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J&V Energy enters the Philippines utility-scale solar market with 180MW acquisition

J&V Energy enters the Philippines utility-scale solar market with 180MW acquisition

Latest Features , Editors’ Blog , Interviews The utility-scale solar PV project is located in General Santos. Image: ib vogt Taiwan-headquartered developer J&V Energy has entered the utility-scale solar PV sector in the Philippines by acquiring a 180MW power plant in General Santos. Details of the project have not been disclosed. The company’s national subsidiary,

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Clean water for all: LG Electronics instals solar-powered boreholes in Port Harcourt

Clean water for all: LG Electronics instals solar-powered boreholes in Port Harcourt

LG Electronics announces the commissioning of solar-powered boreholes in the Nkpogu and Elekahia communities in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. This initiative reflects LG’s continued commitment to sustainable development, community empowerment, and improving basic living conditions for underserved populations. The newly installed boreholes are powered by solar energy, ensuring a reliable, environmentally friendly, and cost-effective

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Global solar module prices stable-to-soft as markets absorb news of U.S. election, policy changes

Global solar module prices stable-to-soft as markets absorb news of U.S. election, policy changes

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry. November 22, 2024 OPIS FOB China: The Chinese Module Marker (CMM), the OPIS benchmark assessment for TOPCon modules from China was stable at $0.087/W Free-On-Board (FOB) China, with

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Made in the USA: Silfab Solar raises another $100M to scale its new South Carolina cell plant

Made in the USA: Silfab Solar raises another $100M to scale its new South Carolina cell plant

Wrapped Silfab Solar panels (Credit: Silfab Solar) Toronto, Ontario-based Silfab Solar, a photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer, announced that it has closed on $100 million of new financing to scale its solar cell manufacturing plant in Fort Mill, South Carolina. The plant is expected to have an initial annual capability of 1 GW of cell production

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How AI can improve the performance of solar technologies

How AI can improve the performance of solar technologies

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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Maturing PPA market is a ‘real game-changer’ for the Romanian solar sector, says Rezolv

Maturing PPA market is a ‘real game-changer’ for the Romanian solar sector, says Rezolv

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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Masdar signs deals for over 6GW of new Egyptian solar capacity, plus 4GW of manufacturing capacity

Masdar signs deals for over 6GW of new Egyptian solar capacity, plus 4GW of manufacturing capacity

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

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Gautam Adani charged in US with ‘massive’ US$250 million solar contract bribery scheme

Gautam Adani charged in US with ‘massive’ US$250 million solar contract bribery scheme

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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Push for traceability of critical minerals gains traction at COP29

Push for traceability of critical minerals gains traction at COP29

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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‘There are lots of mysteries in our backyard’: Revised solar system chemistry explains long-standing puzzles

‘There are lots of mysteries in our backyard’: Revised solar system chemistry explains long-standing puzzles

Pluto and other large bodies in the Kuiper Belt are surprisingly rich in rock rather than ice. It may be because the early solar system consisted of much higher carbon than previously thought, a new study suggests (Image credit: StockGood via Getty Images) Astronomers say they have figured out the true chemical makeup of our

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