AS Published on Sunday 28 January 2024 - n° 473 - Categories:Chinese company, silicon mono/multi
World No. 1 in silicon expands its business
The world's number 1 silicon producer, Hoshine, has announced that it is to build a solar glass factory in Urumqi (capital of Xinjiang), as well as a solar power plant in the north of the country.
L R AS Published on Sunday 28 January 2024 - n° 473 - Categories:panels
Production of panels to replace old, damaged ones
Solar Distribution manufactures made-to-measure photovoltaic solar panels. It replaces identical panels under the O2 Solar brand. From1 January 2024,
AS Published on Sunday 28 January 2024 - n° 473 - Categories:European countries, panels
BayWa r.e. Solar Systems gives its opinion on the volume of panels in storage
Julien Chirol, President of BayWa r.e. Solar Systems, comments on the volume of panels in stock in French warehouses.
He says that very little of this equipment is suitable for the French market. What's more, availability is declining as transport becomes more difficult.
He acknowledges that it is very difficult to contradict
AS Published on Sunday 28 January 2024 - n° 473 - Categories:panels
Experimenting with vertical panels in the snow
An Austrian ski resort is testing an installation of vertical panels at an altitude of 2,850 metres, with different panel orientations. The aim of the experiment is to check
R AS Published on Sunday 28 January 2024 - n° 473 - Categories:hubs
Continuous energy production by combining a concentrator and a solar power station?
Combining concentrating solar power plants with photovoltaic plants in Saudi Arabia would reduce costs to $0.137 per kWh. Concentrators could provide base load energy
AS Published on Saturday 27 January 2024 - n° 473 - Categories:50 to 200 MW power plants
In five years, the number of insects near two solar power plants has tripled,
After five years of study, researchers have observed a threefold increase in the number of insects in the vicinity of two solar installations built on
AS Published on Saturday 27 January 2024 - n° 473 - Categories:panels
UL certification for a new vertical PV mounting system
A few months after discovering the benefits of vertical panel installation, the American company Sunstall has obtained UL certification for its new vertical PV mounting system called Sunzaun. It is the first vertical solar mounting system to obtain such a safety and reliability certification in the United States.
The vertical configuration
L R AS Published on Saturday 27 January 2024 - n° 473 - Categories:other methods
The Chinese have developed a 70 kW vanadium flux battery.
The Chinese have developed a 70 kW vanadium flux battery. It is 40% cheaper because it has a smaller volume. Its volumetric power density is 130 kW/m3.
L R AS Published on Sunday 21 January 2024 - n° 472 - Categories:floating power plant
The advantages of floating PV
A floating solar power plant can be installed very quickly: it only takes a few weeks to build and commission. It takes up land that is not subject to any conflict of use.
AS Published on Sunday 21 January 2024 - n° 472 - Categories:agrovoltaic
Agrivoltaics in Europe and the United States
Europe has launched agrivoltaic applications, but the United States is developing them rapidly and massively. There is now a 1.3 GW agrivoltaic park in northern Indiana, New York, which will deliver its first specialist crops in 2024, and the Shines programme in Illinois has more than 50 projects.
L R AS Published on Monday 15 January 2024 - n° 471 - Categories:battery materials
The price of lithium fell by 82% in 2023
The price of lithium fell by 82% over the course of 2023, from $80 per kilogram to $14 in mid-December
L R AS Published on Monday 15 January 2024 - n° 471 - Categories:panels
In short, abroad in 2023: Austria 2.2 GW to 2.5 GW, India 6.5 GW, United States
In short, abroad in 2023: Austria 2.2 GW to 2.5 GW, India 6.5 GW
In Austria, 2.2 GW to 2.5 GW are expected to be installed in 2023 (compared with 1 GW of solar power in 2022).
AS Published on Sunday 14 January 2024 - n° 471 - Categories:lithium batteries
Production of indoor solar cells to replace batteries
Swiss start-up Perovskia Solar is launching production of indoor solar cells using perovskite. Having developed an encapsulation material,
L R AS Published on Saturday 16 December 2023 - n° 470 - Categories:Chinese company, silicon mono/multi
Daqo launches new silicon investment programme
Chinese silicon manufacturer Daqo is to build a new production facility in Xinjiang province. The project is divided into two phases: the first includes 50,000 tonnes of annual silicon capacity, 150,000 tonnes of silicon metal production and one million tonnes of silicon metal production.
L R AS Published on Saturday 9 December 2023 - n° 469 - Categories:agrovoltaic
Photovoltaic panels modify surrounding forage production
New research in the United States has revealed that solar power plants can not only maintain grass productivity in semi-arid areas, but also improve its quality.