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The US Department of Energy has proposed sweeping cuts to its research laboratories, including the National Laboratory of the Rockies (formerly the National Renewable Energy Laboratory).

The National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR), previously known as the National Renewable Energy Lab, has laid off 134 employees.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) the National Laboratory of the Rockies.

Researchers have called for enhanced international standards to detect ultraviolet-induced degradation (UVID) in PV modules after identifying “severe” levels of the problem in operational n-type panels.             

USDA has announced that new wind and solar projects on agricultural land will not be eligible for two federal loan programmes.

The US National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) has laid off 114 employees as proposed federal cuts affect the Department of Energy (DOE).

Will Norman asks if mass-scale deployment of perovskite technology is now imminent and whether it could unseat crystalline silicon as the dominant solar technology.

The potential of floating solar (FPV) generation capacity on US reservoirs is estimated at up to 1TW, according to a study from the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

The report said that tandem modules need a minimum efficiency of 25% to be competitive with other solar technologies on price.

Larger and thinner PV modules has contributed to increase breakages, although there is no single contributing factor, according to NREL.