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As a fast-growing segment of the industry, floating solar is also a novel technology that comes with a variety of new operational risks.

The US generated 18,938GWh of electricity from utility-scale solar in April 2024, accounting for 6.1% of its total electricity generation.

This year at SNEC, the booth of Quanwei Solar Technology (QW Solar) attracted many visitors to participate in its interactive experiments.

Ørsted has commissioned its Helena Energy Center in the US state of Texas, a 518MW co-located solar and wind project.

Burns & McDonnell has started construction on Consumers Energy’s 297MWdc/250MWac solar project in the US state of Michigan.

Prominent fire safety experts, solar professionals and veteran firefighters have serious concerns about new PV hazard control solutions.

US insurer kWh Analytics has released its latest Solar Risk Assessment report, which explores how extreme weather is affecting solar farms.

NextEra Energy and Entergy have announced plans to develop 4.5GW of solar and storage projects as part of a five-year development agreement.

US analyst Lazard notes that renewable energy technologies continue to have some of the lowest LCOE figures in the US.

Finlay Colville noted that a greater emphasis on domestic manufacturing “changes the whole supply chain,” at the UK Solar Summit.