Solar

Energy Storage Project

Arevon Fires up the First Solar + Storage Peaker Plant in the U.S.

Arevon Fires up the First Solar + Storage Peaker Plant in the U.S., Offtaker San Diego Community Power will use the Vikings project to shift low-cost daytime so…

Energy Storage System

NextPower UK Acquires 29MW Battery Energy Storage System

NPUK focuses on acquiring utility-scale solar and BESS assets at the ready-to-build stage. Image: NextEnergy Capital.Solar and infrastructure investor NextPower…

Battery

Trinasolar Celebrates an Efficiency Record for N-Type TOPCon Cells

Trinasolar announced that its industrial, larger-area 350.4 cm² n-type bifacial TOPCon solar cells achieved 26.58% efficiency, setting a new record for lar…

Solar Power Plant

UK Records 1 GW of New Solar in 12 Months as Pipeline Swells

Government data records 17.2 GW of deployed solar capacity in the United Kingdom at the end of October 2024. Planning applications for three plants with combine…

Floating Solar

Floating PV System Designed for Offshore Waters Can Withstand Waves up to 4 M

A Chinese research team has developed a floating PV system that purportedly offers high stability and superior seakeeping performance. It features a series of f…

Energy Investment

Naturgy and the EIB Agree on a €1 Billion Loan to Invest in Solar Photovoltaic and Onshore Wind Energy Projects in Spain

Naturgy and the EIB have signed a first tranche of this financing worth €400 million of the total approved €1 billion. The loan will finance the start…

Solar project

Overhead Agrivoltaics Could Disrupt Global Navigation Satellite Systems Used for Precision Agriculture

Fraunhofer ISE researchers have investigated whether PV panels installed above orchards can affect the reception of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) si…

Solar project

Grew, Jakson, Jupiter Renewables, Saatvik to Set Up Solar Factories in India

The government of the Indian state of Odisha has approved new solar manufacturing investments from Grew, Jakson, Jupiter Renewables, and Saatvik.The government …

Solar project

Australia Launches 6 GW Wind, Solar Tender

Registration has opened for the Australian government’s fourth Capacity Investment Scheme tender, which aims to underwrite contracts for 6 GW of new solar…

Solar Module

Sinovoltaics Updates PV Module Manufacturer Financial Stability Ranking

The latest list sees India-based Insolation Energy, Waaree Renewable Technologies, and Solex Energy maintain the top three positions and Kyocera entering the to…

Solar project

Bulgaria Allocates 3 GW of Renewables Capacity, 1.17 GW of Storage in Auction

The Bulgarian authorities awarded BGN 526 million ($284 million) to 397 renewable energy projects in the country’s latest procurement exercise.The Bulgari…

Solar project

Agrivoltaics Can Increase Grape Yield by up to 60%

French agrivoltaics company Sun’Agri says that two of its facilities increased grape yields by 20% to 60% in 2024, compared to areas without solar panels.…

Solar Inverter

McLaren Applied Acquires Italian Inverter Maker Fimer

McLaren Applied Group has purchased Italian inverter manufacturer Fimer for an undisclosed sum through its subsidiary, MA Solar Italy Ltd. The deal, which inclu…

Solar Panel

Ecoprogetti Completes 50 MW Solar Panel Production Line in Oman

Oman has launched its first solar panel production line. A project spokesperson told pv magazine that the facility will serve the domestic market and countries …

Solar project

Eskom Tenders 72 MW of Solar at Coal Power Plant

A coal power plant operated by Eskom in South AfricaEskom is seeking a contractor to provide turnkey design, engineering, operation and maintenance services for…