“Turbo Boost” For Silicon Solar Cells Could Seal Doom For Diesel
The Oxford University spinoff Oxford PV has switched gears to push forward with its “turbo-boosting” lead-free perovskite solar cell efficiency solution.
The Oxford University spinoff Oxford PV has switched gears to push forward with its “turbo-boosting” lead-free perovskite solar cell efficiency solution.
Development on Solar Frontier’s new ‘blueprint’ CIGS solar cell factory is moving along nicely, according to recent reports. The facility — which is aiming for a cell efficiency of 15% on its production lines — is being constructed in the northeastern Tohoku region of Japan, and is expected to be … [continued]
UK solar power capacity has increased by an impressive 1 GW in the first half of 2014, putting the country ahead of all others in the EU, including Germany.
Recent and ongoing cuts to UK solar farm incentives could result in an up to 30% decline in the previously projected rate of deployment, in only the next three years, the country’s Labour Party is warning. The stark warning/projection comes via figures included in the government’s recent impact assessment on the … [continued]
Time to catch up on more solar news. Here are a number of big solar news stories we wouldn’t want you to miss: First Solar + Skytron: First Solar is acquiring Skytron. If Skytron doesn’t ring a bell, it should. It holds more monitored solar PV projects than all about 3 other … [continued]
The proposed Hacheston solar farm is apparently now a no-go thanks to the intervention of the current Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles. The decision to block the development of the solar farm — which would have covered 127 acres and featured 100,000 solar panels — … [continued]
The UK will very likely be the biggest solar photovoltaic market in Europe in 2014, according to the new NPD Solarbuzz UK Deal Tracker report. The dominance will be largely fueled by big growth in ground-mounted solar PV projects this year — over 120 large-scale solar PV projects in the … [continued]
One of the biggest solar companies in the world today, SunEdison, recently announced that it had finished construction on a 117 MW (DC) portfolio of utility-scale photovoltaic solar power plants across the UK. The portfolio, which consists of eight separate solar power plants, represents the company’s first completed development in … [continued]
I’ve written about UK solar schools initiatives for years (see some links on bottom of page). Some have made quite notable progress. However, there are still a lot more British schools without solar power than with it. Now, Abundance Generation has launched a project that allows people to not only donate to … [continued]
With about 37,007 megawatts (MW) of solar PV power installed in 2013, world solar PV power capacity increased about 35% to 136,697 MW. Whereas Europe had dominated annual growth for years up until 2013 (10 years, to be precise), solar PV growth was much more evenly split last year, and … [continued]