With grid availability, plenty of land and a new contracts for difference scheme that is set to go live this year, Romania is proving an increasingly attractive market for solar developers. Lena Dias Martins finds out more.
After a two-year hiatus, this long-awaited reunion brought exhibitors and visitors numbers to a record high, where PV companies showcased new products, launched new technologies and showcased new ideas at the show. PV Tech's English and Chinese teams participated and reported the full event.
As agrivoltaics projects grow in popularity, PV Tech Premium gives a look at four countries - Germany, the US, France and Australia - and Africa that have embraced the technology.
The European Commission plans ultimately to run an ‘expression of interest’ call for EU countries every year, which will result in a call for a cross-border tender if there is enough interest from member states and the proposals and desires of the participating countries line up.
By Gwen Brown at the Interstate Renewable Energy Council
Renewables deployment in the US is at risk of stalling unless distributed interconnection policies are improved to make them more efficient. Fortunately, there are a host of well-developed solutions for many of the major interconnection challenges being seen in the country today, writes Gwen Brown of the Interstate Renewable Energy Council.
Enel Green Power’s 170MW PV plant in Tarquinia, which is integrated with medicinal herb, olive oil and livestock feed production, will also support biodiversity with borage used to attract bees.
According to BSW solar, questions about the mobilisation of storage and the appropriate assessment of required market premiums and maximum bid values for commercial PV investments were largely left out.
