PPA signed for 72 MW of solar in Colombia
Spanish developer Grenergy has secured a PPA from Colombian energy company Celsia for the supply of 120 GWh per year. The electricity will be provided by a solar park that will begin commercial operations in 2022.
New model to deploy cheaper PV at coal power plants
Researchers have assessed how much solar may be deployed on the rooftops and coal storage sheds in coal power plants in China and they have found potential for around 4 GW.
Financial closing for 2 GW solar park in Abu Dhabi
France’s EDF and China’s Jinko Power Technology have finalized financing for the 2 GW Al Dhafra PV2 project. The array will sell electricity to Emirates Water and Electricity Co. at a price of $0.0135/kWh.
Solar stocks finish 2020 on a high note
Many solar companies’ stocks have soared this year, and a number of companies have seen their share prices quadruple over the past 12 months.
US energy storage strategy includes tech cost estimates
The new U.S. storage strategy includes plans to shift new tech from the lab to the marketplace. It also focuses on ways to manufacture at scale and ensure supply chain stability.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Intense M&A activity and two more factories
Longi and Tongwei have both seen changes in ownership in recent days. Meanwhile, Maxwell Technology has unveiled a plan to build a heterojunction cell factory Jiangsu Province and the Henan Group has entered PV glass and module production.
Artificial intelligence in photovoltaic production
Five scientific institutions in Germany are currently working together on self-learning production plants that use process data for the permanent optimization of manufacturing. The initiative is aimed at making the settlement of photovoltaic factories in Germany and Europe attractive again.
Work begins on Spain’s largest PV plant for self-consumption
The facility is expected to cover around 25% of the consumption of the Brilen / Novapet industrial complex, located in the Polígono Valle del Cinca de Barbastro, in the eastern Aragon province of Huesca.
Indian PV auction delivers final record low price of $0.0269/kWh
The solar electricity price in India has dipped further to an all-time low of INR 1.99 ($0.0269)/kWh in a recently held 500 MW Gujarat auction, which is 0.5% lower than the previous record of INR 2.00/kWh set a month ago.
New approach to III-V tandems sets 32.9% efficiency record
A collaboration between the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Australia’s University of New South Wales has yielded a new efficiency record of 32.9% for a tandem cell device utilizing III-V materials. Key to the achievement was a new technique enabling the researchers to take advantage of “quantum wells” in the material that serve to trap charges and enable tuning of the cell bandgap to absorb more of the light spectrum.
