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What is Photovoltaic-thermal (PV/T) system?
Often referred to as a solar-thermal system and sometimes as a total energy system. A PV system which does not only convert solar energy to electrical energy,
Sep 13, 2023
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
Cheapest shortlisted proposal in Saudi 1.47 GW tender was $0.0161/ kWh.
The shortlisted designers are EDF, Total, ACWA Power, Masdar, First Solar, Marubeni, and also Al Blagha Holding.
Apr 3, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, Saudi Arabia, tender, Asia, NREP
Macquarie spends EUR90m in Spanish solar
120MW portfolio consisted of the 20MW Gemasolar tower plant and 2 50MW allegorical trough solar parks
Jun 14, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, macquarie, Tom van Rijsewijk
Temperature-based MPPT algorithm to improve PV system efficiency
Researchers in Spain have actually created a maximum power point monitoring (MPPT) algorithm based on just one input parameter-- PV module temperature. The formula has actually already shown stability in screening, the scientists claim.
Jul 29, 2020 // Technology, Spain, Europe, PV module, MPPT
Repsol, Telefonica release new residential, C&I solar JV in Spain
Spanish oil and also gas major Repsol and telecoms firm Telefonica have developed a joint venture (JV) to give solar installs and also energy services across various target audience in Spain.
Mar 15, 2022 // Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, repsol, joint venture, telefonica, self-consumption pv, Emilio Gayo
Gauging non-fulleren acceptors for organic PV
U.S. scientists are trying to understand how non-fullerene small-molecule acceptors (NAFs) increase the efficiency of organic PV devices. They claim that methoxy groups embedded in the acceptors could facilitate an efficiency increase of approximately 6%.
Dec 20, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, organic PV, North America, Georgia Institute of Technology, UNIST, organic PV cells, organic PV devices, Jean-Luc Brédas
China Gezhouba Group intends 2 GW of renewables in Azerbaijan
The federal government of Azerbaijan last week participated in a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with an abroad financial investment arm of civil design business China Gezhouba Group for the implementation of 2 GW of renewable energy projects.
Jun 5, 2023 // Plants, China, Europe, Asia, Azerbaijan, Gezhouba Group
Bridgestone Americas tire plant currently powered by 2-MW ground-mounted solar project
Bridgestone Americas revealed its very first ground-mounted solar array offering power directly to the manufacturing process. The brand-new solar array is located at the firm's Aiken County, South Carolina, Passenger/Light Truck Tire Plant in Graniteville, South Carolina. The brand-new installment includes around 8 acres of solar panels that produce 2 MW of power.
Mar 2, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Solar Project, Bridgestone Americas, Paolo Ferrari, Jim DeMouy
Downing Renewables gets 13-MWp solar PV portfolio in UK
London-based Downing Renewables as well as Infrastructure Trust Plc (LON: DORE) has bought a portfolio of 2 functional solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) assets with an incorporated capacity of 13 MWp in the UK.
Apr 27, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Downing Renewables
Dominion Energy acquires 72MW PV project in South Carolina from First Solar
Dominion Energy has acquired a 72MW PV project from First Solar that is expected to enter service in late 2019. The installation will provide power and renewable energy attributes under a Dominion Energy South Carolina contract that was previously filed and accepted in South Carolina.
Oct 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, First Solar, North America, Keller Kissam, dominion
Canadian researchers have done the math on optimizing PV output
Mathematicians at Canada’s University of Waterloo who turned their attention to solar power have developed an algorithm they say offers better control over PV plant output. The researchers estimate the algorithm could improve the output of a 100 MW power plant by almost a million kilowatt-hours per year.
Sep 3, 2019 // Technology, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Canada, North America, University of Waterloo’s Department of Applied Mathematics, Milad Farsi
Trina Powers Coal Mine with Vertex N 700W Modules
Vertex N 700W & 670W solar modules used in 2 GW project to make most of land resources. 960k tons of coal saved, 2.62m tons of CO2 emissions reduced annually. Utilize solar power tailored to local conditions in Ningxia, China.
Oct 26, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Plants, PV module, Trina Solar, Vertex N
Oman to Award Solar Energy Projects of $777 Mn for Country's Largest Solar Panel Project
Oman Power as well as Water Procurement Company (OPWP), in charge of acquiring power and water for all IPP/IWPP projects within the Sultanate of Oman, will certainly quickly award solar energy projects to international capitalists.
Mar 7, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, IPP, Asia, Oman, opwp, solar energy projects, APSR, electrcitiy regulation, solar energy park, olar Panels
Slovenia's DEM to develop 2 mln euro ($ 2.3 mln) solar plant
Slovenian hydro power producer Dravske Elektrarne Maribor (DEM), a device of state-owned electrical energy manufacturer as well as trader Holding Slovenske Elektrarne (HSE), said it will begin building following week a solar power plant worth greater than 2 million euro ($2.3 million).
Aug 13, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Slovenia, PV Power Plant, Dravske Elektrarne Maribor, DEM











