Author: solarenergy
Traditional solar panels waste up to 80% of the sunlight that hits their surface, with most commercial panels achieving only 20-25% efficiency. This energy loss occurs because conventional flat panels can only capture direct sunlight from one angle, missing opportunities throughout the day as the sun moves across the sky. For homeowners seeking energy independence, this limits billions of kilowatt-hours of lost potential every single day. The problem runs deeper than efficiency numbers. Flat solar panels lose energy through multiple pathways: reflection bounces away over 30% of incident light from untreated surfaces, temperature increases cause voltage drops that reduce power…
Sun King has a deal of $ 156 million closed by Kenyan banks and international development financing institutions to extend Solar access in Kenya off-grid, to finance the purchase of approximately 1.4 million solar products and smartphones. July 29, 2025 Patrick Jowett Image: Asia Chang, Unsplash Nairobi headquarters Off-Grid Solar energy company Sun King has completed a $ 156 million deal to expand off-grid Solar installations in Kenya. Supported by private Kenyan banks and international development financing institutions, securitization is expected to provide loans to support the purchase of approximately 1.4 million solar products and smartphones in Kenya. Sun King…
Sunotec says that the Sungrow Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Tech will implement in co-located solar projects in Bulgaria and a wider Europe. July 28, 2025 Tristan Rayner By ESS News Sunotec has announced that it has signed a deal with Sungrow to use 2.4 GWH Bess in a series of co-led solar and independent energy storage projects in Bulgaria and “other” European markets. It marks the first use of Sungrow’s Bess technology In Bulgaria. The projects include independent and hybrid PV sites, with some supported by the national financing program of Bulgaria. Sungrow will deliver its Powertitan 2.0 Bess…
Researchers from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have suggested combining the two high temperature steps that are used in producing tunnel oxide-passivated contact (topcon) solar cells in a single coanneel process. The first results show promising results in the drilling concentration, passion quality and contact resistance. July 29, 2025 Emiliano Bellini A research team led by the EPFL of Switzerland has tried to simplify the production of top con cells of the Topcon by combining the two required steps with high temperature-front-emitter formation and rear passivating contact manufacturing-in a single process. The first process consists of depositing a…
By SB staff July 28, 2025 In the first half of 2025, companies have reduced more than $ 22 billion in new factories and clean energy projects and reduced and reduced it after canceling another $ 6.7 billion in June, according to the last monthly analysis of E2 of Clean Energy projects followed by Shavulated E2 and the Clean Economy Tracker. The newest wave of cancellations – which affects five factories for battery, storage and electric vehicles in Colorado, Indiana, Michigan, New York and Oregon – follows the growing uncertainty among companies, because the congress made the final urge to…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has launched New York’s first Bulk energy storage request for proposals (RFP), intended to purchase 1 GW of bulk energy storage as part of the 6-GW energy storage rails of New York. An energy storage project in Hubbardston, New York. (Credit: Greg M. Cooper/Brego) “Today’s action is another example of New York’s constant dedication to strengthen our schedule, so that the state remains an affordable and more reliable electricity system now and far into the future,” said Gov. Hochul. “Safe and strategic use of energy storage will help stimulate economic development and to lower the…
Partners from Germany and the Czech Republic build a production line for battery storage in the Eastern Czech Republic, integrate internal control systems to improve cyber security and reduce dependence on Chinese infrastructure. July 28, 2025 Marian Willuhn By ESS News Europe gets a new battery manufacturer: Gaz Energy. In the eastern Czech city of Bohumín, near the Polish border, a new production facility for battery storage solutions is set. Chemical producer Bochemie and battery manufacturer Gaz GmbH work together with the second foundation of the energy trade to set up an integration line for container batteries. Stephan Lehrke, head…
Suncubes, a startup from Italy, develops laser -based wireless power transfer technology to deliver energy to drones for uninterrupted charging during the flight. It has collected seed financing to finance a minimally viable product. July 28, 2025 Valerie Thompson Italian Startup Suncubes develops solutions for laser-based energy transfer to charge drone batteries during the flight. After completing various proof-of-concepts, as well as tests that demonstrate his technology in a 600 m transmission in Italy last year, the Suncubes team now works on a minimally viable product (MVP). “Our technology has been developed with a strong focus on wireless charging during…
By Brad Kramer July 28, 2025 Ampacity warehouse Earlier this year, RP Construction Services renamed Ampacity Renewable energy sources. A member of the Quanta Services Family of Companies, Ampacity specializes in end-to-end structural and electrical solutions with a progressive approach for clean energy projects and the possibility of orchestrating the entire process from engineering to kiting to installation. Eben Russell founded RPCs in 2014, but the company really grew up during Covid. They opened a warehouse operation in Mississippi and started concentrating on engaging Tracker projects as a distributor with added value instead of always doing it as a ‘Turnkey’…
Rollar Solar Array by Galaxyspace Define satellite compactness and power efficiency Galaxyspace, a commercial space company based in Beijing, has introduced a groundbreaking rollable solar panel that drastically reduces satellite bulk and stimulates energy efficiency. Presented at a recent conference in Yibin, the new sun wing can be compacted to the size of a water bottle, but unfolds in a track to cover 20 square meters. Xu Ming, CEO of Galaxyspace, explained that the solar panels were wrapped as rolls around the satellite before the launch and extend to more than 10 meters long and almost two meters wide in…