Articles written by Joël Spaes

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Applications & Installations
Togo renewables regime praised as 50 MW solar plant begins generating The emirati developer behind the nation’s first private utility scale solar project cited the financial certainty offered by the host government under its national development plan.
Joël Spaes
Jun 23, 2021
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Research & Development
Saule Technologies opens perovskite solar cell factory in Poland The Polish perovskite solar cell specialist claims to be the first company in the world to have commissioned commercial production of the technology.
Joël Spaes
Jun 17, 2021
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Applications & Installations
French government finances 150 MW solar project in Tanzania with €130m The solar facility is intended at reducing the country’s dependency on hydropower, especially during drought periods.
Joël Spaes
Jun 15, 2021
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France may reach between 70 and 208 GW of PV by 2050 French grid operator RTE has outlined six scenarios on how France’s energy system may achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. In the most optimistic one, solar is expected to reach a cumulative capacity of 208 GW.
Joël Spaes
Jun 10, 2021
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Applications & Installations
French PV companies set up agrivoltaics association Sun’Agri, REM Tec, Kilowattsol and Altergie Développement et Râcines have announced the creation of France Agrivoltaisme, the world’s first association for the promotion of agrivoltaics.
Joël Spaes
Jun 10, 2021
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Research & Development
Flexible PV fabric for heavy transport France’s Solar Cloth has announced that Renault Trucks has listed it as a supplier for its factories.
Joël Spaes
Jun 02, 2021
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Applications & Installations
Arkolia pairs biogas with self-consumption PV plant Arkolia has coupled a biogas purification plant in France with a 100 kW rooftop solar array.
Joël Spaes
May 07, 2021
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Markets & Policy
Systovi, Voltec Solar move forward with plans to expand panel capacity French panel manufacturers Systovi and Voltec Solar are making their first investments in their respective factories. They plan to reach a combined annual production capacity of 1 GW.
Joël Spaes
May 04, 2021
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Technology & Products
Solar kit for gardens and balconies, from France French start-up Ekwateur is offering a solar kit consisting of a 330 W panel, a micro-inverter, a metallic structure, a monitoring sensor, and a few cables.
Joël Spaes
Apr 27, 2021