Photovoltaics (PV) is the name of a method of converting solar energy into direct currentelectricity using semiconducting materials that exhibit the photovoltaic effect, a phenomenon commonly studied in physics, photochemistry and electrochemistry. A photovoltaic system employs solar panels composed of a number of solar cells to supply usable solar power. The process is both physical and chemical in nature, as the first step involves the photoelectric effect from which a second electrochemical process takes place involving crystallized atoms being ionized in a series, generating an electric current. Power generation from solar PV has long been seen as a clean sustainable energy technology which draws upon the planet’s most plentiful and widely distributed renewable energy source – the sun. The direct conversion of sunlight to electricity occurs without any moving parts or environmental emissions during operation. It is well proven, as photovoltaic systems have now been used for fifty years in specialized applications, and grid-connected PV systems have been in use for over twenty years. They were first mass-produced in the year 2000, when German environmentalists including Eurosolar succeeded in obtaining government support for the 100,000 roofs program.
) Eversheds Sutherland has advised Novar on the acquisition of a German photovoltaic project from WiNRG. Our client thus expands its renewable energy portfolio with a photovoltaic project in Germany and establishes its market entry.
The U.S.-based PV system provider for infrastructure and industrial equipment without grid access has launched a battery health monitoring software module for its flagship CoreSolar PowerSystems product line ...Image ... ....
The proposed system includes photovoltaic panels, an alkaline electrolyzer, a compressor, a gaseous hydrogen storage unit, a fuel cell system, inverters, and a control system regulating energy distribution within the system ... ....
US-based First Solar recorded $794 million of revenue in the first quarter, beating consensus estimates by about 10% ... The manufacturer of thin-film cadmium telluride solar panels largely maintained its full-year 2024 guidance outlook for earnings ... ....
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, offers bite-sized analysis on solar PV module supply and price trends ...FOBChina prices for mono PERCG12 have steadied this week, holding at $0.0448/W ... ....
Average retail prices fell to €6.24 ($6.70)/kWh on the German electricity spot market in April, largely due to renewables covering about 70% of the network load. From pv magazine Germany... This is the second lowest value in 16 months ... Image. ... ....
The surge in solar potential was linked to a broad swath of below-average relative humidity across the tropics, which substantially reduced cloud cover and boosted photovoltaic production ... ....
In another article of a series, Women inSolarEurope (WiSEu) gives voice to Angelika Möbius, the founder of the startup Solar AI Twin... Key barriers include a lack of mentorship opportunities and the absence of professional networks.
An international team of researchers has proposed a series of processes to recover silicon and other metals from recycled solar cells. Their goal is to reuse the recovered silicon in the PV supply chain ... the solar cells,” the scientists explained ... ....
University of Michigan researchers have found that the value of rooftop solar will increase by between 5% and 15% by the mid-century across a range of US cities under moderate climate change, and by up to 20% by the end of the century.
The new cell category includes perovskite/silicon, perovskite/CIGS, III-V/silicon and perovskite/organic tandem PV devices. It will list the absolute record efficiency for all-perovskite, two-terminal tandems regardless of the number of junctions ... ....
The so-called "network checker" will allow residential PV customers in Belgium to check if there have been any inverter failures in their local area ... The figure is equivalent to 0.55% of Belgium’s deployed PV systems ... ....
In a recent chat with pv magazine, Yasser Zaidan, senior sales manager for the Middle East at JinkoSolar, described the trajectory of the large-scale storage business in the main markets of the Middle East ... ....
“There is a WTO precedent relating to the introduction of the so-called ‘domestic content restrictions' for European production modules in the post-2009 Italian photovoltaic incentive schemes ...