After experiencing their own problems with potential induced degradation (PID), Belgium-based Edison Energy took matters into its own hands and developed the Pidbull solution in partnership with imec. Now it sells Pidbull to anyone experiencing issues with PID. As managing director Davy Verheyden explains, it is a problem solar asset owners cannot afford to ignore.
News in Brief: ReneSola sells 6.75MW North Carolina project to Greenbacker, An Indiana Ikea is to install the largest retail rooftop solar array in the state, PowerHub releases a new version of its O&M software and five community college campuses in California are developing solar canopies.
Power purchase agreements (PPAs) have been signed for the pioneering Rewa solar park projects, which briefly had the lowest solar tariffs ever in India.
India’s leading renewable independent power producer (IPP) ReNew Power has brought online what is claimed to be the largest PV plant in Telangana with the 143MW Dichpally solar farm.
The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has reduced the benchmark tariff for grid-connected utility-scale solar in the Indian state from INR6.51/kWh (US$0.101) to INR4.36/kWh (US$0.068).
As part of India’s Green Energy Corridor scheme, the Ministry of Power has proposed setting up a host of Renewable Energy Management Centres (REMCs) across the country to help integrate renewables as their penetration increases.