Gambia seeking project supervisor for solar minigrid
The Gambia office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is seeking a contractor to oversee a solar minigrid installation and support the tender process for an installer. Applications close on June 10.
Solar to power Denmark’s largest energy community
Denmark’s largest energy community is now under construction, featuring more than 30,000 sqm of solar rooftops with a total capacity of about 4 MW. The project will use building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) on pitched roofs and building-attached photovoltaics (BAPV) on flat roofs from Danish specialist Solartag.
Work starts on 5 MW of solar in Madagascar
Construction has begun on a 5 MW solar plant with 3.2 MWh of battery storage off Madagascar’s northwestern coast. The project aims to cut local electricity costs and support round-the-clock power supply.
Anti-solar bills die in Texas House
Legislation that would “kill renewable energy in Texas” failed to progress in the state’s House of Representatives.
Greece now interconnected with Crete via 1 GW transmission line
A 1 GW direct current (DC) transmission line linking mainland Greece to Crete has entered trial operation, with full commercial service expected by September to support new green power capacity and future interconnections with Cyprus, Israel and Egypt.
Solar power curtailment rises in California
Curtailment – the intentional reduction of power production – continues to rise for both solar and wind power in California.
Meyer Burger lays off 283 solar production workers in Arizona
Meyer Burger began manufacturing heterojunction (HJT) modules in the United States nearly one year ago, but ran into trouble less than six months later after a large purchase agreement was terminated.
Solar puts Australia in fast lane to 100% renewables
A massive increase in solar power generation capacity is already putting Australia on the fast track to a 100% renewable energy future.
Novasys unveils 650 W TOPCon bifacial modules with up to 23.05% efficiency
Novasys Greenergy has released the Lynx Series n-type tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) glass-backsheet bifacial solar modules in power outputs from 600 Wp to 650 Wp and efficiencies between 21.27% and 23.05%.
Batteries set new output record in California
Amid industry turmoil, California has been setting new benchmarks for the volume of instantaneous electricity injected into the grid by the state’s battery and solar sites.
