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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...
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2023-12-28
Worldwide PV growth set to slow in 2024
The number of PV installations around the world grew by an annual average of 28% between 2019 and 2023, including a 56% jump from 2022 to 2023, according to Wood Mackenzie. Growth is not expected from 2024 to 2028, however. From ...
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2023-12-26
Brief Operation of the National Photovoltaic Manufacturing Industry in November 2023.
According to the statistics of enterprise samples collected by the China Photovoltaic Industry Association, in November 2023, the output of polysilicon silicon dropped by 6.4% month-on-month and increased by 0.6% year-on-year: Silicon w...
