Getting lightweight, flexible, semi-transparent PV from lab to fab
German research group Helmholtz Association hopes to speed up the adoption of flexible printed solar PV technologies by transferring advances in the lab to industry through its growing Solar TAP initiative.
PV systems can now support grid as fossil fuels decline, says IEA-PVPS
A new report by the International Energy Agency’s Photovoltaics Power Systems Programme (IEA-PVPS) says that existing PV systems have the technical capabilities to provide various frequency-related grid services.
Germany records 1.4 GW of new solar in July
Germany installed 1.4 GW of new solar capacity in July, bringing its cumulative total to 92.23 GW.
Qcells cuts PV system prices in Germany by 15%
Qcells says it has started selling 4.4 kW PV systems with inverters for less than €9,000 ($9,892), including installation. The South Korean manufacturer says it is also offering its home storage systems at a 15% discount.
The Hydrogen Stream: RWE starts green hydrogen production in Germany
RWE has commissioned a 14 MW pilot electrolyzer plant in Lingen, Germany, while Thyssenkrupp nucera says market uncertainty has slowed growth momentum, despite a 12% increase in third-quarter order intake.
Offgrid PV-driven hydrogen vs. standalone solar-plus-storage
A German research team has compared the economic performance of an offgrid PV-electrolyser-fuel cell system with that of a standalone solar-plus-storage counterpart in a building in Niger. Its analysis showed that decentralized PV-driven hydrogen could achieve considerable lower levelized cost of energy and levelized cost of storage than the PV-battery system, with these values reaching €0.12 ($13.1)/kWh and €0.35/kWh, respectively.
Third battery fire at the same site in Germany
It’s the third time in two months that a battery fire has broken out on the premises of Suncycle in Germany.
Next2Sun bets on Italy for market expansion
Despite difficulties in France, Next2Sun still sees growth opportunities in Europe, starting with Italy. The German agrivoltaics supplier tells pv magazine that it is also increasingly active in Japan.
The Hydrogen Stream: Clean ammonia supplies set to soar, says BNEF
BloombergNEF says clean ammonia supplies could expand by 30 times to 32 million tons by 2030, while MAX Power Mining has roughly tripled the size of its Rider Natural Hydrogen Project in western Canada.
Novel approach to estimate curtailment, clipping losses in hybrid wind-solar plants
A European research team has proposed a new methodology for optimal design of hybrid wind-solar power plants. Their approach is based on 1-minute resolution data, which the scientists said provide much more accurate information about potential curtailment and clipping losses compared to 1-hour resolution data.
