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In a new weekly update for pv magazineSolcast, a DNV company, reports that Finland and Sweden, thanks to warm temperatures and relatively sunny skies, had irradiance of up to 30%, unusually resulting in a higher total irradiance than the further south of the United Kingdom and France. Across the Baltic Sea, Poland, the Baltic states and neighboring countries also experienced insolation up to 30% above the long-term average. June 7, 2024 SolcastIn May, Europe experienced a striking contrast in solar radiation, shaped by two dominant weather systems. Persistent high pressure over Scandinavia limited normal convective clouds and rainfall in summer,…
According to the US Solar Market Insight Q2 2024 report, total solar panel production capacity in the US increased by more than 11 GW in the first quarter of 2024. June 7, 2024 Anne FischerBy pv magazine USAThe Insight into the US solar market Q2 2024 According to the report, 11 GW of new solar module manufacturing capacity came online in the United States in the first three months of 2024 – the largest quarter of solar production growth in U.S. history.The report, released by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie, estimates that total solar panel production…
Brazil’s federal police have arrested people and seized assets linked to some of the country’s largest carbon credit projects.According to investigators, the group had been committing land theft and timber laundering in the Amazon for more than a decade and making millions of dollars in profits.The projects were exposed in late May in a year-long investigation published by Mongabay, which showed links between the REDD+ projects and an illegal timber scam.Authorities and experts hope the findings will raise the bar for projects in the country and convince lawmakers to create strict rules for Brazil’s carbon market, which is now under…
A 3 MW community solar project in Morris, Illinois. Summit Ridge Energy By the end of 2023, more than four million households in the United States had switched to rooftop solar energy. However, certain communities still face significant barriers to rooftop solar adoption, particularly households living in multifamily properties, renters, and low-income households. Community solar – where multiple customers purchase solar energy through a shared system – has emerged as a potential model to expand solar energy access to these underserved communities. Unlike rooftop solar, community solar does not pose specific barriers to residents or tenants of multifamily properties and…
Swedish developer Alight plans to build a 90 MW solar park in southwestern Finland. The company says the announcement is a major step towards developing 1.5 GW of PV projects in the country by the end of this year. June 7, 2024 Patrick Jowett Sweden-based solar energy developer Alight has shared plans to build a 90 MW solar park in Harjavalta, southwestern Finland. The facility is expected to cover a total area of 105 hectares and supply the annual electricity consumption of approximately 17,800 households.Alight says a community consultation held earlier this week was “successful” and it will now prepare…
In a new weekly update for pv magazineOPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a brief overview of the major price trends in the global PV industry. June 7, 2024 OPISMarket activity in China’s mobile market calmed down as most market participants stood on the sidelines, unsure whether prices had bottomed out. Demand remained tepid as most market participants showed no urgency to replenish cargoes.The majority of cell makers are facing cash flow problems and even though wafer prices have hit all-time lows, these cash-strapped cell makers have been unable to take advantage of lower wafer prices to build up their…
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has created a solar atlas to identify the PV potential on roofs in Germany. This new, open-access online platform uses aerial photographs and geodata processed with machine learning methods to determine the solar energy potential for the country’s entire building stock of approximately 20 million units. June 7, 2024 Sandra EnkhardtBy pv magazine GermanyThe DLR has developed a new one online open access solar atlas which can help homeowners and solar companies identify locations where PV systems can potentially be hosted in Germany.The EO solar energy platform uses aerial photographs and geodata to determine the…
The event brought together industry players to discuss the most pressing issues facing the UK solar market. Image: Solar energy portal According to Connie Duxbury, founder of Croydon Community Energy and community manager at Younity, who spoke at the UK Solar Summit in London today, there is a “lack of awareness” that the community solar sector “even exists” in Britain. Duxbury and fellow panellists Liz Leffman, leader of Oxfordshire County Council, and Nadia Smith, director of Community Energy London, said the lack of awareness is largely due to a lack of support from both local and national government. Duxbury said:…
A research team in Australia has used a lamination technique known as cold isostatic pressing (CIP) to build a perovksite solar cell based on a flexible double-layer electrode made of carbon and silver that can reportedly compete with gold-carbon-based electrode based counterparts in terms of efficiency. and stability. June 7, 2024 Emiliano BelliniA group of researchers led by CSIRO Manufacturing, part of Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), has used a lamination technique known as cold isostatic pressing (CIP) to build a perovskite solar cell that uses a flexible double-layer electrode made of carbon and coated with silver…
The result was confirmed by the German Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH). The cell also achieved an open circuit voltage of 709.5 mV, a short circuit density of 11,355 mA and a fill factor of 82.04%. June 7, 2024 Emiliano Bellini The German research institute ISC Konstanz has claimed an energy conversion efficiency of 24.12% for a TOPCon back contact (TBC) solar cell. The researchers said their IBC4EU solar cell was designed in accordance with the polyZEBRA concept.The result was confirmed by the German Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH). “The certified efficiency of 24.12% appears to…