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Oxford PV ships first commercial perovskite tandem modules

September 5, 2024
The modules themselves comprise 72 of Oxford PV’s perovskite-on-silicon cells with a conversion efficiency of 24.5%.
Solar panels installed along the coastline at sunset in South Australia

Australia: Solar PV is fastest technology to deploy in net zero race, says think tank

September 5, 2024
The Climate Change Authority has signalled that Australia’s electricity and energy sector accounts for 35% of the country’s emissions.
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UK awards record 3.3GW solar PV in latest CfD AR6

September 4, 2024
In total 93 ground-based solar PV projects were awarded Contracts for Difference in the sixth auction round (AR6).
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Cero Generation 100MW solar PV plant in Greece reaches commercial operation

September 2, 2024
Independent power producer (IPP) Cero Generation has reached commercial operations at its 100MW Delfini solar PV plant in Greece.
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Qatar unveils plans for 2GW ‘mega’ PV project

September 2, 2024
Qatari state-owned petroleum company QatarEnergy has revealed plans for a 2GW “mega” PV project in the Dukhan area of the country.
SUSI will provide capital for the rollout of more than 10,000 distributed PV and storage systems. Image: Plico Energy via Twitter.

Solar PV achieves winter 2024 record generation as South Australia runs on 100% renewable energy

September 2, 2024
From 26 August to 1 September, Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) saw the highest rooftop and utility-scale solar PV contribution across the 2024 winter period.
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US Bureau of Land Management proposes 31 million acres for solar PV development in western states

August 30, 2024
The Bureau of Land Management has proposed using 31 million acres of public land for the development of solar PV across 11 US western states.
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India adds 15GW solar PV in H1 2024, up 282% YoY

August 23, 2024
India’s cumulative installed solar capacity stood at 87.2GW by the end of June 2024 and accounts for 19.5% of all power capacity installed.
Chart showing the electricity capacity additions from different technologies in the US in 2024

EIA: US added 12GW of solar PV in H1 2024

August 22, 2024
According to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) latest report “Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory”, solar PV accounted for 59% of all additions.
The 163MW Elm Branch project in Texas was developed by Lightsource bp and features First Solar’s Series 6 modules. Image: Lightsource bp.

Lightsource bp signs 500MW solar PV development agreement in Germany

August 20, 2024
Over the next two to three years, the companies aim to build solar PV projects of at least 20MW capacity in Germany.

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