By Lenny Tinker, US DOE SETO’s Photovoltaics Program Manager Latest Features , Editors’ Blog , Interviews Beyond finding the location of a fault, machine learning can also help identify if ageing, weather, or something else caused the failure of a PV system. Image: Chris Gellentien. As solar deployment increases around the country, monitoring solar plant […]
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Ahead of Solar Media’s Large Scale Solar Central Eastern Europe event in Poland from 26-27 November, PV Tech spoke to Rezolv Energy CEO Alastair Hammond about the company’s work in the region, and how the maturation of the power purchase agreement (PPA) market in central and eastern Europe could help encourage yet more investment into the area. PV Tech:
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Latest Masdar will look to build the world’s largest floating solar project in Egypt as part of the deal. Image: Masdar. UAE state-owned power developer Masdar has signed a number of memoranda of understanding to develop new renewable power projects in Egypt, including over 6GW of new solar capacity, 4GW of new solar manufacturing capacity
Latest Seven other executives, including Adani’s nephew, Sagar Adani, were indicted. Image: Jonathan Touriño Jacobo for PV Tech. Gautam Adani, the billionaire chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group, has been indicted by a US Federal Court over allegedly paying US$250 million in bribes to Indian officials to secure solar energy contracts. Seven other executives, including
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Certain minerals and elements, including cobalt, copper, lithium and nickel, are crucial for the manufacture of renewable energy technologies, including electric vehicles and solar panels. However, the extraction and processing of those minerals often takes place in developing countries, far from public scrutiny and without consent from local communities, which can be left with the
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China has reduced the export tax rebate for solar products, lowering refunded taxes for Chinese PV exporters and eating into their profit margins. The move might force some companies to increase export prices to mitigate potential financial losses. November 18, 2024 Vincent Shaw China’s Ministry of Finance and State Taxation Administration have announced a reduction
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Thornova Solar has started producing solar cells and modules in Indonesia. CEO William Sheng says the move is in line with changing US market regulations. It plans to supply customers with cells and modules from Indonesia, Laos or the United States by mid-2025. November 18, 2024 Patrick Jowett Image: Thornova Solar California-headquartered Thornova Solar has
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Lithuania has decided to tighten its cybersecurity laws, banning manufacturers from countries deemed national security threats, including China, from remotely accessing management systems of solar, wind, and storage facilities. The European Solar Manufacturing Council has backed the move. November 18, 2024 Patrick Jowett Lithiuania’s parliament Image: BigHead, Wikimedia Commons The Lithuanian parliament has passed legislation
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A team from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering has reinvented the design of screen-printed contacts to reduce costs and silver consumption, without sacrificing the efficiency of tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar cells. November 11, 2024 Natalie Filatoff The UNSW silver cell up close Image: UNSW
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Singapore could import large quantities of low-cost solar power from neighbouring countries using undersea cables, with the indicative cost being competitive with gas generation. Unlimited world-class pumped hydro energy storage is available in neighbouring countries in the range 50-5000 GWh to support very large scale transmission. November 11, 2024 International Solar Energy Society (ISES) Singapore
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