Author name: David Ryabchikov

Agrivoltaics: towards the optimisation of the solar resource for energy and food

Agrivoltaics: towards the optimisation of the solar resource for energy and food

The theoretical energy rate conversion – approximately 22% for commercial panels – necessitates relatively large tracts of land for PV systems. Expanding installed capacity as we are currently doing may eventually create conflicts with other land uses, such as farming. To address this, Goetzberger and Zastrow [1] propose a simple but powerful idea in 1982: […]

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Spain allocates more than €210 million to solar PV manufacturing

Spain allocates more than €210 million to solar PV manufacturing

Latest Features , Guest Blog , Long Reads Dutch PV manufacturer MCPV has been awarded nearly €10 million in the Spanish programme. Image: MCPV. The Spanish Ministry of Ecological Transition (MITECO) has awarded more than €210 million (US$227.21 million) in funding to seven solar PV manufacturing projects. The provisional results for the RENOVAL programme were

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Trinasolar develops 808W solar module using perovskite/silicon tandem cells

Trinasolar develops 808W solar module using perovskite/silicon tandem cells

Latest Features , Guest Blog , Long Reads The latest Trinasolar module has an output of 808W. Image: Trina Solar. Leading Chinese module manufacturer Trinasolar has developed an 808W solar module that uses perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells. The module, which uses 210mmx105mm cells and covers 3.1 square metres, has been certified by German testing and

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NHPC India launches tender for 1.2GW of solar, 600MW/2,400MWh of storage

NHPC India launches tender for 1.2GW of solar, 600MW/2,400MWh of storage

Latest NHPC India described its approach as ‘technology agnostic’ as it seeks to secure new renewable power capacity. Image: NHPC India. Indian hydropower company NHPC India has launched a tender for solar-plus-storage projects, aiming to secure 1.2GW of solar capacity alongside 600MW/2,400MWh of storage. Applicants will have until 24 April to submit bids, and successful

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Victoria fast-tracks approval for 330MW solar-plus-storage site in Australia

Victoria fast-tracks approval for 330MW solar-plus-storage site in Australia

Latest Elgin Energy is also developing the 60MW Glanmire Solar Farm in New South Wales. Image: Elgin Energy. Developer Elgin Energy’s 330MW Barwon Solar Farm has become the latest project to be fast-tracked by the Victoria government in Australia. The solar-plus-storage site, which was successful in the first Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) tender last year,

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US PROJECT ROUND-UP: Vesper to commission Hornet Solar in April, Lightsource bp and Innergex begin commercial operations

US PROJECT ROUND-UP: Vesper to commission Hornet Solar in April, Lightsource bp and Innergex begin commercial operations

By JP Casey and April Bonner Latest The Hornet Solar project consists of 1.36 million solar panels and has a total capacity of 600MW. Image: Vesper Energy. A number of project stories from the US this week, as Vesper Energy sets a date to commission its Hornet Solar project in Texas, Lightsource bp commissions a

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HDRE and ZEN Energy JV to build 795MW solar-plus-storage portfolio in Australia

HDRE and ZEN Energy JV to build 795MW solar-plus-storage portfolio in Australia

Latest The site of the 210MW Solar River project, the first collaboration between HDRE and Zen Energy. Image: Zen Energy. Taiwan’s HD Renewable Energy (HDRE) and Australian renewable energy developer ZEN Energy have secured a 795MW greenfield solar PV and energy storage portfolio spanning four projects in Australia. Secured through the two companies’ joint venture

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Ghana’s agri-revolution: Solar-powered cold storage, PAYGO financing unlocks untapped potential

Ghana’s agri-revolution: Solar-powered cold storage, PAYGO financing unlocks untapped potential

 A Fundamental shift is re­shaping Ghana’s agricultural land­scape, driven by innovative cold chain technology and financing. In the heart of the Eastern Re­gion, and spreading across the na­tion, a new paradigm is emerging, one that promises to dismantle the long-standing barriers to prosper­ity not only for farmers but also for food-insecure consumers. This transformation, centred

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Get ready for a partial solar eclipse across Europe and parts of North America and Africa

The moon will appear to take bites out of the sun during a partial solar eclipse in the Northern Hemisphere. The eclipse will be visible Saturday across Europe, western Africa, eastern North America and northern Asia. The sun will shrink the most for the northeastern United States… https://www.chron.com/news/article/get-ready-for-a-partial-solar-eclipse-across-20241825.php

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