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2024-04-02
Improving performance ratio of PV systems via shading effect
Researchers in Indonesia have investigated how shading effects may influence the performance ratio of a PV system. Their analysis also considered payback period and return on investment. Perspective of the PV-field and surrounding sh...
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2024-03-29
Dry Amazon delivers sunny start to 2024 for South America
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that Chile, Uruguay and Argentina saw irradiance up 5% to 15% above normal in January and February. Responsible for the surplus sunlight across South America was th...
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2024-03-28
Chinese PV Industry Brief: New PV hit 36.72 GW in January-February period
China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) says that the nation’s cumulative PV capacity hit 646.2 GW at the end of February. The NEA said that PV installations surged in January and February to 36.72 GW, up 80% year on ye...
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2024-03-26
Turkey introduces duties on PV module imports from 5 countries
The Turkish government has decided to impose a tariff of $25 per square meter on solar modules imported from Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Croatia, and Jordan. The Ministry of Trade said last week that it has come up with new...
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2024-03-21
EDP Renewables switches on 202 MW of PV in Portugal
EDP Renewables has activated 202 MW of solar capacity in Portugal. The plant, in the district of Lisbon, was awarded to the company in the country’s inaugural solar energy auction. It is the company’s largest solar facility in Europe th...
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2024-03-20
Austria earmarks €135 million for solar rebates in 2024
Austrian agency OeMAG is allocating €135 million ($146.4 million) of incentives under Austria’s Renewable Energy Expansion Act (EAG). The Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation...
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2024-03-19
Mexico’s distributed solar installations hit 700 MW in 2023
Mexico had 3.33 GW of cumulative distributed solar capacity at the end of December 2023, on 700 MW of new additions for the full year. Mexico's Energy Regulatory Commission has published statistics for distributed-generation faci...
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2024-01-06
Photovoltaics may increase safety in nuclear power plants
New research from Iran shows that PV installations linked to battery storage may help prevent accidents and increase safety in nuclear power plants by acting as an emergency load. The scientists proposed a system design that considers b...
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2024-01-04
Wind, solar production falls at 2023 end, but demand expected at 2024 beginning
According to data collected by AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, wind and solar energy production in Italy and the Iberian Peninsula fell in the last week of 2023 contributing to price rises, but in the new year electricity demand is expecte...
