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Perovskite solar module march continues with 30-year “no thickness” layers and speed testing

A team at Princeton University developed a new technique to accelerate solar cell longevity testing, while concurrently discovering a layer, only a few atoms in thickness, which is credibly projected to support perovskites lasting thirty years.

Cold-climate heat pump efficient in -10 F weather

Lennox developed the first prototype that achieved the DOE’s Cold Climate Heat Pump Technology Challenge’s standards about a year ahead of schedule.

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Solarever looks to strengthen US market presence with 20.4% efficient, 410 W solar module

The Module HC 108M is a 410W/400W residential solar module using 108 half-cut 182 mm mono PERC cells and is Solarever’s most powerful module to date.

DOE to support 12 remote and island communities in transition to clean energy

Communities will get help with strengthening energy infrastructure, reducing outage risk, and improving their future energy and economic outlook.  

SEIA proposes how to extricate hundreds of gigawatts of solar from interconnection queues

As applications to interconnect solar and storage projects have “skyrocketed,” the national solar trade group recommends ways to speed interconnection on both the transmission and distribution grids.

Tin-lead perovskite solar cell achieves 25.5% efficiency, improved stability

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory developed a tandem perovskite solar cell that tackles problems with stability and boosts efficiency.

Real-time pricing that balances renewables could save $33 billion per year, study finds

A Pacific Northwest National Laboratory study found that allowing customers to opt for real-time power rates, and shift some consumption to lower-priced periods, would lower customer bills 10% to 17%. A pilot study has shown that real-time pricing works, and more pilots are underway.

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Alsym Energy emerges from stealth mode to introduce non-flammable batteries

Alsym’s batteries, made from readily available materials without lithium or cobalt, will be produced for electric vehicles, stationary storage, and marine applications.

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Avangrid asserts its place in the US renewable future

With $40 billion in assets and operations across 24 US states, and over 7 GW of wind and solar power facilities, Avangrid’s new Onshore President & CEO, Jose Antonio Miranda sat down with pv magazine to discuss his company’s ongoing renewable development strategy, and why he feels he’s the right person for the job.

Electric vehicle battery capable of 98% charge in less than ten minutes

Enovix also demonstrated its US-made silicon anode lithium-ion batteries can charge 0% to 80% in five minutes.

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