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Alternative Energy / Solar Energy

3 Solar Stocks To Buy And Hold Until 2026

Jan 06, 2023 at 11:11 | Alex Kimani

Over the past two years, solar manufacturers have been hampered by supply chain disruptions including increasing material costs for polysilicon. Indeed, last year, Rystad Energy estimated that rising…

New Research Could Pave The Way For Mass Market Perovskite Solar Cells

Dec 21, 2022 at 09:14 | Brian Westenhaus

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB) researchers reported a new world record for tandem solar cells consisting of a silicon bottom cell and a perovskite top…

Another UK Solar Company Goes Bust

Nov 15, 2022 at 07:33 | ZeroHedge

Believe it or not, another solar energy company has gone bust. This time, it was one of the largest in England.  Toucan Energy Holdings 1 Ltd.,…

U.S. Solar Capacity Has Grown 28,500% Since 2008

Nov 08, 2022 at 08:40 | Felicity Bradstock

The U.S. has plans to expand its solar energy market exponentially in support of its optimistic climate change policies. The country has already established several widescale solar projects,…

3 Things That Could Slow Down The Global Solar Boom

Nov 04, 2022 at 09:26 | Haley Zaremba

The solar revolution is well underway. For years, the price of solar power has been plummeting, and is now the cheapest form of new electricity…

China Is Dominant In Booming Solar Market

Oct 27, 2022 at 09:28 | Haley Zaremba

The solar energy revolution is about to take off. Solar has been on the rise for years, as photovoltaic energy technology became cost-competitive with fossil fuels and then,…

Ukraine War Sparks Surge In Solar Power Generation In Europe

Oct 27, 2022 at 09:26 | Haley Zaremba

There is a silver lining to Europe’s energy crisis. Out of necessity, the continent has ramped up its solar energy expansion into overdrive and is set to beat…

Nanotech Breakthrough Sets World Record For Solar Cell Efficiency

Oct 25, 2022 at 08:32 | Brian Westenhaus

Tandem solar cells made of perovskite and silicon enable significantly higher efficiencies than silicon solar cells alone. By the end of 2021, teams at HZB…

Solar Cell Breakthrough Could Challenge Silicon Dominance

Sep 27, 2022 at 07:50 | Brian Westenhaus

Rice University engineers have shown the manufacture of high-efficiency solar cells with layers of 2D and 3D perovskites may be simplified by solvents that allow solution deposition…

Solar Stocks Continue To Shine In Wider Market Selloff

Sep 26, 2022 at 10:20 | Alex Kimani

    Over the past two years or so, the clean energy sector has been a major laggard with investors giving it a wide berth. The iShares Global…

Organic Solar Cell Breakthrough Improves Performance And Stability

Sep 20, 2022 at 08:24 | Brian Westenhaus

Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) scientists use a water treatment for morphology control in the fabrication of active layer thin films, improving the performance and…

Solar Stocks Are Soaring On A New Funding Frenzy

Aug 30, 2022 at 09:30 | Alex Kimani

Over the past two years or so, the clean energy sector has emerged as a major laggard with investors giving it a wide berth. The iShares Global Clean…

Why Solar Power Is Failing Amid Record-Breaking Heat

Aug 12, 2022 at 08:22 | Felicity Bradstock

With heatwaves being reported worldwide, leading to wildfires and other environmental concerns, at least one energy sector is getting attention for its major producing potential – solar power.…

Too Hot For Solar Power: Europe's Heat Wave Makes Solar Panels Less Efficient

Jul 20, 2022 at 12:50 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The record-breaking heat wave in Europe doesn't mean record solar power generation, as extremely high temperatures actually reduce the efficiency of solar panels.   As temperatures in the UK hit…

IEA Warns World Is Vulnerable To Chinese Solar Dominance

Jul 07, 2022 at 09:11 | Irina Slav

The global solar panel supply chain is too concentrated in China, the International Energy Agency has warned in a new report. The report, titled Solar PV Global Supply Chains,…

Is This The Most Disruptive Event Ever For U.S. Solar?

May 10, 2022 at 12:19 | Rystad Energy

As much as 17.5 gigawatts (GWac) of planned US solar capacity installations in 2022 are in doubt after the Department of Commerce (DOC) opened an investigation into panel…

The Clean Energy Sector Has Turned Bullish Again

Apr 04, 2022 at 11:56 | Alex Kimani

After emerging as the hottest sector in the energy universe amid the ESG and clean energy push, renewable energy stocks and funds finally came unstuck in 2021 thanks…

An Increase In Polysilicon Production Could Help Curb Solar Power Prices

Feb 23, 2022 at 12:14 | Oxford Business Group

As the prices of solar power inputs reach 10-year highs, Indonesia is looking to boost solar panel manufacturing. In late January the Indonesian government told international…

U.S. Solar Boom Stumbles

Jan 25, 2022 at 08:53 | Irina Slav

Higher costs and supply constraints are causing problems for what many see as a solar industry boom in the United States under the strongly pro-renewables Biden administration. According to a…

Mapping The Rise Of Solar Energy

Nov 19, 2021 at 12:52 | ZeroHedge

The world is adopting renewable energy at an unprecedented pace, and solar power is the energy source leading the way. Despite a 4.5% fall…

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