Duke Energy Florida Brings Solar Power Plant Online Updated On Fri, Apr 14th, 2017 by Saurenergy The 17 acre facility in Osceola County is providing customers with nearly 4 megawatts of carbon-free solar energy. Nearly 15,000 solar panels soaking up the sun in Osceola County are now providing clean, renewable energy to Duke Energy customers in Florida. The new Duke Energy owned and operated Osceola Solar Facility is about the size of 13 football […] Read more
New Material May Double Solar Cell Efficiency Updated On Mon, Apr 10th, 2017 by Saurenergy The new crystalline material can replace silicon and double the efficiency of solar cells in reduced cost. In a breakthrough, scientists have identified a new crystalline material that could replace silicon and double the efficiency of solar cells without a significant cost increase. Conventional solar cells are at most one-third efficient, a limit known to […] Read more
Duke Energy Renewables and REC Solar complete joint micro-grid project with Schneider Electric Updated On Fri, Apr 7th, 2017 by Saurenergy Schneider Electric has completed the microgrid on the campus of its North American headquarters in Andover along with Duke Energy Renewables and REC Solar. Duke Energy Renewables has announced its first microgrid project is now operating on the Schneider Electric Boston One Campus. Schneider Electric built the microgrid on the campus of its North American […] Read more
Indian Railways to Add 1000 MW of Solar Power, 200 MW of Wind Energy: Suresh Prabhu Updated On Thu, Apr 6th, 2017 by Saurenergy Indian Railways will be able to draw 25 per cent of its energy needs from renewables and achieve the target of 5 GW of solar power by 2025. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has said that railways plans to use renewable energy in a “big” way and is looking to add 1,000 MW of solar power […] Read more
ANU Researchers Hit New Efficiency Record for Low-Cost Solar Cell Updated On Wed, Apr 5th, 2017 by Saurenergy The Australian National University researchers have successfully achieved new record efficiency for low-cost semi-transparent perovskite solar cells. Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have achieved a new record efficiency for low-cost semi-transparent perovskite solar cells in a breakthrough that could bring down the cost of generating solar electricity. The team led by The Duong […] Read more
Global solar energy industry is expected to reach $422 billion by 2022: Research and Markets Updated On Wed, Apr 5th, 2017 by Saurenergy Asia-Pacific regions such as China and Japan have been the major market drivers for the solar energy market owing to its growth in installations and governmental tax incentives, followed by North America and Europe Research and Markets in its latest report forecasts the global solar energy industry to reach $422 billion by 2022 from $86 […] Read more
Asia Clean Capital and LONGI Solar Team Up to Build High Efficiency Distributed Solar PV Updated On Mon, Apr 3rd, 2017 by Saurenergy LONGI Solar has created a partnership with Asia Clean Capital to co-develop an identified 300 Megawatts Solar PV Projects in Mainland China. Asia Clean Capital has announced a cooperation agreement with LONGI LERRI Solar Technology Co., Ltd (“LONGI Solar”), a fully-owned subsidiary of LONGI Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd., to co-develop an identified solar PV […] Read more
VIZ-A-VIZ with Nanduri. Purushotham, Director Business Development, Topsun Energy Ltd, Updated On Mon, Apr 3rd, 2017 by Saurenergy “Topsun’s Mehsana facility has three integrated lines with cumulative capacity of 100Mw production line. Opportunity for manufacturing is ample with the ambitious plans of GOI but in my opinion better to opt for other BOC (balance of components) instead of modules manufacturing including cells Indian industry can compete globally and support GW scale domestic requirements.” Please give […] Read more
1366 Technologies Achieves 19.9% Efficiency Using Direct Wafer and Hanwha Q CELLS Q.ANTUM Cell Technologies Updated On Thu, Mar 9th, 2017 by Saurenergy The result demonstrates the rapid efficiency gains that are possible with 1366 Technologie’s kerfless, drop-in 156 mm multicrystalline wafers and Hanwha Q CELLS Q.ANTUM passivated emitter rear contact (PERC) cell process 1366 Technologies has achieved a new performance record of 19.9% cell efficiency for its Direct Wafer technology through its ongoing technical partnership with Hanwha […] Read more
