The massive appetite in South Africa for solar energy is reflected in the escalating imports of solar panels, with R16.9 billion having been landed in just the first nine months of 2023. In 2022 the country imported R5.6bn worth of solar panels. This is according to the senior economist of Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, an […]
UAE inaugurates giant solar plant, two weeks before climate talks by AFP Staff Writers Al Dhafra, UAE (AFP) Nov 16, 2023 The United Arab Emirates inaugurated on Thursday one of the world’s biggest solar plants, two weeks before the oil-rich Gulf state hosts UN climate talks. The Al Dhafra plant, south […]
This commentary is by Andrew K. Gentile, an electrical engineer who lives in Sheffield. This summer’s flooding has prompted dozens of stories linking our weather to the use of fossil fuels, with each story following the same pattern: The flooding is due exclusively to the use of fossil fuels, and we have to stop using […]
Tunnelling recombination layer boosts efficiency of tandem solar cells by Staff Writers Ningbom China (SPX) Nov 16, 2023 Prof. YE Jichun’s team from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), along with researchers from Soochow University, have developed a polycrystalline silicon tunnelling recombination layer […]
Stable PbS colloidal quantum dot inks enable scalable preparation of infrared solar cells by blade coating by Staff Writers Wuhan, China (SPX) Nov 08, 2023 The goal of peak carbon dioxide emissions and achieve carbon neutrality is a major strategic decision made by China. Developing clean and low-cost solar photovoltaic power is an […]
Novel molecular bridge strategy boosts efficiency of perovskite solar cells by Staff Writers Hefei, China (SPX) Nov 08, 2023 Recently, a research team by Professor PAN Xu from Institute of Solid-State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HIPS) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) proposed a novel strategy to enhance the performance of […]
