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Alusín Solar has released the Picos Coplanar mounting system for roofs with a flat deck with PVC or asphalt surfaces, which eliminates the need for drilling. March 26, 2025 Jose Pedrosa Picos Coplanar mounting system Image: Alusín Solar By PV Magazine Spain Specialist in the Spanish mounting system Alusín Solar has introduced a prefabricated concrete mounting system for PV installations on flat roofs. The Picos Coplanar system is designed for roofs with flat deck type with PVC or asphalt surfaces where drilling is not possible. It also fits with gravel and green roofs, the company said in a statement. The…
The sale of German energy storage is shrinking, in particular home systems, but commercial and industrial (C&I) and numbers on Nuts scale rise and the Federal Association of Energy Storage Systems (BVS) wants faster permits and better regulation. March 26, 2025 Marian Willuhn Image: PV Magazine, Marian Wilhun By ESS News The BVEs noted a clear decrease in battery sales in 2024, with a total decrease of € 12.5 billion ($ 13.5 billion) by 23% at 2023. The sale of home battery energy systems (BESS) decreased by 40%, from € 11.1 billion, in 2023 to € 6.7 billion with BVS…
An international research team studied the solar PV impact of emissions from a coal-fired power station in the Atacama desert, and noted that after five months of exposure the deposited substance on co-allowed PV panels achieved a maximum of 1.63 mg/cm2 with a 23 % reduction in the photocurrent. The accumulation in the co-located plant was 3 times larger than nearby PV locations with similar coastal climate conditions. March 26, 2025 Valerie Thompson Aware of the operational and maintenance costs (R&M) costs to combat the PV panel in arid and heavily industrialized areas, a group of researchers from Chile and…
The Solar PV capacity of Spain reached 6 GW in 2024, making it the best power source in the country with a share of 25.1%, so that the wind surpassed by 24.9%. The renewable generation grew by 10.3%, accounting for 56.8% of the total electricity production. March 26, 2025 Pilar Sánchez Molina By PV Magazine Spain Spain generated 148,999 GWH of renewable energy in 2024, good for 56.8% of total electricity production, according to grid operator Red Eléctrica de España (REE). The growth of the installed renewable capacity and favorable weather conditions caused an increase of 35.5% in the hydropower…
PV Hardware USA (PVH), a worldwide manufacturer of solar tracker, has introduced deep track, an operational ecosystem designed to improve the efficiency, reliability and management of solar tracking systems. The Platform integrates real-time performance monitoring, predictive maintenance and AI-driven analyzes to help optimize solar assets owners and to reduce operational costs. Deeptrack offers automated tracking adjustments, maintenance warnings and system-wide performance insights, to help solar project operators to increase energy revenues and to lower operational costs. The system is designed to work continuously and to adapt to environmental conditions to increase the solar generation and at the same time protect…
The US Department of Trade dramatically increased rates for the import of Chinese solar producers who are active in Vietnam after the Agency concluded that China subsidizes raw materials that companies can use in their Vietnamese factories. March 25, 2025 Ben Santarris By PV Magazine USA The US Department of Commerce reports that the incorrect cross -border subsidies from China has discovered to curb the costs of the solar technology factories in Vietnam, so that the agency has encouraged to revise the proposed tasks about the US import of them drastically and upwards, according to the recently worked provision of…
Chile’s Economic Development Agency Corfo has selected three companies – two Chinese and one Spanish – to build the production facilities of Electrolyzer in the country. The projects, set up to start with operations against mid -2026, will put together alkaline and proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzers from 50 kW to 5 MW. March 25, 2025 Sergio Matalucci CorfoChile’s Economic Development Agency, said it selected three companies – two Chinese and one Spanish – to set up the production facilities of Electrolyzer in the country. The Beijing Sinohyenergy Project will compile Alkaline electrolyzers with capacities of 2.5 MW and 5…
German researchers have discovered that most of the subsidies needed to achieve the objectives of the renewable energy enforcement of the country have been paid, with an estimated 80% to 90% of the subsidies for units in use. The costs of newer renewable energy sources have decreased and are often competitive with reimbursements from the wholesale market. March 25, 2025 Valerie Thompson In a recently published quantitative study, researchers from the Brandenburg University of Technology in Germany reported that the “majority of subsidies” needed to reach the costs related to the Renewable Energy Sources Act, the so -called EEG, already…
Akuo, based in France, currently has a 1.9 GW portfolio for renewable energy installations. March 25, 2025 Emiliano Bellini Image: Avi Waxman, Unsplash Private Equity company Ardian Infrastructure, based in France, has agreed to acquire the French independent electricity producer Akuo for an unknown amount. “Thanks to his entrepreneurial spirit and constant dedication to innovation, the production and storage capacity of AKUO is expected to be reached by the end of 2024 1.9 GW, with the objective of reaching 5 GW by 2030,” Ardian said in a statement, and noted that the statement Transaction must be approved by Relevant regulatory…
An Italian research team has discovered that Radicchio seedlings grew in a lab-baffling greenhouse with a perovson-PV-Dak-Dak faster growth and larger leaves showed than the bald glass reference. In addition, simulations of such a PV roof revealed a positive energy balance, which meets the energy needs of a typical greenhouse in Italy. March 25, 2025 Valerie Thompson Italian researchers compared the effects of a semi-transparent Perovskiet-Sonne-PV, based on Europe-enriched Cesium Lead Triiodide (CSPBI3: EUI2), with a bare glass reference in a lab-baffling green-son-zonne-Zonne-PV-experiment. The results showed that, despite the reduced exposure to light, Radicchio seedlings showed faster growth and larger…