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A university team in Poland has developed lightweight bifacial vehicle integrated PV (VIPV) mini modules with back contact cells and fiber optic reinforced composite plates. Manufactured in a cheap process, larger versions of the device are planned for use in a tailor -made sun streams for international competitions. March 17, 2025 Valerie Thompson Researchers from the AGH University of Krakow in Poland and its Eko-Energia AGH Student Group have published an investigation on their approach to lightweight Bifacial vehicle integrated PV (VIPV) modules, with front and rear fiber optic-advanced composite stadium research. “The modules that we have developed use fiber…

The energy company says that it invests an amount of mid -three -digit million euros in the construction of the 600 MW Battery Energy Storage System (Bess). March 17, 2025 Sandra Enkhardt RWE recently ordered a big Bess in Hamm. Now another 600 MW/1.2 GWH are planned Image: RWE By ESS News German energy company RWE is building a 600 MW/1.2 GWH Bess on the site of the former Westphalia-Kolencentrale in Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia. The utility on Friday said that the factory would cost a figure from the “middle three digit million”. RWE already had one 140 MW/151 MWH battery…

Japanese researchers have designed a 100 cm² perovskiet solar cell module with a robust single -walled carbon nanobuis (CNT) electrode to improve durability and to enable double sided light absorption. March 17, 2025 Brian Publicover A research team at Nagoya University, in collaboration with the Japanese Denso Corp., has developed a 100 cm² perovskiet solar cell module that uses a single Muurcn electrode. The scientists try to improve the sustainability and performance of perovskiet solar technology. Yutaka Matsuo, a researcher of the Chemical Systems Engineering department The project led at the Graduate School of Engineering of Nagoya University. His team…

Chinese battery Kolos Catl messages jump into the annual win The Chinese battery giant Catl announced on Friday and increased annual profit despite a decrease in income, because delaying demand for electric vehicles lower the price of lithium. The company produces more than a third of all worldwide batteries of electric vehicles (EV) and works together with major brands, including Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Volkswagen. Catl has been helped by robust financial support from Beijing, who has sought in recent years to strengthen domestic power in certain strategic high-tech sectors. The net profit increased by more than 15 percent in…

A research group from France claims to have found a way to reduce the indium consumption in solar modules in heterojunction by 85 % while retaining good performance and sustainability levels. The scientists tested different cell designs and the use of different cover layers to protect the cell against moisture breakdown. March 17, 2025 Emiliano Bellini A group of researchers led by the French National Solar Energy Institute (Ines) – a division of the French alternative energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) – has investigated the reliability of heterojunction (HJT) solar panels under the heat fluid (HD) and has determined…

In an important policy shift in the direction of the liberalization of the electricity market, China has introduced contract-for-displacement auctions (CFD) for renewable factories and removed the energy storage mandate, which has led to 75% of national demand to date. S&P Global expects the move to resound through the global supply chain for battery storage, which means that prices are already falling at historic lows. March 17, 2025 Mariha Maisch Image: China Three Gorges By ESS News New renewable power plants in China will no longer be obliged to build up storage to guarantee development rights and grid connection. Since…

Scientists in Spain have investigated the total or partial interruptions of ribbons that connect solar cells in modules and have proposed a classification based on their type and location. March 17, 2025 Lior Kahana A research group led by the Spain Center for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research (CIEMAT) has investigated various aspects of ribbon interruptions in PV modules and has proposed a classification based on their type and location. The work was done on modules where each cell is connected to two ribbons. While one Previous work Had aimed at cases of twin interruptions, where both parties are affected,…

The recording on the roof of the sun on the roof on the roof continued to rise in 2024, with a new report that revealed more than 300,000 PV systems with a combined capacity of almost 3 GW, were installed on the roofs of houses and companies throughout the country in 2024. March 17, 2025 David Carroll By PV Magazine Australia New figures from the Clean Energy Council (CEC) show that 300,375 Australian houses and companies in 2024 were installed on the roof sun roof and delivered almost 3 GW of PV capacity. This includes 159.011 PV systems on the…

The Western African Alliance for Carbon Markets and Climate Financing (WAA) is looking for experts in the region to support his work in its 17 Member States. The deadline for applications is April 15, 2025. March 14, 2025 Patrick Jowett Image: Michael Pointner, Unsplash De WAA wants to hire local experts in West -Africa. The regional platform, launched in 2017, is intended to promote carbon markets and results-based climate financing in West Africa. The 17 Member States are working on building institutional capacity and supporting networks for long -term involvement in carbon markets and climate financing. Now in the third…

The United States installed a record -breaking 50 GW new solar capacity in 2024, the largest year of new capacity that was added to the net by every energy technology in more than two decades. Developers installed more than 16 GW alone in the Q4 alone. “A considerable number of projects that were announced, as expected that they would come online in the first quarter of 2025, eventually came online in 2024 – appropriate for an energy source that is the fastest to implement,” said Jacob Weinberg, senior communication manager at SEIA. According to the US Solar Market Insight 2024…