星期六, 21 6 月, 2025
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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...

Indoor perovskite solar cells pack high efficiency in artificial light

It might sound counterintuitive to put solar cells indoors, but there’s still plenty of light energy inside that’s largely going to waste. Now, a...

Flexible, 22.6%-efficient perovskite cells for indoor use

Researchers from the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics and the South Colombian University, in Colombia, have developed a flexible perovskite...

Single‐walled carbon nanotubes for more efficient III‐V solar cells

Scientists from the Saint Petersburg Academic University in Russia claim to have raised the efficiency of gallium arsenide (GaAs) solar cells from 10.6% to...

‘Free-form’ organic PV

French thin-film solar specialist Armor has started manufacturing organic PV films that can be made into different shapes. It was able to launch production because it combined...

Lowering PV panel temperature with phase change materials

A special phase change material, CaCl2.6H2O–Fe3Cl2.6H2O eutectic, could be used for temperature regulation and the passive cooling of PV panels, according to a group...

Eskom launches tender to ‘repurpose’ coal plants with low-carbon growth tech

South African utility Eskom has issued an expression of interest for “Decomissioned Power Station Repurposing.” The state-owned company said that some of its coal-fired power plants are...

Solar pavement for outdoor applications

Hungarian tech company Platio has developed a new kind of solar pavement that could be used for outdoor applications in urban environments, homes, office...

Australian researchers take solar windows to the next level

Scientists in Australia have produced next-gen perovskite solar cells with a conversion efficiency of 17% which they say can transform windows into power generators....

A new path opens to perovskite development

Perovskites have attracted plenty of attention in recent years, with a string of discoveries and achievements demonstrating the apparent potential for the material to...

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RWE 7.5MW/11MWh battery energy storage start commercial operation in Netherlands

Power generation firm RWE has put a BESS in the Netherlands into commercial operation, its first that is capable of providing inertia to the...

Gurīn Energy selects Saft’s battery energy storage system for first Japanese project

Saft, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies, has been selected by leading Asian renewable energy developer Gurīn Energy to supply a battery energy storage system (BESS)...

Swiss 1.6 GWh redox flow storage project starts to build

Flexbase Group has begun construction on what could become one of Europe’s largest flow battery storage installations, breaking ground on an 800 MW/1.6 GWh...

Analysis: UK’s solar power surges 42% after sunniest spring on record

The UK’s solar farms and rooftops generated more electricity than ever before in the first five months of 2025, as the country enjoyed its...