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The passively cooled sodium ion system from Peak Energy, part of a shared pilot with utility companies and independent power producers (IPPs), focuses on a lifetime of 20% and a decrease of 33% in relegation for 20 years. July 31, 2025 Phoebe Skok By ESS News Peak Energy, a Denver-based battery manufacturer, today announced the launch of the first grid-scale Sodium-ion Pyrophosphate (NFPP) Battery system in the United States, which will be the largest of its kind in the world. The system is now being installed in the Solar Technology Acceleration Center (Solartac) in Aurora, Colorado. The implementation, which is…
Loss of performance due to Ultraviolet (UV) Light has become a concern for new PV cells, although previous laboratory tests may have overestimated the problem. Paul Bhardt, photovoltaic module Reliability scientist at Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE), outlines a mechanism that may have distorted earlier results. July 31, 2025 Mark Hutchins Can you provide some background information about recent concerns about the industry around Ultraviolet-induced demolition in PV modules? Since about two and a half years we have been involved in various projects where larger module buyers different modulette types against each other benchmarking in terms of reliability.…
Researchers in China have made a data set of different PV errors and normalized these to meet different array sizes and typologies. After testing the new approach in combination with the 1D-CNN Machine Learning technology under different circumstances, they found an accuracy of more than 99%. July 31, 2025 Lior Kahana Researchers from Chinese Shandong University have developed a new method for error diagnosis in PV arroys, using function engineering and one-dimensional conventional neural networks (1D-CNN). The novelty of the technology lies in the step of the Engineering function, which normalizes raw inputs and makes it independent of the size…
Industrial robots currently account for 8% of total energy consumption throughout a vehicle’s entire lifecycle in the automotive sector, highlighting the power demands of robotic automation. Exciting innovations are emerging in the fields where robots operate entirely on clean, renewable energy. Meet the solar-powered robots already transforming agriculture, environmental monitoring, and beyond—autonomous machines that harness the sun’s energy to work up to 14 hours a day without ever needing a traditional power source. The convergence of robotics and renewable energy is one of the most promising developments in sustainable technology. As businesses face pressure to reduce their carbon footprint and…
NC Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC) identifies the latest trends in the policy of electric vehicles in its quarterly “50 States of Electric Vehicles”. July 31, 2025 Rachel Metea By PV Magazine USA Legal legislators asked reliability standards last quarter for chargers in the United States in the United States, a top trend de NCCETC identified in its quarterly report, “50 states of electric vehicles: Q2 2025.” The report found three trends in actions of electric vehicles taken in the second quarter of 2025: 1) policy makers who pursue technical and reliability requirements for charging stations; 2) utilities that implement…
Researchers in Turkey tested a new cooling body design to cool insulated port bipolar transistor (IGBT) Arrays in tanning. They discovered that it reduced modulet temperatures with more than 6 ° C in laboratory experiments. July 31, 2025 Emiliano Bellini Researchers from the Manisa Celal Bayar University in Turkey have suggested using an aluminum cooling body (HS) of the peeled type to cool isolated port bipolar transistor (IGBT) Arrays in Solar PV-Omsorters. In the study “Evaluation of the thermal performance of vapor rooms Integrated torn VIN Cool body for PV-Inverterkoeling Multiple source condition”Which was recently published in Case studies in…
Non-profit Maintaining affordable homes (POAH) recently received the Green Light from Eversource to operate his newly installed 40.3-KW solar project on the roof in his family affordable housing in Bourne, Massachusetts. The Array was partially financed by one Gap Energy Grant From the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. The GAP Energy Grant is an innovative and cost -effective financing model that supports clean energy projects to reduce energy consumption, save money and reduce greenhouse gases to reduce the effects of climate change. The solar system on the roof at High Meadow Townhomes was facilitated by Poah’s Partner Courts, Housing Assistance,…
Scientists used geographical information systems and analytical hierarchy process methods to identify the most suitable areas of Iran for PV water pump systems. They found 43.2% of the country unsuitable, with the province of Ardabil the most favorable. July 30, 2025 Lior Kahana Researchers from the German RWTH Aachen University and Iran’s University of Tehran have proposed a new method to identify suitable locations for the implementation of PV water pump systems (PVWPS). The methodology uses a geographical information system (GIS) and an analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and was demonstrated in the case of Iran. “Our study introduces a new…
Heliostat -Arays Eyed for asteroid detection during night hours A researcher at Sandia National Laboratories has presented an innovative new use for heliostats, the large mirrors that are usually used to concentrate sunlight on generating solar energy. John Sandusky believes that these mirrors can play a key role in detecting asteroids in the dark. “Heliostat fields don’t have a night job. They are just unused there,” said Sandusky. “The nation has the opportunity to give them a night job at relatively low costs for finding objects in the neighborhood of the earth.” The approach could improve early detection and response…
Comed and Prologis have announced a new 1.56 MW Community Solar project on the roof in Franklin Park, Illinois. It is the first in an 82-MW portfolio for Prologis in the State in the next two years. More than half of the energy credit of the portfolio will be aimed at income -qualified households, which means that access to clean energy in disadvantaged communities in the area of Chicago and then is expanded. “We are proud to participate in Comed to officially launch this project, the first of many community projects for the community that our energy team uses our…