In another article of a series, Women in Solar Europe (WiSEu) gives voice to Claire Gardner, Marketing Manager Europe at Chinese inverter manufacturer Solis. She tells how she had to deal with he...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/26/i-had-a-severe-case-of-imposter-syndrome/
SkyPower Global has signed a 1 GW solar power purchase agreement (PPA) with a Zambian utility to supply electricity to approximately 4 million homes. Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema hailed t...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/26/skypower-global-signs-1-gw-solar-ppa-with-zambian-utility/
In a new weekly update for PV MAGAZINE, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that warm sea surface temperatures and disturbances increased onshore moisture along China's southern coast, which in turn ...
Swiss consulting firm Pexapark noted a rise in European power purchase agreement (PPA) prices in March, for the first monthly increase since August 2023. It recorded 18 PPAs in March, totaling 71...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/26/pexapark-records-9-8-jump-in-european-ppa-prices-for-march/
The Korea Institute of Energy Research has developed a solid oxide electrolysis cell stack that uses a special kind of separator plate to ensure proper flow of hydrogen and oxigen after water spl...
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has issued its first report on the importance of battery energy storage technology in the energy transition. It has found that tripling renewable energy capa...
OCI has revealed plans to invest $617.9 million to expand production at its Malaysian manufacturing facility from 35,000 to 56,600 metric tons.
India set a new record for monthly renewable energy installations by deploying 7.1 GW of capacity in March 2024. The monthly renewables additions included more than 6.2 GW of solar.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/26/indias-new-solar-installations-hit-6-2-gw-in-march/
German and Swedish researchers calculated the supply of materials to produce perovskite tandem PV at a multi-terawatt-scale, flagging the difficult supply of gold, indium and cesium, well as a ne...
Researchers in China have designed a two-stage, solar-assisted thermochemical heat pump system that uses caustic soda and water as a working pair. The system is reportedly able to achieve an ener...
Singapore-based renewables developer Vena Energy has launched commercial operations of a 125 MW solar project in the Australian state of Queensland. It is backed by a long-term offtake agreement ...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/26/vena-energy-energizes-125-mw-of-solar-in-australia/
In a new weekly update for PV MAGAZINE, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, offers bite-sized analysis on solar PV module supply and price trends.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/26/chinese-wafer-prices-stable-to-soft-amid-high-inventories/
As the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ramps up clean energy efforts across the United States, the government has outlined a plan to expand transmission lines to accommodate more power.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/26/us-to-upgrade-power-transmission-infrastructure/
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory developed a proof of concept for a method to remove polymers from solar panel manufacturing to enable more efficient recycling.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/26/improving-solar-panel-recyclability-with-lasers/
The European Parliament has approved the Net-Zero Industry Act, which now awaits formal adoption by the European Council to become law. The European Solar Manufacturing Council has welcomed the d...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/25/european-parliament-votes-in-favor-of-net-zero-industry-act/
The Irish authorities have presented a new plan to allow homeowners to borrow between €5,000 ($5,350) and €75,000 for up to 10 years, with low interest rates. Heat pumps, solar electricity an...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/25/ireland-introduces-home-energy-loan-scheme/
Greek renewables developer Elica SA is seeking consultants for two desktop studies related to an electrical interconnection project between Greece and Egypt. The undersea link will transmit green...
On April 25, 1954, US researchers presented the first prototype of a usable solar module. The efficiency at that time was around 6%. A lot has happened since then.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/25/first-silicon-solar-cell-celebrates-70th-birthday/
Burundi, the poorest country on earth, is unable to buy fossil fuels on theinternational market due to a lack of hard currency. PV MAGAZINE spoke with the United Nations Development Programme (UN...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/25/solar-key-to-easing-burundis-severe-energy-crisis/
An international research team has used the convolutional neural network (CNN) deep learning algorithm to identify faults in solar panels. Its work showed the proposed technique has a high degree...
An international research team has proposed using iron oxide and copper oxide to lower photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) solar module temperature. Their analysis showed that the two compounds were able ...
Chemitek has developed new cleaning products for floating PV arrays. The Portuguese company says it has tested and confirmed them to be safe for animals and vegetation around such systems.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/25/chemitek-offers-new-cleaning-products-for-floating-pv/
Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have identified a high-energy, high-power hybrid sodium-ion battery capable of charging in just a few seconds. The s...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/25/sodium-ion-battery-could-charge-in-several-seconds/
An African Development Bank (AfDB) report covering critical takeaways from the ARE Energy Access Investment Forum 2023 says that challenges in financing, policy, technology, and skills enhancemen...
Baud Resources, a clean-tech startup, has developed a gravity energy storage mechanism that uses locally available materials such as sand and industrial waste as its payload. The company is build...