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Holland Rolls Out Renewable Energy Tower for Festivals

published 2019 年 08 月 20 日 9:30
In its collaboration with nine enterprises, Holland’s Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) has rolled out a green-energy device, dubbed “GEM tower” that can be used as a power generator at festivals. ...  more

NREL Develops New Technology That Will Slash PV Cell Costs

published 2019 年 08 月 19 日 9:30
  The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) of the U.S. has recently developed an improved process of epitaxy which can potentially increase the production speeds of GaAs by 20 times. This may help to cut the costs of III-V PV cells to US$0.2-0.8/watt. ...  more

PV Cell-Powered Drone in the Offing

published 2019 年 08 月 05 日 9:30
U.S. scientists are currently developing a brand new type of PV cell, dubbed thermophotovoltaics cell (STPV), which can power drones for several days of flight. This is a far cry from the existing battery-powered drone models which have a cruising ability of less than 30 minutes. ...  more

GS-Solar Enters an Agreement With Shanxi Coal to Build a 10GW Production Base for Heterojunction Cells

published 2019 年 08 月 02 日 9:30
China’s PV cell manufacturer GS-Solar has signed a cooperation agreement with Shanxi Coal International Energy Group (here referred as Shanxi Coal) to build a 10GW production base for double-sided heterojunction (HDT) cells. GS-Solar has been a leader in the development of the heterojunction technologies that allow for PV cells with higher conversion efficiency rates. ...  more

Is Perovskite PV Cell a Dark Horse?

published 2019 年 07 月 22 日 13:49
A research team from Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology has developed a durable Perovskite PV cell with a conversion rate reaching 21.09%, marking a major breakthrough for the emerging technology.  ...  more

Perovkskite PV Cells Has Self-Recovery Function for Degradation

published 2019 年 07 月 02 日 13:42
An experiment shows that perovskite PV cells can recover a part of their capacity lost from degradation, which significantly improves their potential as a next-generation PV cell. The experiment was carried out by EPFL (also know...  more