The oil and gas giant bp has completed the acquisition of solar PV developer Lightsource bp by obtaining the remaining 50.03% stake in the company. In an announcement made on Thursday, it was confirmed that Lightsource bp will maintain its independent brand and operational structure. Bp also stated its intention to enhance value by introducing …
EDP, the developer, is currently testing a robotic construction solution on a 122MW PV power plant located in Valladolid, Spain. The aim of this pilot project is to substantially reduce the construction timeline of the plant. The innovative Hyperflex technology, created by Italian robotics expert Comau, is set to be implemented on a 3MW segment …
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Trina Solar, a Chinese manufacturer of solar modules, has successfully achieved a power conversion efficiency of 25.9% for an industrial bifacial tunnel oxide passivated contact (i-TOPCon) solar cell. The Institute for Solar Energy Research in Hamelin (ISFH CalTec) in Germany has verified the cell efficiency measurement, which pertains to an industrial large-area 210 × 182mm² …
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Sandhya Ganapathy, CEO of EDP Renewables North America, stated that large-scale solar developers in the US have exhausted the easily attainable opportunities. Ganapathy explained that EDP Renewables North America has deliberately pursued a diverse portfolio of solar, storage, and wind projects across various states in the US. This strategic approach combines ambition and pragmatism. In …
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A team of researchers from LONGi, a Chinese module manufacturer, and the School of Materials at Sun Yat-sen University have successfully created heterojunction (HJT) back contact solar cells with an impressive power conversion efficiency of 27.09%. The findings of the experiments, which have been published in the journal Nature, highlight that most of the recombination …
According to clean energy research firm Mercom Capital Partners, corporate financing in the solar industry experienced a drop of nearly US$7 billion in the initial nine months of 2024 when compared to the corresponding period in the previous year. By the conclusion of September, the overall global corporate funding for the industry amounted to US$22.3 …
The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) in Indonesia has highlighted that the country has achieved 700MW of installed solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity. However, the institute cautions that this advancement is deemed “insufficient” to align with the global climate objectives. According to a recent publication from the research institution, Indonesia’s installed solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity …
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Four Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs) in California have finalized agreements for 393.5MW of solar PV capacity and 171MW (684MWh) of battery energy storage within the state. This week, Central Coast Community Energy (3CE), the Clean Power Alliance (CPA), Peninsula Clean Energy (PCE), and Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) from California sealed agreements with Clearway Energy …
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Breakthroughs in AI are poised to trigger a “paradigm shift” in solar asset management, where intricate analytics and plant performance procedures will be streamlined to the extent that conversing with a chatbot will suffice. This forecast comes from Govinda Upadhyay, the CEO of SmartHelio, a Switzerland-headquartered company that provides various AI-driven tools for assessing the …
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LONGi, a Chinese module manufacturer, has introduced the Hi-MO X10 module specifically crafted for deployment within the distributed solar sector. Introduced at the Rolex Shanghai Masters tennis tournament, the module incorporates LONGi’s second-generation hybrid passivated back contact (HBPC) cells. With a peak power conversion efficiency of 24.8%, a maximum output of 670W, and featuring LONGi’s …
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