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UV Tests Exaggerate Degradation in TOPCon Modules: Fraunhofer ISE

The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE (Fraunhofer ISE) announced that its latest research has found that ultraviolet (UV) tests rate degradation of...

April 17, 2025

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Tina Freese

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Technology
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Potential of Liquid Air Energy Storage as a Low-Cost Solution: Study

Liquid air energy storage (LAES) could be a cost-effective long-term energy storage solution, according to a new study by an international research team from the...

April 8, 2025

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Staff

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Energy Storage

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Technology
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Month in a Minute: Top Headlines from the Indian Renewable Sector in March 2025

India installed 3.2 GW of rooftop solar capacity in 2024, an 86% increase from 2023, according to Mercom India Research’s newly released Q4 & Annual 2024 India...

April 3, 2025

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Mercom Staff

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Market & Policy

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Renewable Energy
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German Researchers Claim 26.4% Efficiency for CIGS-Perovskite Tandem Cell

Researchers from  Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and Humboldt University, Berlin, have announced achieving an efficiency of 24.6% with a copper indium gallium selenide...

February 12, 2025

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Tina Freese

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Renewable Energy

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Solar

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Technology
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Daily News Wrap-up: Top 5 Solar Module Mounting Structure Suppliers in 1H 2024

Goodluck India, Arctech, Strolar Mounting Systems, Raydean Industries, and Metalkraft Forming Industries were the top five module mounting structure suppliers to the...

December 10, 2024

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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Researchers Find Chemical Additive Can Increase Bromide Battery Performance

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have invented a water-soluble chemical additive — a soft-hard zwitterionic trapper that improves the performance of...

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Daily News Wrap-Up: CERC Adopts Tariff for 1500 MW Solar Projects

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission has allowed NTPC to adopt a tariff within the range of ₹2.60 (~$0.031) – ₹2.65 ($0.0316) for 1,500 MW solar projects...

September 27, 2024

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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Scientists Develop Supramolecular Material for Storing Hydrogen

Scientists and researchers at the University of Hong Kong and Northwestern University have developed a supramolecular material that can compress hydrogen for storage...

September 25, 2024

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Tina Freese

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Energy Storage

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Technology
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Scientists Find Use of Thin Metals Could Improve Energy Storage Capacity

Scientists at the University of Manchester have discovered a breakthrough in understanding the use of lithium-ion storage within the thinnest battery anode, composed of...

September 24, 2024

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Staff

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Energy Storage

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Technology
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Researchers Build All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cell with 28.49% Efficiency

Researchers from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China have developed an all-perovskite tandem solar cell with a record power conversion efficiency...

September 6, 2024

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Tina Freese

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Modules

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Solar
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MIT Researchers Find New Method to Optimize Utility-Scale Wind Farms

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have revolutionized the blade designs of propellers and wind turbines, allowing for power optimization...

September 6, 2024

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Staff

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Technology

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Wind
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Can MIT’s Breakthrough Material Be the Future of Battery Solutions?

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientists have found a potential breakthrough cathode material that might be the future of battery technology. They have...

September 2, 2024

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Tina Freese

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Energy Storage

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Technology
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Is Oxford’s Disruptive Technology the Future Beyond Silicon Solar Panels?

Scientists at the Oxford University Physics Department have developed a breakthrough in solar technology that can increase the amount of solar electricity produced...

August 12, 2024

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Tina Freese

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Solar

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Technology
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Researchers Develop Mechanism for Self-Healing of Perovskite Solar Cells

Researchers from Monash University, the University of Oxford, and the City University of Hong Kong have developed a “self-healing” mechanism for perovskite...

July 2, 2024

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Arshreet Singh

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Solar

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Technology
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Researchers Power Photo–Battery with Multi-Junction Organic Solar Cell

A team of scientists at the University of Freiburg’s Cluster of Excellence Living, Adaptive, and Energy-Autonomous Materials Systems and the University of Ulm...

November 23, 2023

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Staff

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Solar

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Technology

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