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Rivers – a French standard and platform for carbon credit certification – has become only the twelfth independent organization to receive global certification ICROA accreditation and the first to focus on circular economy projects.The company has developed its own product Rivierse Standaard with a dedicated in-house scientific team and this approach has made it the first to be fully approved under ICROA’s rigorous new assessment process, which was introduced late last year.After the announcement Clement GeorgetRiverse, co-founder and head of Standard Development said: “I am pleased to announce our ICROA approval. This recognition underlines our commitment to advancing carbon credit…
A new study published The peer-reviewed journal Cell Reports Sustainability, which focuses on the air quality and climate benefits of wind and solar energy, shows that U.S. wind and solar energy generation will provide $249 billion in health benefits between 2019 and 2022. in the field of climate and air quality. While previous studies have shown that wind and solar power generation provide significant health and climate benefits, this research provides an important update: it takes into account recent changes in the electricity system (including the continued growth of wind and solar energy that supplies more than 30% of the…
Renshine Solar says it will open a gigawatt-scale perovskite PV module factory in Jiangsu province, with a planned investment of CNY 1 billion ($138 million). In January, it reported that its perovskite solar panels had achieved an energy conversion efficiency of 18.4%. May 29, 2024 Vincent Shaw Renshine Solar has signed an agreement to invest CNY 1 billion to establish a gigawatt-scale perovskite cell project in the Economic and Technological Development Zone (ETDZ) in Changshu, Jiangsu Province. The company started operating a 150 MW production line for perovskite modules in January. It has claimed that its commercial modules have achieved…
The German research institute said the new 120µm thin solar cell could achieve an efficiency of more than 25% in the next optimization steps. The device was metallized via screen-printed contact fingers and calibrated by scientists at the Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin. May 29, 2024 Emiliano Bellini Solar cell in M10 format manufactured in the PV-TEC at Fraunhofer ISEImage: Fraunhofer ISEGermany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) today unveiled a 120 µm thin solar cell type based on tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) technology and M10 (182 mm) wafers.The research institute claims to be the first…
According to the World Economic Forum’s 2022 Global Risks Report, climate change risks are now classified as worlds’ biggest threats. The Urgency of Climate Change Risks Failure to take climate action and extreme weather events top the list of threats for the next 5-10 years. These risks lead to additional environmental issues such as biodiversity loss, resource scarcity, and environmental degradation. In 2022, environmental risks dominated the top five global risks for the first time. Financial Impact on Global Companies Climate-related risks significantly impact a company’s revenues, costs, operations, and strategy. A 2019 report found that over 200 of the…
The Treasury Department and the IRS will release soon proposed guidance on the updated Production Tax Credit (PTC) and Investment Tax Credit (ITC). The Inflation Reduction Act repeals the existing PTC (Sec. 45 of the Tax Code) and ITC (Sec. 48) by limiting their availability to projects that begin construction before 2025. Instead, they will switch to the technology-neutral ‘clean electricity production credit’. (Sec. 45Y) and “Clean Electricity Investment Credit (Sec. 48E) for projects commissioned after December 31, 2024. The recognized technologies include wind, solar, hydro, marine and hydrokinetic, nuclear fission and fusion, geothermal and certain types of waste energy…
InstaGroup has been in the energy efficiency industry for almost 45 years, supplying materials to SME installers and gaining access to financing such as the Energy Company Obligation. Image: InstaGroup. Midsummer, a wholesale distributor of renewable energy systems, has partnered with InstaGroup to enable the company to launch its first fully connected solar PV system, InstaGen. In addition to panels, battery storage and inverters, InstaGen offers a user-friendly app. Consumers can use the technology to monitor their InstaGen system and energy consumption. InstaGroup has been in the energy efficiency industry for almost 45 years, supplying materials to SME installers and…
Scientists in South Africa have proposed a new design of a chalcogenide perovskite solar cell based on a compound known as barium zirconium sulfide. They tested different hole transport materials in the new device and found that a polymer known as P3HT provided the best performance. May 29, 2024 Emiliano BelliniA team of scientists led by the University of Fort Hare in South Africa has designed a perovskite solar cell with an absorber made from a chalcogenide perovskite material known as barium zirconium sulfide (BaZrS3).Metal chalcogenide perovskites, with their non-toxic elemental composition, are known to provide greater thermal and aqueous…
Researchers in Italy have found that combining residential air-source heat pumps with air-geothermal heat exchangers can reduce energy consumption by up to 30%. They tested the proposed combination using Matlab in a passive single-family building in Valtellina, northern Italy. May 29, 2024 Emiliano BelliniResearchers from the University of Padua in Italy have proposed improving the performance of residential air source heat pumps with air-geothermal heat exchangers and found that this combination can reduce energy consumption by up to 30%.The scientists assessed how the proposed combination would perform in a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system deployed in a passive…
Scientists in India have proposed using a multi-layer neural network to find line-to-ground, line-to-line and bypass diode faults in PV module strings. They tested the new approach on a 22.5 kW solar panel and reportedly achieved “competitive” accuracy results. May 29, 2024 Lior KahanaA group of researchers from India have proposed a new PV string error detection technique for PV strings that uses multi-layer neural network (MLNN), a machine learning technique that can handle complex relationships by learning their hierarchical representations.“Line-to-ground (LG) and line-to-line (LL) faults are detected, classified and located using the proposed technique,” the academics said. “The proposed…