A bifacial solar panel is a solar panel that can collect energy from the front side and the rear side (a normal monofacial panel only collects energy from one side). Bifacial solar technology was created in the latter 1960s. It was dormant while the broader PV market exploded. It was too costly for the incremental energy production improvements.
Oman is building a giant 500 megawatt (MW) solar farm, but it’s not just any 500 MW solar behemoth.
I read story after story of emerging renewable energy plants, so it was surprising to find out that there had been little mapped information on where all of the wind and solar power infrastructure lived — until now.
The multi-billion dollar global demand for solar trackers is red hot, and expected to continue to glow red for at least the next five years, according to the latest market forecast. The global single-axis solar photovoltaic tracker market is expected to show a cumulative average growth rate of close to 28% during the period 2019-2023.
The desire for optimal energy production in large solar power plants has engineers looking to an invention created in the latter 1960s, a technology that has been dormant while the broader PV market has exploded. Bifacial solar cells and panels are moving more seriously into play now thanks to cost drops and efficiency improvements.
A new report published this week from GTM Research shows that the amount of solar PV trackers shipped in 2017 increased 32% year-over-year, as California-based NEXTracker retains its top spot and accounts for a third of all trackers sold last year.
The North American solar PV tracker market increased by 135% to 5.5 GW in 2015, led by California-based NEXTracker. According to IHS’ latest solar PV tracker rankings, the market grew by 135% year-over-year to see 5.5 GW shipped in 2015. This growth was led by NEXTracker, which saw its market … [continued]
The top clean tech jobs for this week include listings for solar project managers and developers, solar sales, Tesla production, product development engineers, automated driving software engineers, an energy services manager, and more. As part of our collaboration with other projects within the Important Media network, we’ve partnered with our … [continued]
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No matter how much we increase our content, I can’t avoid ending up with a ton of stories I wish we had had more time to cover. However, I guess it has been taking longer for the stories to build up (so that’s good). Anyway, I’m about to post a … [continued]
