BayWa re starts building agrivoltaic project in France
BayWa re has started working on a project featuring 1,440 semi-transparent PV modules at a fruit farm in Brumath, France. It says the plant will generate 464 MWh of electricity per year.
Risk premiums for PV projects remain ‘stubbornly high’ in India
The cost of capital for solar projects has decreased across nine major markets over more than a decade, two researchers looking into the economic issue have told pv magazine. But India, considered one of the world’s most prominents PV markets, is ailed by “stubbornly high” risk premiums for these kinds of developments.
Boamax unveils heterojunction solar modules with 730 W output
Boamax, the Chinese module manufacturer, recently announced it will release two new bifacial hetero junction solar modules. Both products feature a temperature coefficient of -0.28% per C.
Perovskite solar dell with TMO Buffer Layers hits 15.7% efficiency
Researchers in Italy have used protective buffer layers in perovskite solar cells to mitigate damage during the sputtering of indium tin oxide in the production process. They claim the buffer layers were able to fulfill this mission without impairing the cell’s average visible transmittance.
Perovskite PV cell hits 19.9% efficiency with single-walled carbon nanotube
Iranian researchers have improved perovskite solar cell efficiency by using a single-walled carbon nanotube as a hole transport layer surrounded by lead sulfide colloidal quantum dots.
Storm Babet costs UK, Germany, Netherlands over 422.93GWh
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, explores the impact of the now-lapsed Storm Babet as it traveled across the UK, Germany, Netherlands and Lithuania. The solar company urges that as large weather events like Storm Babet make landfall in the future, grid operators need to proactively prepare.
New method for high-temperature thermophotovoltaic development
A US research group has developed stable emitters for high-temperature applications above 1,800 C, which could improve the efficiency of lab-scale thermophovoltaic systems. The framework showcases the potential to design application-specific metamaterials in high-temperature photonics using optimization and machine learning.
Solar module prices dive to record low
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, offers bite-sized analysis on solar PV module supply and price trends.
EU solar lobby urges ban on forced labor in solar products
The European Solar Manufacturing Council says that the European Commission should ban all products made with forced labor to ensure the future of the European PV manufacturing sector.
Solarday unveils new strategy, inverter line in Italy
Solarday presented its new commercial and industrial strategy at a recent event in Milan. pv magazine Italy spoke with Solarday Sales and Marketing Director Marco Vergani about the module manufacturer’s direct participation in large-scale installations and its new line of inverters.
