L R AS Published on Tuesday 5 April 2022 - n° 400 - Categories:products, various products
in brief: 8 MW battery leasing and energy sharing/heat pump project in Berlin
In short, two achievements:
Battery leasing and energy sharing pilot project by Enphase
8 MW heat pump in Berlin by Vattenfall and Siemens Energy
L R AS Published on Tuesday 5 April 2022 - n° 400 - Categories:placing on the market
Photowatt + Axcentive = new panel coating
Solar panel manufacturer Photowatt and French chemical company Axcentive have developed a photovoltaic panel coating (called Exocoat) based on photo-active nanotechnology. The super-hydrophilic surface
L R AS Published on Tuesday 29 March 2022 - n° 399 - Categories:placing on the market
PV equipment in brief: Solarwatt, NEXTracker, Delta, Gautam Solar
Solarwatt is launching a certified low-carbon photovoltaic panel for the French market. It achieves less than 550 kg/kWp.
L R AS Published on Tuesday 15 March 2022 - n° 397 - Categories:various products
In brief product projects: ACWA 700 MW, Scatec+ACME, Panasonic heat pump, Trina
In brief product projects: ACWA 700 MW, Scatec+ACME, Panasonic heat pump, Trina
Saudi developer and operator ACWA Power will develop a 700 MW solar power plant in Saudi Arabia and sell the electricity to the Saudi Electricity Company. The plant will cost $450 million
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Norway's Scatec and India's ACME have formed a 50/50 joint venture to develop a 300 MW smelter to produce "green" ammonia in Oman. Initially, 100,000 tonnes of ammonia will be produced annually. The partners are seeking ammonia customers for these 20-25 year contracts
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Panasonic launches solar heat pump for water heating
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Trina Solar Launches Rooftop Panel with 21.9% Efficiency and 425 W Power
L R AS Published on Tuesday 15 March 2022 - n° 397 - Categories:placing on the market
R&D highlights: keeping birds away, ventilated facades, design of abnormal power plants, tandem cells
In brief R&D: keeping birds away, ventilated facade, abnormal power plant design, tandem cells
An autonomous laser system keeps birds away from photovoltaic panels. In many cases, bird activity has been reduced by 70% to 99%.
L R AS Published on Tuesday 15 March 2022 - n° 397 - Categories:placing on the market
Company news: Fonroche Lighting Senegal contract, unmanned ground vehicle, Iberdrola agrivoltaic projects
Company news in brief : Fonroche Lighting Senegal contract, unmanned ground vehicle, Iberdrola agrivoltaic projects
Fonroche Lighting is to supply 67,000 solar-powered streetlights to equip 265 localities in Senegal. The investment is worth €121m.
L R AS Published on Tuesday 8 March 2022 - n° 396 - Categories:placing on the market, panels
Megasol presents a 500 W solar panel with an efficiency of 23.2
Swiss manufacturer Megasol is presenting a 500 W solar panel with an efficiency of 23.2%. This efficiency is achieved using a new back-contact technology capable of reducing internal resistance, ohmic losses and cell spacing.
L R AS Published on Tuesday 8 March 2022 - n° 396 - Categories:placing on the market
A new product, the solar brick
Mitrex, a Canadian manufacturer of solar technology, is launching the solar brick. This solar-integrated surface resembles a brick wall, embedded with solar panels.
L R AS Published on Tuesday 8 March 2022 - n° 396 - Categories:placing on the market
AE Solar presents its new Aurora products
German panel manufacturer AE Solar has unveiled its new Aurora products. It says they are the company's most powerful solar panel series.
L R AS Published on Monday 21 February 2022 - n° 394 - Categories:placing on the market
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L R AS Published on Monday 7 February 2022 - n° 392 - Categories:placing on the market
In brief companies: Ecosun, Spire Solar, ASCA, Acciona, NEXTracker
In brief companies: Ecosun, Spire Solar, ASCA, Acciona, NEXTracker
The French company Ecosun has presented a solar-powered trailer for off-grid applications. It is equipped with fifteen panels
L R AS Published on Monday 31 January 2022 - n° 391 - Categories:placing on the market
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L R AS Published on Monday 24 January 2022 - n° 390 - Categories:placing on the market
New products from SMA (inverters), Panasonic and Seraphim (panels), TrinaTracker (tracker)
New products from SMA (inverter), Panasonic and Seraphim (panels), Trina Tracker (tracker)
SMA presents a new three-phase hybrid inverter,
L R AS Published on Sunday 23 January 2022 - n° 390 - Categories:products, various products
Photovoltaic and thermal panels from FHE Group and SolarMaster
French company FHE Group has developed a 2.5 kWh storage device capable of storing electricity in the form of heat during the day and releasing it at night to power a heat pump for heating and hot water. The system retains 95% of its initial performance after 20,000 cycles.
This is a residential thermo-chemical energy storage system that can be coupled with solar energy production to provide space heating and hot water for a household.
PV Magazine 20 January 2022
Editor's note concerning photovoltaic and thermal panels (DualSun and SolarMaster): what's the point of having heating in summer at night, when you'll need it the following winter?
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The Chinese company SolarMaster has developed a photovoltaic panel (see title photo) with an output of 340 to 545 W. It is coupled to a thermal collector with an output of 910 to 1,436 watts, made up of a liquid. This has an efficiency of 70%.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/01/21/photovoltaic-thermal-panel-from-china/
PV Magazine 21 January 2022
Editor's note: DualSun manufactures panels that are quite similar. Is it the same technology? Do they have the same photovoltaic and thermal efficiency? Is it for the same applications? It would be very interesting to compare
It's all a question of the price of these panels and their contribution to the well-being of a building. It makes more sense to have a dual-production panel than one that only produces electricity. Provided you can transfer the energy produced during the summer to the winter, i.e. when you need heating and hot water. Heating in summer is of little use. We always come up against the problem of long-life energy storage.
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L R AS Published on Saturday 22 January 2022 - n° 390 - Categories:various products
Cracks in connectors used by SunPower
SunPower has discovered cracks in connectors installed in commercial and industrial projects.