South Korea kicks off 2 GW PV tender
Selected projects will be awarded a fixed rate under a 20-year contract under the country’s renewable energy certificate (REC) scheme and will sell electricity to local power distributors.
Canadian consortium wants to deploy photovoltaic noise barriers across North America
A consortium led by building-integrated photovoltaics maker Mitrex wants to install highway noise barriers with integrated solar that have 1.2 MW of capacity per kilometer. The technology is currently in the pilot phase at government entity locations in North America.
UK council plans MW-sized solar canopy linked to storage, EV recharging
The project, planned at a council-owned commercial development, is expected to be connected to 2 MW of storage.
EU energy fund to commit $514 million for solar projects at Romanian mining waste sites
Panels will be installed at waste sites in five mining towns as part of the latest, €2.4 billion ($2.57 million) round of investment from a fund set up to help coal-dependent European member states with the energy transition.
Italian government expects 3.37 GW of new solar capacity for 2022
The Italian Minister of Economic Development, Roberto Cingolani, expects around 5.1 GW of new renewable energy capacity to be connected in Italy this year. This impressive growth should be triggered by more favorable permitting processes.
New model for grid-forming inverter operation
Scientists in the United States have developed a new model to allow utilities to use grid-forming inverters in order to better renewable energy intermittency. They described the inverter main circuit representation, the droop control, and the fault current limiting function.
South Africa approves another 139 MW of PV under new distributed-generation rules
Eleven plants are expected to be connected to the grid of national utility Eskom and the other four projects will be linked to municipal networks. The project size ranges from 0.1 MW to 80 MW.
After a suppressed first quarter, the US solar market is buoyed by tariff suspension
The Wood Mackenzie/SEIA US Solar Market Insight Q1 report finds that the two-year suspension on new solar tariffs is just a start. Passage of further clean energy legislation could boost US solar installations 66% in the next decade.
Maruti Suzuki switches on 20 MW solar carport in India
The carport can host about 9,000 vehicles and meet 11.5 % of the total electricity requirements of Maruti Suzuki’s factory in Haryana.
Irena gives latest update on stark chances of electricity access for all by 2030
The International Renewable Energy Agency’s latest annual report on the progress towards UN sustainable development goal seven estimates 670 million people will still lack electricity in 2030, and more than 2 billion will be reliant on unhealthy, polluting cooking methods.
