Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has lent up to €50 million to a 237.6MW solar PV plant in Bulgaria.

Trinasolar has achieved a conversion efficiency of 26.58% for a bifacial industrial tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar cell.

The financing will go towards the company’s solar cell production and module assembly plant in Fort Mill, York County, South Carolina.

Lenny Tinker, PV program manager at the US DOE SETO, writes how the use of AI and machine learning can help improve solar PV performance.

Fraunhofer ISE’s study uncovered critical degradation effects caused by moisture ingress and UV irradiation in accelerated aging.

The company made no mention of solar PV in the role the technology would play in its renewables portfolio for the coming years.

US solar tracker supplier Array Technologies has invested US$3 million in autonomous robotics company Swap Robotics' automated solar panel laying technology.

Starting from December 1 2024, the export tax rebate rate for some PV products and batteries will be lowered from 13% to 9% in China. 

WoodMackenzie has forecast floating solar PV (FPV) installations to reach 77GW by 2033, with 1.7GW of capacity additions in 2024.

The inverter helps prevent fires in solar systems but can also cause them if not properly specified. Clean Energy Associates’ Ankil Sanghvi looks at the details of inverter architecture that should be investigated to prevent the worst from happening.