A new report from Navigant Research analyzes the global market for organic LED (OLED) lighting in residential and commercial buildings, with forecasts for unit shipments and revenue, segmented by vertical, product type, construction type, and region, through 2025.Since mid-2015, OLED prices have been falling at a pace that is reminiscent of LED pricing trends. While […]
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Solar-powered light-emitting cement developed
Scientists have created a new light-emitting cement that could last a hundred years and illuminate roads, highways or bicycle lanes at night by absorbing solar energy during the day.Currently, the cement exists in blue or green colour, and the light intensity can be regulated to avoid dazzling drivers.”The main issue was that cement is an […]
Solliance realizes first up-scaled Perovskite based PV modules with 10% efficiency.
Solliance demonstrates a record 10% aperture area power conversion efficiency for its up-scaled thin-film perovskite photovoltaic modules. The efficiency was measured on an aperture area of 168 cm2. Twenty-five cells were serial connected through an optimized P1, P2, P3 interconnection technology. The PV module was realized on a 6×6 inch2 glass substrate using industrial scale-able […]
Most Asia-Pacific Countries Use Feed-in Tariffs to Incentivize Renewable Energy Investment, says GlobalData
The use of Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) continues to be a popular form of incentive utilized to promote renewable power installations in Asia-Pacific (APAC) countries, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData.The company’s latest report* states that apart from Malaysia, New Zealand, South Korea and Singapore, all other countries covered in the region have FiTs for […]
Annual Sales of Electric and Hybrid Medium and Heavy Duty Buses Are Expected to Exceed 52,000 in 2025
A new report from Navigant Research examines the market for medium and heavy duty trucks and buses across 10 powertrain types, with global forecasts for annual sales, through 2035.The medium and heavy duty vehicle (MHDV) segment represents only a small percentage of the world’s total vehicle population, yet it accounts for a large portion of […]
5 Trends Shaping the 66GW Global Solar Market
After a record-breaking 2015, GTM Research expects the global solar PV market to grow 21 percent and add 66 gigawatts of capacity by the end of the 2016. Tempered by policy pullbacks across major markets China, Japan and the U.K., PV growth will slow in 2017, but the market will reach 95 annual gigawatts by […]
Sales of Advanced Electric Forklifts in North America Are Expected to Exceed 47,000 by 2025
A new report from Navigant Research examines the market opportunity for advanced lead-acid, lithium ion (Li-ion), and fuel cells in the North American electric forklift market through 2025.Electric forklifts are capturing an increasing share of the North American materials handling market as the industry continues to shift away from propane, diesel, and other fossil fuels […]
Alta Devices Achieves 31.6% Solar Energy Efficiency Record; Changes The Fundamental Economics For Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
With its most recent solar efficiency record of 31.6%, Alta Devices continues to achieve solar efficiencies that are substantially higher than all other commercially available solar technologies.This breakthrough, combined with its unique thinness and flexibility, redefines how solar technology can be used. In particular, Alta’s solar technology is of great interest in the UAV (unmanned […]
NREL Finds Nanotube Semiconductors Well-suited for PV Systems
Researchers at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) discovered single-walled carbon nanotube semiconductors could be favorable for photovoltaic systems because they can potentially convert sunlight to electricity or fuels without losing much energy.The research builds on the Nobel Prize-winning work of Rudolph Marcus, who developed a fundamental tenet of physical chemistry that explains […]
‘India to be 4th largest solar market in 2016’
“India is poised to become the fourth largest solar market in 2016, leaving behind three major European solar markets (UK, Germany and France) with expected new capacity addition of 5.4 GW in 2016,” consulting firm Bridge to India said in its latest edition of India Solar Handbook report. India is set to become fourth largest […]