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Leading PV manufacturing equipment supplier Meyer Burger Technology has received a further CHF 18 million (US$18.2 million) from partner, Oxford PV for the purchase of key equipment for a 125MW integrated production line to fabricate high-efficiency perovskite HJT tandem solar cells.

A German research team claims to have created a new visualization technique it says can enable detailed mapping of the energetic landscapes of organic PV cells on a nano scale. The technique could lead to organic cells with reduced power losses.

Colombian power business Celsia SA announced on Wednesday it has taken into procedure a 9.9-MW photovoltaic (PV) park in Tolima division.

A decision by South Africa's Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) to allocate 6GW of new large-scale solar over the next decade has been welcomed by the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) for giving a “moderate level of certainty” to the industry.

The shift from a feed-in toll plan to a public auction system might take longer than anticipated in the Southeast Asian nation, as the Ministry of Industry and also Trade is taking into consideration preserving FITs of $0.0709/ kWh to $0.0769/ kWh for projects that safeguarded authorization prior to Nov. 23, 2019, if they come online as arranged by the end of this year. According to law practice Lexcomm Vietnam, there are presently 3 GW of projects with licenses.

European polysilicon service provider REC Silicon has pinned hopes on strategies to create an ultra-low carbon solar PV value chain amidst a reinforcing polysilicon market, stating it is positive that it will certainly reactivate production at its Moses Lake facility.

GreenGo Energy as well as Nordic Power to start building of first project by the year-end

Elsewhere, several hydrogen projects were introduced in Norway, Germany, India, China and also the UK. Royal Dutch Shell started operations at the power-to-hydrogen electrolyzer in China as well as Germany's Linde Engineering authorized a contract for the construction a green hydrogen demo plant in Norway. In Addition, Green Hydrogen Systems signed a supply agreement with Edinburgh-based Logan Energy to deliver electrolysis tools for a project in England.

The authorities expect to add 300 MW of rooftop solar in the next four years thanks to net metering regulations and hope the nation’s extensive clothing and textile industry will be encouraged to adopt PV.

Lenzing boosts sustainability with a new 1.3-MWp solar plant, cutting carbon footprint and energy costs while transforming operations into flexible energy hubs.

The PV inverter market accomplished record shipments in 2019, writes IHS Markit's Miguel de Jesus, driven by booming deliveries in crucial markets such as the United States, Spain, Latin America, Ukraine as well as Vietnam. Profits increased rapidly, exceeding the $9 billion mark in 2019 for the very first time.

Gamers vital to Spain's 2019 solar scene consisting of Acciona, Solaria and also Audax synchronized today in reporting a dive of success in 2014.

BayWa r.e. will include 500MW of added floating solar in the coming years in a move to make use of raising need for the technology amongst possession proprietors.

Over the past two years, German renewables organisation Baywa re has developed internal floating solar innovation as well as mounted almost 50 MW of tasks in the Netherlands. Benoît Roux, supervisor of solar tasks at Baywa re in France, claimed the ramp-up in task size has actually enabled the firm to attain significant cost decreases.

Nairobi-based apparel maker United Aryan EPZ (UAL) revealed today that it has inaugurated a 1.8-MWp rooftop solar array, saying that it the largest system of its kind in East Africa.