Trina Solar said it will start operating a new 6.5 GW solar wafer factory in Vietnam from mid-2023 to exclusively supply the utility, commercial and industrial (C&I) segments in the United States, as well as the US residential solar market.Trina Solar‘s US unit has revealed...
Read MoreButagaz is continuing its investments in solar energy through the acquisition of Sys EnR, following its purchase of French installers Soltéa and Solewa.From pv magazine France Butagaz has announced a new acquisition in the PV sector, about one year after acquiring two French installers, Soltéa and...
Read MoreHindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd and NTPC Green Energy Ltd will collaborate in renewable energy, energy storage, round-the-clock (RTC) power, electric mobility, and solar-wind value chain projects.Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd (HPCL) and NTPC Green Energy Ltd have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in the field...
Read MoreThe major impediments to floating solar photovoltaics (floatovoltaics) are the high cost of materials and the complex installation involved. What are floatovoltaics? Floatovoltaics, floating solar plants, or FSPV (floating solar photovoltaics) as they are acronymed, are panel structures that are installed on water bodies like lakes,...
Read MoreBonna Newman, program manager at TNO, speaks to pv magazine about the road forward for vehicle-integrated PV, which will likely remain a niche over the short term, despite recent industrial developments. Several companies have started production, but high-volume output and the potential of other PV...
Read MoreMontenegro has introduced a new measure to reduce value-added tax on PV systems with capacities up to 1 MW.Mico Djukanovic, the president of Montenegrin utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG), said on his Twitter account this week that the VAT on solar panels has been reduced...
Read MoreLongi and TCL Zhonghuan have announced wafer price cuts, Arctech Solar said it will supply 2.8 GW of single-axis trackers for solar projects in India, and Risen Energy has started mass production of its heterojunction (HJT) solar modules.Longi has reduced its wafer prices by more...
Read MoreThe shift to a low-carbon economy offers both a significant opportunity and a tremendous challenge.According to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), a green economy is a strategy that increases human well-being while considerably lowering environmental dangers and ecological resource shortages. It is, in essence,...
Read MoreBattery swapping, solid-state batteries, second-life batteries, evolution from lithium to novel chemistries, and Cloud-based battery management system were the key trends in battery energy storage during the year. Renewable energy is seeing an unheard-of transformation in the global economy. Inverter-based resources such as solar and...
Read MoreIf Europe is to come up with its own Inflation Reduction Act moment, and incentivize a return of EU solar manufacturing leadership, it must lift state-aid related restrictions on the PV manufacturers who have announced a willingness to build 30 GW of production lines.European solar...
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