US rackless, earth-mounted solar supplier secures funding
Erthos has secured $17.5 million in a Series B funding round and has a 2.5GW project pipeline.
Ukrainian energy company restarts grid generation from its solar parks
Clean energy facilities have been ordered offline in the nation since Thursday as the national grid ran an exercise to establish how it would function in isolation from the power networks of Russia and Belarus.
Satellite cyber attack paralyzes 11GW of German wind turbines
The communication channels affected are also used by photovoltaic systems.
Zinc miner goes solar as African Development Bank pushes off-grid finance
A business based at a Namibian mine has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement which will back the construction of a 5.4MW solar project. Elsewhere, the AfDB wants to roll-out solar panels to provide electricity access to six million people across six nations over the next six years.
‘This is wartime and wartime requires war economy measures’
In a chat with pv magazine, Christian Breyer – Professor of Solar Economy at Finland’s Lappeenranta University of Technology – explains which consequences the war in Ukraine may have on Europe’s energy landscape. According to him, only an unprecedented development of renewable energies, heat pumps and storage may help address the current energy crisis.
Akuo speaks out on recent fire accident at its 17MW floating PV plant in France
Nearly a month after the fire occurred at the O’Mega 1 floating power plant in Piolenc, Akuo has drawn the first conclusions from the incident. pv magazine was able to visit the site to observe the damage, gather lessons, and see the arrangements put in place by the site managers.
Honeywell batteries deployed at US utility-scale PV, storage project
Hecate Energy is developing a 50MW solar project and 20MW/80MWh storage installation in New Mexico.
Scatec provides update on operations in Ukraine
The Norwegian renewable energy developer said its solar power plants are still intact and can be operated remotely. It is currently assisting its Ukrainian employees by offering transportation, accommodation and other immediate support.
Testing different PV module brands in photovoltaic-thermal architectures
Solar modules from Trina Solar, Canadian Solar, and Felicity Solar were tested in a prototype of a photovoltaic-thermal collector that uses excess heat from the PV elements to heat water. The system uses a thermally insulated helical coil heat exchanger to recover panel heat and a solenoid valve to allow water recirculation when the temperature below the PV module rises significantly.
Belgium hits 7GW milestone
Belgium deployed around 850 MW of new PV systems in 2021, which is 300 MW less than in 2020 but more than what the local industry had expected.
