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Record-high wind energy production in Italy while Euro electricity prices slide

The Italian market set a record high of 846 GWh of wind energy generation during the first week of November. Meanwhile, European electricity demand decreased over the same period and the MIBEL market registered 19 hours of €0.00/MWh ($0.00/MWh) prices.

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New research sheds light on off-grid solar costs in remote villages

An international research group has assessed the economic feasibility of exclusively powering remote villages in Pakistan with off-grid solar-plus-storage projects. They said that their proposed system configuration has a “justifiable” net present cost.

Dyness introduces 312 kWh battery

China’s Dyness says its new 312 kWh storage system uses 375 Ah lithium iron phoshate batteries. It also claims that its cooling system reduces average temperature increases by 6 C.

Austria allocated incentives for 2 GW of solar, 646 MWh of storage this year

OeMAG, an Austrian government-run agency, has allocated incentives for solar and storage across 121,000 contracts this year. Their number was significantly lower in 2022.

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Solyco switches on vertical PV systems on green rooftops in Germany

Solyco, a PV system specialist, has deployed a 12.64 kW vertical PV rooftop system made with glass-glass bifacial tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) modules in Hannover, Germany. It also installed a 10 kW vertical array in Hamburg.

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US East Coast hits irradiance highs as Texas, Mexico low due to weak jet stream

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that solar asset operators across North America experienced a shift in October’s solar performance, as regions that experienced higher than normal irradiance in September saw a reversal in trends.

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New intraday solar forecast method focuses on cloud temporal variability

The new SolarSTEPS forecasting method improves ensemble forecast quality by 9.3% compared to approaches that consider only cloud advective motion.

India Agrivoltaics Alliance to promote integration of solar, agriculture

The National Solar Energy Federation of India will serve as the secretariat of the newly formed India Agrivoltaics Alliance (IAA). The IAA includes 12 organizations and is supported by the India Climate Collaborative and Bloomberg Philanthropies.

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Quiet shift from central to string inverters in utility-scale solar

Central inverters still dominate the US utility-solar market but string inverters are beginning to get more traction in projects above 10 MW in size.

German startup deploys mobile dual-axis solar tracker in South Africa

SunOyster Energy has installed its PVmover system to supply power for a lodge in South Africa’s Sanbona Wildlife Reserve. It includes nine PV modules with a combined capacity of 3.8 kW.

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