Seven solar manufacturers, including tier-1 players, have signed up to a joint initiative aiming to establish a new standard size for silicon wafers at 182mm x 182mm. Conspicuously absent from the initiative is China’s Zhonghuan Semiconductor, which last year introduced a 210mm solar wafer, the...
Read MoreAltec Metalltechnik has developed a mounting system that it claims can be combined with all roof types, regardless of the type of module.German mounting systems provider Altec Metalltechnik has developed a mounting system for rooftop PV installations which it says can be adapted to different...
Read MoreOver the next five to 10 years, renewables will assume a larger role as a main power source for electric grids, and PV has a particularly bright future. Considering the latest trends in power electronics technology, PV is quickly evolving down the path to intelligence....
Read MoreHannah Solar Government Services (HSGS) has been selected to build several solar PV parking canopies totaling 330 kW at the VA Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. The parking canopies will be funded via an Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) with the Department of Veteran...
Read MoreThe levy on modules will then almost double to 40% within a year and cells will see a similar rise, from an initial rate of 15%.The Economic Times newspaper has reported the Indian government is considering levying a basic customs duty of 20-25% on imported...
Read MoreYaskawa Solectria Solar announced that the SOLECTRIA XGI 1500 grid-support utility interactive inverters, in combination with AlsoEnergy, now meet the IEEE 2030.5-2018 networking standard as described in the SunSpec Common Smart Inverter Profile (CSIP). Choosing the Solectria XGI 1500 along with an AlsoEnergy SCADA system...
Read MoreIntersolar North America (ISNA) and Energy Storage North America (ESNA), the newly combined solar + storage events, announced the formation of a new Advisory Board to review program content for the two conferences scheduled to take place January 12-14, 2021, in Long Beach, California. Intersolar...
Read MoreThis week the agency in Puerto Rico that manages public-private partnerships announced that the newly formed Luma Energy will take over management of the island’s grid from its publicly owned utility, after an 18-month selection process. Luma, a joint venture between infrastructure company Quanta Services and Canadian Utilities...
Read MoreThe U.K. government’s official climate change advisory body is calling for fast-tracking investment in early-stage hydrogen infrastructure, as well as prioritizing carbon capture and storage and EV charging infrastructure, as immediate responses to the coronavirus outbreak. The Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC) annual report (PDF) also covers...
Read MoreU.S.-based tender platform has invited proposals for projects ranging in scale from 50-500 MW on behalf of an unnamed client which is a member of the RE100 clean energy campaign. European developers have until July 20 to lodge their bids.US renewables marketplace and procurement platform...
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