Applications & Installations
Among energy technologies, solar is unique in its flexibility and range of applications. Rapidly growing niches including floating PV and agrivoltaics are proving their worth alongside the more established rooftop and ground mount market segments.
Hybrid systems combining solar with energy storage and other generation technologies are also becoming more common, in the pursuit of 24/7 emissions free energy. And this brings our industry into more frequent contact with other concerns, that need to be carefully managed.
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Green hydrogen’s growing share in chemical production
The chemical industry requires enormous amounts of hydrogen for a wide range of products and processes. In the final part of pv magazine’s Renewables 24/7 series, we head to the world’s largest chemical plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany, BASF and Siemens Energy are demonstrating how to integrate a green electricity-powered electrolyzer into a massive industrial complex.
Sep 19, 2026
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Amazon, Nadara switch on 277 MW agricoltaic facility in Italy
Nadara has completed the 227 MW Big Fish agrivoltaic project in Sicily, backed by a 156 MW PPA with Amazon and described by the developer as Italy’s largest agrivoltaic facility. The 400-hectare project was approved with a 20 MW/40 MWh battery energy storage system.
Australia’s first grid-connected sodium-sulfur battery goes online
Australia’s first grid-connected sodium-sulfur battery system has commenced operations in Queensland, helping power a critical minerals processing facility and providing a real-world demonstration of the long-duration energy storage technology.
Corsica Sole switches on 150 kW electrolyzer at 12 MW solar plant
Corsica Sole has commissioned a 150 kW green hydrogen facility at its 12 MW Folelli solar plant in Corsica to convert otherwise-curtailed solar power into hydrogen. The facility can produce around 20 kg of hydrogen per day and store up to 230 kg for use in maritime transport and other local applications.
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How grid-forming and AI technologies are helping overcome barriers to renewable growth
The imbalance between rapid growth in installed renewable capacity and the grid’s ability to accommodate it has become a practical challenge to both grid security and economic performance. Huawei has positioned its products as solutions to three key barriers to renewable deployment.
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TÜV Rheinland opens new lab in India; said to be largest of its kind in South Asian economic area
TÜV Rheinland AG has opened its seventh laboratory worldwide in the Indian city of Bangalore for testing solar modules and systems. The company has invested 2 million in the new solar test centre, which will, in particular, offer services to Indias growing solar industry. The test centre has 2,000 square meters of space, including an outside test field of 500 square meters, with equipment such as five climate chambers and two sun simulators. This, says the company, makes it the most up to date and largest laboratory in the entire South Asian economic area.
Azure Power to develop Indian utility-scale solar projects under new partnership with Suntech
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. has said it will be supplying Azure Power, an Indian, independent solar power producer, with several megawatts of solar panels under a new partnership, in order to develop utility-scale solar projects across various states in India.
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Indian Andhra Pradesh government outlines major solar PV initiatives
The government of the southern state of Andhra Pradesh in India has undertaken several outstanding initiatives in solar photovoltaics (PV), according to K. Rosaiah, Honble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, who was speaking at the Solarcon India 2010 show in Hyderabad, India.
Recurrent Energy secures funding for 5 MW PV project
Recurrent Energy has secured around USD$18 million for its five-megawatt (MW) solar power system, located at the Sunset Reservoir in San Francisco, the U.S. When completed, the company says the project will be one of the countrys largest municipal solar power systems and will more than triple San Francisco’s total municipal solar energy output.
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