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Solar Power Plant

Germany has 200,000 Solar-Plus-Storage Systems

EuPD Research estimates around 65,000 energy storage systems linked to rooftop PV were installed last year thanks to increasingly popular solar arrays and elect…

Solar Company

Total Eren Presents EIS for 150-MW PV Project in Chile

Paris-based independent power producer Total Eren SA is seeking to secure the environmental permit for the 150-MW Santa Isabel II solar photovoltaic project it…

Solar Company

SunPower Idles All Solar Cell and Module Assembly Plants

SunPower has closed all its manufacturing plants in the United States, Mexico, France, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Solar Power Plant

E-Reverse PV Auction of India's NHPC Lures 3.1 GW of Bids

Indian hydropower major NHPC (BOM:533098) last week completed a tender for 2,000 MW of grid-connected solar projects at tariffs as low as INR 2.55 (USD 0.033/EU…

Solar Company

UK Solar PV Capacity Addition for 2020 Estimated to Fall to a Mere 200MW

The lack of a robust domestic manufacturing industry makes the UK highly dependent on imports to cater to demand.

Market Analysis

Solar PV Corporate Funding Expected to Take a Hit

Lack of venture capital investment and reduced public market financing activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic is squeezing cash flows. Between January and March …

Solar Technology

New Technique to Determine Best Cooling Technique for Solar Modules

A new paper published by researchers at Malaysia’s Multimedia University provides a new method to assess the effectiveness of different cooling systems for pho…

Market Analysis

Europe can be 60% powered by solar before 2050

Perhaps it is not surprising a report co-produced by Europe’s solar industry places PV at the heart of a zero-carbon, mid-century energy system on the continen…

Solar Technology

Ultrathin, Flexible Solar Cell with 13% Efficiency

The ultraflexible organic solar cell (OSC), or flexible organic photovoltaic (OPV), is 10 times thinner than the width of a human hair and approximately the siz…

Solar Power Panel

Turkey Sets New Rules for Solar Module Imports

The Turkish government published new regulations this week regarding imports of solar panels that will go into force within 30 days from the date of publication…

Solar Power Plant

Europe's Largest Solar Plant Feeds First Power into Spanish Electric Grid

Developer Iberdrola commissions giant 500MW Nunez de Balboa PV plant in Extremadura where larger Francisco Pizarro project due on-line next year.

Solar Power Plant

Vietnam Approves New FiTs for Solar Power Projects

The government of Vietnam has unveiled new feed-in tariff rates for utility-scale, rooftop and floating solar PV projects.

Solar Power Plant

IKEA Owner Acquires US Solar Parks to Boost Renewables Transition

The Netherlands-based holding company of multinational retailer IKEA, the Ingka Group, has acquired a 49 per cent share in two US solar photovoltaic (PV) projec…

Solar Company

Global Corporate PV Funding Down 31% Amid Covid-19 Crisis

Mercom Capital Group has issued a report tallying up financial activity in the solar sector between January and March 2020. The sobering result is that cash flo…

Solar Company

France Backs New Renewables Projects Despite Coronavirus Uncertainty

France has allocated 288 solar PV and wind projects so far this month.