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Mounting system manufacturer Schletter has unveiled its latest agrivoltaics product at Intersolar Europe 2023 in Munich, Germany.

LONGi has unveiled its latest perovskite/crystalline tandem solar cell at Intersolar, which boasts an efficiency of 33.5%.

From a pool of ten finalists, Intersolar selected three winners prior to this year’s event: Huawei, Aiko Solar and Wavelabs.

The largest of the newly launched TOPCon modules with a power range of 585 to 605Wp provides up to 22.9% efficiency. "This is currently the highest efficiency for a TOPCon module in the market," according to European marketing director Andre Bodenhagen.

As Asia continues to be the key driver for floating solar, in Europe the Netherlands are the ones pushing forward in terms of offshore solar.

Parliament Solar has selected Ideematec to supply a tracking system for its upcoming solar farm in the US state of Texas.

First Solar has announced that it will produce a limited production run of bifacial thin film PV modules, which it says are the first of their kind. The company ultimately plans to roll the product out commercially, following field and laboratory testing.

Finnish environmental and industrial measurement firm Vaisala has launched a weather station to help enhance the performance of solar power plants, which is showcased at InerSolar 2023.

Private equity firm Antin Infrastructure Partners has made a voluntary offer to buy the entirety of the shares of Spanish renewable energy developer Opdenergy for €866 million (US$935 million).

SmartestEnergy has signed a power purchase agreement with Mytilineos for the latter’s proposed Kingaroy solar farm in Queensland, Australia.