altitude of almost 2,500 meters above the sea level, is expected to be commissioned within four months.
