The 38th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC) will open its virtual doors for the second time in a row from 6 to 10 September 2021, allowing all international participants to be part of the event despite ongoing global travel restrictions.
Monterey, CALIF., April 20, 2021 (Solar Business Hub) — RP Construction Services, Inc. (RPCS) has partnered with Energix US, LLC for the installation of solar trackers at three of Energix’s solar projects, and intends to collaborate on two additional projects, totaling approximately 50MW.
Satteins, Austria, April 14, 2021 — (Solar Business Hub) Austrian manufacturer of PV mounting systems AEROCOMPACT announces the launch of the COMPACTGround RAM-X product range for solar parks with more than 500 kWp output, which will be available worldwide from April.
Padua, Italy, April 8, 2021 (Solar Business Hub) — FuturaSun’s photovoltaic modules were selected by Genius Watter to power the off-grid desalination plant on the island of Boa Vista in the Cape Verde Archipelago, which is supplying the rural community of Varahdinha with drinking water and water for agricultural use.
Desert Technologies (DT) recently participated in the Live Online conference “RENPOWER NIGERIA INVESTORS 2021” which lasted from March 31st to April 1st, 2021. The founder of the company, Mr. Nour Mousa, discussed projects in solar PV and grid-connected electricity access across Nigeria and other markets among more than 200 high-level decision-makers, market participants and stakeholders from around the world.
Satteins, Austria, March 8, 2021 — (Solar Business Hub) The Austrian manufacturer of PV mounting systems AEROCOMPACT strengthens its team with the internationally known wind engineer Thorsten Kray.
Renewables are set to form the backbones of our future energy system and among them, photovoltaics (PV) has rapidly become one of the most economic energy generation technology. The price of electricity generated by PV has reached a levelized cost of electricity of 5-10 €c/kWh, leading to a major acceleration of its deployment with over 110 GWp of newly installed capacity in 2019 alone. The cumulative installed PV capacity is now 627 GWp and it is expected to reach over 1 TWp by 2025 as predicted by the IEA PVPS. The PV market is largely dominated by crystalline silicon (c-Si) PV modules representing 95% of the market share, while thin-film modules remain a niche product. The Terawatt Era of PV modules is approaching fast, and it is raising important questions about end-of-life management as 5 million tons of PV waste by 2030 is projected by IRENA. Embracing a circular economic model for this maturing industry brings a major opportunity to make sure that PV becomes one of the most sustainable sources of energy.
Researchers demonstrate a new method to fabricate solar perovskite solar cells in ambient air bringing their efficiency up to 18.3%, which could boost perovskite technology towards production and commercialization of high performance and stable devices.
Former First Solar CTO brings years of industry knowledge to long-duration battery storage company
WILSONVILLE, Ore., Feb. 23, 2021 — ESS Inc., a manufacturer of long-duration iron-based flow batteries for commercial and utility-scale energy storage applications, announces the addition of renewable energy industry veteran Raffi Garabedian to their board of directors.
Padua, Italy, February 27, 2021 (Solar Business Hub) — Eurostat figures show that Northern-European countries are keener on using renewable energy such as Latvia where the gross consumption of renewable energy sources (RES) amounts to 41.0%, which is the third-highest share of RES in the European Union (EU) after Sweden and Finland.
Latvia’s primary renewable energy sources are biomass and hydropower, however, solar power opportunities are also being developed even in low-radiation areas where photovoltaics is still convenient and efficient. Such is the case of the 200 kW ground-mounted system installed by Latvian energy company AJ Power for the fish-canning company Banga Ltd at its factory to reduce the company’s costs over the long term.
The 38th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition is planned to take place from 6 – 10 of September 2021 at the Lisbon Congress Centre (CCL) in Lisbon, Portugal.
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Lachen, Germany, February 16, 2021 (Solar Business Hub) — SunBrush® mobil, the world market leader for solar cleaning equipment, and Infinity, the Egyptian solar project developer, have opened a service base at Africa’s largest solar power plant.
