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Argonne Lab uses magnetic resonance to monitor chemical changes in working lithium battery cells. without destroying the test cells. November 6, 2024 Tristan Rayner Image: Argonne National Laboratory By ESS news Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) have developed and demonstrated a new way to monitor battery degradation using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. This marks the first application of this technique to monitor chemical changes in commercial pouch cells during use. This method allows manufacturers to study battery aging without disassembling the cells, providing insight into how electrode materials and electrolytes evolve over months or years of use. To…
SolarEdge Technologies announced that it has completed the first transaction for the sale of IRA Section 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production Tax Credits for a consideration of approximately $40 million, net of discounts and fees. The credits were generated by sales of qualifying US-made inverters in the first half of 2024. “The Inflation Reduction Act and the new §45X of the US Internal Revenue Code have made it possible to bring high-performance energy technology manufacturing back to the United States, and we are pleased to announce our first sale of §45X tax credits, powered by “Made in America solar inverters,” said…
An international research team has built an all-perovskite tandem solar cell based on a perovskite cell with a wide band gap and an efficiency of 20.5%. The 1 cm2 scale tandem device achieved the highest efficiency ever reported for all-perovskite solar cells of this size to date. November 5, 2024 Valerie Thompson An international team of researchers led by China’s Nanjing University has fabricated a 1.05 cm2 all-perovskite tandem solar cell with an efficiency of 28.2%. “We focused on the performance loss caused by all-perovskite tandem solar cells during the scaling process from 0.05 cm2 to 1 cm2. Therefore, our…
The Sweden-based heat pump supplier said its new product is one of the thinnest and most compact systems available on the market to date. November 5, 2024 Emiliano Bellini Aira, a heat pump specialist based in Sweden, has unveiled a new heat pump for residential applications. “By offering one of the smallest solutions on the market, Aira is enabling more households to switch to greener, cleaner and more affordable heating solutions,” said Anna Gustavsson, the company’s product director. “While designing the new Aira Indoor Unit Compact, we focused on retaining our signature Scandi style so that it not only performs…
The development will take place on eight plots in the south of England. Image: Oskar Kadaksoo via Unsplash. Solar energy developer Enso Energy has received planning permission from two councils for a 49.9 MW solar power plant in the south of England. The Denmead Solar Farm, located on 87 hectares of land under the jurisdiction of East Hampshire County Council and Winchester City Council, has been approved by both relevant bodies for an operational life of 40 years. Although initial proposals for the project, submitted in 2022, included plans for a battery energy storage system (BESS), this was dropped in…
According to Mercom India, India installed 12.8 GW of new solar capacity between January and June 2024. This includes 11.7 GW of large-scale solar projects, with 3.7 GW of off-site commercial and industrial (C&I) projects, and more than 1.1 GW of rooftop PV installations. November 5, 2024 Uma Gupta Mumbai, India Image: Vyacheslav Argenberg, Wikimedia Commons By pv magazine India India installed 12.8 GW of new solar capacity in the first half of 2024, up 228.3% from the first six months of 2023, according to Mercom India’s ‘India Solar Market Leaderboard 1H 2024’ report. Large-scale solar projects made up 91.4%…
JinkoSolar, JA Solar, Longi and Trina Solar reported significant revenue declines and net losses for the third quarter of 2024. November 5, 2024 Vincent Shaw JinkoSolar said net profit reached CNY14.87 million ($2.09 million) in the third quarter of 2024, down 99.41% year-on-year, while revenue fell 22.09% to CNY24.519 billion. During the first nine months of the year, it recorded a total revenue of CNY 71.77 billion, down 15.66% year-on-year, and a net profit of CNY 1.215 billion. It shipped 73.13 GW of PV products between January and September, including 67.65 GW of modules, with n-type modules making up about…
Uniper told it pv magazine that it has postponed its 2030 hydrogen investment target. November 5, 2024 Sergio Matalucci Uniper has postponed its target of investing 8 billion euros in green energy by 2030 pv magazine that there were three factors behind the decision. “The slight delay in investing the €8 billion compared to August Last year is not just that the hydrogen economy is progressing more slowly as expected. This is one point,’, said a spokesperson. “In addition, energy prices have fallen and this is expected to remain the case in the coming years. And regulatory framework conditions have…
Indielux and EPP Solar have released the “world’s largest” plug-in PV system, a 6 kW unit with an energy storage option that can be connected to existing electrical installations via a safety plug. It is available in Germany, France, Austria, Poland and Spain. November 5, 2024 Petra Hannen By pv magazine Germany German companies Indielux and EPP Solar have launched what they claim is the “largest” plug-in PV system in the world: a residential array with a capacity of up to 6 kW. The companies said the system is available for pre-order and will launch in December in Germany, France,…
Large, centralized power plants such as a 500 MW combined cycle natural gas plant are large enough to afford human intervention. To manage these large power plants, asset owners hire a trading desk that continually relies on human intervention for market participation. Distributed energy resources (DERs) like solar, on the other hand, cannot afford this type of human intervention – not only because it is not financially feasible, but also because they become exponentially complex with multifaceted inputs that require real-time. decision-making. Automation is becoming increasingly important to optimize the use of DER and leverage its full value stream. For…