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Materials firm Arkema is lining up a bifacial-ready backsheet polymer solution for release this year, having identified the trend for bifacial panels to represent a significant opportunity for the group.

Capstone Infrastructure has announced that it has successfully acquired a 51 percent interest in the 132 MW Claresholm Solar Project from Perimeter Solar.

NISE has issued a tender for the commissioning of the 30 kWp solar PV power plant at the NISE Campus in Gurugram.

BHEL has issued a tender for undertaking the O&M of a 1.7 MW solar power plant in Bina, Madhya Pradesh.

An R&D team from HZB has established a new record for tandem silicon/perovskite solar cells. The cell measured 1 sq cm has achieved 29.15 percent conversion efficiency. The researchers state that the new record of 30 percent is on the way. The achievement has been approved by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems.

Captona announced it completed its 2019 renewable investment portfolio totaling 24 MW. Captona’s aggregate investments total close to 100 MW and continues to expand as the firm targets over 300 MW in wind, storage and solar in 2020.

Italian manufacturer Sunerg has developed a solar module for BIPV applications which is said to offer a wide range of options to better match the architectural vision and the design of a building. The 275 kW monocrystalline PERC panel is available in mahogany brown, reddish brown, bottle green and black-grey.

US Solar Fund has bought a 177MWdc portfolio of 22 operating utility-scale power projects in North Carolina, Oregon and California from Heelstone Renewable Energy.

A group of Hungarian scientists have compared thermal behaviour of various solar modules by means of thermography. Their research has shown that theoretical predictions are not as accurate as they were expected to be.

France’s power producer has obtained approval for development of a Dorset-based 40-megawatt solar-plus-storage park.

The US manufacturer is about to sell its solar-focused subsidiary to Netherlands’ special purpose entity. This has been preceded by one year of unsuccessful negotiations with prospective purchasers.

The Chinese listed company had to confess it was manufacturing glass photovoltaic roof tiles for Tesla. The confession was forced by major share price fluctuations.

A Dutch company has modified an electric delivery van to feature a solar roof for the supply of cooling and freezing equipment in its load area.

A new paper published in Nature claims that scientists have reached a consensus on the procedures for the testing of perovskite cells, which they say will lead to better reproducibility and comparability of data produced by different laboratories, and ultimately a better understanding of the degradation pathways affecting perovskite solar cells, and the most effective ways to mitigate them.

Centrica and sonnen have completed a virtual power plant (VPP) project, which will allow customers to maximise the potential of their solar panels while providing flexibility to the grid.