BASF Schwarzheide has installed a 1MW 5.8MWh sodium-sulphur battery to increase the amount of energy it can use from the solar park at its manufacturing site in Lusatia Germany, where it produces electric vehicle battery materials. “The stationary energy storage system is another step towards increased sustainability in battery production for electric vehicles,” said company v-p of battery metals Daniel ...
A single company is to build 1.1GWpeak of solar capacity in Germany over the next three years. Securesun, has over 50 solar part projects scheduled to be competed before the end of 2026, averaging 20MWpeak, with the largest at 150MWpeak. Last year, roof-top and park installations combined, Germany built 7.2GWpeak* of solar capacity. “We are very pleased that we can ...
Omron is aiming to replace conventional contactors with its most powerful ac PCB relay yet: G9KA-1A-E, which handles up to 1kVac and carries up to 300A. Sitting on a 51 x 51mm footprint, the relay is 54.5mm tall and weighs ~235g. The contacts are cadmium-free silver alloy and offer 200μΩ on-resistance (at 200A). Maximum timing is 30ms make and 10ms ...
Fabless power transistor company Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD) is to sign a deal with Neways Electronics of Eindhoven to develop solar power inverters. The collaboration has sprung from the European-funded GaNext project, on which both companies worked. “At Electronica, both on the Neways booth and at CGD’s booth, visitors will be able to see a demo of a 3kW photovoltaic ...
STMicroelectronics will procure 50% of the energy for its Bouskoura site in Morocco from renewable sources by 2022, compared to 1% in 2020. The electricity of 12 wind turbines in North Morocco will be fed into Morocco’s national power grid and then purchased by ST. These are on a 10ha wind farm near the coast at Oualidia, built by InnoVent and planned ...
Vishay has created a series of high ripple current aluminium electrolytic capacitors for solar power converters. “Designed for solar applications, Solar 193 PUR-SI power capacitors offer rated voltage of 500V and useful life of 6,000 hours at a maximum operating temperature of 105°C,” according to New Yorker Electronics, which is stocking the parts. Rated ripple current is 2.52A at 450 ...
LG Electronics’ latest commercial solar panel can reach an efficiency of 21.4%. It is the LG370N1C-N5, styled a ‘premium’ product by the company – an n-type monocrystalline panel producing 370W max from its 1.7 x 1m surface (irradiance 1,000W/m2, 25°C, 1.5AM). Open-circuit under the same illumination it delivers 41.8V, and short-circuit the figure is 10.92A. Maximum power is achieved at 35.8V ...
Scientists in Australia have used a custom perovskite solar cell to increase the efficiency of solar hydrogen production close to the point thought to be commercially viable. Solar-to-hydrogen production from water and light was 17.6% efficient, despite the relatively humble solar materials involved – silicon and perovskite – compared to a 20% target set by the US Department of Energy ...
Single-crystal perovskite solar cell efficiency has exceeded 21% at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
A solar-powered suitcase has won the 2019 Edison Award for Social Innovation. The Solar Suitcase was originally developed by the We Care Solar project and this third reiteration was enhanced by Arrow. In many developing nations, mothers and babies are put at risk in delivery rooms due to either lack of electricity or sudden power cuts. The World Health Organization ...
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