U.S. immunotherapy company Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc (INO.O) said on Wednesday its experimental vaccine to prevent coronavirus infection produced protective antibodies and immune system responses in mice and guinea pigs. The company’s shares, which have more than quadrupled this year on hopes of its vaccine working, surged another 18% to $15.77 early trading. “We saw antibody…
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Researchers in Australia have conducted a ‘cradle to grave’ life cycle assessment (LCA) to measure the life cycle assessment of the four most widely used PV technologies. The academics say that cadmium telluride solar modules have the lowest life cycle impact, followed by amorphous, multi and monocrystalline silicon products. Scientists at Australia’s Charles Darwin University…
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Scottish start-up Gravitricity is planning a project to store surplus power from renewables at Port of Leith. A 250 kW, grid-connected prototype facility will have its ability to stabilize the network tested. The system involves a 50-foot rig over a 500 to 5,000 foot shaft. Scottish start-up Gravitricity has developed a gravity energy storage system…
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Utilities and marine company Sembcorp Industries has secured an energy offtaker for its Tengeh Reservoir project. The Sembcorp Floating Solar Singapore unit of utilities and marine group Sembcorp Industries has secured a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for a 60 MW floating solar plant it is planning at Singapore’s Tengeh Reservoir. The deal was signed with national water…
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German production equipment provider Schmid and Saudi chemical group Sabic are planning to begin activities at a new factory in Saudi Arabia, with production being expected to begin in 2021. German manufacturing equipment provider Schmid Group and Nusaned Investment, a unit of Saudi chemical company Sabic, which is, in turn, a subsidiary of the Kingdom’s oil giant Saudi…
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In a recent interview with pv magazine, Supreeth Srinivasa Rao – associate director of the industrial practice at Frost & Sullivan – explained how drones can minimize the need to send employees to project sites, as they can be deployed for monitoring, operations, and maintenance purposes. pv magazine: Are drones being used in Indian solar installations? There…
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Researchers at Australia’s RMIT University have designed a solar chimney that could offer powerful safety and environmental benefits. Solar chimneys are an under-appreciated and underdeveloped passive solar heating and cooling technology. A collaborative project between RMIT University and the Australian town of Kingston, Victoria, has sought to reverse this state of affairs, and more power…
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U.S. researchers have created an inorganic mixed halide perovskite solar cell which they claim shows no thermal degradation even at 200 degrees Celsius for three days. The device can be used in tandem junction cells and is designed for use in real-life environments with high solar irradiation. Researchers from Iowa State University in the U.S.…
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In March alone, 368 MW of new PV capacity was deployed, representing an increase of just 18 MW from the same month a year earlier. Germany installed 367.8 MW of new PV capacity in March, according to new figures from the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur). This shows that, despite the country’s coronavirus lockdown measures, PV…
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Developers have until June 30 to lodge bids to develop plots of solar capacity across the national rail network which offer a maximum INR2.71/kWh ($0.036) for the electricity generated under a 25-year contract. The Railway Energy Management Company joint venture created by Indian Railways and state-owned engineering consultancy Rites Ltd has invited bids for the development of 1…
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