Called SolFlex, the frameless panel is based on 22%-efficient solar cells and is designed for high, one-sided heat load. The standard product measures 100x100x2.9mm, weighs in at 3.4kg, and has a power output of 170 W. Germany-based solar panel manufacturer OpesSolutions and the Fraunhofer Center for...
Read MoreFeeding solar electricity directly from its own panels into overhead lines, on a fully-electrified rail network, would be more cost-effective for the state-owned company than buying that green power from the grid, according to a new study. From pv magazine India A study by Indian NGO Climate...
Read MoreClearloop celebrated the groundbreaking of its 1-MW solar farm in Jackson, Tennessee, a utility-scale solar farm in the United States directly financed by solar offsets. Clearloop’s solar farm will provide enough clean energy to power 200 homes, helping to clean up the Sun Belt’s fossil-fuel-dependent...
Read MoreTennessee’s Loudon Utility Board (LUB) has selected Sunrise Energy Ventures to develop the Dancing Horse Solar project, targeted for construction in 2022. Located in Monroe, the 7.5-MWAC facility will power over 1,000 homes with carbon free energy and will assist LUB in controlling rates with...
Read MoreThe world’s most scrutinized and peer-reviewed document is out: the IPCC report on climate change. Thousands of scientists have spent decades pouring over every measurement and research report known. The findings are clearer than ever: It is “virtually certain” that the increases in extreme temperatures and droughts...
Read MoreThe Indian manufacturer has launched the Shark series bifacial panels for rooftop solar projects. The nine-busbar panels have a power output of 440W-530W with front-side efficiency ranging from 20 to 21% and rear-side gain of up to 20%. Loom Solar, an emerging solar technology start-up in...
Read MoreEnergy Vault secured $100 million in Series C funding for its EVx tower, which stores gravitational potential energy for grid dispatch. From pv magazine International Energy Vault, maker of the EVx gravitational energy storage tower, has secured $100 million in series C funding. The investment was led by Prime Movers Lab,...
Read MoreNational Renewable Energy Laboratory researchers have studied which tech offers the lowest levelized cost of energy to provide the US Western Interconnection grid with electricity when wind and solar are not available. They assumed 85% renewables penetration and determined that geologic hydrogen storage and natural...
Read MoreThe phovoltaic sunshade was deployed on the facade of a factory owned by Polish aluminum system provider Aliplast. The movement of the PV blinds is regulated by a controlling system linked to a weather station installed on the roof. Poland-based perovskite solar cell manufacturer Saules Technology...
Read MoreDynamic Energy Solutions commenced construction of a 6.6-MWDC ground-mounted solar array in Norridgewock, Maine. The project includes a landmark offtake agreement with grocer Albertsons Companies, and it is one of the largest commercial solar installations in Maine’s solar market. Once fully operational, the 6.6-MW system...
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