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Growatt's Latest Residential-cum-commercial Inverter is now BIS Certified
Growatt's latest residential in addition to little commercial inverter in three phase array MOD 3000-15KTL3-X for rooftop application is currently BIS certified.
Nov 24, 2021 // Inverters, Growatt, Growatt Online Smart Service
Breakthrough Polymer Strategy Boosts Perovskite Solar Efficiency to 25.6%
Revolutionizing solar energy: A global team boosts perovskite cell efficiency to 25.6% with a novel polymer additive, paving the way for cost-effective, stable solar solutions.
Feb 17, 2025 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, efficiency, EPFL, CNR SCITEC, Fujian Normal University
Union-built 310-MW solar + storage space project comes online in California
Intersect Power started the commercial procedure of its Athos III solar project in Riverside County, California, on December 22, 2022. The Athos III solar project was built by union labor, with American-made solar panels, batteries and steel heaps, as well as it is anticipated to satisfy the domestic content and also dominating wage requirements for tax credit motivations in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
Jan 12, 2023 // Plants, USA, North America, Intersect Power, Sheldon Kimber
Opdenergy repossesses control of 150 MW PV portfolio in Spain
Renewables designer Opdenergy has finalised the buy-back of 3 solar photovoltaic (PV) farms amounting to 150 MW in Spain.
Mar 25, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, PV Power Plant, OPDEnergy
Penso Power and also Luminous Energy get green light for 350MW battery storage asset
Welbar Energy Storage joint venture - composed of Penso Power and Luminous Energy-- have actually protected planning permission for a 350MW connection capacity battery storage development in North Warwickshire.
May 4, 2022 // Storage, UK, Europe, luminous energy, Penso Power, Richard Thwaites, David Bryson
Signal Iduna buys 650-MW solar project in Germany
German insurance and also monetary company Signal Iduna has obtained a 650-MW subsidy-free solar project that will certainly be improved a former brown coal opencast mine near the city of Leipzig.
Jun 8, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Solar Project, Signal Iduna
Solar-plus-pumped hydro project will bring Hawaiian island of Kaua'i to 80%+ renewables
A large-scale solar PV system coupled with pumped hydro power storage could cover as high as 25% of the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i's power demand, pressing the island's overall share of renewables in its energy mix past 80%.
Jan 8, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, solar-plus-storage, Hawaii, North America, agrophotovoltaics, pumped hydro, irrigation, hydroelectric power, long-duration, David Bissell
Dominion divests 80% of Dominican 321-MWp solar portfolio
Dominion sells 80 % of six Dominican solar plants (321 MWp) to Pioneer and JMMB funds for >USD 375 m, keeping 20 % stake and netting USD 102 m in cash.
Jul 21, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Dominican Republic, North America, dominion
NextEnergy Capital apparently looking to market Italian solar assets
Solar capitalist and asset supervisor NextEnergy Capital Group (NEC) is claimed to be aiming to sell a portfolio of solar projects in Italy for greater than EUR400 million (US$ 453 million), according to Reuters.
Nov 19, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, nextenergy capital, project acquisition
Dhamma Energy receives favorable EIS for 50-MWp solar project in Spain
Madrid-based developer Dhamma Energy stated that it has been issued a good ecological impact declaration (EIS) for the project to build a 50-MWp solar farm in the Spanish area of Murcia.
Feb 24, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, Dhamma Energy, Solar Project
Engie Brasil Seeks Solar Innovations with Public Call
Join InovaSolar: Engie Brasil's call for innovative solar solutions. Open to institutes, startups, and more. Free registration until June 9, 2024. Shape the future of solar energy!
May 2, 2025 // Technology, Engie, Brasil
AI enter maintenance
The Covid-19 pandemic quarantine has presented a new collection of challenges for solar PV operations as well as maintenance. The subject has actually gotten sector focus since PV sites do not have onsite employees. Huawei states its new Smart I-V Curve Diagnosis-- incorporating artificial intelligence, digital technologies, as well as PV-- is a first-step service toward unmanned O&M. With the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) ever before lowering, enhancements in O&M efficiency and going along with expense reductions may increase the arrival of the grid parity era.
Aug 19, 2020 // Technology, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Huawei, Maintenance, Yan Zhang
The bearable lightness of solar
The weight of a thin-film rooftop PV installation at Netherlands football club AZ Alkmaar has been highlighted in media reports as a possible cause of a stadium roof collapse. However, a full investigation is yet to be launched and one German specialist said studies have shown flush-mount PV panels do not increase static wind loads on rooftops.
Aug 12, 2019 // BIPV, Technology, Germany, rooftop, Netherlands, AZ Alkmaar’s stadium, Andries Broersma, Hanergy system, Thorsten Kray
Greece and Hungary pledge to phase out coal
Athens-based policy group The Green Tank labelled Greece’s decision “historic” while Europe Beyond Coal, an alliance of civil society groups working to make Europe coal free by 2030 said Hungary should target a more ambitious 2025 phase-out.
Sep 27, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, USA, Greece, Hungary, Trump, Europe, North America, coal, George Stassis, The Green Tank, János Áder, Kyriakos Mitsotakis’, Nikos Mantzaris
Brazil's Eletron Energy signs up with Kroma on 101-MWp solar project in Pernambuco
Brazilian power business Eletron Energy has actually partnered with compatriot Kroma Energia to develop a 101-MWp solar farm facility in the state of Pernambuco, north-east Brazil.
Jul 11, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, South america, Brazil, Solar Project, Eletron Energy, Pernambuco