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Africa cannot afford to be complacent about solar radiation management

Africa cannot afford to be complacent about solar radiation management

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Comment: As the solar geoengineering debate heats up, it is time for voices across the continent to work together and make themselves heard Saliem Fakir is the executive director of the African Climate Foundation. Shuchi Talati (PhD) is the executive director of the Alliance for Just Deliberation on Solar Geoengineering. Global temperatures have crossed 1.1 […]

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‘We expect the market will find balance’: JA Solar on supply and demand, pricing and European growth

‘We expect the market will find balance’: JA Solar on supply and demand, pricing and European growth

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Henning Schulz: In recent years we have seen good growth rates in Europe, and we also see them this year. Although there are some voices which say the market may not be as big as had been forecast; forecast was about 90GW, some people say now around 80GW. We are analysing to see what the

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‘As powerful as the oil and gas industry’: Sonia Dunlop on the growth of solar and the GSC

‘As powerful as the oil and gas industry’: Sonia Dunlop on the growth of solar and the GSC

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Latest News , Editors’ Blog , Features “We need to be thinking more globally in terms of our approach to the global supply chain,” said Sonia Dunlop. Image: PV Tech. A collective effort will be required by the global solar sector to realise the potential of the solar PV industry, according to Sonia Dunlop, CEO

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Solar and pumped hydro energy storage projects deemed ‘critical’ in New South Wales, Australia

Solar and pumped hydro energy storage projects deemed ‘critical’ in New South Wales, Australia

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Latest News , Editors’ Blog , Features Other CSSI in NSW include the 2.2GW PHES power station Snowy 2.0 and Oven Mountain, a 600MW/7200MWh, billion-dollar energy storage project. Image: NSW government. The New South Wales (NSW) government has declared six renewable energy projects, including one solar and three pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) sites, as

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Rio Tinto signs Aboriginal agreements for two solar farms in Australia’s Northern Territory

Rio Tinto signs Aboriginal agreements for two solar farms in Australia’s Northern Territory

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Latest News , Editors’ Blog , Features The solar farms will help spearhead renewable energy developments in the region once Rio Tinto’s mining facility (above) closes at the end of the decade. Image: Rio Tinto. British-Australian multinational mining company Rio Tinto is set to develop two 5.25MW solar farms in the Gove Peninsula of the

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The importance of measuring albedo at solar sites

The importance of measuring albedo at solar sites

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As bifacial modules proliferate, estimations of albedo are becoming more important and with developers not prepared to install weather stations to assess solar resource, a popular option has become third-party, on-site measurements over periods as short as a day. Is this an acceptable compromise between costly on-site measuring and less accurate satellite data? Everoze’s Stefan

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Ukraine receives solar panels to power hospitals

Ukraine receives solar panels to power hospitals

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Over 5,800 solar panels manufactured by Italy’s Enel have been delivered to Ukraine to help power healthcare facilties. July 3, 2024 Patrick Jowett Ukraine’s National Military Medical Center Image: Dmytro Doroshenko, Wikimedia Commons Ukraine has received a total of 5,876 solar panels made available under the Ray of Hope project, a joint initiative from the Ministry

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Chinese PV Industry Brief: January-May solar curtailment rate hits 3.3%

Chinese PV Industry Brief: January-May solar curtailment rate hits 3.3%

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Chinas National Energy Administration (NEA) says that nationwide solar curtailment reached 3.3% in the January-May period, and 2.5% in May alone. July 2, 2024 Vincent Shaw Image: pv magazine The NEA said that new renewable curtailment data for May 2024 shows a 97.5% average PV utilization rate and 96.7% from January to May. The average

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