Development of an 800 MW/ 9,600 MWh pumped hydro project in the Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone in New South Wales, Australia, is now moving forward, as renewables company Acen Australia...
A new US Department of Energy (DoE) roadmap outlines 35 ways to allow solar developers to expedite the interconnection of utility-scale renewables and storage projects. The roadmap, developed thr...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/19/us-roadmap-streamlines-solar-project-interconnections/
ReNew Energy Global and Japan's Jera have teamed up to develop a green ammonia project in the Indian state of Odisha. It will have an annual production capacity of around 100,000 tons by 2030, wi...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/19/renew-jera-collaborating-on-green-ammonia-project-in-india/
EcoFlow has launched a new air-to-water heat pump for residential applications. The new product, equipped with R290 refrigerant, is available in 9 kW and 20 kW versions. The US-headquartered manu...
Mercom Capital Group says that total corporate solar funding, global venture capital funding, public market financing, and PV mergers and acquisitions all fell year on year in the first quarter o...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/19/mercom-woodmac-note-challenging-pv-investment-climate-in-q1/
An Austrian team develped a model to optimize lamination parameters and to flag critical, insufficiently crosslinked and inconsistent encapsulant laminations. It could be particularly suitable fo...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/19/new-model-to-optimize-pv-module-encapsulation/
The Dutch government has earmarked €100 million ($106.7 million) of subsidies for the deployment of battery storage alongside PV projects. The funds are part of a €416 million subsidy program...
Car manufacturer Stellantis has agreed to invest $100 million in a 49.5% stake in Argentina’s 360 Energy Solar. The two parties plan to develop new solar plants, install large-scale storage sys...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/18/stellantis-acquires-49-5-stake-in-argentine-solar-company/
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to lend €150 million ($160.2 million) for renewables in Bhutan, in order to fund solar and hydropower installations in remote regions. Solar facili...
AleaSoft and SolarPower Europe inform PV MAGAZINE that negative energy prices in Europe are related to the pandemic, low demand, insufficient storage solutions, and inadequate energy planning. Th...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/18/europes-negative-price-trend-could-continue-until-summer/
The Swiss canton of Fribourg says it plans to cover a roadway with 14 MW of solar panels. The authorities are now conducting an in-depth feasibility study, to be followed by a financial plan for ...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/18/swiss-canton-to-cover-up-roadway-with-14-mw-of-solar/
GlobalData say it is “plausible” that Saudi Arabia could close in on its target of 130 GW of renewables by 2030 by strengthening policies, competitive auctions and other financial measures.
Avaada Energy has won NTPC's 250 MW solar-wind hybrid tender with a winning bid of $0.042/kWh. The project must be connected to India's Inter State Transmission System (ISTS).
Emirates Water and Electricity Co. (EWEC) is now accepting proposals for a 1.5 GW solar project in Abu Dhabi. The tender is open to the 19 bidders who passed the qualification process, following ...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/18/ewec-seeking-proposals-for-1-5-gw-of-solar-in-abu-dhabi/
ArcActive, a New Zealand-based battery tech specialist, plans to set up a factory in Australia within 18 months. It says the facility will be able to produce 30,000 lead acid-based residential en...
An international team has demonstrated a perovskite solar cell relying on inorganic calcium nitrogen iodide (Ca3NI3) perovskite and has found this absorber material offers advantages such as tuna...
A Chinese research group has sought to understand the relative performance of two weather prediction techniques based on ensemble modeling for solar energy forecasts. The scientists applied the t...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/18/ensemble-techniques-for-solar-energy-forecasts/
Researchers in China have compared the performance of catenary and taut mooring systems for offshore floating PV systems. They found that the taut system offers a higher degree of reliability in ...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/18/mooring-system-design-for-offshore-floating-photovoltaics/
Systovi has gone into liquidation, as the commercial court in Nantes, France, has issued an order to do so, citing the solar panel manufacturer's failure to find new investors, despite its 80 MW ...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/18/french-pv-module-maker-systovi-goes-into-liquidation/
Scientists in the Netherlands conducted meta-analysis on the growth of strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and blackcurrants under different levels of shade generated by elevated agrivoltaic ...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/18/agrivoltaics-for-berries/
Utility Eskom is seeking proposals to build a 75 MW solar plant at the Lethabo Power Station in South Africa's Free State province.
The Biden Administration is expected to revoke tariff exemptions on bifacial solar modules following a petition led by Qcells, a company with a multi-billion-dollar investment in U.S. manufacturi...
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Allye Energy have agreed to collaborate on a 270 kWh portable battery energy storage system (BESS) built with second-life Range Rover batteries. The system, which is s...
Nhoa Energy, an Italian developer, has commissioned a battery energy storage project for Taiwan Cement Group in Yilan county, Taiwan, with a capacity exceeding 120 MWh.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/17/nhoa-energy-commissions-battery-storage-project-in-taiwan/
The European Space Agency (ESA) is collaborating with policymakers, energy suppliers, and space companies under the Solaris initiative to assess the feasibility of space-based solar power. A deci...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/04/17/european-space-agency-mulling-feasibility-of-space-based-pv/