June 13, 2024 10:52 AM Transparency and integrity are important in every single industry. But as Randy French, CEO of Independent Solar, has found, those values are of particular importance in the solar industry. “There are many customers that won’t go solar just because of what they’ve heard,” he says. “There’s a lot of misrepresentation.” […]
As a result, more than half of the world’s solar capacity – 3,837GW – is set to go unused, the “spare” capacity in the report’s title, drawing a clear distinction between the world’s ambitious solar manufacturing programmes, and relatively lacking deployment initiatives. For instance, the report notes that even the world’s most ambitious climate targets
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China’s Utmo Light showcased its first full perovskite PV module at this weeks SNEC PV trade fair in Shanghai, underscoring the technology’s ongoing shift toward commercialization. June 13, 2024 Marian Willuhn Utmo Light President Zhenrui Yu Image: pv magazine, Marian Willuhnn Utmo Light, a Chinese perovskite company, is showcasing its first commercial perovskite solar module
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Latest Commercially viable perovskite cells are yet to enter the market due to the material’s volatility. Image: Niels van Loon. US solar technology company Swift Solar has secured US$27 million to develop its perovskite tandem solar cell manufacturing activities. The funding was delivered in a Series A financing round led by Eni Next, the corporate
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A reservoir is many things: a source of drinking water, a playground for swimmers, a refuge for migrating birds. But if you ask solar-power enthusiasts, a reservoir is also not realizing its full potential. That open water could be covered with buoyant panels, a burgeoning technology known as floating photovoltaics, aka “floatovoltaics.” They could simultaneously
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May’s historic auroras were blasted from magnetically active regions like those prominently seen near the sun’s equator in this image by Aditya-L1’s SUIT payload. (Image credit: ISRO) Last month, auroras that may have been the strongest in the past 500 years wowed observers around the world for a full weekend. Now, a space probe has
Underestimating losses amid data uncertainty The first article in the report, produced by kWh Analytics itself, notes that mistakes in the solar sector’s modelling processes can underestimate financial losses due to physical damage, such as extreme weather events including hailstorms, by over 300%. This suggests that the industry is struggling to make effective use of
Latest Features , Guest Blog , Long Reads Top solar manufacturers have continued their expansion despite overcapacity concerns. Image: JA Solar. Chinese solar manufacturers continue to dominate the solar industry, with Wood Mackenzie’s latest module manufacturer rankings including nine Chinese companies among the top 12 manufacturers. In Wood Mackenzie’s top ten solar PV module manufacturer
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RFE/RL staff RFE/RL journalists report the news in 21 countries where a free press is banned by the government or not fully established. We provide what many… More Info Premium Content By RFE/RL staff – Jun 10, 2024, 4:00 PM CDT An investigation uncovers questionable subcontracting practices and potential corruption in Uzbekistan’s solar energy sector.
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The authorities in the Philippines have inaugurated the country’s largest solar-powered irrigation system, featuring more than 1,000 solar panels and two submersible pumps. The system benefits over 200 farmers and is the first of its kind to be constructed over an irrigation canal, preserving farming land. June 10, 2024 Patrick Jowett Image: Pyrrhus Cunanan, Unsplash
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