Goldman Sachs backs solar PPA in Japan with $63 million bond
A unit of Japan’s Itochu will sell power from 700 solar facilities to a subsidiary of telecoms giant NTT under a 30-year power purchase agreement. Goldman Sachs is supporting the deal with a first-of-its-kind green bond.
Weekend read: Back to the future: Israel’s faith in FITs
Israel’s scarce land resources and lack of interconnections to neighboring countries have driven the rise of rooftop solar. Now a number of recent policy changes, mainly due to electricity reforms, are set to reinforce the decentralization trend, reports Ilias Tsagas.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: JinkoSolar achieves 26.4% efficiency for n-type TOPCon solar cell
JinkoSolar has set another world record for n-type solar cell efficiency with its TOPCon tech, while Longi said it wants to build a 15 GW module factory in Anhui province.
General Electric switches on 600 MW of pumped hydro storage in China
General Electric said one of its subsidiaries has deployed two 300 MW pumped storage turbines at a 1.2 GW hydro battery complex in China’s Anhui province.
The Hydrogen Stream: Germany opens Europe’s first green ammonia tender
Germany has announced plans to sign long-term green ammonia purchase agreements, in addition to strengthening its ties with Australia. Repsol and Fusion Fuel, meanwhile, are advancing their hydrogen projects on the Iberian Peninsula.
Greenko wins 3 GW storage tender in India with pumped hydro bid
Greenko has won NTPC Renewable Energy’s tender for 3 GWh of energy storage capacity. Its pumped storage bid was the lowest in the tech-agnostic tender.
Growatt unveils new inverters for residential off-grid PV systems
Growatt’s new 6 kW inverters have an efficiency rating of 93% and offer 12,000 VA of surge power, up to 500 V of input voltage, and 8 kW of PV input capacity.
Energetica resumes solar module production
Austrian module manufacturer Energetica has restarted production, following its acquisition by IRMA Power.
MIT scientists produce new organic photovoltaic fabrics
US researchers have developed a thin-film organic solar module on a vapor-deposited releasable substrate made of parylene. The device could be used as a wearable fabric, or to bring solar generation to remote locations.
Inverted perovskite solar cell with 22.15% efficiency, 83.92% fill factor
Chinese scientists have used daminozide as an interlayer and additive to make a perovskite solar cell with a p-i-n structure. It has the highest efficiency and highest fill factor for a polycrystalline, MAPbI 3-based inverted perovskite solar cell to date.
