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Germany breaks record for solar power production as pandemic clears skies of smog

Germany’s solar panels produced a record amount of electricity this week as skies have cleared over central Europe. Photovoltaic power plants produced 32,227 megawatts Monday,...

Greek utility eyes nation’s first subsidy-free PV project

The transformation of Greek renewable energy laggard the Public Power Corporation (PPC) has continued with news the utility’s PPC Renewables arm has won tenders to...

La Réunion stadium hosts 1.25 MW/1.33 MWh of solar-plus-storage

French overseas energy company Albioma has switched on a solar-plus-storage rooftop installation at the Stade de l’Est Jean Ivoula in Saint-Denis, in the Indian Ocean overseas...

A photovoltaic thermal panel for heat-pump houses

Netherlands-based Triple Solar BV has launched a photovoltaic thermal (PVT) module for use in rooftop projects on houses equipped with brine and water heat...

Switzerland provides additional $47m for solar incentives

Switzerland’s Federal Office of Energy has allocated an additional CHF46 million ($47.5 million) to its residential and commercial rooftop rebate program. Although applications for incentives...

Negative energy price drives loss of Netherlands solar incentives

Dutch enterprise agency the Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO), which manages the SDE+ incentive program for large scale renewables, has revealed it will not pay incentives to solar...

GoodWe Announces Strategic Partnership with Voltalia

GoodWe takes one step further towards seizing more market share in Europe. It is our great pleasure to inform our customers that we have established...

Austria’s last coal power plant shuts down

Austrian largest power provider, Verbund, shut down the Mellach district heating plant in the Austrian state of Styria on Friday. The shutdown marked the...

PV-powered hand sanitizer wins Covid-19 hackathon

Solar modules have become a staple ingredient in the fight against climate change. It turns out, however, that photovoltaics harbor additional world-saving potential. PV...

Europe can be 60% powered by solar before 2050

The 100% Renewable Europe: How to make Europe’s energy system climate neutral before 2050 report, by trade body SolarPower Europe and Finland’s Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology, claims to be...

Another vertical PV plant in the Alps

The race is on to install Switzerland’s first high-alpine PV plant. With Swiss electric utility and nuclear power generator Axpo recently announcing it had secured...

A wooden solar house for €1,700 per square meter

A French start-up which is offering zero-carbon wooden homes complete with solar rooftops has raised €1.5 million from private and institutional investors in its latest funding...

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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...