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Energy Policy

Texas Senate Approves Tight Permit Restrictions on Solar, Wind

Under a new bill, existing projects could be retroactively removed if new permit requirements are not made. New solar and wind farms would need to win the appro…

Solar Module

Photon Energy Commissions Two Power Plants With Total Capacity of 9.5 Mwp in Romania

Photon Energy N.V. announces that Photon Energy Engineering Romania S.R.L. – the Group’s Romanian subsidiary dedicated to engineering, procurement a…

Photovoltaic （PV）

MPIC Becomes Largest Shareholder of Solar Phillippines

Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) has acquired a 42.82% stake in Solar Philippines Nueva Ecija Corp. (SPNEC) for PHP 24 billion ($430.6 million).Image: SPN…

Solar Battery (Storage)

Mauritius Plans 100 MW Solar+Storage Project

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is seeking consultants to conduct technical due diligence for four storage-connected solar projects in Mauritius.Image: flow…

Solar Technology

Novel Thermoacoustic Heat Pump System for Residential Applications

Developed by Chinese researchers, the system is designed to reach a heating capacity of 5.7 kW and an overall coefficient of performance of 1.40 at nominal cond…

Solar Technology

Germany’s PV Systems Inject 40 GW of PV Into Grid for First Time

Image: Energy-Charts/Fraunhofer ISEIn the first week of May, the photovoltaic systems installed in Germany made the largest contribution to net electricity gene…

Solar project

Italian Government Streamlines Another 593 MW of Agrivoltaics

The Italian cabinet has approved 13 agrivoltaic projects in the southern regions of Apulia and Basilicata.Image: NextrackerItaly's Council of Ministers has …

Solar Technology

Lithium-Iron Phosphate Prismatic Battery Cells With Energy Density of 138 Wh/KG

Chinese energy storage company Imren Battery has introduced its new EVE LF105 lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) prismatic battery cells, which can be used in a wide …

Hydrogen Production

Port of Rotterdam Develops Plan to Produce Green Hydrogen

The Rotterdam Harbour in the Netherlands has announced that it has identified a viable method to produce green hydrogen, a clean energy source that can replace …

China news

1GW Guohua HG14 the World’s Largest Offshore Photovoltaic Project to Be Approved

PVTIME – A feasibility study review for the Guohua HG14 1000MW Offshore PV Project was recently held in Jinan City, Shandong Province, China.As one of the…

Solar Technology

Fold-Out NASA Satellite Solar Array Undergoes Successful Test Deployment

he NASA/NOAA satellite, part of the GOES-R series, operated as expected in its terrestrial test, making it one step closer to launch.GOES-U Solar DeploymentImag…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Floating Concentrating Photovoltaic Thermal System for Carbon Capture

Two Norwegian companies are designing floating concentrating photovoltaic thermal technology that can produce both electricity and heat. It is intended for use …

Energy Transition

Why It’s Crucial to Change the Climate and Energy Model for Developing Countries

locking fossil-fuel projects strikes at their ability to finance clean energy transitionWorkers install a solar panel at a photovoltaic solar park on the outski…

Solar Technology

Why It’s Crucial to Change the Climate and Energy Model for Developing Countries

Blocking fossil-fuel projects strikes at their ability to finance clean energy transitionLast month, Standard Chartered said it would no longer finance the $5 b…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Analysis Points to Massive Photovoltaic Deployment to Meet Decarbonization Target

An unprecedented ramp-up of production capacity over the next two decades is needed to provide enough solar power to completely decarbonize the global electrica…