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Texas solar shines through Tropical Storm Beryl
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that the Tropical Storm Beryl caused a large but temporary dip in solar generation potential across Texas on July 8. However,...
View ArticleWoodburn Capital, Magna Exteriors sign 15-year solar PPA in Czechia
Magna Exteriors and Woodburn Capital Partners have signed a 15-year solar power purchase agreement (PPA) in Czechia. The agreement covers energy generated on-site at a 2.4 MW solar plant located at...
View ArticleFrance concludes C&I rooftop PV tender with average price of €0.1016/kWh
The French authorities have concluded a commercial and industrial (C&I) rooftop PV tender with an average price of €0.1016 ($0.11)/kWh. The government allocated 179.9 MW of PV capacity in...
View ArticleThe Hydrogen Stream: Poland unveils hydrogen strategy
The Polish government has outlined its main objectives for the development of hydrogen, while Tyczka Hydrogen says a damaged compressor from Maximator Hydrogen caused a recent incident at one of its...
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A gulf between PV ambition and testing facilities
Though it already hosts several of the world’s largest PV installations, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region’s solar industry is still young, with limited local infrastructure and expertise....
View ArticleAEG unveils 5 KWh stackable high-voltage battery
Germany’s AEG is selling new stackable, high-voltage batteries with usable capacity of 5 kWh. They come with a 10-year warranty and reportedly have a lifecycle of more than 4,500 cycles.Germany's AEG...
View ArticleHigh-altitude floating PV has energy payback time of 2.8 years
New research from Switzerland showed that alpine floating PV systems can outperform lowland or ground-mounted counterparts in terms of energy yield and sustainability. The scientists found that the...
View ArticleIreland reaches 400 MW of operational distributed-generation solar
New figures from Ireland's ESB Networks reveal that the country has surpassed 1.2 GW of cumulative installed PV capacity, with the residential segment accounting for 20% of the total capacity installed...
View ArticleGrowatt sees growth in Europe’s C&I solar, storage markets
At The Smarter E Europe event – recently held in Munich, Germany – Growatt shared insights on the European market. It reports a slowdown in the residential segment in Central Europe due to lower...
View ArticlePhilippines announces second microgrid auction for underserved areas
The Department of Energy (DOE) of the Philippines has announced a second microgrid auction for underserved areas, opening in August to support more than 12,000 households.The Philippines DOE has...
View ArticleChina Three Gorges to build 16 GW renewables cluster in Inner Mongolia
China Three Gorges has announced plans to build a 16 GW renewables cluster in China's Inner Mongolia region, including 8 GW of solar, 4 GW of wind, a 200 MW solar thermal system, a 4 GW coal plant, and...
View ArticleEnergielenker releases ‘self-learning’ energy management system
Germany-based Energielenker has developed a "self-learning" energy management system that controls energy flows in buildings with PV systems, using AI algorithms to analyze data from all relevant...
View ArticleBelgium’s Flanders region records 230 MW of January-May solar additions
PV analyst Wannes Demarcke tells pv magazine that solar deployment in the Belgian region of Flanders slowed in the first months of this year. Initial figures show a decline from 2023 levels following...
View ArticleEnergy management market to roughly double in Europe by 2030, says LCP Delta
New analysis from LCP Delta finds Germany is Europe’s top market for home energy management systems and predicts European yearly sales will more than double by the end of the decade.There were 800,000...
View ArticleCybersecurity guidelines for smart inverters
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has flagged a cybersecurity risk for smart inverters, and is developing guidelines to prevent cyberattacks.From pv magazine USA Cybersecurity...
View ArticleUK energy retailers add heat pump tariffs
Time-of-use and type-of-use tariffs for heat pump customers launched to support technology adoption in market where gas heating remains competitive on price.Great Britain’s ‘big six’ energy retailers...
View ArticleTransfer switch for home solar power integration
Nature’s Generator has released a 50-amp, 12-circuit switch to manually power up selected circuits from backup systems.From pv magazine USA Nature’s Generator added a 50-amp 120/240V 12-circuit...
View ArticleGerman researchers develop ‘communicative’ PV panels
A German research team is conducting practical tests to see how solar modules with integrated radio technology can be linked to form an overall network. The "communicative" panels should represent a...
View ArticleVietnam sets $0.026/kWh tariff for net-metered solar power
Vietnam plans to introduce a net-metering scheme for rooftop PV. The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has proposed a tariff of VND 671 ($0.026)/kWh for surplus solar power.Vietnam's MoIT has...
View ArticleIndia launches hybrid solar-wind tender
Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) has started accepting bids to set up 400 MW of hybrid wind-solar projects on a build-own-operate basis in India. Bidding closes on Aug. 6.From pv magazine India SECI...
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