A research team from Poznań’s University of Economics & Business and SMA Solar Technology AG spoke to installers, designers, distributors and manufacturers in Poland’s solar industry to identify key barriers to PV development. They highlighted a lack of connection capacity and prices of non-renewable energy sources as the main issues.
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Researchers from Canada’s Western University have developed an open-source, blockchain-based virtual utility for peer-to-peer (P2P) solar trading, using smart contracts to save up to $1,600 (US dollars) for 10 homes in simulated scenarios.
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CIP-Backed Murchison Green Hydrogen Project & BP’s Australian Renewable Energy Hub Make The Cut
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European Energy Bags Financing For Polish PV Farms; Grid Connection For Agenos Energy’s 87.5 MW Plant In Montenegro; EPBiH’s 50 MW Solar Plant On Coal Ash Landf
In recent years, the Baltic countries have experienced a solar generation boom as the region seeks to kill two birds with one stone. These nations aim to break away from years-long energy dependence on Russia amid growing security concerns while also continuing to prioritize the green energy transition.
GoldenPeaks funds 64.5 MW in Hungary; Gamesa inverters for Repsol; Solaria seeks partners; MaxSolar 76 MW in Germany; Elgin 21 MW in Ireland.
China Green Development Group has switched on the 3.5 GW Midong solar project in Urumqi, China’s Xinjiang region. The project required an investment of CNY 15.45 billion ($2.13 billion).
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LONGi Announces Updated Silicon Wafer Prices & More From GCL Technology, Canadian Solar, Gree Group, Shanxi Coal, BAJ Solar, Sunshine Energy, Astronergy, JYT Corp, Tongwei
CHN Energy has wrapped up its 10 GW PV inverter tender for 2023, with Huawei securing orders for 4.1 GW of string inverters and Sungrow obtaining 1.85 GW.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: CHN Energy Finalizes 10 GW Inverter Procurement Read More »
PowerChina has finished building a 480 MW solar plant in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, which is recognized for having the world‘s highest solar radiation levels.
PowerChina Finalizes Construction of 480 MW PV Plant in Chile Read More »
New research from Austria has compared different industrial heat-generating techniques and has found that wind or solar-powered heat pumps are the cheapest and most environment-friendly solution.
Renewables-Powered High Temperature Heat Pumps Are Cheapest Option for Industrial Steam Read More »
Idaho transitions from net metering to real-time net billing for rooftop solar, raising concerns about reduced incentives and impact on local solar businesses.
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UK government statistics show that the country added 871 MW of solar capacity in the first 11 months of 2023. However, the Solar Energy UK trade association says that more than 1 GW of solar was deployed last year.
JinkoSolar Licenses N-Type TOPCon Patent Rights & More China Solar News From JA Solar, Autowell, EGing PV, Suntech, China Datang, China Huaneng
France’s new feed-in tariffs (FITs) for the period from August 2023 to January 2024 range from €0.2077 ($0.2270)/kWh for installations below 3 kW to €0.1208/kWh for arrays ranging in size from 100 kW to 500 kW.
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