G2V's Weekly Digest: May 20 - May 24
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?? Last week, scientists from China confirmed their first observation of a focused plasma wave on the sun. The finding presented in Nature Communications showcases high spatio-temporal resolution observations from the Solar Dynamics Observatory. The research team of Xinping Zhou, Yuandeng Shen en etc. report the observation of a magnetohydrodynamic wave lensing in the highly ionized and magnetized coronal plasma.
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?? Let's briefly recap the main things that happened this week in the PV world around the globe:
Let's dive in to get some more details!
BloombergNEF's New Energy Outlook 2024 states that the window to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 is rapidly closing, but there is still time for the world to get on track if decisive action is taken now.
Almost midway through, the world is on the right track, but will we have enough time to deploy all the planned projects and initiatives?
The team at BloombergNEF believes we still have a chance!
This week, the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) of Nigeria and Husk Power Systems have agreed on a strategic partnership to deploy up to 250 MW of decentralized renewable energy (DRE) projects related to the government’s energy access, energy transition, and energy security targets. The projects will support the rollout of the $750 million Distributed Access through Renewable Energy Scale-up (DARES) project, funded by the World Bank and administered by REA. DARES is expected to launch later this year.
“We’ve put 60 million solar panels on our roofs in the last decade. We need to put another 60 million on in the next six years,” said Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen this week. “And I don’t really think it’s sustainable or a good idea to have 1% of those made in Australia on an ongoing basis.”
Bowen also said that in “ideal circumstances” about 20% of the nation’s solar panel needs could be satisfied by domestic production.
Spanning approximately 400 hectares, the CEME1 480MW project represents about one-tenth of Chile's total installed renewable energy capacity. Located in the Atacama Desert, the driest nonpolar desert in the world, the project places exceptionally high demands on the reliability of the PV modules, with JA Solar selected to provide all the modules for this project.
The successful operation of the CEME1 Project marks a crucial step forward in Chile's energy transition, showcasing the significant impact of JA Solar's advanced PV technology in driving global sustainable development.
The Durable Module Materials (DuraMAT) Consortium seized the opportunity to support the industry’s booming domestic manufacturing and deployment sectors by developing guidance for building reliable, durable PV modules (also known as solar panels).
The recently released?DuraMAT Fiscal Year?2023 Annual Report?details the consortium’s development of a reliability forecasting strategy and key findings on the impacts of cell cracks, high-efficiency modules, materials degradation, and recycling.
? Did you know that the hottest part of the Sun is its core, where temperatures top 27 million °F (15 million °C)? The part of the Sun we call its surface – the photosphere – is a relatively cool 10,000 °F (5,500 °C). In one of the Sun’s biggest mysteries, the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, gets hotter the farther it stretches from the surface. The corona reaches up to 3.5 million °F (2 million °C) – much, much hotter than the photosphere. (NASA)
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