Italy’s largest solar park changes hands
Danish developer European Energy sold the 103MW facility located in Troia, southern Italy, to Italian holding Iren Spa. The solar park is currently selling power to the spot market.
Spraying water system for solar module cooling
A British-Indian research group has developed an active cooling technique that is claimed to improve a PV system’s yield by around 0.5%. The system could be used in residential solar arrays and the water heated by the PV modules may be fed into a solar water heating system.
Neoen starts work on South Australia’s largest renewable energy project
Neoen has started to develop 1.2GW of wind, 600 MW of solar and 900 MW of battery storage capacity. Upon completion, the installation will likely be Australia’s largest wind, solar and battery storage project.
Discover Battery unveils lithium ferro-phosphate battery for off-grid solar, tiny homes
At Intersolar North America in California, Canada-based Discover Battery has launched the Helios energy storage system, an LFP battery designed to operate in remote conditions.
Philippines clears 62 PV projects totaling 1.3GW for renewable portfolio standards
The list of the eligible renewable energy producers also includes 36 hydropower facilities totaling 412.8MW, 36 biomass schemes with an aggregate capacity of 264.8MW, seven wind farms with a total power of 409.9MW, and six geothermal power plants totaling 218.5MW.
Germany’s second rooftop PV tender concludes with average price of €0.0743/kWh
The procurement exercise’s final prices ranged between €0.0570 and €0.0828 per kWh.
Switzerland’s largest solar park planned to power refinery
The PV facility will have a capacity of 7.7MW and will rely on 19,000 of the latest generation solar modules from the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM).
Kesterite solar cell with 11.76% efficiency via aluminum oxide passivation layer
The solar cell was built with Al2O3-incorporated CZTSSe absorbers using aqueous spray pyrolysis in ambient air. It achieved an open-circuit voltage of 0.469 V, a short-circuit current of 36.96 mA cm2, and a fill factor of 67.25%.
Botswana issues tender for six PV power plants
The tendered solar PV plants are expected to help the Sub-Saharan country reduce its dependence on electricity imports from South Africa.
Major advances for US, Australian solar window specialists
Australian solar window supplier ClearVue says its products can reduce carbon emissions in buildings by as much as 90%, while California-based BIPV window coating producer Ubiquitous Energy has raised $70 million to scale up its own tech.
