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Pristine Silicon Solar Cell Built by Nanostructure to Exceed 26% in Conversion Efficiency

published: 2021-05-10 9:30
Solar energy has become a relatively competitive source of power generation, though an improvement on the existing technology and a further elevation in the conversion efficiency is certainly a good thing. German scientists have recently integrated a nanostructure with a solar cell that is completely different in design to produce a solar cell that may achieve a conversion efficiency of 26%. ...  more

Amazon to Invest Another 9 Projects of Green Electricity and Become the Largest Green Electricity Buyer in Europe from Wind Power Transactions

published: 2021-05-10 9:30
Being a member of RE100, Amazon aims to achieve 100% renewable energy in 2025, and currently has 62 units of public large-sized wind and solar farms planned. The company has now announced on the purchase of over 1GW green electricity, for which the investment on the 9 units of renewable energy farms pushes up Amazon’s investment in renewable energy to 206 units. ...  more

Pristine Silicon Solar Cell Built by Nanostructure to Exceed 26% in Conversion Efficiency

published: 2021-05-10 9:30
Solar energy has become a relatively competitive source of power generation, though an improvement on the existing technology and a further elevation in the conversion efficiency is certainly a good thing. German scientists have recently integrated a nanostructure with a solar cell that is completely different in design to produce a solar cell that may achieve a conversion efficiency of 26%. ...  more

TECO to Manufacture Prototypes of Offshore Wind Turbines

published: 2021-05-07 9:30
TECO is rumored to have signed a framework agreement with several domestic and overseas offshore wind power developer and a globally renowned permanent-magnet wind turbine manufacturer for its imminent expansion in the offshore wind power market, and will be producing stator-rotor prototypes for wind turbines. At the same time, TECO will be striving to manufacture the wind turbine prototypes required after 2025 alongside its partners of the agreement. ...  more

BEE Signs Agreement with UKA to Develop a 500MWp PV Portfolio in Germany

published: 2021-05-06 9:30
Blue Elephant Energy (BEE) announced on April 15 that its subsidiary BEE Development has signed a framework agreement with Umweltergerechte Kraftanlagen (UKA) to develop a PV portfolio with a generation capacity of 500MWp. BEE is a company that acquires and operates PV and wind projects, while UKA specializes in building turnkey PV projects. Both companies are based in Germany. According to the framework agreement, UKA will design and construct PV projects that will later come under the ownership of BEE. ...  more

Spanish Bladeless Wind Turbine Swings Left and Right to Generate Power

published: 2021-05-06 9:30
Are three-blade wind turbines really indispensable for the generation of wind power? Spanish startup Vortex Bladeless has introduced an unconventional “bladeless wind turbine” that exceeded imagination, and wind power generation will no longer be constrained to extensive areas in the future, while the concern on birds and bats is also eliminated at the same time. ...  more

First Solar Water Resource Plant in Chile to Filter Drinking Water from the Air

published: 2021-05-05 9:30
The unbearable summer weather in Taiwan is often caused by humidity, which creates an excruciating feeling when the high water vapor content in the air is met with the obstinately high temperature. However, a Chilean startup has discovered the advantage of a high humidity environment, and managed to obtain drinking water from the air using solar energy and hydropanels, where the new plant is able to produce 10,000L of water per month. ...  more

Research Shows Replacing 50% Coal-Fired Power Plants with Low Carbon Energy Will Save US$1.6 Trillion for China

published: 2021-05-05 9:30
Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, reiterated in December 2020 regarding the achievement of the carbon neutrality target for 2060, and proposed schedules and procedures that are even more concrete. The new report of TransitionZero also proposes that a 50% reduction in carbon dioxide by 2030, which equals shutting down 588 units of coal-fired power plants, will not only achieve the target, but also save US$1.6 trillion for China. ...  more