Tag: PV System

A quick assessment of the solar energy potential for large urban areas

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TU Delft researchers have developed a new approach for calculating fast and accurate the solar energy potential of surfaces in the urban environment. The new approach can significantly help architects and urban planners to incorporate photovoltaic (solar power) technology in their designs. The findings were presented on Monday 4 February in Nature Energy. Buildings, trees Read more about A quick assessment of the solar energy potential for large urban areas[…]

Oxford PV collaborates with HZB to move perovskite solar cells closer to commercialisation

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Oxford PV has made considerable progress in transferring its advanced perovskite on silicon tandem solar cell technology from its laboratory in Oxford, UK to an industrial scale process at its site in Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany. HZB’s extensive expertise in silicon heterojunctions solar cell technology, will support Oxford PV to further optimise its perovskite Read more about Oxford PV collaborates with HZB to move perovskite solar cells closer to commercialisation[…]

NREL Finds Nanotube Semiconductors Well-suited for PV Systems

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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 Read more about NREL Finds Nanotube Semiconductors Well-suited for PV Systems[…]