The Netherlands’ Friesland and Gelderland regions reach maximum grid capacity
Grid bottlenecks are increasing in the northern Netherlands and solar project developers will see fewer chances to build PV facilities there.
Tracker-equipped solar park to power mineral oil tank facility in Austria
Austrian oil and gas company OMV will invest around €4.5 million in the solar park, which will be connected to the facility’s internal grid and will be used exclusively to power its operations.
Barbados to host 50MW/128 MWh solar-hydrogen-battery facility
The complex will combine a 50MW photovoltaic plant with 128MWh of long-term green hydrogen storage and batteries. The solar part is described by the company as an agrivoltaic plant that will host a herd of 1,830 sheep.
Ivory Coast launches tender for 20 MW floating solar array
The tender was launched by local utility Cote d’Ivoire Energies. The 20 MW will be located on a water reservoir at the Kossou dam, in the center of Ivory Coast.
NREL launches 100% renewables study for Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico has 40GW of solar potential, said national lab staff in a webinar. The 100% study will begin by modeling the renewables milestones set by Puerto Rico law.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Microquanta builds 12 MW ground-mounted project with perovskite solar modules
In other news, Haiyuan Material (HYM) said it will commission its 600 MW heterojunction cell factory in July and Polysilicon supplier Daqo announced it is seeking to raise RMB11 billion ($1.74 billion) through a share private placement.
France deployed 2.68GW of solar in 2021
Solar was able to cover over 3% of France’s total electricity demand last year and its cumulative capacity reached 13,067MW at the end of December.
Work begins on world’s second largest PV system on a stadium roof
The stadium of German football club SC Freiburg will host a 2.4MW rooftop solar array that will be built with heterojunction modules provided by Swiss manufacturer Meyer Burger.
Enel, Comal plan 1GW solar tracker factory in Italy
Called Tracker Sun Hunter, the new factory will be located in an area of over 30,000 square meters inside Enel’s Montalto di Castro power plant which is no longer used for energy generation.
South Korea’s Kepco to deploy 100MW of highway PV
Korea Electric Power Corp. plans to build solar on highways in two 20MW stages, followed by a third phase, under a government program to facilitate the development of energy-independent roads.
