Tracking rooftop solar trends in India
Simarpreet Singh, director at EPC firm Hartek Group, speaks to pv magazine about the impact of the Covid pandemic on India’s rooftop solar sector, technology trends shaping the market, and the outlook for 2021.
Stanford scientists gain insight on polaron distortion in perovskite solar cells
Polaron formation in perovskite solar cells has been indicated in scientific research as a possible factor for making this kind of cell particularly efficient, although the mechanism behind polarons’ action is completely unknown. A U.S. research group has now observed how polaron distortions form and grow.
Sustainable pumped-hydro across 616,818 sites
Australian researchers have identified more than 600,000 sites suitable for closed-loop pumped-hydro energy storage projects across the globe. “Off-river” pumped-hydro is not only able to overcome the typical topographical issues of conventional pumped-hydro but is also cheaper.
Agrivoltaics prevail in France’s tender for innovative PV technologies
The French energy regulator has allocated 146.2 MW in the procurement exercise. The final average price was €0.0815/kWh.
Ellomay energizes 300 MW solar park in Spain
The Talasol project is currently Spain’s third largest operational PV plant. The facility is currently selling power to the spot market.
Morocco moves forward with 400 MW PV tender
Bidders who have been pre-qualified to compete in a tender opened a year ago will now advance to the second phase of the procurement exercise.
Germany added 480 MW of PV in November
The country added around 4.4 GW of new solar in the first 11 months of 2020 while its cumulative installed PV capacity reached 53.1 GW.
Kazatomprom again seeks to sell solar manufacturing units
The Kazakh state-owned national atomic energy company is seeking to sell its solar manufacturing units for the second time.
Senegal launches tender for 133 mini PV plants
The Senegalese Rural Electrification Agency (ASER) is seeking bids for the construction of 133 mini solar power plants across 177 rural villages.
Israel’s second tender for solar-plus-storage concludes with final price of $0.0544/KWh
The Israeli government assigned 608.9 MW of PV capacity through the tender and selected seven developers for 33 projects. A storage capacity of around 2,400 MWh will be linked to the selected solar power projects.
