With solar grade polysilicon prices having plummeted in recent years, cutting down on consumption of the material has not been a priority. But strategies exist…
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The manufacturer said its new hybrid device includes a maximum power point tracking system, which makes it ideal for east/west oriented rooftop PV systems. The…
A US scientist is proposing a new approach to calculating the optimum angular-tilt of PV panels for a planar surface at a particular site. In…
Chinese researchers have developed a pure EVA film, which they claim can enhance the conversion efficiency of conventional crystalline solar cells by around 0.50%. The…
New York state has signed a deal to procure a new 100 kW/1 MWh zinc-air battery from Canadian company Zinc8 Energy Storage. The energy storage…
Only 39.8 MW of PV projects were allocated in the fifth round of Japan’s procurement program for large-scale solar. The lowest price offered was ¥10.99/kWh…
The country saw the addition of 3.975 GW of new solar installations last year. Most of this capacity comes from solar projects selected by the…
Under the umbrella of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 initiative, the research platform ERA has initiated a new batch of future energy projects. Looking at…
The generous tariff is considered crucial by the Vietnamese government to maintain high levels of development in the rooftop segment until 2021. Image: skeeze, pixabay…
The exemption will be applied to the import of materials, equipment and installation accessories for the deployment of PV and solar thermal systems. The new…
UK researchers claim to have proved the viability wearable photovoltaic devices as an integral part of regular clothing. A solar-powered fabric textile was created by…
Scientists from Italy are proposing a new theoretical approach based on the combination of the scattering matrix method (SMM) with the Hovel method. The new…
From pv magazine 01/2020 It has been a dramatic year for the Chinese PV industry. In 2019 there was an unexpected drop in installations and…
The debt-saddled developer now has to hope its latest, $230 million state bail-out goes ahead before summer or it will be left $260 million in…
The Norwegian solar developer has gone from a $15.5 million profit at the end of 2018 to a $4.33 million loss just as its project…
Following a dip in the last fiscal year, the value of cell exports saw a massive surge to an estimated INR13.3 billion from April to…
The scale of fossil fuel deals signed between African governments and U.K. oil and gas interests reportedly amounted to more than 11 times the volume…
The government has decided to implement a proper independent power producer development plan for large scale PV, with the help of the World Bank. The…
Saudi researchers claim to have improved the thermal stability and moisture resistance of such devices by replacing 3D hybrid perovskite with two-dimensional compounds. They used…
A report from Dutch grid operator TenneT and gas business Gasunie suggests the companies should jointly develop infrastructure after 2030. With hydrogen and synthetic methane…