Spanish renewables developer Zelestra has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with gas provider Abastible for a solar-plus-storage plant in Chile.
A team of researchers from DEWA R&D Center, Dubai has undertaken a comprehensive review of PV module degradation in desert environments. Their research proposes a new test cycle to identify defects induced in PV modules by harsh desert conditions.
Under this new domestic content requirement, solar PV cells based on crystalline-silicon technology would be considered to be domestically manufactured only if they used undiffused silicon wafers.
