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Canadian Solar tops Japanese PV market
Company has secured 180MW of capacity under the country's FIT auctions according to Nikkei BP Intelligence Group
May 18, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Japan, Canadian Solar, Asia, Shawn Qu
Agricultural PV becomes Japan's following possibility
Self-consumption, the capacity to isolate from the grid as well as supply power in case of blackouts, and also farming solar are crucial parts in the 2020 revisions to Japan's feed-in toll program, reports RTS Corp.'s Izumi Kaizuka.
Jun 2, 2020 // Opinions, Japan, Asia, Izumi Kaizuka
Technique Solaire Commission Second Solar Project in India
Technique Solaire has successfully commissioned its second project in India. The solar plant, with a total output of 27 MWp is spread over 40 hectares.
Jan 13, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Asia, maharashtra, Technique Solaire, Julien Fleury
'One to watch on': LG Energy Solution's relocation downstream with NEC ES procurement
Industry-watchers will carefully follow just how the lately finished acquisition of energy storage space system integrator NEC ES by LG Energy Solution turns out.
Feb 21, 2022 // Storage, LG Energy, NEC ES
Airlifting PV modules for C&I solar projects
Is airlifting solar modules the future of industrial and industrial roof PV setup? Epho Commercial Solar just recently made use of a helicopter to airlift pallets of modules to 12 roofs at a Woolworths area in Australia.
Aug 20, 2020 // Plants, Commercial, Rooftop PV, Australia, Oceania, Oliver Hartley
Scatec Signs Fifteen-Year PPA For 130-MW Solar In Colombia Project
Scatec inks a 15-year power purchase agreement for a 130-MW PV plant in Colombia, targeting financing and build in 2025.
Sep 4, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Scatec, PPA, South america, utility-scale, Colombia, project finance
Arctech To Supply 2.1 GW SkySmart II Trackers for the Largest PV Power Plant in the Middle East
The big win in the middle east's biggest solar project is remarkable for Arctech, which has actually been to boost its reach internationally. Numerous Chinese firms like Arctech, and Trina (which also supplies tracker services) have increased their offerings in the sector.
Sep 7, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, CMEC, solar trackers, arctech, Guy Rong, Al Dhafra PV2 Solar park, china national industrial machinery corporation, skymart II trackers
Sub-standard PV equipment worries Bangladeshi solar developers
Visitors to this year’s Solar Bangladesh Expo have called for the implementation of quality standards on solar imports – action which the government is currently pursuing – with one industry insider rubbishing Indian-made products.
Oct 20, 2019 // Solar, India, Bangladesh, Asia, Shamim Ahsan, Nuher L Khan, Joules Power Ltd, Debdeep Majumdar
FRV Completes 300-MW Walla Walla Solar Farm In NSW Project
FRV Australia has fully commissioned the 300-MWac/353-MWp Walla Walla solar farm in New South Wales, adding major daytime capacity and local economic benefits.
Oct 2, 2025 // Plants, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Australia, Oceania, new south wales, frv, commissioning
BayWa r.e. obtains land in Sweden to develop at the very least 100MWp of PV
BayWa r.e. will construct a PV facility in Sweden with a capacity of at the very least 100MWp, as the renewables designer eyes a considerable solar expansion in the country.
Sep 24, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Sweden, Europe, baywa r.e., scandinavia, Håkan Wallin
Untapped potential exists for blending hydropower, floating PV
Hybrid systems of floating photovoltaic panels and also hydropower plants might hold the technical capacity to create a substantial section of the electricity created yearly around the world, according to an analysis by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
Sep 30, 2020 // Technology, Floating PV, USA, NREL, floating PV, North America, Nathan Lee
Trina Tracker introduces Trina Smart Cloud that can 'lower the LCOE' for solar PV projects
Trina Tracker, a company unit of Trina Solar, has actually introduced Trina Smart Cloud, a monitoring and control tracking solution that the business claimed causes much more intelligent procedure as well as maintenance (O&M) of solar PV stations.
Dec 15, 2021 // Technology, Plants, LCOE, trackers, Trina Solar, pv trackers
Gigantic agrivoltaic project in China
The Baofeng Group is building a 1 GW solar park which is hosting a goji berry ranch in the Binhe New District on the eastern financial institutions of the Yellow River in the Ningxia Province. Around 640 MW have so far been grid-connected. Huawei is offering the inverters for the project.
Sep 3, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Inverters, China, Asia, Huawei, agrivoltaic project, Baofeng Group
Brazil's Paraiba to come to be residence to 1.6-GW solar project as well as PV manufacturing facility
Brazilian power company Rio Alto Energias Renovaveis SA will carry out a 1,625-MW solar power facility in Paraiba state, governor Joao Azevedo announced on Friday.
Jun 14, 2021 // Plants, Commercial, South america, Brazil, paraiba, Joao Azevedo, Rio Alto Energias Renovaveis
In theory, 2 layers are much better than one for solar-cell performance
Solar cells have actually come a long way, however affordable, thin film solar cells are still far behind extra pricey, crystalline solar cells in performance. Now, a team of scientists recommends that utilizing 2 thin films of different products may be the way to head to develop budget friendly, slim film cells with around 34% effectiveness.
Sep 16, 2020 // Technology, USA, solar cells, North America, efficiency, Akhlesh Lakhtakia