L R AS Published on Sunday 17 May 2020 - n° 322 - Categories:perovskite
In search of lead-free perovskite cells.
German scientists from the HZB and Chinese scientists from the University of Soochow have developed an additive that has significantly improved the performance of a tin-based perovskite solar cell. They
L R AS Published on Sunday 17 May 2020 - n° 322 - Categories:United Kingdom, power plants > 200MW
350 MW solar power plant project without subsidy in the UK
The British company Hive Energy has presented the project for a 350 MW solar power plant without subsidy to the authorities for approval. It would be built on the north coast of Kent. The project will be
R AS Published on Saturday 16 May 2020 - n° 322 - Categories:battery materials
There would be enough raw materials for RE
The supply of graphite, lithium and other products for renewable energies
AS Published on Saturday 16 May 2020 - n° 322 - Categories:inverters/micro-inverters
Comparison of the development of the five leading inverter manufacturers
The study compares five listed inverter manufacturers, SolarEdge, SMA, Sungrow, Enphase and Ginlong. They all achieved significant sales gains in 2019, in stark contrast to several years of volatile fluctuations.
L R AS Published on Saturday 16 May 2020 - n° 322 - Categories:hydrogen
BP studies the feasibility of a green hydrogen production unit
BP has secured funding from the Australian government to assess the feasibility of the project
R AS Published on Friday 15 May 2020 - n° 322 - Categories:panels
DuPont warns about cracking PVDF bottom sheets. Is this true?
After inspecting nine million panels installed at 550 PV power plants, DuPont Photovoltaic has identified a rapid increase in cracking of PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) back sheets.
The overall rate of cracking of the outer layer of PVDF back sheets
AS Published on Friday 15 May 2020 - n° 322 - Categories:panels
Who doesn't produce their own 500-watt panel?
Who doesn't produce a panel of more than 500 watts? Already Trina, Risen, LONGi, ...
LONGi is launching a 530-watt panel, the Hi-MO 5, which will be available in the near future.
L R AS Published on Monday 11 May 2020 - n° 321 - Categories:hydrogen
Increase in projects for electrolysers producing green hydrogen
Before the arrival of coronavirus, the volume of electrolyser projects to produce green hydrogen from renewable energy had almost tripled in five months, according to Wood Mackenzie. By October, Mackenzie had reported 3.2 gigawatts of announced cell capacity, 12 times the cumulative installed capacity at the time. By March 2020, the pipeline had grown to 8.2 gigawatts, 31 times today's cumulative installed capacity.
In recent months,
L R AS Published on Monday 11 May 2020 - n° 321 - Categories:cells
Creating new test procedures for perovskite cells and tandems
The advent of perovskite and tandem cells is forcing laboratories and test machine manufacturers to change the procedures currently used in silicon cell production cycles. In the laboratory, there is time to measure
L R AS Published on Monday 11 May 2020 - n° 321 - Categories:placing on the market, panels
New Seraphim panel
The Chinese company Seraphim is launching a 440 Wp panel made up of 158.75 mm mono-PERC half cells with an efficiency of 20.8%,
L R AS Published on Monday 11 May 2020 - n° 321 - Categories:storage area
What are the next storage technologies?
German and Israeli scientists met to analyse the advantages and disadvantages of alternatives to lithium ion batteries. After reviewing them, they concluded that there was no technology capable of taking the place of lithium ion.
Among the most promising technologies are :
L R AS Published on Sunday 10 May 2020 - n° 321 - Categories:lithium batteries
Fourfold increase in lithium-sulphur battery lifetime
Lithium-sulphur batteries appear to be a good alternative to lithium ion batteries because they are much lighter; they can store five times more energy than lithium ion batteries because they have a much higher energy density.
L R AS Published on Saturday 9 May 2020 - n° 321 - Categories:inverters/micro-inverters
Huawei believes it can transform inverters into intelligent PV controllers,
Huawei plans to use artificial intelligence to enable real-time data collection and decision making. This involves transforming inverters into intelligent PV controllers, developing AI inference modules and creating an AI training and inference platform.
L R AS Published on Saturday 9 May 2020 - n° 321 - Categories:other methods
An air-aqueous battery with 150 hours storage time
The young American company Form Energy claims that the air-aqueous battery offers 150 hours of storage. The company would deploy a
L R AS Published on Saturday 9 May 2020 - n° 321 - Categories:French companies, 50 to 200 MW power plants
Neoen to build a 460 to 480 MW solar power plant in Australia
Neoen is to build a 460 to 480 MW solar power plant in south-west Queensland (Australia). It has just signed