Power Plants

Fraunhofer ISE has developed a perovskite-silicon triple-junction solar cell, which boasts a conversion efficiency of “over 30%”.

Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) has announced that it is receiving an Expression of Interest (EOI) from companies to develop a 1.5GWdc solar PV project located in the Al Khazna area of Abu Dhabi.

Ørsted and Terra Solar have agreed to develop a new 400MW portfolio of solar power projects in Ireland, to come online by 2030.

Scout Clean Energy has signed a power purchase agreement with household product manufacturer Colgate-Palmolive.

Solar inverter producer SolarEdge has unveiled a new PV energy optimisation software system aimed at business owners and the corporate & industrial (C&I) solar sector.

At least US$2.7 trillion must be invested in renewables annually to achieve global net-zero emissions by 2050.

JA Solar and Ecorus have partnered in building the 103.5MWp Fledderbosch solar project in Groningen, in the northeastern Netherlands.

Matrix Renewables and rPlus Energies have started construction at the Pleasant Valley solar project in the US state of Idaho.

OMCO Solar has opened its sixth manufacturing facility in the US, and will provide backrails for First Solar’s new Series 7 modules.

SolarEdge has launched its latest product, a 330kW inverter, alongside a “complementing” H1300 power optimiser.