When producing silicon solar cells, it is important to have a high throughput. This reduces production costs and alleviates supply bottlenecks as more photovoltaics installations are being deployed in Germany and worldwide. Headed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, a consortium of plant manufacturers, metrology companies and research institutions have come up […]
Critical materials in India’s quest for self-reliance in solar technologies: Silicon – EQ Mag Pro
India’s desire to obtain self-sufficiency in solar energy needs to be backed with the necessary technology required to achieve it Material Intensity of Clean Energy The low-carbon future that India and the rest of the world is moving towards will be far more material intensive. This is because clean energy technologies need more materials to […]
Silicon Ranch Raises $775 Million in Equity Funding Led by Manulife Investment Management – EQ Mag Pro
Independent power producer has raised $1 billion in the past year to fund its rapid growth across North America NASHVILLE : Silicon Ranch Corporation, one of the largest independent power producers in the U.S., announced today that it has raised $775 million in new equity capital. Manulife Investment Management, on behalf of Manulife Infrastructure Fund […]
TBEA Signs Agreement to Build a Silicon Material Production Base and New Energy Projects in Inner Mongolia – EQ Mag Pro
Chinese polysilicon supplier TBEA announced on November 4 that it has entered into an investment cooperation framework agreement with the local administration of Baotou City in Inner Mongolia to set up a manufacturing base for high-purity industrial silicon materials and several new energy projects. The manufacturing base is expected to have a total annual production […]
StoreDot Announces New Framework Agreement with EVE Energy to Manufacture Silicon-Dominant Extreme Fast Charge Battery for EVs
New agreement marks another significant milestone in StoreDot’s mission to commercialize its ‘5-Minute charge’ EV battery technology. Samples of StoreDot’s silicon-dominant extreme fast charging EV battery will be available for testing this year, ahead of a planned move to mass production in 2024. Herzeliya, Israel : StoreDot, the pioneer of extreme fast charging (XFC) battery […]
Oxford PV breaks record for solar power efficiency
Oxford PV sets new world record for the amount of the sun’s energy that can be converted into electricity by a single solar cell An Oxford-based lab has created a photovoltaic solar cell that it says has surpassed the efficiency that silicon can ever reach. Oxford PV, a spin-off from the University, says it has […]
Monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell with >29% efficiency
Monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell with >29% efficiency by enhanced hole extraction Efficiency from hole-selective contacts Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells must stabilize a perovskite material with a wide bandgap and also maintain efficient charge carrier transport. Al-Ashouri et al. stabilized a perovskite with a 1.68–electron volt bandgap with a self-assembled monolayer that acted as an efficient hole-selective […]
Plasma passivation process to cut silicon cell costs
Scientists in Saudi Arabia have developed a new passivation process for n-type silicon solar cells, which they say could offer a simpler, lower-cost alternative to current processes used in manufacturing. The group fabricated wafers using this process with promising results, and now plans to integrate the process into a full silicon cell. Scientists at the […]
Silicon Based Battery Technology Gains Momentum as Gridtential Energy and Hoppecke Battery Enter Evaluation Agreement
SANTA CLARA, Calif., and BRILON, Germany : Gridtential Energy, the inventor and developer of Silicon Joule™ bipolar battery technology and Hoppecke Battery GmbH, the largest producer of industry battery systems in European ownership, announce that they have entered into a technology evaluation agreement. Under the agreement, over the next few months, Hoppecke Battery and Gridtential […]
Startup aims to bring its porous silicon battery to EVs and grid storage
Something to look forward to: As we wait for for better batteries, the many wonder technologies we’ve been promised for the last decade have failed to materialize to market for various reasons. This may not be the case of XNRGI, a startup that is ready to ship a “porous” silicon battery that has better energy […]