Featured in Awarding excellence – 01-2022

Reality check

Ecstasy to agony summarizes the past year of solar. As technology evolves and materials are optimized every year, we’re witnessing rapid advancements accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy with the implementation of artificial intelligence applications, writes Denisa Fainis, general secretary of the Middle East Solar Industry Association. Real-time data, advanced analytics, and automation are essential to the digitalization of increasingly decentralized power systems.
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Solar progress in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is held back by global realities. Most of 2022’s solar PV projects risk delay or cancellation due to an increase in the raw material and logistics costs. The cost of PV modules surged from below $0.20/W in 2020 to between $0.26 and $0.28/W in …

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