Starting from January, the Swedish furniture provider will launch its Solstrale PV panel offer in the Spanish market. Swedish furniture giant Ikea will begin selling solar modules online in Spain from January. “We want clean energy to be available to the majority of people,” the company said in a statement. “We know we have to make an affordable…
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The novel technique consists of a PVC pipe with 20 holes that is placed on the top of a PV module and is able to maintain a constant discharge of water. It was demonstrated on an experimental photovoltaic-thermal PV system in which the PV panel was not integrated with the solar collector but connected to…
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The tracking industry’s second-largest player has signed an agreement to supply RP Construction Services with 1 GW of single-axis solar trackers just 20 days after coming to a 1.4 GW agreement with Lightsource BP. For the second time in 30 days, Array Technologies has signed a 1-GW tracker supply agreement, this time for a total…
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Sino-Australian manufacturer Clenergy has unveiled a new mounting solution for PV panels installed in balconies. The structure is adjustable to different types of commonly-sized balconies with metal railings. Sino-Australian mounting system specialist Clenergy has launched a new mounting solution for PV installations on high-rise balconies. Dubbed PV-ezRack SolarBalcony, the new mounting structure is manufactured with 6005-T5 aluminum…
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The projects will each be among the largest installations in their respective states and advance Cubico’s expansion into the American solar market. Cubico Sustainable Investments has added 270 MW of solar to the company’s U.S. generation portfolio, after acquiring two projects from RES. The two installations in question are the Delta’s Edge solar project and…
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The company has come to an agreement with Invenergy to purchase 500 MW of the upcoming 1.3 GW Samson Solar Energy Center in Texas. the deal will make AT&T one of the largest purchasers of corporate solar in the world. As part of the company’s ongoing efforts to achieve carbon neutrality, AT&T has signed the…
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Australia’s ClearVue wants to push ahead with the development of its transparent solar glass technology. Construction is now beginning on a commercial-scale trial project. ASX-listed company ClearVue said this week that work has commenced on site at Perth’s Murdoch University, where a greenhouse featuring the company’s solar glazing technology will be constructed. ClearVue is pursuing…
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The French National Commission of Public Debate validated, on November 3, the launch of a public consultation on the project initiated by the Norwegian group REC. The chosen location is Hambach, in the northeastern region of Moselle. The planned investment is €680 million. Norwegian solar module manufacturer REC, a unit of Chinese chemical company Chemchina, is…
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Most of Indonesia’s deployed capacity comes from industrial PV systems, at 7.7 MW, while residential PV installations stand at just 5.1 MW. The authorities introduced improved net metering provisions earlier this year. Indonesia launched a net metering scheme for solar arrays in December 2018. The provisions have been updated several times over the past two years, but…
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Researchers in Egypt have tested a new solar module cleaning technique for solar arrays in arid regions. They claim that the combination of nano-coatings with vibration mechanisms on the backs of modules can reduce manual cleaning requirements. Researchers from Egypt’s Beni-Suef University and the German University in Cairo (GUC) have proposed a dust mitigation technique…
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