Projects

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority has inaugurated the 900MW fifth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in the UAE.

PV tracker supplier Nextracker has signed an agreement with solar developer Atlas Renewable Energy to implement its tracker control system at a 902MWp solar plant in Brazil.

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.

2022 saw the solar PV market enter a ‘new growth dimension’, where 239GW of solar capacity was added across the world representing two thirds of all new renewables capacity.

Jonathan Touriño Jacobo explores how Eastern and Southern European countries have emerged in the race as key players for the European Union to reach 740GW of solar capacity installed by 2030.

The University of Arkansas has announced a 25-year “solar service agreement” with Entegrity to supply a research facility with solar power.

Solar Philippines Neva Ecija Corporation (SPNEC) has planned to start construction later this year on its 3.5GW solar farm in the Philippines.

Arctech has signed an agreement to provide solar trackers for 242MW of an upcoming solar facility in the Indian state of Rajasthan.

Independent power producer (IPP) AMPYR Solar Europe has secured a €200 million (US$215 million) framework project finance facility with Dutch bank Rabobank.

PV Tech Premium talks to Slovenian solar company Bisol and the International Polar Foundation about features of renewable energy production at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Research Station.