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WoodMac: Solar PV trackers hit 92GW of shipments in 2023

WoodMac: Solar PV trackers hit 92GW of shipments in 2023

Latest US-based tracker manufacturers Nextracker, Array Technologies and GameChange Solar led the market in 2023. Image: Nextracker. After a strong 2023 for utility-scale solar in most regions across the world, PV tracker shipments reached 92GW by the end of the year, up 28% from 2022, according to research and consulting firm Wood Mackenzie. Wood Mackenzie’s […]

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Insolation Energy to add 3 GW solar panel, 1.4 GW cell capacity by March

Insolation Energy to add 3 GW solar panel, 1.4 GW cell capacity by March

The Indian manufacturer is expanding its solar panel production capacity to 4 GW annually, up from a current 1 GW. It is also setting up manufacturing capacities for 12,000 MT of aluminum framing and 1.4 GW of PV cells. The new capacities will be commissioned during fiscal year 2024-25. July 26, 2024 Uma Gupta Image:

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Heliene, Premier Energies in JV to build 1GW n-type US solar cell factory

Heliene, Premier Energies in JV to build 1GW n-type US solar cell factory

Latest Heliene, Inc is among the companies expanding solar PV manufacturing in the US with a recently-expanded 420MW facility in the Iron Range region of Minnesota. Credit: Heliene, Inc. Canadian solar manufacturer Heliene and Indian solar cell producer Premier Energies have formed a joint venture (JV) to build a 1GW solar cell production facility in

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Work underway on Lightsource bp’s 560 MW solar project in Greece

Work underway on Lightsource bp’s 560 MW solar project in Greece

Lightsource bp has announced its joint venture company Ameresco Sunel Energy SA as the EPC contractor and O&M provider for its 560 MW solar project in mainland Greece. The project has been billed as one of Europe’s largest solar sites. July 26, 2024 Patrick Jowett Lightsource bp has selected Ameresco Sunel Energy SA, a joint

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PolyU team shares solar panels, skills on Rwanda visit

PolyU team shares solar panels, skills on Rwanda visit

A group of students and teachers from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) are on a two-week trip to Rwanda to serve the local community. PolyU’s Council Chairman Lam Tai-fai, President Jin-guang Teng and Vice President Ben Young also joined the trip. Students from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and the Department of

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Endesa sells 49.99% stake in Spanish solar PV assets to Masdar

Endesa sells 49.99% stake in Spanish solar PV assets to Masdar

Both companies have agreed to sell the 49.99% participating stake in EGPE Solar for a sum of €817 million (US$887 million). According to this, the “enterprise value” of the entire company is valued at €1.7 billion. The transaction includes the power purchase agreements signed for the solar PV portfolio owned by EGPE Solar with a

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Construction begins on 560MW solar PV project in Greece

Construction begins on 560MW solar PV project in Greece

Latest The project will be split across two sites in Skopia and Kalithea. Image: Lightsource bp. Joint venture Ameresco Sunel Energy SA has started constructing solar developer Lighsource bp’s 560MW Enipeas solar PV project in Greece, the largest in its portfolio. Ameresco Sunel Energy SA, established through a partnership between renewables developer Ameresco and EPC

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I use two $1.25 Dollar Tree buys to heat my pool – my DIY hack is cheap & easy, no more wrestling with a big solar cover

I use two $1.25 Dollar Tree buys to heat my pool – my DIY hack is cheap & easy, no more wrestling with a big solar cover

After using, she simply hangs up the pieces to dry Nancy Jiang , Lifestyle Reporter Published: 0:11, 26 Jul 2024 Updated: 1:08, 26 Jul 2024 A HOMEOWNER has shared how she heats her pool on a budget using discount store buys. Two Dollar Tree finds were all it took for her to warm up her

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Beer, hydrogen, and heat: Why the US is still trying to make mirror-magnified solar energy work

Beer, hydrogen, and heat: Why the US is still trying to make mirror-magnified solar energy work

The US is continuing its decades-long effort to commercialize a technology that converts sunlight into heat, funding a series of new projects using that energy to brew beer, produce low-carbon fuels, or keep grids running. On July 25, the Department of Energy will announce it is putting $33 million into nine pilot or demonstration projects

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