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A PV antenna for solar power beaming from space to Earth

The idea of harvesting solar energy in outer space through special antennas and transferring it directly to Earth via microwave beams is not new,...

New PV system for facades, windows in Japan

Kaneka, a Japanese chemical producer and solar panel manufacturer, has developed a building-integrated PV (BIPV) system in cooperation with Tokyo-based construction contractor Taisei that...

Navy’s solar power satellite hardware to be tested in orbit

A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory experiment to capture solar power in space for use on Earth is now in orbit and ready to be...

New CdTe panel manufacturer

American manufacturing of thin-film cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar panels has been the sole domain of First Solar for the last decade — but now,...

Forget 400 watts. JinkoSolar launches 580-W solar panel for utility-scale market

JinkoSolar has announced the official launch of its 2020 flagship Tiger Pro module series. Unveiled through a virtual product lunch, the Tiger Pro module...

A new device to detect PV panel failure

A new, real-time solar panel fault detection system has been touted by Spanish start-up Clever Solar Devices. The company was established this year and focuses on the optimization of...

Colored PV module performance is underestimated

Since 2014, the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) has been testing different kinds of innovative solar panels, including BIPV modules with different colors, at...

REC is now suing Q CELLS over split-cell manufacturing and junction box patent infringement

The patent infringement lawsuit war is heating up in the solar panel manufacturing world. Unrelated to the recently thrown-out patent infringement claim from Hanwha Q...

Fine-tuning plasmonic solar cells

In recent years, plasmonic enhancement has been used in a wide variety of research aimed at improving the efficiency and thermal stability of perovskite solar cells....

Assessing impact of residual stress in solar cells

Residual stresses are those that remain in a solid material even after external loading or thermal gradients that cause them are removed. In some...

Research team finds way to make solar panels “sweat” to deliver more power

Researchers have figured out a way to make solar panels “sweat,” allowing them to cool themselves down in the heat and thus boost their...

Harvesting atmospheric water to cool down PV panels

Scientists from Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology have developed a cooling solution for photovoltaic panels that uses a sorption-based atmospheric...

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Australia solar Installation hits 40 GW

An IEA survey of solar power applications in Australia shows that the country installed 5.2 GW of solar capacity in 2024 and reached a...

Versiris Energy completes logistically tricky rooftop solar project

Versiris Energy completed a 575.36-kWDC rooftop solar project for a national commercial retail facility in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Versisis, a commercial solar developer and subsidiary...

Recurrent Energy Sells 275 MW Solar-Plus-Storage Project in New South Wales to European Investor

Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc. and a global developer of solar and energy storage assets, has finalized the sale of its...

Azerbaijan seeks Chinese help in achieving “green” power dream

Azerbaijan is hoping China can play a big role in helping Baku fulfill its ambitions of building a “green energy corridor” to Europe. Azerbaijani officials...