Having witnessed its utility-scale solar boom peak in 2015, the UK is primed for a return to large-scale solar buildout. Liam Stoker explores the pipeline, the drivers and the role of the country’s new energy security strategy in driving new solar deployment.
JinkoSolar has announced that it is to supply 550MW of its N-type Tiger Neo modules to China’s State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC), the country’s largest power producer and solar energy developer, further evidence of the industry’s rapidly accelerating transition towards N-type technology.
US President Joe Biden is to waive tariffs on solar imports from Southeast Asia for two years as part of a swathe of measures to boost renewables deployment.
A round-up of the latest solar project news, as BNZ enters Portugal, Centrica pens a VPPA with Matrix Renewables in Spain and a 73MW plant in California is completed.
Late last year AES Corporation unveiled the Atlas, an automated solar deployment robot the company claimed to be a first of its kind. Here, AES gives PV Tech the full story of its development.
Floating solar system provider Ocean Sun is preparing to scale up the utility-scale deployment of its technology as its management calls for more regulatory frameworks to unlock the potential of the floating PV segment.
Following on from the company’s Leshan facility, JinkoSolar’s Chuxiong plant has now become its second 100% renewable electricity-powered factory, as part of its ongoing commitment to the Climate Group’s RE100 initiative. The electricity powering the Chuxiong cell factory comes from a variety of sources, including local hydro and offsite solar plants and planned on-site PV arrays installed on the facility’s rooftops.
