Key takeaways from World Hydrogen 2024 in Rotterdam
Development of green hydrogen production in Europe is moving forward in fits and starts, but the ongoing World Hydrogen 2024 event in Rotterdam calls for blue hydrogen adoption, which suggests that the...
View ArticleGerman PV system prices down by over 4% since November
The Selfmade Energy online platform says that prices for PV systems and battery storage systems fell by more than 4% between November 2023 and March 2024. In March, for example, 6 kW PV systems without...
View ArticleThe Hydrogen Stream: Asahi Kasei to test alkaline water electrolyzer
Japan's Asahi Kasei is testing a new alkaline water electrolyzer, while China has started developing its first 100 kg vehicle-mounted liquid hydrogen system.Asahi Kasei and partners celebrated the...
View ArticleDAH Solar launches 380 W BIPV module
The Chinese manufacturer said the new product has an efficiency of up to 19.46% and a temperature coefficient of -0.30% per C. It is available in bright red, light gray, brown, green, blue-green,...
View ArticleUS government proposes 10 ‘national interest’ transmission corridors
Eight of the 10 transmission corridors proposed by the US Department of Energy (DoE) could facilitate transmission between grid regions. One would expand transmission within the Mid-Atlantic’s PJM grid...
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Improving LCOE of PV-driven hydrogen via reciprocating engines
UNSW scientists have suggested to use dual-fuel reciprocating engines for adding gas-to-power operations in large scale production of hydrogen based on PV power. The preliminary findings of their...
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Coal share falls below 50% in India’s installed power capacity
The share of coal in India’s total installed power capacity fell below 50% in the first quarter of 2024. This is well ahead of the government’s target to establish 50% cumulative power generation...
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3D printed clamps for front-surface PV mounting on wood racking
A Chinese-Canadian research team proposed a new PV mounting solution relying on two types of spacers and two types of clamps that can be printed with common printing materials. The cost of the...
View ArticleUS startup debuts wall-mountable, tabletop residential heat pump
US-based Quilt has unveiled a residential heat pump with a coefficient of performance (COP) of up to 4 and noise levels of 27 dBA to 47 dBA. The startup recently raised €33 million ($35.9 million) from...
View ArticleNetherlands to phase out net-metering scheme in 2027
The new government coalition in the Netherlands says the nation's current net-metering scheme will be maintained until the end of 2026. The previous Parliament had rejected a proposal to cancel the...
View ArticleBangladesh seeking consultants for 100 MW solar plant
The Bangladeshi government has issued a call for consultants to conduct a feasibility study, initial environmental examination, and environmental and social impact assessment for a 100 MW solar plant....
View ArticleKey takeaways from Bulgaria’s RE-Source Southeast Conference
The first day of the RE-Source Southeast Conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, this week underscored European and regional interest in renewable-energy projects based on corporate power purchase agreements...
View ArticleAleaSoft records higher electricity prices in most European markets
Spanish consultancy AleaSoft Energy Forecasting says France, Germany, Spain and Portugal all broke records for daily PV energy production in the second week of May, as prices in all major European...
View ArticleSolarPower Europe presents agrisolar digital map
SolarPower Europe has developed an agrisolar digital map showcasing more than 200 projects across 10 European countries, with a total capacity exceeding 15 GW.SolarPower Europe has published a digital...
View ArticleGermany’s January-April solar installations hit 5 GW
Germany added approximately 1 GW of new solar capacity in April and 4.9 GW in the first four months of this year, according to the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur). The country's total PV...
View ArticleNew MPPT technique based on improved snake algorithm
Researchers from China have suggested to use the so-called improved snake optimizer (ISO) algorithm for maximum power point tracking in PV systems. The proposedly algorithm can reportedly achieve a...
View ArticleNew guide to improve biodiversity of PV projects in Australia
An Australian community group has launched a new guide to help solar developers to improve biodiversity on project sites and build trust in neighboring communities without compromising PV generation...
View ArticleKey takeaways from the German-African Energy Forum
The 17th edition of the German-African Energy Forum in Hamburg this week drew more than 300 participants from over 30 countries. The continent’s green energy transition and how to finance it were among...
View ArticleZambian IPP launches tender for 50 MW of solar
CGM Power Group Ltd., an independent power producer (IPP), is requesting expressions of interest from engineering, procurement and construction companies for the development of a 50 MW on-grid solar...
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April sees mixed irradiance during extreme weather around the Arabian Sea
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that, despite record rainfall in the middle of April, areas of the Arabian Peninsula still saw above-average irradiance through...
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