South Korea reduces size limit for PPA market to 300 kW
Korea Electric Power Corp. will act as a sales intermediary under South Korea’s so-called K-RE100 scheme.
Pexapark’s European PPA index surpasses €100/MWh for first time
In July, PPA prices rose significantly in all major European energy markets except Germany, Pexapark says in a new report.
Vikram Solar unveils 660 W bifacial solar modules
Vikram Solar has unveiled new mono PERC bifacial modules with front-side power outputs from 635 W to 660 W. The modules feature glass-to-glass construction and provide up to 25% bifacial gain.
Hydrogen bromide flow battery for large-scale renewables storage
Dutch startup Elestor has secured funds to bring its hydrogen bromide (HBr) flow battery technology closer to commercial production. It said the system could achieve a levelized cost of storage below $0.05/kW.
Germany added 535 MW of PV in July
Germany deployed 4.3 GW of PV in the first seven months of the year, from 3.2 GW a year earlier.
Yingli unveils n-type TOPCon solar panel with 22.0% efficiency
Yingli’s 156-cell Panda 3.0 PRO module has a temperature coefficient of -0.30% per degree Celsius and is available in wattages ranging from 590 W to 615 W, with a bifaciality of more than 90%.
Solar on US canals moves closer to reality
Project Nexus expects to break ground on a canal-top solar project in the fall, with completion targeted by the end of 2023.
Predicting solar power output with limited data sizes
Researchers in Greece have developed three different transfer-learning strategies for solar power forecasting. The techniques are based on a stacked long short-term memory model, which is a kind of recurrent neural network that can learn order dependence in sequence prediction problems.
Sri Lanka launches tender for 100 MW solar park
The Sri Lankan authorities are seeking a developer to build a 100 MW solar project on a build-own-operate basis, in addition to a new 132 kV transmission line. The facility will sell power to the Ceylon Electricity Board under a 20-year power purchase agreement.
Australian ‘renewable energy zone’ attracts 17 GW of project proposals
Renewable energy investors have proposed more than 40 new clean energy projects, or about 17 GW of capacity, for a coordinated “renewable energy zone” to be built in New South Wales, Australia.
