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The evolving art and science of agrivoltaics
At Bluewave, integrating solar technology with traditional farming practices isn’t just a concept, it’s the new standard. Jesse Robertson-DuBois, director of sustainable solar development, shares...
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ClearVue integrated solar window tech cracks Middle East construction market
Smart building materials company ClearVue Technologies has cracked the Middle East and Indian construction markets after signing a five-year agreement with Qatar’s largest glass and façade...
View ArticleIEA PVPS certifies that floating PV systems have small carbon footprint
Floating systems cause slightly more CO2 emissions than land-based solar systems, mainly because of the additional components for the structure. But overall, they also perform very well from a climate...
View ArticleFrance finances 42.5 MW power plant in Kenya
The French Development Agency has provided a confidential amount of financing for the construction of a ground-mounted solar power plant to be operated by Kenya’s national electricity company, KenGen,...
View ArticleIB Vogt secures PPA for 50 MW solar power plant in Bangladesh
The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has agreed to buy electricity from the power plant at a price of $0.1094/kWh for a 20-year period.German PV project developer IB Vogt has obtained a power...
View ArticleUK installs 647 MW of solar in H1
The UK government’s quarterly energy report finds solar leading the pack in new capacity terms. Meanwhile, provisional data to the end of June 2024 reveals the United Kingdom is on course to...
View ArticleSolar, wind capacity surpasses coal in China
Research consultancy Rystad Energy is predicting solar power will become China’s primary energy source by 2026, after the combined capacity of the country’s deployed solar and wind power overtook coal...
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World’s largest vertical rooftop PV system deployed on Norway’s national...
Norwegian vertical PV system provider Over Easy Solar deployed a 248.4 kW installation on Norway’s national football stadium. The system features over 1,200 vertical photovoltaic panels developed by...
View ArticleEcop Technologies launches 700 kW industrial heat pump with output...
The Austrian manufacturer said its new heat pump is an ideal solution for industrial and district heating market segments. The system features an advanced rotor system, exploiting diffusion bonding...
View ArticleOver 667 net metering consumers received solar rebates in Malaysia
Figures from Malaysia’s Ministry of Energy Transition and Water Transformation state at least 667 net metering consumers have benefitted from the country’s solar rebate programme since its inception in...
View ArticleNew tool to estimate cities’ rooftop PV potential considers roof superstructures
Called SolarNet+, the novel framework is claimed to calculate cities’ PV potential not only by finding the orientation of roofs in areal imagery but also by identifying superstructures such as windows...
View ArticleIndia launches 2 GW solar, storage tender
Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) is accepting bids to set up 2 GW of solar PV power projects with 1 GW/4 GWh energy storage systems on a build-own-operate basis. The projects can be located anywhere...
View ArticleGermany: New PV records in July
Energy Charts and Agora Energiewende both report a production of 10.3 TWh of solar power last month. Almost 9.5 TWh of this was fed into the grid. In addition, there were more than 80 hours in July...
View ArticleScatec sells stakes in South African, Rwandan solar plants
Norwegian developer Scatec is selling a proportion of its interest in three solar power plants in South Africa and has completed the sale of its entire stake in a Rwandan facility. It says the...
View ArticleAleaSoft notes stability in European electricity prices
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting says European electricity prices were similar in the fourth week of July to the week prior. The Spanish consultancy is expecting the trend to continue into this...
View ArticleNew deterioration diagnosis tech for individual modules in PV panel strings
Conceived by scientists in Japan, the system consists of a a xenon flash lighting system and a detector capacitor. It can reportedly examine solar modules and find the degraded ones without...
View ArticleFrance announces two new PV tenders for 1.2 GW
Between August 19 and 30, the ground-mounted PV tenders will accept up to 925 MW of projects, in parallel with the building-mounted PV call for tenders, between August 26 and September 6, which aims...
View ArticleH-TEC to start 1 GW PEM electrolyzer production in September
H-TEC will be able to produce more than 1 GW of electrolyzers starting next year. "We installed the first production lines and will have our official opening in September this year," Maximilian...
View ArticleThe Hydrogen Stream: Canada, Italy announce funds for hydrogen trade,...
Canada and Italy announced funds for hydrogen projects. Meanwhile, a team of researchers explained that Australia should ship hydrogen to Japan by 2030 via methyl cyclohexane (MCH) or liquid ammonia...
View ArticleSolar-plus-storage systems inaugurated at two Ukrainian hospitals
Two Ukrainian hospitals recently hosted inauguration ceremonies for hybrid solar and storage systems that have been installed through an initiative spearheaded by the RePower Ukraine Charitable...
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