Almost 9 GW of utility-scale solar under construction in Africa
The Africa Solar Industry Association (AFSIA) says utility-scale solar projects are under development in 45 of Africa’s 54 countries, with more projects pairing solar and storage and emerging from direct negotiations between private developers and host governments.
Ireland hit new daily peak with over 750 MW of grid-scale solar in March
March 2025 was a record month for solar generation on Ireland’s electricity grid, according to provisional real-time data from the country’s transmission systems operator EirGrid. Solar accounted for 2.8% of the country’s total electricity generation during March.
Teledyne Flir presents new PV inspection products
Teledyne Flir, a US-based sensing solutions company, has launched new PV inspection tools – including a clamp meter, irradiance meter, and I-V curve tracer – alongside two product kits targeting solar installers, utilities, and PV manufacturers.
ReNew inaugurates 1.3 GWp solar project in northwestern India
ReNew has inaugurated a 1.3 GWp solar project in Rajasthan, India, using mostly in-house solar panels to supply power at INR 2.18 ($0.026)/kWh. The project spans 3,500 acres and is expected to generate 2,490 million units of electricity per year.
New WMO analysis underscores 2024’s solar anomalies
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, writes that while findings from the The European State of the Climate 2024 report align with its own solar analysis covering last year, differences in anomaly magnitude between the two datasets stem from the climatology periods used.
Swiss researchers developing control algorithm for grid-forming inverters
Researchers at ETH Zurich have patented a grid-forming inverter algorithm that stabilizes frequency while protecting devices from damage by independently controlling frequency, voltage, and current.
Testing floating PV at different heights
Scientists have tested the performance of floating PV panels at a height of 800 mm and 250 mm above their floating structures. Their thermal and electrical performance was compared to that of a reference land-based system and the highest panel was found to show the greatest cooling effect.
Pexapark records 24 European PPAs for over 1.5 GW in March
Pexapark registered a notable increase in power purchase agreements (PPA) in March, with solar deals accounting for almost 1.4 GW of the total disclosed capacity.
Germany’s PV installations down sharply in March
Germany installed just 787.2 MW of new PV capacity in March – the lowest monthly total since December 2022.
Irish and UK grids linked via 500 MW subsea HVDC cable
The Greenlink Interconnector comprises two high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cables reaching across the Irish Sea connecting the grids of Ireland and the United Kingdom at the Great Island substation in County Wexford and Pembroke substation in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
