Turning climate commitments into competitive advantages: How businesses can benefit from sustainability
The best businesses aren’t just adapting to the changing landscape; they’re leveraging sustainability to drive innovation, reduce costs, and build stronger relationships with their customers and stakeholders. Business leaders are turning sustainability into a growth driver rather than a cost center by adopting the right practices.
Successful solar companies sell more than solar
The move toward electrifying everything is a business opportunity, and many residential solar companies have been creative in adding solar to places other than home rooftops
Replacing silver in PV manufacturing with new graphene electrode technology
Swiss-British university spinoff, GraphEnergyTech, is developing graphene electrode technology to replace silver and other metals traditionally used in solar cell manufacturing
Titanium makes perovskite solar cells more durable
After finding a way to make spiro-OMeTAD, a popular perovskite solar cell hole transport layer, less prone to heat-induced crystallization, researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology are now seeking partners to scale the technology for large-area PV cells.
Aleo Solar to halt production at PV module factory in Germany
Aleo Solar says it will halt production at its solar panel factory in Prenzlau, Germany, affecting 110 employees. The manufacturer is a unit of Taiwan’s Sino-American Silicon.
Global battery industry enters new phase, says IEA
The industry will reach the 1 TWh demand milestone in 2024, with China producing more than three-quarters of the batteries sold globally. The concentration of the production chain in the country has led to a fall in costs and a possible technological shift with the focus on LFP batteries. Cooperation between countries can be strategic to diversify the battery production chain and create sustained demand, assesses the International Energy Agency.
U.S. solar facilities lost $5,720 per MW to equipment underperformance in 2024
A report from Raptor Maps said solar power losses from equipment failures, extreme weather damage and more contributed to losses.
Polysilicon market unchanged, awaits policy stimulus
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.
The Hydrogen Stream: BGR Tech partners alkaline electrolyzer manufacturer Stargate for green hydrogen projects in India
BGR Tech will integrate Stargate’s alkaline electrolyser stacks with its in-house developed balance-of-plant to execute green hydrogen production projects in India.
Longi unveils anti-dust back contact solar module with 24.8% efficiency
Longi has released a back-contact solar module with 24.8% efficiency, featuring a power output of up to 670 W and a temperature coefficient of -0.26% per degree Celsius.
