In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that the upcoming Australian summer is likely to see cloudier than usual conditions, potentially reducing solar generation across key regions, especially along the East Coast. November 15, 2024 Solcast Seasonal forecasts suggest the upcoming Australian summer is likely to see cloudier than […]
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Latest Brazil had already raised its import tax rate on solar modules to 9.6% on 1 January 2024. Image: Unsplash. The Brazilian government has raised the import tax rate on solar modules from 9.6% to 25%. Introduced by the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services (MDIC) this week (12 November), the tariff will see
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An international research team based across Canada, China and the US have said developers must stop focusing not only resource availability, and also consider resource variability and resource extremeness, to avoid renewables “drought” at solar and wind sites. November 15, 2024 Patrick Jowett A team of researchers has proposed a model for assessing potential renewable
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection blocked Maxeon products despite “having provided clear and objective evidence” of a compliant supply chain. November 15, 2024 Ryan Kennedy Image: Maxeon Solar Technologies. From pv magazine USA Solar panels shipped from a Mexico factory by manufacturer Maxeon Solar have been blocked from entry to the U.S. market by Customs
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The asteroid Ryugu, as seen by Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft on June 26, 2018. (Image credit: JAXA, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikkyo University, Nagoya University, Chiba Institute of Technology, Meiji University, University of Aizu, AIST) Samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu have revealed clues about a primordial magnetic field that helped asteroids, planets and
Space The Proba-3 mission consists of two spacecraft that will fly in close formation to study the sun, with the shadow of one creating an artificial solar eclipse from the perspective of the other By Jonathan OCallaghan Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon Linkedin Reddit Email The two Proba-3 spacecraft will work together to
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Latest The 32MW Butter Solar project is OneEnergy’s largest solar project in Wisconsin. Image: J Ranck Electric. US solar developer OneEnergy has signed an asset transfer agreement with Wisconsin companies We Energies, the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation (WPC) and Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) that will see the developer build a 165MW solar portfolio in
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Latest French IPP Neoen has been awarded the most capacity (166.7MW) in France’s latest ground-mounted PV tender. Image: Neoen. The French Ministry of Solidarity and Ecological Transition has awarded 948MW of ground-mounted solar PV capacity in its latest auction. The sixth PPE2 (Programmation Pluriannuelle de l’Energie) tender for ground-mounted capacity ended up being slightly oversubscribed
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South Africa’s revenue department is seeking bidders for the engineering, design and installation of solar panel systems at its offices across the country. The deadline for applications is Dec. 9. November 13, 2024 Patrick Jowett Image: Jadon Kelly, Unsplash The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has opened a tender for the engineering, design and installation
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Posted by Ignatius Okpara Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria Wednesday, November 13th, 2024 (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measure to equip youths in the state with skill acquisition that would make them self reliance, the Enugu state government in partnership with Custos Care Foundation, (CCF, a pet project of wife of the governor, Mrs.
