Photovoltaic Panels Articles & Analysis

Scientists have developed a multi-physics thermal model for panels with a natural convection cooling loop and tested it against experimental data. They have also experimented with varying the coolant channel thickness and different coolants. The highest measured electrical efficiency reached 15.45%. ...

By pv magazine

The team at OTT HydroMet is excited to announce that our Class A irradiance sensor, the Kipp & Zonen SMP12 won an Innovation Award at the inaugural Veralto Innovation Conference (VIC). Held in Waltham, Massachusetts at Veralto headquarters, over 80 engineering and product management leaders came together for three days of discussions and knowledge exchange focused on “Powering Growth ...

By OTT HydroMet - Veralto

Ameresco Inc., a US renewable energy business (NYSE:AMRC), announced on Wednesday that it has finished a 26.3 MWdc solar project in the US state of Illinois hamlet of DePue, resulting in the creation of the largest solar farm in Bureau County. In its first year of operation, the 65,832 solar photovoltaic panels that make up the DePue facility are anticipated to generate 37 GWh of electricity. ...

By Ameresco, Inc.

TotalEnergies has started commercial operations of Myrtle Solar, its utility-scale operated solar farm in the United States. Located south of Houston, Texas, Myrtle has a capacity of 380 megawatts peak (MWp) of solar production and 225 MWh of co-located batteries. With 705,000 ground-mounted photovoltaic panels installed over an area equivalent to 1,800 American football fields, Myrtle produces ...

By Smart Grid Observer

First Solar, Inc. this week (Sept 21) broke ground on a previously announced manufacturing facility in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, its fifth fully vertically integrated factory in the United States. The ceremony was attended by the Governor of Louisiana, John Bel Edwards, and other dignitaries from the state. The facility, believed to be the largest capital investment in the area's history, ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Array Changing Technologies: As another year of solar innovations marches on, with exciting new products and models being introduced up and down the supply chain, pv magazine has brought together a jury of industry experts to honor those technologies whose potential is truly Array Changing. Here, we’ve added another 10 innovations to those featured back in June, and tasked our expert jury ...

By A+ Sun Systems

Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc. (S&SE), a pioneer in clean air technologies, has entered the solar energy market with pollution abatement solutions for solar panel manufacturers. Undoubtedly, solar technology is one of the most promising solutions to empower the world with clean and zero-emission energy. By transitioning away from fossil fuels and towards sustainable energy sources such ...

By Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc.

Photovoltaic adhesives manufacturers to boost the renewable energy sector in environmental industry Renewable energy is very important today, especially for environmentally conscious people. It helps to find the best way to use renewable energy, one of which is solar. Harnessing sun energy to make electricity has gained much interest from consumers who want a cheaper and environmentally friendly ...

By DeepMaterial (ShenZhen) Co.,Ltd

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)’s adoption of the latest international technologies in the production, transmission and distribution of energy and water contributed to setting world records in the performance indicators of the energy and water sectors, and surpassing an array of leading utility companies in the European Union and the US in various global competitiveness ...

By Dubai Electricity And Water Authority (DEWA)

With the passage of time and the rapid advancement of technology, it is necessary to take steps toward environmental sustainability. People now prefer renewable energy sources to conventional energy sources to safeguard the environment. The UK government has taken a good step toward environmental conservation by implementing the Feed-in-Tariff scheme. They have demonstrated to the rest of the ...

By JJ PV Solar Pvt Ltd.

Solar energy has been quickly emerging as an alternative energy source. As of now, the country’s solar installed capacity was 48.556 GW as of November 2021. The nation’s solar capacity has grown eighteen times in the last seven years. At an event, the Minister of State for Environment Ashwini Choubey said “Installed capacity of solar energy in India has increased by more than ...

By JJ PV Solar Pvt Ltd.

CPower Energy Management this week announced that it will support Scale Microgrid Solutions, a leading provider of distributed clean energy and microgrid platforms, to deliver energy management services to vertical commercial farming company, Fifth Season. Scale and CPower will provide Fifth Season with utility bill savings, energy resilience and reliable access to clean energy, while generating ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Ecoprogetti supplied new module production line to Bahrain’s Solartecc Green Energy. Ecoprogetti supplied and fully commissioned to the first Bahraini solar panel producer a complete turnkey manufacturing line with highest quality European standards during the month of January 2021. Bahrain is a land with a very high solar irradiation which has lately moved the focus on solar photovoltaic ...

By Ecoprogetti srl

Ideematec Inc., the leading global supplier of solar tracking systems, today announced its Horizon L:Tec solar tracker at Solar Power International 2020. The new two-module-in-portrait (2P) tracker features a patented locking technology that secures modules in position against torsional galloping, caused by extreme wind loads, to reduce maintenance costs and expand product lifespan. The tracker ...

By Ideematec Deutschland GmbH

Today Zytech Solar announced that it had become the newest member of Energy Web. Together the two organizations also jointly unveiled an initiative to develop blockchain-ready solar PV systems that are out-of-the-box compatible to transact on the Energy Web Decentralized Operating System (EW-DOS). “We’re proud to welcome Zytech to the Energy Web ecosystem,” said Jesse Morris, ...

By Zytech Solar Group

In order to increase the energy yield from a noise barrier, we can make use of albedo. A large portion of the sunlight is, depending on their albedo, reflected by buildings, plants, roads and forests. By developing double sided solar cells, we can harvest extra energy from this diffuse light. And last Friday, we tested the first double sided thin-film module that we made in the project ...

By Solliance Solar Research

Soltec, a leading company in the manufacture and supply of solar single-axis trackers belonging to Soltec Power Holdings, consolidates its leadership position as the third largest supplier of solar trackers worldwide, according to its recent ‘Global PV tracker report – 2020’ published by the information provider IHS Markit. Soltec has supplied 9.2% of the world’s total ...

By Soltec

Interest in hybrid panels (PV-T) is increasing dramatically right now, especially in combination with heat pumps. As a result, Free Energy has entered into an exclusive partnership with the French company DualSun* for the Scandinavian market. A hybrid panel generates both electricity (PV) and heat (T). By cooling the solar cell the production of electricity increases up to 15% compared to ...

By Free Energy Innovation AS

Soltec, a manufacturer and supplier of solar tracking equipment for photovoltaic panels worldwide, in its commitment to help alleviate the impact of the current health crisis, has joined the initiative promoted by Botanicae, a company from Murcia specialized in the development and packaging of perfumes, to finance the construction of a plant for the production of hydro-alcoholic solutions in ...

By Soltec

NV Energy has received the go-ahead from Nevada state regulators for 1,190 megawatts (MW) of new solar renewable energy twinned with 590 MW of energy storage. The new capacity – solar and storage – will be in three projects located in southern Nevada and are set to be in operation by 2024, the company said. The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) approved the plan Dec. 4. ...

By Electric Utility Consultants, Inc. (EUCI)