New Solar Plant Deployments Improved by 496 MW With Significant Improvement in Prosumers
Romania added 496 MW of solar capacity in 2023, surging from 25 MW in 2022. Prosumers now exceed 100,000, with a total capacity surpassing 1.5 GW.
Romania added 496 MW of solar capacity in 2023, surging from 25 MW in 2022. Prosumers now exceed 100,000, with a total capacity surpassing 1.5 GW.
European solar PV manufacturing faces hurdles: fragmented support, complex procedures. ETIP PV recommends diversified policies for resilience.
Australia currently has about 40% renewable electricity, mostly solar and wind. This is not causing wholesale spot prices to change, nor destabilizing the grid. On current policy settings, the country will reach 82% renewable electricity in 2030.
Germany’s Electrofleet has invested in its virtual power plant technology partner Dieenergiekoppler. The two collaborate to enable mid-sized businesses to use self-produced renewable energy based on fixed price contracts. Dieenergiekoppler’s latest financing round solidified the collaboration.
Solaria’s 595 MW Garoña project approved; Statkraft plans 492 MW in Spain; EDPR commissions 28.75 MW hybrid park; Better Energy signs 10-year PPA in Sweden; FDE acquires Greenstat.
The French solar market grew by around 30% in 2023, reaching 3.15 GW, according to new data from Enedis. PV systems for self-consumption accounted for around one-third of all new capacity additions.
Tongwei Solar Set To Launch G12R TNC Series & More China Solar PV News From JA Solar, DMEGC, Canadian Solar, TrinaTracker. Click for more.
Crux Climate’s study finds the US transferable tax credit market, driven by the Inflation Reduction Act, reached $7-9 billion in 2023, boosting clean energy investment.
China’s silicon dominance poses challenges for European PV capacity. DERA warns of price advantages, driven by energy-intensive production and abundance of electricity.
The European Solar Manufacturing Council says that the European Commission should ban all products made with forced labor to ensure the future of the European PV manufacturing sector.
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) says that about 45 GW of solar projects above 1 MW (AC) in size will be installed in 2024, while Wood Mackenzie estimates 8 GW of small-scale solar.
Trina’s Suqian Plant Gets National Green Factory Tag & More From SC New Energy, Suntech, Tongwei, Lixin Energy. Click for more China Solar News.
Bauer Solar is expanding its “Premium Protect” series with its new 440 W glass-glass solar modules. Since the beginning of December, the German PV manufacturer has only offered glass-glass modules.
In its latest monthly column for pv magazine, the European Technology and Innovation Platform for Photovoltaics (ETIP PV) presents the main findings of its White Paper on PV manufacturing. The report evaluates how policy and regulatory frameworks have evolved for European companies in the PV sector, and compares these frameworks to the PV industrial-policy evolution of key global markets such as China, India, and the USA.
The Zhongguancun Energy Storage Industry and Technology Alliance (CNESA) says China installed 21.5 GW/46.6 GWh of stationary storage capacity in 2023.