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Community Solar Beats Scary Headlines About Electricity Any Day Of The Week

August 1, 2024 admin agrivoltaics, clean electricity, clean power, commercial real estate, community solar, cost of electricity, green economy, green jobs, grid, heliene, inflation reduction act of 2022., investment, Manufacturing, nexamp, rural solar, solar cells, Solar energy, us solar manufacturing, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 16:25:22 +0000

So much electricity! Solar industry stakeholders are prepping for the next wave of community solar development spurred by an assist from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act along with lower costs, agrivoltaic opportunities, and financial benefits for property owners.

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No Roof, No Problem: How to Become a Solar Customer Without Installing Rooftop Solar Panels

July 23, 2024 admin clean power, community choice aggregators, community solar, seia, solar cells, Solar energy, solar energy industries association (seia), solar leasing, solar panels

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2024 22:55:47 +0000

In 2023, a record 800,000 Americans added solar to their homes. With increasing pressure on family budgets and the U.S. electricity grid, more Americans are turning to solar to take control of their energy needs. While not everyone can put a solar array on their roof, renters, condo owners, low-to-moderate income … [continued]

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Toyota Invests In Perovskite Solar Cells, And The World Will Never Be The Same

July 21, 2024 admin clean power, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, green economy, investment, Japan, perovskite, perovskite solar cell, perovskite solar cells, perovskite solar modules, renewable energy, solar car, solar cars, solar cells, Solar energy, toyota, toyota prius, toyota prius prime

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 18:26:54 +0000

The solar car of the future is already emerging, and Toyota could get a jump on the ball with new perovskite solar cells.

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Another Day, Another Win For Solar Power Windows, Another Headache For Fossil Fuels

July 11, 2024 admin bipv, buildings, clean power, gensler, green economy, next energy technologies, renewable energy, solar cells, Solar energy, solar window, solar windows, thin film solar, transparent solar, transparent solar cells, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 14:55:53 +0000

New solar power window technology is finally edging into the commercial market, to transform buildings from energy-sucking structures into renewable energy generating stations.

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Cumulative Shipments of 210mm Solar Modules Surpass 260 Gigawatts

July 8, 2024 admin clean power, press releases, solar cells, Solar energy, solar power plants, solar records, trina solar

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2024 21:01:52 +0000

CHANGZHOU, China — According to TrendForce, by the first quarter of this year, cumulative shipments of 210mm modules (including 210R) had surpassed 260 gigawatts (GW). It is clear that the 210mm n-type modules are emerging as the predominant choice in the market, with seven of the top 10 module makers … [continued]

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New Tandem Solar Cell Discovered Posing As A Giant Clam

July 8, 2024 admin algae, bioeconomy, biofuel, building integrated photovoltaic, building integrated solar, clean power, Energy, microalgae, renewable energy, research, SCIENCE, seaweed, solar cells, Solar energy, sustainability, sustainable

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2024 14:30:16 +0000

An iridescent giant clam hooks up with algae to inspire a new bio-based approach to solar cell technology.

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Escaping the Lab Into the Sunlight: Research Examines Durability of Outdoor Perovskite Solar Cells

July 7, 2024 admin clean power, colorado school of mines, grid, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), perovskite solar cells, research, solar cells, Solar energy, university of california, university of california san diego, university of north carolina, university of toledo, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2024 17:31:15 +0000

Research on Ultraviolet-Driven Degradation Receives Independent Testing From the Perovskite PV Accelerator for Commercializing Technologies (PACT) Center Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are promising next-generation solar photovoltaic (PV) cells with high performance and low production costs compared to silicon. However, one of the primary challenges to widespread adoption of PSCs is … [continued]

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Rooftop-Ready Perovskite Solar Cells Are Coming To The Residential Market

June 27, 2024 admin clean power, oxford pv, oxford university, perovskite, perovskite solar cells, perovskite solar modules, perovskites, research, rice university, rooftop solar, SCIENCE, solar cells, Solar energy, solar records, Stanford, tandem solar cells

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 15:35:57 +0000

Oxford PV is bringing its tandem perovskite-silicon solar cells to the residential market, offering more power in a smaller footprint.

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Goodbye Big Oil, Hello Big Solar

June 19, 2024 admin china solar companies, china solar imports, clean power, Coal, exajoule, Fossil Fuels, Oil, solar cells, Solar energy, solar panels

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 19:58:30 +0000

Solar power companies are on track to provide more energy to the world than oil and gas soon says Bloomberg.

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USITC Votes to Continue Investigations on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells in Southeast Asia

June 13, 2024 admin Cambodia, clean power, green economy, Malaysia, policy & politics, solar cells, Solar energy, solar tariffs, Thailand, us solar tariffs, Vietnam

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 02:59:47 +0000

USITC Votes to Continue Investigations on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled into Modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam United States International Trade Commission (USITC) [last week] determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of Crystalline … [continued]

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