Europe

Inverter manufacturer ABB has launched a blockchain pilot to examine how the technology could boost the role of solar in peer-to-peer energy trading and smart grids.

BayWa r.e.’s solar boats and Ocean Sun’s panel membranes contend for spotlight at packed session in Munich, with audience probing into costs.

Plans would see solar installed on 1 million social homes in bid to tackle fuel poverty.

Debt instrument can bring benefits compared to conventional project finance but smaller players face steep learning curve, says Intersolar panel.

Free-market success will require accepting merchant risks and even ‘reverse subsidy’ logic of paying for grid access, say developers, investors and utilities gathered at Munich event.

We review some of the initial wave of new PV module product announcements at Intersolar Europe 2019.

Lightsource BP is proposing the development of a 49.9MW solar farm in Nottingham, UK, with a 700MW global pipeline announced.

Yet another power generation record fell in the UK this week, as the country’s solar fleet set a new generation record.

JAKS MoU to buy 49.5MW Vietnam solar project, ReneSola provides 5.4MW of mono PERC modules to Helexia in Belgium, SECI delays PV manufacturing-linked tender again, Renewables to help Iran water scarcity.

German firm Pfalzsolar has been awarded a contract to build a 21.5MW solar park at the site of a nuclear power station in the province of Zeeland.