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Prescinto makes the case for artificial intelligenceenabled monitoring of solar assts. Pictured here is the Andasol 150MW power plant in Andalusia, Spain. Image: Wikicommons, Kallerna.

Solar’s ascendancy: how crystalline silicon will dominate global energy by 2050

May 6, 2025
While other technologies exist, c-Si solar PV technology is the leading candidate for large-scale energy production, writes Radovan Kopecek.
Aerial view of a solar PV plant in India from Tata Power

Renewables will need policy support to be ‘economically optimal’ – BloombergNEF

April 15, 2025
Renewable energy will need policy support to reach “economically optimal” levels for the global energy transition, according to BloomberNEF.
An Avaada Group manufacturing plant.

Global solar module manufacturing capacity to reach 1.8TW in 2025 – report

March 24, 2025
This would be treble the installations registered globally in 2024, with China controlling most of the supply chain.
A Lightsource bp project.

US adds record 49GW of solar capacity in 2024

February 24, 2025
The US added a record 49GW of new solar capacity in 2024, according to figures from the BCSE and Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
Aerial view of one of the largest US single-phase solar PV projects

BNEF: Fixed-tilt PV LCOE to fall to US$35/MWh by the end of 2025

February 6, 2025
The levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) for a number of clean power industries will fall by between 2-11% year-on-year by the end of 2025.
A solar project in Germany.

US set to install 32GW utility-scale solar PV in 2024

November 27, 2024
The American Clean Power Association (ACP) has forecasted that the US is set to add 32GW of utility-scale solar PV capacity in 2024.
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Solar LCOE continues to decrease globally – Wood Mackenzie

October 22, 2024
The average global LCOE for fixed-axis solar PV systems in 2024 reached US$66/MWh, ranging from US$28/MWh to US$117/MWh.
Francesco La Camera speaking at COP28.

IRENA: Solar LCOE falls 12% year-on-year, 90% since 2010

September 26, 2024
The global weighted average LCOE of utility-scale PV plants fell to US$0.044/kWh in 2023, a 12% year-on-year decline from 2022.
RWE Neuland solar farm in Germany.

Fraunhofer ISE: ground-mounted solar has the lowest LCOE in Germany

August 7, 2024
Ground-mounted PV is Germany's most cost-effective power generation technology, according to Fraunhofer ISE.
Solar and wind projects in France.

Improved economics of solar and wind boost value of renewable power to US market – Berkeley Lab

July 1, 2024
A Lawrence Berkeley National Lab report has quantified the improving value of solar and wind power in the US.

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