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Firefighters in Need of New Training on Solar Panel Safety

published 2020 年 03 月 25 日 18:00

CHICAGO, March 24, 2020 Powering Chicago, the voice of Chicago's unionized electrical industry, today announced a free solar safety training program for Chicago area fire departments designed to help firefighters safely handle so... more

US Scientists Discover That Acid Released from Encapsulant Is the Culprit Behind Accelerated Cracking on Backsheets of Solar Panels

published 2020 年 03 月 24 日 18:30

Conventional solar panels are not intended to be in service forever even though they are designed for the outdoor environment and can withstand difficult weather conditions. The life of solar panels (photovoltaic modules) is around 25 years on average. ... more

Duke Energy Florida Announces Installation of One-Millionth Solar Panel in State

published 2020 年 02 月 26 日 18:00

One million solar panels and counting! Duke Energy has nearly 515 megawatts of solar under construction or operating in Florida. By mid-2020, company's Florida solar power plants will eliminate more than 1.5 billion pounds of c... more

Israel Develops Dust-Proof Technology for Solar Panels

published 2019 年 12 月 25 日 0:30

Inspired by the self-cleaning properties of the lotus leaf, a research team from Israel’s Ben Gurion University has developed a specially designed self-cleaning mechanism that can be applied to any desert-based solar panel. With the help of the technology, a solar panel could lose as much as 98% of its accumulated dust. ... more

Solar Conversion Efficiency Raised by 25% via Breakthrough Use of Infrared-Modulating Films

published 2019 年 11 月 21 日 9:30

Silicon-based solar panels currently on the market are unable to convert all radiations on the electromagnetic spectrum, such as infrared, which has a relatively long wavelength, so the panels’ energy conversion efficiency tops out at 30%. In response to this, researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology have developed a new type of solar cell design by applying a thin film over existing solar cells, which can increase their energy conversion rate by an estimated 25%. Their findings are published in the scientific journal Nanoscale. ... more

Australian College Reduced Electricity Bill by 40% with Adoption of Solar Panels, Thermal Energy Storage, and Green Energy

published 2019 年 11 月 13 日 0:30

The adoption of solar panels by schools as a means to reduce electricity bills and carbon emissions means these blue-colored panels have become a common sight on campus. Case in point, the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) in Australia has recently lowered its energy use by 40% through the installation of solar panel clusters and large-scale thermal energy storage systems. ... more

California Mandates Installation of Solar Panels for New Houses in 2020

published 2019 年 11 月 04 日 9:30

The Californian government has officially decreed a mandatory installation of solar panels for stand-alone houses or apartment buildings which are less than three stories high by 2020. As home-use solar panels have yet to become mainstream, a number of major hurdles will still need to be overcome. ... more