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Solarcycle produces recycled glass test module with ‘peak performance’

Solarcycle produces recycled glass test module with ‘peak performance’

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Latest Features , Interviews , Long Reads Features , Interviews , Long Reads The researchers found that the 50-50 recycled modules performed as well as the panels made with virgin glass. Image: Solarcycle US solar PV recycling firm, Solarcycle, has produced a pilot module using 50% recycled glass from other decommissioned panels, which it says […]

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Shell’s Savion sets up Ares-backed solar project ownership vehicle

Shell’s Savion sets up Ares-backed solar project ownership vehicle

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Latest The new entity, Tango Holdings, is a joint venture between Savion Equity and Ares Infrastructure Opportunities. Image: Shell/James Goldman. US renewable power developer Savion, a subsidiary of global oil giant Shell, has formed a new company to take ownership of its solar projects after development. The new entity, Tango Holdings, is a joint venture

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Assessing the risk of UV stress on high-efficiency solar technologies

Assessing the risk of UV stress on high-efficiency solar technologies

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By Archana Sinha and Tristan Erion-Lorico at Kiwa PVEL Latest Senior Engineer Archana Sinha inspects modules in the UV chamber at the Kiwa PVEL lab in Napa, CA. Image: Kiwa PVEL As solar technology advances rapidly, a subtle yet serious threat has emerged – ultraviolet-induced degradation (UVID). This phenomenon refers to the damage sustained by

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Solar-powered ambush drones can wait for targets like land mines

Solar-powered ambush drones can wait for targets like land mines

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A Russian ambush drone with solar panels seen in Ukraine Serhii Beskrestnov Small racing quadcopters carrying explosives, known as first-person-view drones or FPVs, have become the dominant weapon in the war in Ukraine. Now, some are fitted with solar cells so they can wait for extended periods to ambush targets, turning them into a new

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Atlas Renewable Energy secures US$179 million to build 579MW Brazilian solar complex

Atlas Renewable Energy secures US$179 million to build 579MW Brazilian solar complex

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Latest Features , Editors’ Blog , Long Reads The project consists of 11 solar PV plant and is the latest partnership between Atlas Renewable Energy and BNDES. Image: Atlas Renewable Energy Solar developer Atlas Renewable Energy has secured BRL1 billion (US$179 million) in financing for a 579MW Brazilian solar PV complex. Located in southeast Brazil,

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Zelestra, EDP sign ‘first’ solar-plus-storage PPA in Spain

Zelestra, EDP sign ‘first’ solar-plus-storage PPA in Spain

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Latest Features , Editors’ Blog , Long Reads EDP will buy the power produced at the site, though the companies did not clarify the length of the deal. Image: Zelestra. Spanish energy firm Zelestra and Portuguese utility EDP have signed what they call the “first” solar-plus-storage power purchase agreement (PPA) in the Spanish renewables market.

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TotalEnergies breaks ground on 1GW Basra solar farm in Iraq

TotalEnergies breaks ground on 1GW Basra solar farm in Iraq

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Latest Features , Editors’ Blog , Long Reads The first unit is expected to become operational by the end of 2025. Image: TotalEnergies. French energy major TotalEnergies has begun the construction of its 1GW solar farm in the Basra region of southern Iraq.  The launch was attended by Iraqi PM Mohammed Al-Sudani, who highlighted that

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Country Life: How an Auckland farm increased profitability

Country Life: How an Auckland farm increased profitability

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Nigel and Merrin Upchurch run Waitangi Farm, about 48-hectares in Waiuku, an hour south of Auckland. Photo: Gianina Schwanecke / Country Life On Waitangi Farm near Waiuku, about an hour south of Auckland, pigs and cattle graze below solar panels. It’s part of a growing trend of agrivoltaics, solar systems that run alongside agriculture. Nigel

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