Total Eren breaks ground on 128 MW of solar capacity in Kazakhstan
The Kazakh solar market is steadily growing amid investment from regional development banks and independent power producers. Total Eren said the 128 MW of generation capacity is just the first of its projects in central Asia.
‘Turbocharging’ silicon PV: MIT scientists scratch the surface of singlet exciton fission
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a device they say could “turbocharge” a single-junction silicon PV cell, pushing the technology beyond its theoretical limit to efficiencies of 35% and higher.
Osaka Gas opens up corporate PPA shop in Thailand
Thailand’s solar market had ground to a bit of a halt after FITs were cut. Osaka Gas has launched a joint venture with Energy Pro Corporation to market commercial and industrial PV arrays under corporate power purchase agreements.
There may be a sunny outlook for Greece
The nation elected a new government yesterday, awarding a clear majority to the pro-EU New Democracy party. What could that mean for Greece’s solar sector?
‘Transforming Australia from a global laggard to a leader in transport innovation,’ Chargefox flexes EV charging muscle
Australia’s only public ultra-rapid EV charging network has opened the most powerful charging station in the Southern Hemisphere. At the same time it announced a partnership with Yurika and the Queensland state government to manage the 17 fast charging sites that make up the Queensland Electric Super Highway.
Cuba inaugurates 10 MW of solar capacity with help of Abu Dhabi loans
The projects were developed under the auspices of an arrangement between the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development and IRENA which supplies concessional loan financing for renewables facilities.
Comtec forced into shares consolidation
A falling share price has put the Chinese developer at risk of breaching requirements to maintain its Hong Kong listing. Shareholders are set to vote on consolidating their stock next month.
The weekend read: Shedding light on PV in MENA
ACWA Power has an installed capacity of more than 1 GW of PV projects across MENA, Southern Africa, and Southeast Asia, and was awarded the landmark Sakaka Project – Saudi Arabia’s first utility scale PV project – which it began to construct in November 2018. pv magazine caught up with Paddy Padmanathan, CEO of the Saudi-based energy giant to discuss the Middle East’s growing solar markets.
Panda Green generates small change in battle to pay down debt
The Hong Kong listed developer is set to bank just south of $1.75 million from a Chinese state-backed partial stake sale in two PV projects, but will have to cut an awful lot more deals of that scale to keep creditors at bay.
Sorbitol admixture to passivation layer increases HJT conversion efficiency
The race to the theoretical maximum conversion efficiency continues and with new lab results in, it appears a big leap forward may have been achieved at Leibniz University Hannover.
