Germany’s FC St. Pauli to install rainbow-colored stadium PV array
German soccer club FC St. Pauli is installing a 316 kW rainbow-colored photovoltaic system on its stadium roof using 1,080 modules supplied by Switzerland’s Megasol Energie.From pv magazine Germany...
View ArticleThe Hydrogen Stream: ZeroAvia to build UK hub for HTPEM fuel cells
ZeroAvia says it will build a hydrogen-electric powertrain factory in Scotland to produce high-temperature proton exchange membrane (HTPEM) fuel cell systems, while Thyssenkrupp Nucera and Fraunhofer...
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Supercharging pumped-hydro stations with floating PV
Scientists have simulated the addition of floating solar panels to Switzerland’s Etzelwerk, an open-loop pumped-storage hydropower plant. Using 10% of the upper reservoir for the solar panels, the...
View ArticleNew UK planning rules for heat pumps come into effect, one meter rule scrapped
Change to planning law could simplify heat pump installation process for thousands of households in England. Limits on the size and number of heat pumps that can be installed have also been raised. The...
View ArticleGreece now interconnected with Crete via 1 GW transmission line
A 1 GW direct current (DC) transmission line linking mainland Greece to Crete has entered trial operation, with full commercial service expected by September to support new green power capacity and...
View ArticleFloating PV systems could increase the climate resilience of lakes
Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) has conducted new research on the impact of floating PV and water temperature and evaporation.Scientists at Fraunhofer ISE have...
View ArticleWork starts on 5 MW of solar in Madagascar
Construction has begun on a 5 MW solar plant with 3.2 MWh of battery storage off Madagascar’s northwestern coast. The project aims to cut local electricity costs and support round-the-clock power...
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Solar to power Denmark’s largest energy community
Denmark’s largest energy community is now under construction, featuring more than 30,000 sqm of solar rooftops with a total capacity of about 4 MW. The project will use building-integrated...
View ArticleGambia seeking project supervisor for solar minigrid
The Gambia office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is seeking a contractor to oversee a solar minigrid installation and support the tender process for an installer. Applications close...
View ArticleReducing PV module temperature with air convection
Scientists have analyzed how forced convection PV, free convection with finned plate PV, and forced convection with finned plate PV can reduce solar module temperatures under the climate conditions of...
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Estimating potential-induced degradation in PV systems used for water pumping
Researchers in Spain have developed a new method to estimated potential-induced degradation (PID) in solar modules used in PV-driven water pumping systems. The proposed approach can detect PID from the...
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S-Rack, Energy Aware to build 130 kW solar carport in Sydney
Solar racking systems company S-Rack Australia has partnered with Energy Aware to retrofit a multi-floor carpark with a 42-space rooftop solar carport in Sydney, Australia.From pv magazine Australia...
View ArticlePV-powered fine sand solar geyser for domestic hot water
The system is described by its creators as a cost-effective solution for water heating by storing thermal energy in fine sand. Techno-economic analysis indicated the system is economically viable for...
View ArticleUnpacking the rationale behind low bids in the EU green hydrogen tender
BloombergNEF and Wood Mackenzie analysts spoke with pv magazine about the EU’s €992 million ($1.04 billion) hydrogen tender that drew record-low bids thanks to strong design incentives. They outlined...
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East coast irradiance dips as storm systems dominate May
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that a low-pressure system over central North America in May suppressed solar irradiance on the East Coast while supporting...
View ArticleTotalEnergies, RGE to develop solar-plus-storage in Indonesia
TotalEnergies and RGE have signed a co-investment agreement to develop and operate a solar-plus-storage project in Indonesia. The utility-scale plant will be built and managed by Singa Renewables,...
View ArticleSolavita launches 30-50 kW hybrid inverter series
Chinese inverter maker Solavita says its new hybrid inverter series offers high PV oversizing, multi-port battery integration, and grid-smart controls to meet growing demand for scalable...
View ArticleColombia announces 19 measures to unblock renewable energy projects
Colombia's Ministry of Mines and Energy has presented a package of inter-institutional actions to expedite environmental licensing, prior consultation, and connection of renewable energy projects, with...
View ArticleHybrid deep learning model for PV forecasting in scenarios with considerable...
Researchers in China conceived a new PV forecasting approach that integrates causal convolution, recurrent structures, attention mechanisms, and the Kolmogorov–Arnold Network (KAN). Experimental...
View ArticleMongolia kicks off solar tender
The Mongolian government is seeking an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor to build a 19.8 MW solar plant in western part of the country. The deadline for applications is July...
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