Operations & Maintenance

Solar power generation facilities can be exposed to risks from the effects of hailstorms, snow and typhoons, according to kWh Analytics.

ARENA is providing up to AU$32.3m to set up factories for robots that install solar modules and drive foundation piles.

Poor solar PV project quality can increase the levelised cost of energy of a PV system by more than 20%, according to a report by HelioVolta.

The replacement of decommissioned solar projects will account for 23% of new capacity additions by the 2040s, according to Wood Mackenzie.

Solar project developers ought to move away from a 'throwing spaghetti at the wall' approach, says Glint Solar's Simen Fure Jørgensen.

Drawing on his experience of flood risk engineering, Hossein Ghoveisi makes the case for early, accurate hydrology in solar project design.

Solar growth changes how operators think about inspections, as they must ensure that thousands of panels are producing at peak efficiency.

Array has launched a suite of foundation-to-tracker solutions to improve the connections between Array trackers and foundations.

Site adaptation has become the backbone of solar project finance and modern technical designs, according to Solargis' Martin Opatovsky.

'Home market strength plus Middle Eastern demand' has driven a surge in solar PV capacity in India, according to RenewAtlas and Wiki-Solar.