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Solar Cell

LONGi Breaks Three more World Records for Solar Cell Efficiency

LONGi has consolidated its leading role in R&D innovation in the global PV industry by setting new cell efficiency records for N- and P-type TOPcon and HJT.

Solar Power Plant

Masdar Wins Tender for 457MW Solar Farm in Uzbekistan

The Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan has awarded a tender to Masdar for the construction of a 457MW solar PV plant in the Sherabad district of the Surkhandarya …

Solar Power Plant

Construction Begins on Vertical Solar Project in the Alps

The 2.2 MW vertical solar plant, built on a dam wall at an altitude of almost 2,500 meters above the sea level, is expected to be commissioned within four month…

Solar Power Plant

PPA Advances Guinea’s First Grid-Connected Solar Project

The 40MWac Khoumagueli Solar IPP project in Guinea has marked a significant milestone with the signing of a 25-year power purchase agreement between InfraCo Afr…

Carbon Emissions

Australia's Carbon Emissions Drop 5 per cent in 2020

Australia's carbon emissions fell by 5 per cent in 2020 with growth in wind and solar energy, a hit to transport from coronavirus lockdowns, and a rise in carbo…

Solar Power Panel

GCL-SI to Begin Ops at 60-GW Hefei Solar Module Factory in Sep

GCL System Integration Technology Co Ltd, or GCL-SI, expects to begin the operation of a new 60-GW solar module production facility in the capital of east China…

Solar Power Plant

ZIMBABWE: Voltalia to Start Work on Solar Power Plant at Blanket Mine

The plant will have a capacity of 19.65 MWp with an investment of $13 million.

Energy Transition

Commonwealth Puts $20 mill into Amber, Helping Energy Customers Ditch Exxie Fossil Fuels for Renewables

That’s the Commonwealth Bank of Australia we’re talking about, not the Commonwealth Government … but someone has to lead the way. Sustainability-savvy CBA is…

Solar Power Plant

Lightsource BP Partners on 1.35GW Portuguese PV

Lightsource BP has entered into a co-development partnership with Portuguese company Insun for five utility-scale solar farms that will add over 1350MW of new c…

Solar Power Plant

JinkoSolar is Accelerating One Of The Industry’s Biggest Smart-Factory Projects

JinkoSolar is set to take a significant step forward with what is called one of the biggest smart-factory projects in the solar PV industry.

Solar Power Plant

Russian Oil Firm Energises 20MW Solar Plant Featuring Hevel Heterojunction Modules

Oil and gas company Lukoil has commissioned a 20MW PV plant that features heterojunction modules from Hevel and has been constructed at a refinery in Russia’s …

Energy Storage Project

SEIA forms Energy Storage Advocacy Branch

US trade body the Solar Energy Industries Association has started a new advocacy programme for the fast-growing energy storage sector.

Solar Power Plant

Solar Alliance Signs Agreement for First U.S. Operating Asset

Solar Alliance Energy Inc. is pleased to announce it has signed a binding Letter of Intent with Abundant Solar Power Inc. to build, own and operate a 350 kilowa…

Solar Power Plant

MOZAMBIQUE: TSK Wins Construction of Cuamba Solar Power Plant with Storage

The Spanish group TSK has won the contract to build the Cuamba solar power plant in the Niassa province of Mozambique.

Solar Technology

Holographic Light Collector to Improve Solar Panel Yield

In the proposed system, the optical element is placed symmetrically at the center of the solar panel in order to increase the length of the effective light coll…