Rooftop PV News

AES mounts 31.5 kWp solar PV system at Edinburgh Castle
Solar PV has been mounted on the roof covering of the Scottish National War Memorial at Edinburgh Castle by AES Solar as part of a program to reduce energy use on historical buildings.
May 6, 2022 // Rooftop PV, UK, Europe, AES, Edinburgh Castle, George Goudsmit
Sunrun includes 30,000 customers, 213MW of solar in Q1 2022 as it seeks to protect itself versus United States headwinds
Leading United States solar installer Sunrun added 29,463 customers in Q1 2022, a 20% get on the exact same period last year, with monitoring now anticipating mounted solar capacity to be 25% or better for the full year 2022, up from the previously forecast 20%.
May 5, 2022 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, USA, Sunrun, financial results, North America, AD/CVD, customer acquisition
Globe's 'biggest' solar carport opens in Netherlands
The 35-hectare Solar Carport was realized at the Lowlands Festival car park by Solarfields, a manufacturer of sustainable energy and realizes solar power systems. The business develops solar projects at various locations, such as land, roofing systems, former landfill sites and car parks-- planning to make the Netherlands more sustainable as well as supply clean energy to 1 million households by 2030.
May 5, 2022 // Plants, Rooftop PV, Europe, Netherlands, Solarfields, Solar Carport, Biddinghuizen, Eric van Eerdenburg, Lowlands Festival, Niek Tamminga
Australian virtual power plant aggregates very first plan of residentially created energy
A virtual power plant (VPP) pilot programme in Western Australia that intends to adjust grid management to support higher uptake of rooftop solar has actually accumulated its first plan of residentially generated energy.
May 5, 2022 // Residential, Rooftop PV, Australia, AEMO, Oceania, Western Australia, VPP, virtual power plant, pilot project, synergy
Istanbul Stadium Enters Record Books For 4.2 MW Solar Capacity
Istanbul's Ali Sami Yen Sports Complex Nef Stadium has actually entered the Guinness Book of World Records for' one of the most effective solar power output from a sports stadium", with the completion of a 4.2 MW installation by Energisa Enerji, a leading power supplier in the retail sector in Turkey.
Apr 26, 2022 // Rooftop PV, Asia, Turkey, GoodWe, Ron Shen, Ali Sami Yen Sports Complex Nef Stadium, brabourne stadium, chinnaswamy stadium, Enerjisa, Ersin Esentürk, Solar stadum
CPUC adopts action plan to facilitate 'forward-thinking' dispersed energy resources policy
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has adopted a new plan that will certainly function as a roadmap for shaping the future of dispersed energy sources, including rooftop solar and energy storage space, in California.
Apr 26, 2022 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Policy, Rooftop PV, California, USA, CPUC, North America, electric vehicles, Distributed Energy Resources
Amazon Announces New Renewable Projects of 3.5 GW Across the Globe
The new wind, solar as well as storage projects will certainly discover North America, EMEA, Asia, and Australia. Today renewable resource portfolio of Amazon currently stands at 15.7 GW from 310 renewable energy projects.
Apr 22, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, clean energy, Amazon, Renewable Energy, Solar Power, Wind Energy, Andy Jassy, RE portfolio
Cleantech Solar commissions 1 MW rooftop solar PV system for SeniorAerospace in Thailand
This commissioning follows the partnership in between Cleantech Solar and also UPECA Aerotech Sdn. Bhd. in Malaysia, also a subsidiary of Senior Aerospace PLC, where Cleantech Solar is maintaining and operating a 615.6 kW rooftop solar energy plant at UPECA Aerotech's factory in Subang, which manufactures high-precision engineered components serving the aerospace and energy fields.
Mar 29, 2022 // Rooftop PV, Cleantech Solar, Raju Shukla, Senior Aerospace,, Simon Geoffrey Shale
Italy introducing EUR-1.5 bn procedure for rooftop solar in farming
A mandate that attends to the launch of a EUR-1.5-billion (USD 1.65 bn) step to support solar in Italy's agricultural field was joined Friday by agriculture priest Stefano Patuanelli.
Mar 28, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, Italy, Europe, rooftop PV
Sungrow inks 300-MW partnership deal in Indonesia
Chinese solar inverter maker Sungrow Power Supply Co Ltd (SHE:300274) on Wednesday claimed it has signed a 300-MW strategic partnership agreement with its channel agent, Indonesian solar roof specialist Utomo SolaRUV, to expand its sales in the Indonesian market this year and beyond.
Mar 24, 2022 // Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, Sungrow, China, Asia, Indonesia
TotalEnergies to install rooftop solar array in Indonesia for Nivea brand owner
Beiersdorf AG (ETR: BEI), the German skin care products manufacturer that owns the Nivea brand, has actually entered into a long-term solar energy handle French multi-energy group TotalEnergies SE (EPA: TTE) involving a rooftop project in Indonesia.
Mar 21, 2022 // Rooftop PV, Asia, Indonesia, TotalEnergies, Nivea, Dwi Mudriah
Berkeley Lab recommends subsidies remain driver of solar adoption among low-income US families
Subsidies can still be a vital driving force of solar adoption among reduced- as well as moderate-income (LMI) families in the US offered the reasonably high up-front cost of mounting PV systems, according to Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (Berkeley Lab).
Mar 21, 2022 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Rooftop PV, California, USA, North America, Connecticut, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, low income households
US residential solar prices increase as supply chain constraints bite
The quoted price of residential solar in the United States inched up in the second fifty percent of last year, more than likely due to the results of supply chain constraints and shortages, new research from marketplace carrier EnergySage has actually disclosed.
Mar 18, 2022 // Residential, Rooftop PV, USA, ENERGY STORAGE, rooftop, residential, North America, prices, supply chain, residential storage, energysage, solar pricing
African apparel manufacturer United Aryan sets up 1.8-MWp rooftop PV system
Nairobi-based apparel maker United Aryan EPZ (UAL) revealed today that it has inaugurated a 1.8-MWp rooftop solar array, saying that it the largest system of its kind in East Africa.
Mar 16, 2022 // Rooftop PV, Africa, United Aryan EPZ, UAL, rooftop solar array
High electricity costs, policy support driving roof PV deployment globally
Set up roof solar capacity internationally is on track to raise 61% in between 2021 as well as 2025 as policy support urges deployment and also homeowners want to minimize high electricity prices.
Mar 15, 2022 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, USA, China, Australia, Asia, Oceania, North America, feed-in tariff, soft costs, rystad energy, deployment statistics, costs