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Fimer secures €45 million of funds, announces relaunch

Italy’s Fimer has launched proceedings to restructure its debt and is now ready to restart production.

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Dutch government asks energy suppliers to adjust billing practices for net metering

Rob Jetten, the Dutch energy minister, said the nation’s energy suppliers should implement billing practices for net-metered solar on a yearly basis, and not on a monthly or quarterly basis.

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The Hydrogen Stream: GHD Group, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft win contract for UAE national hydrogen strategy

Germany made efforts this week to expand hydrogen ties with the Gulf states, and Japan announced plans to team up with several nations to ramp up hydrogen production. ICIS, meanwhile, has started offering Europe’s first market-linked renewable hydrogen assessments.

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Hanwha Q Cells unit prepares investment in IT sales operation

South Korea’s Hanwha Q Cells is preparing to take joint control of LynqTech in Hanover, Germany.

Opto-electro-thermal model to predict solar cell temperature, output

French scientists have developed a fully coupled opto-electro-thermal model that reportedly predicts solar cell behavior under real operating conditions in a standalone framework. They said the model can detect the impact of cell doping on the operating temperature and the temperature coefficient.

Spanish gas supplier sets up hydrogen production for heating, residential hot water

Madrileña Red de Gas and Pryconsa are developing a green hydrogen project that will meet the energy needs of 100 homes in Madrid.

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Recom unveils 675 W shingled solar modules

Recom’s new Puma series of solar panels, with 21.7% efficiency and 675 W of maximum output, are ideal for large-scale solar projects. The panels have a temperature coefficient of -0.34% per degree Celsius.

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Enel unveils 680 W n-type heterojunction solar panel for utility-scale applications

Enel Green Power’s new solar panel has average efficiencies ranging from 22.6% to 22.9% and a temperature coefficient of -0.24% per degree Celsius. It is based on an n-type solar cell with G12 format and a power conversion efficiency of 24.6%.

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‘The first terawatt of solar PV installed globally took some 70 years to achieve, while the second will likely take only three’

Leading solar researchers from around the world are meeting for the first time in four years in Milan, Italy, for the 8th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC-8). The first morning has seen prestigious awards bestowed on two scientific leaders and inspirational discussions as to how the “second terawatt” of solar can be installed globally in just a handful of years.

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Poland’s largest solar plant goes online

Goldbeck Solar has switched on a 204 MW solar park in Zwartowo, northern Poland. The project is the first phase of a 290 MW scheme that includes another 86 MW facility.

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