Rooftop PV News

Swedish start-up Solar Power Accelerator AB has actually enhanced its formerly introduced roof solar installment target five times to 1,000 MW to reflect current EU objectives.

Roofit.Solar, an Estonia-based climate tech scale-up specialising in building integrated (BIPV), has actually efficiently raised EUR 6.45 million (USD 6.9 m) in a funding round led by existing backers BayWa r.e. Energy Ventures and also EdgeCap Partners.

For the month of January, 56,620 photovoltaic systems with an overall capacity of 780.7 megawatts (MW) were freshly reported to the German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA), of which 760.4 MW were supported by the Renewable Energy Law (EEG) and 20.4 MW were unsubsidized systems.

Global PV and smart energy provider Trina Solar has launched a new generation of rooftop modules: the Vertex S+ n type dual-glass product line, with output power reaching 445W, the highest in an area of less than 2 square meters.

CP Foods, a Thailand-based food conglomerate, is increasing the installation of solar panels at 180 animal farms, feed mills, and processing plants across Thailand, with a total capacity of 65 MW by 2030. This initiative will help the firm reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its production by about 44,000 tons of CO2 equivalents.

Japanese vehicle parts manufacturer Bridgestone Corp (TYO:5108) has actually started the operation of roof solar systems with a combined capacity of 5.8 MW at two tyre production plants.

The Inflation Reduction Act will ultimately boost household solar, yet macroeconomic conditions endanger temporary development.

On Feb. 16, a coalition of rooftop solar advocates, workforce development groups, power equity champions and also renewable energy business launched a campaign to promote for regulations that would make solar power more easily accessible and also economical for all Marylanders.

SALT Energy completes the installation of 3.24-MW solar project on Badia Spices' facility in Sweetwater, FL. Project offsets 80% of electricity consumption, marking the largest privately owned solar project in FL.

The group currently states that the new rooftop solar facility will be creating about 26.6 million kWh of green energy per year. The solar installment is in line with the 'goTOzero' mission of the Volkswagen Group.

Out of 14 GW solar addition in 2022, rooftop solar made up simply 1.9 GW in India In China rooftop solar made up 55 GW out of 87 GW of complete solar capacity addition in the exact same year

Japanese machine tools maker DMG Mori Seiki Co Ltd (TYO:6141) has actually begun power generation from a 5.4-MW portion of a 13.4-MW roof solar plant it is installing at its Iga Campus located in Mie prefecture, south-central Japan.

PKP Energetyka, the electrical power distributor to the Polish railway network, said it has installed photovoltaic or pv (PV) panels on 360 of its railway substations, producing 2 GWh of electricity annually.

The Cape Canaveral Community Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, finished building and construction of a new center with a rooftop solar array. The 72-panel, 48-kW array set up by service provider ESA is the city's first rooftop solar initiative, and will certainly give clean power to the community center.

France moves towards a more sustainable future by requiring solar panels on car parks over 1,500 square meters. The move highlights a push for renewable energy solutions where the market is slow to adopt.