Vectren, owner of utility firms in the US states of Indiana and Ohio, has unveiled plans to ditch more than 700MW of coal generation and partly replace it with up to 1GW of solar PV.
The global solar industry could enter the terawatt era by as early as 2022, but only if national governments set appropriate, post-COVID stimulus measures in motion.
The “vast majority” of projects within 8minute Solar Energy’s US-based solar PV pipeline will co-locate the technology with energy storage, the developer has confirmed.
In the absence of live events and exhibitions this summer, the solar PV and energy storage supply chains have adopted online and virtual events to ramp up marketing activity.
June 2020’s episode of the Solar Media Podcast is now available to listen to, and it’s jam packed with insight and discussion around a flurry of activity in the US and Europe.
Chinese inverter manufacturer KSTAR has received NTS 631 certification from Spain’s Certification Entity for Renewable Energies (CERE), claiming to be the first Chinese manufacturer to do so.
Liam Stoker and José Rojo detail the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global solar industry, analysing both how the sector has responded to and tackled the crisis, and how PV is preparing for a greener future.
