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European Solar Effort introduced to drive continent's PV production growth
A European Commission-backed project has been released to scale up Europe's PV production sector and also record the continent's "growing need" for solar equipment.
Feb 25, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Walburga Hemetsberger, meyer burger, SolarPower Europe, European Union, European Green Deal, Diego Pavia, eit innoenergy, sfi con london, european manufacturing
Naturgy purchases 125-MW solar-BESS hybrid project in W Australia
Spanish electrical and also gas utility Naturgy Energy Group SA (BME: NTGY) has actually acquired a ready-to-build project for a 125-MW solar PV farm hybridised with a battery energy storage system (BESS) of approximately 220 MWh in Cunderdin, Western Australia.
Sep 1, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, Naturgy, hybrid project
Australian PV research study centre safeguards AU$ 45m in government financing
The Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP) has actually obtained funding from the nation's new federal government to proceed its solar study tasks up until 2030.
Jun 24, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, ARENA, Martin Green, research and development, Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics
India includes 10GW of solar PV in 2021, brings total installed capacity to 49GW
India added more than 10GW of solar PV in 2021 as the country hit a cumulative set up solar capacity of 49GW by the end of the year, according to research company Mercom India Research's latest update on India's solar market.
Mar 1, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, India, Asia, Mercom India, JMK Research, install figures
PV against cancer
Research from the United States has demonstrated how PV technology can be used to kill cancer cells. Although still at an embryonic stage, the findings of the study and initial test results suggest solar power could be an effective tool in relation to light-activated fluorescent dyes for disease diagnosis, image-guided surgery and site-specific tumor treatment.
Oct 28, 2019 // Technology, PV technology, cancer, Michigan State University, solar glass
Sonnedix turns turf on 50-MW solar project in Spain
Independent power manufacturer (IPP) Sonnedix Power Holdings Ltd stated today that it has started to construct a 50-MW solar farm in southwestern Spain.
Jul 28, 2021 // Plants, Spain, Sonnedix, Europe, Solar Project
Serbia's EPS revives its first solar project
Serbia's power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) has determined to revive its first solar project. It is imagined with a capacity of 9.95 MW.
Apr 13, 2023 // Plants, Europe, Solar Project, Serbia, EPS
A common language for bifacial PV
This week pv magazine was in Amsterdam for the sixth edition of the BifiPV workshop, where the discussion focused on the impressive achievements made by bifacial solar modules and the challenges the technology faces as it moves toward mainstream adoption.
Sep 19, 2019 // Technology, USA, Canadian Solar, Europe, Netherlands, Amsterdam, LONGi, PERC, North America, BifiPV, Jolywood, Jenya Meydbray, Joshua Stein, Netherlands Energy Center, U.K. National Physics Laboratory
Tata Power commissions 160MW Rajasthan solar project, continues release in vital Indian states
Tata Power Solar has actually commissioned a 160MW solar project in the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan as it continues its PV roll-out across the nation.
Apr 5, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, Rajasthan, tata power solar, tata power
Sungrow to Supply Inverter Solutions to 814 MWac Project In Qatar
The contract with Samsung C&T's Engineering & Construction Group envisages the supply of its MV-integrated 1500V string inverter solution SG320HX to an 814 MWac PV project in Qatar. This 814 MWac PV project signed is the second solar power plant in your area constructed, as well as can generate about 1,800 GWh of clean electrical energy annually.
Jan 9, 2023 // Inverters, Sungrow, Asia, Qatar, inverter, PV Power Plant, James Wu, Samsung C&T, Juyoul Kim, SG320HX
Goldbeck, Novar Launch 74-MWp Solar Project in Netherlands
Goldbeck Solar and Novar unite to power the Netherlands with a 74-MWp solar farm, marking a milestone in international renewable energy collaboration.
Apr 24, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Netherlands, PV Power Plant, Goldbeck Solar, Novar
Sonnedix obtains 150MW solar PV plant in central Chile
Independent power manufacturer (IPP) Sonnedix has proceeded its solar ramp-up in Chile with the acquisition of a 150MWp PV project from regional developer RTB Energy.
Dec 22, 2020 // Plants, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, IPP, Sonnedix, Axel Thiemann, Chile, South america, project acquisition
$76M Solar Project: SABIC & Iberdrola's Global Partnership
SABIC awards Iberdrola a $76 million contract to develop a 100 MW solar plant in La Aljorra, complete with 260,000 solar panels. The plant will supply SABIC's polycarbonate facility with renewable electricity to support sectors such as automotive and construction.
Jun 16, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Iberdrola, PV Power Plant, SABIC, La Aljorra
Smart City Mission starts second phase of rooftop PV installations
Smart City of Indian Ludhiana has partnered with PEDA to start phase 2 of installing the rooftop photovoltaic plants.
Jan 14, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, India, Asia, rooftop PV, ET, Ludhiana
Gran Solar-Total Eren tie-up wins Galapagos solar-storage project
A partnership between Spanish PV professional Gran Solar as well as French independent power producer Total Eren has actually been granted a 25-year concession in Ecuador's tender for the building and procedure of the Conolophus solar-plus-storage system on the Galapagos Islands, the Ecuadorian ministry of energy and also non-renewable natural resources announced on Sunday.
Aug 30, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Total Eren, tender, solar-storage project, Gran Solar, Galapagos Islands