This Prototype Can Enhance Efficiency of Concentrating Solar Projects
A team of researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Acciona Solar Power claimed that they had developed a technology that can enhance the efficiency and revenue of ...
IIT Kanpur Researchers Fabricate Organic PV on Paper Substrates
Two researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur claimed to have fabricated sub-modules from organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells on paper substrates. According to the research team, OPV modules ...
Researchers Develop a Process to Enhance Efficiency of Hot-Carrier Solar Cells
A team of researchers from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the University of Tennessee claimed that they had developed a process to slow phonos - the waves that ...
This New Dispensing Technology Promises Higher Electricity Yield from Silicon Solar Cells
HighLine Technology GmbH, a spin-off of Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy System ISE, claimed that it has developed a new dispensing technology, which enhances the electricity yield of silicon solar ...
This Startup Aims to Reduce Solar Cell Cost by Replacing Silver with Copper
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced a $3 million funding to Australian startup SunDrive to advance the commercial development of its low cost, a high-efficiency solar manufacturing process in ...
By 2030 Solar-Powered Hydrogen Could Be Cheaper Than Fossil Fuel-Based Production
Hydrogen produced from solar-powered equipment could be cheaper than fossil fuel-based production methods in a decade, indicated a study. The study, by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was ...
South Korean Researchers Claim a High-Efficiency Large-Area Organic Solar Module
A research team from South Korea claimed that they had developed a large-area organic solar photovoltaic (PV) module with higher efficiency. The researchers applied a spin-coating method to develop the ...
Korea’s Solar-Powered Drone Completes its Longest Continuous Flight of 53 Hours
The Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) announced that its solar-powered drone has successfully completed its longest flight in Korea. The agency said that its solar-powered electrical aerial vehicle (EAV-3) succeeded ...
These High-Performance Organic Solar Cells Claim to Have an Efficiency of Over 14%
A research team from the South China University of Technology has claimed to have developed a new method of producing organic solar cells, which eliminate the need for potentially toxic ...
NREL Researchers Discover New Materials for Super-Efficient Solar Cells
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) discovered new materials for super-efficient solar cells of the future. The research focuses on a carefully designed molecule that can efficiently split ...
Australian Researchers Create Green Hydrogen from Solar Energy and Air
A research team from Newcastle University in New South Wales, Australia, has devised a system that uses solar power to conduct electrolysis on water harvested from air to create hydrogen, ...
Swiss Parachutist Completes World’s First Skydive from a Solar-Powered Plane
SolarStratos, a Switzerland-based technology firm, announced that its founder Raphael Domjan completed the first-ever skydive from a solar-powered plane over Payerne, Switzerland. According to the press statement, Raphael Domjan jumped ...
Researchers Identify the Source of Impurity in Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology (Fraunhofer IISB) have claimed that they have identified how impurities are formed in silicon crystals during their manufacturing process ...
These Organic Solar Cells Can Be Used on Windows to Generate Energy
A research team from the University of Michigan said they set a new efficiency record for color-neutral, transparent solar cells. Instead of following the conventional silicon-based design, the team attained ...
Fraunhofer Institute Reports New Record Efficiency of 25.9% for Tandem Solar Cells
Researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE announced a new record efficiency of 25.9% for the III-V/Si tandem solar cell grown directly on silicon. The research and development ...
A Cost-Effective Catalyst That Can Split Water to Produce Hydrogen
Researchers at the Centre for Nano and Soft Science (CeNS) claimed that they had created an efficient and cost-effective palladium-based catalyst that can be used for electrochemical splitting of water ...
Researchers Develop a Hybrid Inverter That Integrates Distributed Energy Resources
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) claimed that they had developed a power electronic inverter platform that can easily connect distributed solar panels, electric vehicles (EV), and electric storage ...
Researchers at NREL Assess Ways to Recycle Silicon Used in Solar Modules
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have conducted the first global assessment of various approaches used to manage solar photovoltaic (PV) modules at the end of their life ...
Argonne Researchers Use Deep Learning to Study Avian Interactions with Solar Panels
Solar project installations across the United States are increasing, and scientists are trying their best to find out the impact of solar infrastructure on wildlife. Currently, the data collection methods ...
IEC Issues New Standard for Testing Resistance of Solar Modules to Heavy Snow
The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has issued a new standard – the IEC 62938:2020 - to test the resistance of solar photovoltaic modules to large amounts of snow piling up ...
Tracking Bifacial Solar Modules Can Produce 35% More Energy: Report
Researchers at the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) have claimed that bifacial solar modules that track the sun produced 35% more energy than regular modules and could help ...
New Generation Solar Cells Pass Strict Testing Standards for Heat and Humidity
A team of research scientists led by the University of New South Wales, in collaboration with the University of Sydney, have, for the first time, produced a new generation of ...
These Quantum Dot Solar Cells Have No Toxic Elements
Researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) have come up with new quantum dot solar cells that can match the efficiency of the existing quantum dot-based devices. The best ...
JA Solar Achieves Record 525W Power Output for its New Solar Modules
JA Solar, a Beijing-based solar module manufacturer, announced that it had achieved the power output of record 525W for its high-efficiency solar modules under standard testing conditions. This latest achievement ...
Scientists Develop Integrated Module That Can Split Water to Produce Energy
Researchers at Rice University in the United States of America have created a low-cost device that can split water to produce hydrogen fuel. The device is developed by the Brown ...
