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Europe to rollout nearly 40GW of solar PV by end of 2022 in record year for deployment
Almost 40GW of solar PV will certainly be rolled out throughout Europe by the end of the year, according to SolarPower Europe (SPE), as the continent scrambles to release renewables as well as wean itself off Russian gas.
Jul 21, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, pv power plants, Europe, SolarPower Europe, european energy, european commission, european solar, REPowerEU, russian gas
First Applied Materials remains to push market supremacy in PV module films service
Market leading PV module film product manufacturer, First Applied Materials has reported rising earnings on the back of expanding demand, raised capacity and higher ordinary market price (ASPs) for the 4th quarter and also full-year 2020.
Mar 29, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, China, Asia, pv backsheet, first applied materials, pv encapsulants
Sungrow materials 2GW of inverters for Vietnamese rooftop PV projects
Sungrow has this year gave 2GW of its SG110CX inverters for use in Vietnamese roof solar PV installments, as the Chinese firm continues to broaden its existence in the nation.
Dec 9, 2020 // Plants, Inverters, Rooftop PV, Sungrow, Asia, rooftop PV, Vietnam
First Togolese utility-scale PV plants are on the way
The tender launched according to Scaling Solar program is for deployment of solar farms with a total capacity of 60-80 megawatts.
Jan 14, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, tender, Africa, Togo
Acciona starts work on its first United States PV plant
317MW Fort Bend project in Texas is anticipated online in 2022
Jun 26, 2021 // Plants, USA, North America, Acciona, solar farm, Joaquin Castillo
Floating PV powering sieving machines, suction excavators at German quarry
Rheinland Solar has constructed a 750 kW floating solar plant to power several sieving makers as well as suction excavators at a quarry in Germany. On weekends, the excess electricity is offered to the grid at market prices.
Sep 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, Germany, floating PV, Europe, Rheinland Solar
Thin-film modern technologies can noticeably decrease carbon intensity of PV, NREL researchers say
Thin-film modern technologies such as cadmium telluride (CdTe) and perovskites can markedly minimize the carbon intensity of PV compared with silicon alternatives, according to scientists at the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
Jul 5, 2022 // Technology, Manufacturing News, NREL, perovskite, thin-film, carbon, CdTe, decarbonsiation
Morocco on the lookout for designers for brand-new 400MW PV push
Morocco is to hold a tender to agreement another major batch of solar PV across the country, as part of wider efforts to release 3GW of renewables in between 2020 and 2030.
Feb 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, BNEF, auctions, Africa, BloombergNEF, tenders, Morocco, masen, noor
Trina Solar ratings 10 'Top Performer' awards in PVEL's '2020 PV Module Reliability Scorecard'
' Silicon Module Super League' (SMSL) participant, Trina Solar has actually been identified as a 'Top Performer' in PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) 2020 PV Module Reliability Scorecard for the sixth consecutive time, while accumulating 10 'Top Performer' awards with 6 different modules.
May 28, 2020 // Manufacturing News, pv modules, c-si manufacturing, Trina Solar, monocrystalline wafer, mono perc, pvel, DNV GL, Yin Rongfang, pv tech techtalk webinar, Tristan Erion Lorico
France powers up Europe’s self-styled largest floating PV project
Top French state officials have helped cut the red ribbon of a floating solar plant that is being touted as Europe’s largest, a project delivered by Paris headquartered Akuo Energy.
Oct 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Policy, Floating PV, France, floating PV, Europe, Elisabeth Borne, akuo, Ciel & Terre, ciel et terre, Brune Poirson
Covid-19 and also reliance on China's PV supply chain
The Asian Development Bank claims creating nations in Asia as well as the Pacific must take into consideration creating their very own solar sector supply chains as the Covid-19 pandemic has actually revealed their over-reliance on China to finish the power change.
Mar 30, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, India, China, Asia, Vietnam, Asian Development Bank, WORLD, covid-19, Yongping Zhai
Sungrow Signs Three Australian Distributors for 1.5 GW PV, 4 GWh BESS
Sungrow signed distribution agreements with three Australian partners covering 1.5 GW of PV and 4 GWh of batteries, with Solar Juice holding 2.5 GWh of it.
Nov 9, 2026 // Residential, Storage, Inverters, Sungrow, Australia, Inverters, Oceania, BESS
The globe's sunniest PV testing field
French power titan Engie recently commissioned a solar module screening facility in Chile's Atacama Desert, an area which has the globe's highest possible solar radiation. Thore Müller-- head of bifacial PV R&D and solar solutions at Engie Laborelec, spoke with pv magazineabout the benefits of screening panels, inverters and cleansing systems in warm, dry settings.
Jul 15, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Engie, Chile, South america, Thore Müller
PanelClaw launches clawOS flat roofing PV structural design software
PanelClaw today releases clawOS as the centerpiece of its electronic services portfolio, programmed to accelerate project development throughout all phases of each project. The clawOS software is a cloud-based structural design platform with the power as well as class to deal with virtually any type of project utilizing the clawFR mounting system.
Sep 20, 2022 // Software, PanelClaw, clawOS, Costa Nicolaou
US sanctions to redirect Chinese PV supply towards Europe, Asia
Ongoing US-China trade tensions will not ruin solar fortunes on either side as players adapt by redrawing the lines of global supply flows, Fitch Solutions has predicted.
Aug 5, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Solar, USA, India, China, Fitch, solar pv, trade sanctions, Asia, North America