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Engie and UAC Berhad have signed a 20-year solar power purchase agreement (PPA) for a 7.35 MW solar array in Malaysia. May 9, 2024 Patrick Jowett Engie and UAC Berhad, a Malaysian manufacturer of environmentally friendly cellulose fiber cement products, have signed a 20-year PPA. They will develop a 7.35 MW rooftop solar array at UAC Berhad’s factory in Ipoh, northwest Malaysia.The array is expected to supply 27% of the UAC facility’s energy needs. The two parties have been working together since 2018 to reduce CO2 emissions at UAC Berhad’s manufacturing plant, located on the Tasek Industrial Estate. They previously…
Tigo Energy has announced the latest additions to the Tigo Flex MLPE product family, the Tigo TS4-X line. Designed to serve both the commercial, industrial (C&I) and utility solar markets, Tigo TS4-X products support the latest high-power solar modules, up to 800W. Members of the TS4-X product family are compatible with Pure Signal technology in Tigo RSS transmitters and offer a Multi-Factor Rapid Shutdown (MFRS) option with redundant safety signaling for solar energy systems serving the food and pharmaceutical cold chain sectors, or other energy-critical applications. The new devices are combined with a list of third-party solar inverters to provide…
An Austrian research team has demonstrated lightweight, flexible and ultra-thin perovskite solar technology in palm-sized autonomous drones, demonstrating the technology’s stability and energy harvesting potential. The single-junction champion cell in the study had an open-circuit voltage of 1.15 V and an efficiency of 20.1%. May 9, 2024 Valerie ThompsonA team from Johannes Kepler University Linz has developed lead halide perovskite solar cells less than 2.5 μm thick, with a champion-specific PV power density of 44 W/g and an average performance of 41 W/g, which they were able to integrate into modules to power quadcopter-like drones the size of a palm.The…
Tigo’s new MLPE is designed to support commercial, industrial and large-scale solar projects. May 9, 2024 Ryan KennedyBy pv magazine USATigo Energy has announced a new line of module-level power electronics (MLPE), the Tigo TS4-X line. The MLPE product line is designed to support newer high-performance solar panels with power up to 800 W.“The installers operating at the cutting edge of solar are pushing the boundaries in system output and cost, and the TS4-X closes an important gap at the high end of the module performance spectrum,” said Jing Tian, Chief Executive Officer. Growth Officer at Tigo energy.The device provides…
LONGi has once again broken a world record for the efficiency of silicon solar cells. As certified by the German Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH), new silicon heterojunction back-contact (HBC) solar cells designed by LONGi have achieved an efficiency of 27.30% under laboratory conditions. LONGi now holds the world records for efficiency in crystalline silicon solar cells and for efficiency in tandem solar cells of crystalline silicon-perovskite. In November 2023, LONGi set the efficiency record for the silicon-perovskite tandem at 33.9%. The new record was announced at the same time as the unveiling of the new Hi-MO 9…
Erik Paulus Nautilus solar energy and TurningPoint Energy (TPE) are collaborating on a 29.3 MW portfolio of four community solar projects in Illinois located in Kankakee and Livingston counties. “We are pleased to be working with TPE on yet another transaction, the first in the Illinois market,” said Eric Paul of Nautilus. “Strategic partnerships like these play a critical role in expanding Nautilus’ capabilities and reaffirming our position as a leading community solar company with projects and subscribers across the country.” Nautilus will own the projects on a long-term basis and will be responsible for…
Sinovoltaics has been analyzing publicly traded solar panel manufacturers over the past three years using a balance sheet-based model and publicly available financial information to track financial strength. The top five module makers in the new rankings are Tainergy, First Solar, Eterbright, Mission Solar and Era Solar. April 12, 2024 Valerie ThompsonSinovoltaics, a Hong Kong-based technical compliance and quality assurance service company, has a Ranking of PV module manufacturers with 52 panel suppliers spread around the world. The company said the results are calculated from June 2020 to December 2023 to provide insight into the stability of the scores over…
It is time to celebrate American independence, not only in terms of our historical past, but also in terms of clean, sustainable energy independence. At Solarise Solar we believe in the power of the sun, and residential solar panels are the key to unlocking this sustainable energy source. If you’ve been researching ways to reduce your energy bills while contributing to a healthier planet, making the leap to solar energy is a decision that will pay off in spades.
Microsoft signs renewable energy agreement with Canada’s Brookfield Microsoft and Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management have struck a renewable energy development deal that could see one of the largest corporate purchases of green energy to date, the companies said Tuesday. Under the “first of its kind” deal, Brookfield said it plans to develop more than 10.5 gigawatts of new wind and solar farms for Microsoft as the tech giant aims to power its data centers and operations worldwide with carbon-free electricity by 2030. The deal underlines how some of the world’s largest companies are making major investments in clean energy to…
The new product is made of AL6005-T5 aluminum combined with galvanized aluminum-zinc and offers three load-bearing options. It can reportedly be used in concrete roofs, flat areas and membrane roofs and can withstand a wind load of 45 m/s and a snow load of 1.6KN/m2. January 23, 2024 Emiliano BelliniMibet, a Chinese mounting system supplier, has launched a new mounting system for PV systems on flat roofs.The company describes its new Flax S10 product as a non-penetrating, ballasted mounting structure with wind deflectors that can accommodate a variety of tilt angles and can be used on roof surfaces with moderate…