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Solar pavement for outdoor applications

Hungarian tech company Platio has developed a new kind of solar pavement that could be used for outdoor applications in urban environments, homes, office...

France makes 44 GW solar target official

The French government has published the official decree for national energy plan the Programmation pluriannuelle de l’énergie (PPE). The strategy targets 20.1 GW of renewables generation capacity...

More than 100 GW of solar in the Netherlands? Possible by 2050

The Netherlands could reach between 38 GW and 125 GW of total installed solar capacity by 2050, according to a new report by Netbeheer...

Nextracker the largest tracker provider in 2019

The Americas were the largest solar tracker markets last year, according to research from U.S.-owned analyst Wood Mackenzie. The U.S. Nextracker subsidiary owned by Singapore-based electronics giant Flex was, once...

More than 100 GW of solar in the Netherlands? Possible by 2050

The Netherlands could reach between 38 GW and 125 GW of total installed solar capacity by 2050, according to a new report by Netbeheer...

Total Wins Solar Power Projects in France; Shares Advance

French energy company Total SA (TOT) said it won several solar power generation projects with an aggregated capacity of 131 megawatt  in a government...

Germany has 200,000 solar-plus-storage systems

Demand for residential energy storage continued to increase in Germany last year, according to analyst EuPD Research, which estimated 65,000 rooftop-PV linked systems were installed. That took Germany...

Renewables PPA signed in Spain despite Covid-19 disruption

The EDPR renewable energy division of Portuguese electric utility EDP has secured a deal to sell electricity generated by 59 MW of solar and wind power capacity to...

Vibration tech for self-cleaning solar panels

Researchers at Scotland’s Heriot-Watt University have developed a waterless self-cleaning technology for PV panels which involves vibration to remove dust and sand by exciting fundamental frequencies in the modules. “It is...

Italy deployed 737 MW of solar in 2019

Italy deployed around 737 MW of solar generation capacity last year, registering its best annual return for six years. Provisional numbers released by Italian renewables...

Solar project gets under way at Polish coal site

Poland’s second biggest power generator is moving ahead with a 5 MW solar project in Jaworzno, near Katowice. State-owned power company Tauron is working on the plant...

Solar smashes peak generation records as it soars to 9.68GW

UK solar has smashed generation records, hitting a peak of 9.68GW this week. At around 12:30 on Monday 20 April 2020, solar reached a peak...

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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...