Switzerland

Swiss PV manufacturer Meyer Burger says it wants to rapidly expand its production of heterojunction solar cells and modules, following its recent supply agreement with U.S. project developer DE Shaw Renewable Investments.

The new world record was independently certified by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in the United States.

Volta designs chargers with integrated advertising space and targets high-visibility commercial spaces.

The company said its Terra 360 charger can charge any electric car in 15 minutes or less at a maximum output of 360kW.

Here’s a list of solar firms that VCs funded during this pandemic year.

Executive moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities and energy transition finance.

Another busy funding week with solar IPOs on deck and venture capital investments — but no cleantech SPACs in the last few day, at least.

The EU-funded Nextbase project aims to manufacture heterojunction, interdigitated back-contact solar modules for less than €0.275/W. Solar panels featuring the Nextbase cell tech are expected to have a conversion efficiency of 23.2%, according to the European Commission.

Also African microgrids, $200 million for solid-state batteries, $20 million for utility field safety, billions for infrastructure, and millions for deep tech.

Batteries have won the lion’s share of recent cleantech venture capital — but here are some recent funding rounds for fusion, graphene, electrical panels, circuit breakers, geothermal drilling and direct-air capture of CO2.