SolarEdge aims to qualify for U.S. domestic content incentive
The company has brought over 1,500 new jobs to the U.S. through contract manufacturing facilities.
Texas solar shines through Tropical Storm Beryl
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that the Tropical Storm Beryl caused a large but temporary dip in solar generation potential across Texas on July 8. However, cross-referencing with grid operator reports revealed that very little production went offline due to the storm, showing the resilience of Texas’ solar infrastructure.
IEA-PVPS identifies 456 patents in PV module recycling
The IEA Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme’s (IEA-PVPS) latest report on solar panel recycling offers a comprehensive review of all existing technologies in this market segment, from pure mechanical recycling to innovative techniques such as as light pulse treatment, water-jet cleaning, pyrolysis, and chemical treatments.
Fracsun introduces AI-powered solar soiling loss simulator tool
Dust, dirt, and debris can cause losses to solar production. Fracsun introduced software for measuring potential losses at a given project location.
Solar supply chain, technology trends, and policy update
A report from Clean Energy Associates (CEA) provides the latest on global and regional solar supply chains, technological trends, and market impacts from policy.
All-perovskite tandem solar cell based on tin-lead perovskite achieves 27.8% efficiency
Scientists in the United States have fabricated an all-perovskite tandem solar cell that reportedly shows reduced interfacial energy loss in the cell’s top device. It was built with a hole transport layer based on a compound known as P3CT that was doped with lead iodide.
Amazon hits 100% renewable energy goal seven years ahead of schedule
The retail giant matched 100% of the electricity used in its operations with investments in renewable energy in 2023.
REIT completes commercial-scale solar tax credit transfer
Solar developer Black Bear Energy said the real estate investment trust’s (REIT) transaction on the 556 kW portfolio is proof of concept that demand exists for credits of this size and risk profile.
Researchers build 16%-efficient mini perovskite solar module resistant to UV light-induced degradation
A U.S. research team has built a 15 cm2 perovskite solar module with improved stability and efficiency thanks to a polymer hole transport layer that reportedly improves the panel stability and efficiency.
World’s first anode-free sodium solid-state battery
Researchers at the Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion have created a new sodium battery architecture with stable cycling for several hundred cycles, which could serve as a future direction to enable low-cost, high-energy-density and fast-charging batteries.
