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German Greens call for larger PV auctions as tariffs drop below 5-cent-per-kWh mark
Germany is crippling solar’s ability to produce large volumes of ever-cheaper electricity even as it retains too-large tenders for wind that end in undersubscription, the country’s Greens have said.
Oct 21, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, Germany, tender, Europe, auction, tariffs
Titanium oxide nanofluid-based cooling technique for PV panels
Indian and also Malaysian researchers have actually created a brand-new cooling system including a set up back-channel connected on the back sides of photovoltaic panels, to funnel circulations of titanium oxide and water. They made use of a 0.6% nanofluid focus-- the optimal value of nanoparticle focus in water.
Sep 10, 2020 // Technology, India, Asia, cooling system
Oxford PV to become heterojunction/perovskite solar cell manufacturer
Perovskite solar cell developer, Oxford PV is to become a merchant heterojunction with perovskite top cell manufacturer with orders placed with Meyer Burger that will provide an initial 250MW of cell capacity that will enter production by the end of 2020.
Aug 8, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Germany, c-si manufacturing, solar cell, oxford pv, heterojunction, perovskite, Frank P. Averdung, meyer burger
Mellow Energy Sets Record with 24.36% Efficient PV Module
Mellow Energy shatters records with a 24.36% efficient perovskite PV module, launching a 100 MW production line for groundbreaking solar advancements in 2024.
Oct 1, 2025 // Technology, perovskite, PV module, efficiency, Mellow Energy
WoodMac: Merchant shift may push PV towards risk-keener owners
Solar’s embrace of subsidy-free models could push it in greater numbers towards owners with the experience to navigate power price swings, according to Wood Mackenzie.
Oct 7, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, woodmac, Africa, middle east, NextEra, Rishab Shrestha, Tom Heggarty
EDF to boost foothold in Egyptian PV via KarmSolar stake buy
EDF Renewables and Egyptian developer and supplier of solar power KarmSolar have signed a strategic partnership, helping the former continue its expansion into the African state.
Nov 26, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, pv power plants, solar pv, Asia, Africa, Benban, Egypt, EDF Renewables, KarmSolar, Ahmed Zahran
Cleantech Solar commissions 1 MW rooftop solar PV system for SeniorAerospace in Thailand
This commissioning follows the partnership in between Cleantech Solar and also UPECA Aerotech Sdn. Bhd. in Malaysia, also a subsidiary of Senior Aerospace PLC, where Cleantech Solar is maintaining and operating a 615.6 kW rooftop solar energy plant at UPECA Aerotech's factory in Subang, which manufactures high-precision engineered components serving the aerospace and energy fields.
Mar 29, 2022 // Rooftop PV, Cleantech Solar, Raju Shukla, Senior Aerospace,, Simon Geoffrey Shale
Minimal influence of Covid-19 on Germany's roof PV market
The Covid-19 situation has far-ranging results-- consisting of on the PV sector and also solar installment market. The outcomes of a study carried out in a current pv magazine webinar suggested of services agitated by the pandemic yet still taking orders currently.
Mar 30, 2020 // Plants, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, Germany, Europe, rooftop PV, Coronavirus, covid-19, Klaus Richter, RCT Power
Tandem PV Launches 40-MW Perovskite-Silicon Plant in California
Tandem PV launches a Fremont perovskite-silicon tandem panel factory, scaling 40MW annually to validate high-efficiency cells and set up commercial sales in 2026.
Apr 21, 2026 // Manufacturing News, California, USA, solar panel, perovskite, North America
UAE-based PV developer to build 50 MW of solar in Togo
A unit of Dubai-based Amea Power will build the project in Blitta prefecture, in the center of the West African country, with all electricity to be sold to Togo Electric Power Co. (CEET) under a long-term power purchase agreement.
Nov 28, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Africa, Dubai, amea power, Togo, Marc D. Ably-Bidamon
Netherlands to sustain residential PV via web metering for the whole years
The Dutch federal government is intending to decrease tolls by 9% each year from 2023 to 2030. The strategy must still make sure a sensible repayment time for house owners going to go solar, according to the authorities.
Apr 1, 2020 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Tariffs, Europe, Netherlands
Computational approach reveals Italy may mount 144.5 GW of PV by 2050
According to a brand-new study, PV may reach an installed power of 144.5 GW in Italy by the end of the initial half of the century, adhered to by onshore and also offshore wind with 59.6 GW and 17.6 GW, respectively. The research is based on a new computational version that determines the very best spatial distribution of renewable energy resources in an individual country or electricity system while preventing problematic concentrations of modern technologies
Sep 1, 2020 // Technology, Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, Polytechnic University of Milan
RP Global assistances Spanish companion on 300MW PV
Outfit is partnering with Tartessos to establish the website in Castilla-Leon
Apr 27, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, Solar Project, RP Global, Tartessos, Rainer Kistner, Jorge Rodriguez
Price ceilings set as Brazilian PV sector readies for debut in new-generation auction
Brazil has unveiled the tariff ceilings solar players will face as they compete for the first time in the so-called new generation tender, opening up a new avenue of government support.
Sep 11, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, solar pv, South america, Latin america, Brazil, jair bolsonaro, ANEEL, São Gonçalo, Absolar, bolsonaro, Rodrigo Sauaia, a-6 auction, tenders
Greenvolt greenlit to obtain 70% risk in solar design co Profit Power
Portugal's Competition Authority (AdC) has accepted a relocation by Portuguese renewables firm Greenvolt - Energias Renovaveis SA (ELI: GVOLT) to acquire a 70% stake in residential solar and energy efficiency project designer Profit Power.
Aug 14, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Greenvolt, Profit Energy













