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Risen and Ascania sign MoU to deploy 100MW of solar PV, 200MWh of BESS in Ukraine

Risen and Ascania sign MoU to deploy 100MW of solar PV, 200MWh of BESS in Ukraine

Latest Risen will supply PV modules and utility-scale batteries to Ascania under the terms of the deal. Image: Risen Energy. Chinese solar manufacturer Risen Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ukrainian firm Ascania Energy to deploy 100MW of solar PV capacity, alongside 200MWh of utility-scale batteries, in Ukraine. Under the terms of

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How this Georgia factory is surviving America’s solar policy whiplash

How this Georgia factory is surviving America’s solar policy whiplash

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and  WABE , Atlanta’s NPR station.​ Inside the vast Qcells factory in Cartersville, Georgia, workers — and a bevy of robots — move ultra-thin slices of polysilicon through a lengthy series of machines and chemical baths to get what are known as cells. “The $2.5

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How Solar Panel Recycling Could Create a $20bn Market Opportunity

How Solar Panel Recycling Could Create a $20bn Market Opportunity

The growing pile of old solar panels could create a global market worth more than $20 billion a year by 2050. The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) estimates that companies could recover valuable materials from retired solar panels instead of dumping them in landfills. Those materials include aluminium, silver, silicon and copper, and manufacturers could

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US solar policy landscape has ‘a lot of good news’ following OBBBA introduction and Section 232 tariffs

US solar policy landscape has ‘a lot of good news’ following OBBBA introduction and Section 232 tariffs

From the introduction of the 4 July “safe harbour” deadline for projects to begin construction in order to access Biden-era tax credits, which triggered a rush in project development to meet the deadline, to last week’s imposition of new tariffs and minimum prices on polysilicon imports under Section 232, the US policy landscape for solar

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Recurrent Energy bags US$695 million for 330MW California solar project

Recurrent Energy bags US$695 million for 330MW California solar project

Latest Features , Interviews , Long Reads The 330MW Cobalt solar facility near Blythe, Riverside County, California is currently under construction. Image: Recurrent Energy. Independent power producer (IPP) Recurrent Energy has secured US$695 million in financing to support a 330MW solar PV project in California. The company, the project development subsidiary of solar manufacturing major

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AI can now spot solar eruptions hours before they happen

AI can now spot solar eruptions hours before they happen

Long before dark sunspots appear on the Sun’s surface, subtle signals ripple beneath. Once these latent percolations are complete, it signals the emergence of active regions, highly magnetically concentrated locales from which solar flares and eruptions can occur. Now, researchers say artificial intelligence can detect those faint signs nearly nine hours in advance, offering a

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