Organic solar cells for curved surfaces
Organic solar cells are a relatively new technology with great development potential. In contrast to crystalline solar cells, they are significantly thinner, save material and are cost-effective. Theoretically, they can be produced in any shape, even as flexible, bendable films, which opens up numerous new application possibilities for photovoltaics. However, a major disadvantage of organic […]
New BIPV product based on HJT technology
It is not only in countries such as the USA, Germany, Japan and China that research into building-integrated PV (BIPV) is advancing – interest is currently also growing among Russian companies, such as solar module and cell manufacturer Hevel Group. The company recently developed a new BIPV product based on high-tech heterojunction (HJT) solar modules. […]
First installation of 670-watt solar modules in Germany
Last year, the Chinese photovoltaic manufacturer Trina Solar presented the new high-performance module “Vertex” with 670 watts of power. Schoenergie is the first German company to receive such a high-performance module. “We immediately unloaded the first shipment and mounted the modules on a test facility so that our installation teams could directly familiarize themselves with […]
Russia’s largest solar power plant to date to be built in Dagestan
In Dagestan, near the city of Derbent on the Caspian Sea, the company EcoEnergy is planning to build the largest solar park in Russia to date, with a capacity of 135 MW. According to the company, the plant could be completed by 2025. The project was developed by EcoEnergy in 2019 as part of the “Samursk Energy […]
Over $755 billion invested in energy transition in 2021
As shown in the new report “Energy Transition Investment Trends 2022,” prepared by analysts at BloombergNEF, global investments in the energy transition in 2021 amounted to approximately US$ 755 billion (about 675 billion euros). This is a year-on-year increase of more than 27 percent. The Asia-Pacific region accounted for almost half of the global investment (US$ […]
Two-day online seminar for German and physics teachers in Nur-Sultan successfully completed
From January 17 to 18, an online seminar for German and physics teachers from School No. 46 in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, was organized as part of the Solar Schools project. Among the participants were the head of the school, Rosa Kaskabajeva, the deputy director for digitalization, Aldiyar Mashrapov, and teachers of physics and geography. The aim […]
Floating PV installed in Oostende harbor
Floating PV is an important component of a strategy for efficient land management in the energy transition. Especially on bodies of water, there is a lot of unused space with strong solar incidence without shading. However, there are high technical demands on the system due to erosion and wave action. In the port of Oostende, Belgium, […]
Mini wind turbines on radio mast
An agreement between the leading radio mast operator in Europe, Vantage Towers AG and the Berlin-based wind energy start-up MOWEA has led to an extraordinary pilot project. The idea is to install 752 mini wind turbines on 52 radio masts in Germany, with the wind power generated being consumed locally at the respective radio mast. In this way, an […]
International hydrogen economy transforms the energy market
The rapid growth of the global hydrogen economy will be accompanied by significant geoeconomic and geopolitical changes, according to a recent analysis by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). In the paper, “Geopolitics of the Energy Transformation: The Hydrogen Factor,” IRENA outlines how the fuel could transform the global energy market in the long term: […]
Hydrogen production from seawater
Above all, a sustainable energy economy must solve the problem of shortage of raw materials in order to ensure a reliable energy supply. Few raw materials in the world are available in such huge quantities as water, although the vast majority of this is salt water. Theoretically, therefore, there is an (almost) inexhaustible source of raw materials […]
