Technology

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

LONGi Solar outlines its high temperature mitigation logic in designing the lower current, higher wattage Hi-MO5 solar panel series.

Buildings-integrated photovoltaics maker Mitrex plans to deploy highway noise barriers with integrated solar that have 1.2 MW of capacity per kilometer. The technology is currently in the pilot phase at government entity locations in North America.

Nokia has headed the proposal, looking to use 4G and 5G networks to support offshore renewable energy projects.

Three regional grid operators and two utilities have joined the DOE partnership, alongside renewables developers and trade groups, to pursue faster, simpler, and fairer interconnection of renewables and storage, on both the transmission and distribution grids.

University of Chicago researchers developed a unique, single-layer solar cell that may be used to power less-invasive implantable medical devices.

Also on the rise: Briggs & Stratton launched the SimpliPHI energy storage system with lithium-ferro-phosphate chemistry. ACORE outlines reduction in solar investment and development if tariffs persist. Holistic solar modeling predicts even lower future pricing. And more.

Government researchers have refined their learning curve calculations and quantified how focusing on CAPEX alone can underestimate declines in project costs.

The Institute for Local Self Reliance ranks states according to distributed energy resources per capita.