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Premature inverter failure – 4.2 GW of capacity will be affected this year, says analyst

Some 4.2 GW of solar project capacity will experience inverter failures this year despite being less than ten years old, according to U.S.-owned analyst Wood Mackenzie, with...

Floating solar park begins commercial operations in Germany

Solar developer 7C Solarparken has energized its first floating PV system in Germany, on a lake near Salzwedel, in the eastern region of Lower Saxony. The...

European consortium bid to bring 25.4%-efficient heterojunction-IBC solar cell into mass production

The Nextbase project backed by the European Commission with €3.8 million, unites European companies and research institutes aiming to manufacture solar panels with heterojunction...

Poland to reach 7.8 GW of cumulative PV by 2025

Poland may reach its target of 7.8 GW of solar by 2030 – as outlined in the National Plan for Energy and Climate –...

Italy installed 115 MW of PV in Q1

Italy installed around 115.3 MW of solar power in the first three months of 2020, according to provisional numbers released by the Italian renewable...

Meyer Burger moves to become a solar cell and module manufacturer

The days of Meyer Burger Technology AG as a photovoltaic production equipment provider are numbered. The Swiss technology group announced on Friday that it...

Hungary to launch renewables auction in July

The Hungarian government has asked the Hungarian Energy and Utilities Regulatory Authority (MEKH) to kick off the country’s next METAR renewables auction in July. Peter Kaderják,...

French railway operator buys 40 MW of power through solar PPA

France’s national railway company, SNCF, has renewed its commitment to the energy transition. When the group signed its largest green corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) last year...

Hanwha Q-Cells wins patent litigation against JinkoSolar, REC Solar and Longi in Germany

The Düsseldorf Regional Court has upheld a patent infringement suit lodged by Korean manufacturer Hanwha Q-Cells. The judges ruled JinkoSolar, REC Solar and Longi Solar infringed intellectual property rights by...

Albania’s first floating PV project now under construction

Norway’s Statkraft has started working on a 2 MW floating PV project, first announced in January 2019, at the Banja hydropower reservoir in Albania. It is developing...

PV-electrochemical water-splitting for hydrogen production

Researchers at Germany’s Jülich Institute for Energy and Climate Research (IEK-5) have created a photovoltaic–electrochemical (PV-EC) water-splitting device powered by solar energy. The integrated PV-EC device with...

Velje brdo PV plant tender to start by year-end, could expand to 300 MW

From: Balkan Green Energy News                      Author: Vladimir Spasić Montenegro intends to launch a tendering procedure by...

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China CORNEX signed cooperation agreement with the Italian Cestari Group

On November 13, CORNEX signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Italian company Cestari Group in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. According to the agreement,...

Solar Leader Enphase Energy Cutting 500 Jobs

California-based Enphase Energy, a company known for its solar power and electric vehicle (EV) charging technology, announced it is laying off about 500 workers....

Cincinnati’s solar array powers city operations, tens of thousands of homes

A sprawling solar array in Highland County now powers 20% of Cincinnati's operations and tens of thousands of homes. Cincinnati’s 900-acre solar farm was completed...

1.2-GW solar panel assembly facility to open in Puerto Rico

A contract solar panel assembly facility will soon open in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, that will supply the utility-scale market on the island and hopefully...