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Solar + Battery Storage Cheaper than Conventional Power: Fraunhofer

A study by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) on the electricity generation costs of various power plants in Germany has indicated that photovoltaic...

October 14, 2024

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Tina Freese

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Energy Storage

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Solar
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Researchers Strategize Reduction of Water Use in Solar Cell Manufacturing

In a recent paper published in Solar Energy, researchers said they collected data from a solar cell factory to develop and evaluate water recycling strategies in the...

May 10, 2024

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Staff

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Solar

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Technology
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Daily News Wrap-Up: MPERC Rejects Plea for Imposing Grid Support Charges on Rooftop Solar

Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission has rejected a petition filed by Madhya Pradesh Power Management Company and state power distribution companies...

December 20, 2023

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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New App to Help Consumers in Europe Adjust Power Consumption with Renewables

The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) has developed an app that displays the current share of renewables in the net public electricity generation for...

December 19, 2023

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Staff

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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Researchers Develop Multijunction Silicon Solar Cell with 36.1% Efficiency

The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Research ISE (Fraunhofer ISE) and NWO-Institute AMOLF have developed a multijunction solar cell with an efficiency of 36.1%,...

September 26, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Solar

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Technology
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Daily News-Wrap Up: NTPC Invites Bids to Develop 176 MW Solar Projects

NTPC has invited bids for the implementation of a 120 MW ground-mounted and a 56 MW floating solar project at NTPC Ramagundam Super Thermal Power Plant in Telangana. The...

September 22, 2023

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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Fraunhofer Study Affirms Potential of Perovskite Triple-Junction Solar Cells

A recent study by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) has demonstrated the immense potential of triple-junction solar cells composed of...

September 21, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Solar

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Technology
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Fraunhofer Integrates Solar Cells into Car Hoods for Onboard Power Generation

Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) has integrated 120 PERC (passivation emitter rear contact cell) shingle solar cells into a passenger...

August 24, 2023

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Arjun Joshi

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Solar

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Technology
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India to Partner with Fraunhofer ISE on Hydrogen and Clean Energy Tech

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) have signed a letter of intent for a...

February 27, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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Fraunhofer Researchers Claim Record Efficiency of 47.6% for a Four-Junction Solar Cell

Researchers from the Fraunhofer ISE’s Center for High-Efficiency Solar Cells claimed to have achieved a power conversion efficiency of 47.6% in a multijunction solar...

June 7, 2022

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Gourav Mishra

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Solar

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Technology
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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...

August 28, 2020

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Harsh Shukla

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Solar

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Technology

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