When asked about the deal this week, Daniel Barcelo, Freyr CEO, exclusively told PV Tech Premium that the deal will help the company shift towards a more vertically integrated solar-plus-storage offering in the US. Freyr is already building a battery manufacturing plant in the state of Georgia, and expects to select a site for a
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that the upcoming Australian summer is likely to see cloudier than usual conditions, potentially reducing solar generation across key regions, especially along the East Coast. November 15, 2024 Solcast Seasonal forecasts suggest the upcoming Australian summer is likely to see cloudier than
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Latest Brazil had already raised its import tax rate on solar modules to 9.6% on 1 January 2024. Image: Unsplash. The Brazilian government has raised the import tax rate on solar modules from 9.6% to 25%. Introduced by the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services (MDIC) this week (12 November), the tariff will see
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An international research team based across Canada, China and the US have said developers must stop focusing not only resource availability, and also consider resource variability and resource extremeness, to avoid renewables “drought” at solar and wind sites. November 15, 2024 Patrick Jowett A team of researchers has proposed a model for assessing potential renewable
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection blocked Maxeon products despite “having provided clear and objective evidence” of a compliant supply chain. November 15, 2024 Ryan Kennedy Image: Maxeon Solar Technologies. From pv magazine USA Solar panels shipped from a Mexico factory by manufacturer Maxeon Solar have been blocked from entry to the U.S. market by Customs
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Latest The Narrabri coal mine (above) has been approved to extract 11 million tonnes of coal per annum until 2031. Image: Whitehaven. Whitehaven Energy, a subsidiary of coal producer Whitehaven Coal, is seeking Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act approval to power one of its mines via a 26MW solar-plus-storage project in Australia. The
The asteroid Ryugu, as seen by Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft on June 26, 2018. (Image credit: JAXA, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikkyo University, Nagoya University, Chiba Institute of Technology, Meiji University, University of Aizu, AIST) Samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu have revealed clues about a primordial magnetic field that helped asteroids, planets and
The DGTR noted that the imports were “undercutting the prices of the domestic industry” and “the landed value of the imports is below the selling price as well as the cost of the domestic industry”. The body also noted that the imports had prevented potential price increases in India thus suppressing the prices of the
Space The Proba-3 mission consists of two spacecraft that will fly in close formation to study the sun, with the shadow of one creating an artificial solar eclipse from the perspective of the other By Jonathan OCallaghan Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon Linkedin Reddit Email The two Proba-3 spacecraft will work together to
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Latest The 32MW Butter Solar project is OneEnergy’s largest solar project in Wisconsin. Image: J Ranck Electric. US solar developer OneEnergy has signed an asset transfer agreement with Wisconsin companies We Energies, the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation (WPC) and Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) that will see the developer build a 165MW solar portfolio in
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