India surpasses 7 GW of unsubsidized solar capacity
India added 1.9 GW of open-access solar capacity between January and September, up 96% year on year.
Woodside lands agreement for 50 MW first-stage solar project
Woodside Energy has secured an agreement with the traditional owners of land on which it plans to build the first 50 MW stage of a potential 500 MW solar power plant in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
France installed 1.71 GW of solar in January-September period
France’s cumulative installed PV capacity reached 15.8 GW at the end of September.
US solar project generates power for community-owned electricity suppliers
Leeward Renewable Energy has switched on the 100 MW Rabbitbrush solar array in California. It includes a 20 MW/50 MWh battery energy storage system and will sell electricity to two community-owned electricity suppliers under a 15-year power purchase agreement.
Rio Tinto to spend big on solar, storage
Rio Tinto plans to invest $402 million (AUD 600 million) to build two new solar farms and battery energy storage systems in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, as part of its efforts to decarbonize its iron ore operations.
Agrivoltaics to reduce water evaporation
Chinese scientists assessed water evaporation on plots of land covered by two different kinds of agrivoltaic arrays and managed to significantly reduce evaporation in both cases. They looked at the relationship between cumulative surface evaporation and evaporation time.
Novel method to calculate variations in temperature coefficients of solar modules
Brazilian scientists have assessed variations in temperature coefficients in solar modules to determine whether there is a relationship between the dependence of these coefficients and irradiance. They claim their work could be used to improve PV module performance modeling.
EDPR Sunseap testing solar floaters made of recycled plastic
PlasticBean, a manufacturer of recycled plastic pellets, has agreed to work with EDPR Sunseap to use 100% recycled plastic in floating PV solar projects in Indonesia, Singapore and South Korea.
Big solar already pulling its weight on emission reduction – especially in Chile
Following a disappointing COP27 climate change summit in November, solar industry veteran Philip Wolfe reviews the contribution utility-scale PV is starting to make to emissions reduction.
Amea Power to add storage to 70 MW of solar in Togo
Dubai-based Amea Power will expand the Mohammed Bin Zayed solar plant in Togo from 50 MW to 70 MW, making it West Africa’s largest project. It will also add a 4 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).
