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Rebuilding for resilience
The islands of the Caribbean have been focusing on the deployment of storage solutions, minigrids and microgrids in response to the damage their power systems suffered during the 2017 hurricane season. But with the opportunities, there are also challenges.
Oct 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, storage, Wood Mackenzie, North America, Caribbean, RMI, Stephen Mushegan, Isaac Maze-Rothstein, off-grid market, Antigua and Barbuda
PV system prices fell 8.9% in Brazil in the first six months of the year
The cumulative capacity of 5 MW-or-smaller solar systems has reached 958 MW in Brazil, according to consultancy Greener. Around a third of that capacity was installed in the first half of this year, with projects relying on half-cell and PERC modules making up the largest share.
Aug 12, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Inverters, South america, Brazil, Greener, PV system prices, PERC modules, Polycrystalline modules, ANEEL
Webinar Q&A: Simulating the gains of bifacial and tracking installations, where’s the rub?
Following up on the webinar held with Trina Solar about the new algorithms needed for bifacial and tracking installations, the word is that gains of 20-30% are not unlikely. To attain that, however, the sweet spot of front and rear side yield has to be reached. Trina has showcased a new algorithm alongside its bifacial n-type modules and claims it can do just that.
Aug 13, 2019 // Opinions, bifacial, Europe, tracking, Trina Solar, Kyumin Lee, Klaus Hofmeister
Construction starts on 145MW Indonesia floating PV
Project is being installed on the Cirata storage tank in West Java as well as is due online in late 2022
Aug 3, 2021 // Plants, Floating PV, Masdar, floating PV, Asia, Indonesia, Bahlil Lahadalia, Amir Faisal
Safari Energy and Sun Tribe complete Pennsylvania's biggest municipal solar array
Standing amid greater than 50,000 solar panels, representatives from Pennsylvania's Borough of Chambersburg, Safari Energy and Sun Tribe Development were signed up with by Pennsylvania State Representative Rob Kauffman, 89th District, and various other chosen officials to flip the switch and also usher in a new 15-MW solar array.
Sep 14, 2021 // Plants, Residential, Grids, USA, Safari Energy, North America, solar array, Sun Tribe, Alice Elia, Danny Van Clief
RES targets solar rise with 1GW pipeline
Developer has an overall of 23 brand-new projects in UK and Ireland varying from 12MW to 120MW
Mar 30, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, res, solar projects, Karl O’Mullan, Derrill Water
Austria-based Enery preparing to build Bulgaria's biggest solar park
In case there are no hold-ups, the building and construction of the Chirpan solar energy plant in Bulgaria can start this year. The 160 MW project is owned by Enery from Austria. It would currently be the biggest in the nation.
Feb 24, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Austria, PV Power Plant, Bulgaria
Austrian Firm Enery Ready To Construct Bulgaria's Biggest Solar Park
Austrian firm, Enery, managed by Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund (TSIIF) via Amber Infrastructure, is currently operating among both largest PV facilities in Bulgaria. Founded in 2019, Enery is a leading renewable resource developers in Central and also Eastern Europe. In 2020, it acquired a solar park on 100 hectares with a 60.4 MW peak as well as additionally 50 MW in connection power in Karadzhalovo near Plovdiv.
Feb 27, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, solar park project, Enery, Jade Power Trust Fund, photovoltaic park, renewable energy developer, renewable resource
Hamburg operator Blue Elephant enters 'promising' Greek solar market
Hamburg-based solar driver Blue Elephant Energy has entered the Greek market for the first time by acquiring 2 solar parks totalling 45MWp ability from designer ABO Wind AG.
Feb 15, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, ABO Wind AG, blue elephant, greece solar, Tim Kallas
Caribbean's biggest solar-plus-storage project in progress
Swiss energy storage space firm Leclanché has begun on a US$ 70 million solar and storage space microgrid project in St Kitts and also Nevis.
Dec 14, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, solar-plus-storage, Leclanché, Caribbean, caribbean solar, st kitts, Timothy Harris
Photon Energy posts record income, eyes merchant solar possibilities
Solar project developer and also possession owner Photon Energy Group saw its profits reach a brand-new high last year thanks to the sale of electrical power from its growing portfolio of PV plants.
Feb 15, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Hungary, Europe, merchant solar, Oceania, photon energy, Independent Power Producer
Gravitricity hires finance firm to raise ₤ 40m.
Gneiss Energy will certainly help the energy storage firm raise funds to execute demo projects.
Jan 25, 2023 // Storage, UK, Europe, GRAVITRICITY
Multiferroic materials: Further improve the efficiency of solar cells
The growth of new-type thin-film solar cell modern technology is groundbreaking, it opens the possibility of presenting clean energy right into modern families most cordially, as well as will bring a brand-new way of life. Today, people are particularly positive regarding the growth potential of these new-type thin-film solar cells.
Oct 26, 2021 // Technology, China, solar cells, Asia, efficiency, Chaoyong Deng
Solar is essential to develop the France of 2030
KilowattSol CEO Xavier Daval has actually criticized the absence of references to solar in the French government's post-Covid recuperation strategy, which has designated EUR30 billion to the power shift. The head of the PV technical advisory states solar must become a lot more main to France's critical choices as well as China must not be enabled to preserve its near-monopoly on PV panel manufacturing.
Sep 9, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, Xavier Daval, covid-19
Examining the influence of micro-cracks in solar glass
A Turkish study group has actually evaluated exactly how large adjustments in temperature level can influence absorbance, light passage as well as reflectivity in 2 sorts of solar glass. The researchers showed reduced performance in solar cells as well as the glass itself were attributable to a great deal of micro-cracks as well as contortions on the glass surface area.
Feb 17, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Asia, Turkey, solar glass, micro-cracks