US added 5.4GW of small-scale PV last year
Some northern states added as much small-scale PV per capita as the top states in the Southwest, taking advantage of solar irradiance in northern states that’s about 70% as high as that in the desert Southwest.
Romanian developer seeks EPC contractor for 134MW PV project
The project is planned to be located 35km from Bucharest, in central Romania. The plant will be close to grid infrastructure and is expected to occupy a surface of 150 hectares.
Official statistics say France deployed 2.8GW of PV in 2021
The new numbers show France deployed around 100MW more solar power than previously estimated by French renewable energy association the SER.
Unsubsidized utility scale solar changing shape of Danish PV market
In a short interview with pv magazine, Flemming Vejby Kristensen, from the Danish PV association Solcelleforening, explained the surprising performance achieved by Denmark’s PV market in 2021, in which around 667.6MW of PV capacity was deployed. Around 94% of this growth is coming from large scale unsubsidized solar projects and the segment’s main driver has been the willingness of big corporations to buy green electricity under bilateral PPAs.
Full organic battery with 2.8V ouput voltage
The realization of biodegradable batteries is a step closer thanks to research from South Australia’s Flinders University, which has developed a 2.8V organic polymer battery. While this battery was made from synthetic polymers, research lead Zhongfan Jia told pv magazine Australia the team’s future iterations will source “materials directly from nature” saying this promises to reduce waste and reliance on mined materials and could have novel applications in fields like biotech.
US rackless, earth-mounted solar supplier secures funding
Erthos has secured $17.5 million in a Series B funding round and has a 2.5GW project pipeline.
Luminous unveils integrated lithium battery inverter
Luminous has revealed its new Li-ON series 1250 inverter with integrated lithium-ion battery. It offers a compact, safe, plug-and-play power backup solution for retail and domestic applications.
The Hydrogen Stream: World’s largest electrolyzer fab breaks ground in Australia
Fortescue Future Industries says the first electrolyzers to be manufactured at the facility, early next year, are earmarked for use in Queensland at FFI’s planned green-hydrogen-to-ammonia project on Gibson Island.
Satellite cyber attack paralyzes 11GW of German wind turbines
The communication channels affected are also used by photovoltaic systems.
‘This is wartime and wartime requires war economy measures’
In a chat with pv magazine, Christian Breyer – Professor of Solar Economy at Finland’s Lappeenranta University of Technology – explains which consequences the war in Ukraine may have on Europe’s energy landscape. According to him, only an unprecedented development of renewable energies, heat pumps and storage may help address the current energy crisis.
