How much solar energy is lost through automated inverter settings?
In a huge data-crunching project designed to inform rooftop solar-export policy and regulations, Australian technical and social researchers delve into the costs and effectiveness of inverter standards.
Sandwich structure of quasi-2D perovskite film nourishes next-gen solar development
Even as solar researchers strive to squeeze every drop of efficiency from the industry-ruling silicon solar-cell technology, scientists are constantly questing for the next, cheaper, more efficient way of harvesting the sun’s energy to power human endeavours. The appetite for accelerating 2D perovskite solar cell development has just been piqued!
Tool offers insight into how solar and wind impact wholesale electric prices
Berkeley Lab’s Renewables and Wholesale Electricity Prices tool allows users to compare pricing trends across locations, regions, and timeframes, down to the nodal level.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: New budget for residential PV, financials for Daqo, Canadian Solar
China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) has allocated some $77 million for residential PV incentives. This should be enough to deploy another 1 GW of rooftop PV.
Next2Sun unveils bifacial photovoltaic fence
The solar fence has an output of 400 W per fence section. It is built with heterojunction or n-type PERT bifacial cells developed by the German start-up and relies on its vertical mounting technology for bifacial photovoltaic panels.
Bahrain issues tender for solar park at Formula 1 circuit
The solar park is planned to have a capacity of 3 MW and sell power to the local grid under a 20-year PPA.
Portugal kicks off €10 million call for agrivoltaics
The funds will be used to support innovative agrivoltaic projects and may cover up to 70% of a project’s upfront costs.
Panasonic launches 380 W heterojunction solar module compatible with its Evervolt battery
The new module series has a power output ranging from 370 to 380 W, a temperature coefficient of -0.26% per degree Celsius, and an efficiency of up to 21.7%.
Spanish solar parks hosting 13 million bees
Iberdrola has built apiaries at its Andévalo and Núñez de Balboa solar power plants in Spain. The company wants to build more beehives at its other PV facilities throughout the country.
A solar atlas for Qatar
The atlas uses existing ground measured radiometric data that have been compared with available solar radiation data derived from satellite image.
