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Optimus Energy has announced a virtual power plant for renewable energy sources that act on the Greek wholesaler electricity and balancing market. The work is already underway, where Emsys VPP in Germany connects more than 3,500 solar and wind energy factories in Greece with its software suite. April 21, 2025 Patrick Jowett Image: Peter Franken, Unsplash Athens with a headquarters Energy supplier Optimus Energy has contracted Germany’s Emsys VPP to deliver its virtual power plant (VPP) for the trading of renewable energy on the Greek wholesaler electricity and balancing market. According to a statement from Optimus Energy, Emsys VPP has…
By SB staff April 21, 2025 Photo: Stracker Solar Structural planning and installation decisions for PV projects for double use, of course, start maintaining the most important active country. Based on the basic level, this means that trackers sourcing that zero sort requires to maintain the topsoil and the natural quality of the country. EPCs must take into account the current and future crease selections, soil cultivation and planting methods and harvest requirements for the fields that are also planned for Agrivoltaics projects, says Jeff Sharpe, CEO of Stracker sunA dual-axis solar tracker company. “Hay, peppermints and legumes are often…
As you drive along America’s vast highway network, have you ever considered the sheer amount of unused land stretching alongside our roads? The United States maintains over 4 million miles of roadways, with approximately 223,000 miles dedicated to interstate and national highways. These corridors include thousands of square miles of medians, shoulders, and adjacent land that currently serve little purpose beyond separating traffic and providing emergency stopping zones. This extensive network of untapped real estate represents one of the largest contiguous publicly-owned land resources in the country—land that receives consistent sunlight throughout the day and remains largely undeveloped. While these…
The DOS Palos Clean Power Project in Merced County, one of the first California community projects, is now online and offers emission -free power to residents in disadvantaged communities. A joint project of Peninsula clean energy And Renewable AmericaDOS Palos will generate 3 MW of solar energy as part of the Green Access Program of Peninsula Clean Energy, which offers income-qualified customers to San Mateo County and Los Banos with a reduction of 20% to their electricity accounts. “This extra solar energy has the double advantage of supplying emission-free power to our grid and saving millions of dollars in electricity…
After completing his second full operation, Solarcycle shared its “annual impact data” for 2024. The company successfully recycled 480,406 solar panels in 2024 and increased its recycling capacity by 228%. Solarcycle The original recycling facility in Odessa, Texas, has already been expanded. Solarcycle adds two new processing lines, which will double its panel recycling capacity in the facility and increase the purity of its material outputs. The company also started with the construction of its “Circular Solar Campus” in Cedartown, Georgia. That site will recycle panels and make glass for solar panels from the recycled materials. The Georgia site will…
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has announced the launch of Solar Powers America, a new Grassroots Belangenengeveriging platform to enable Americans to stand up for a strong sun policy. With both chambers of the congress who are preparing to return to Washington to negotiate a budget alignment package, SEIA mobilizes people in communities throughout the country to influence the conversation in Washington. Solarpowersamerica.org Americans are able to contact their representatives to urge support for the federal tax credits that feed the robust energy and production economy of America. “Solar and storage stimulate American energy and ai -ddominance, support thousands…
Levante, an Italian PV design and engineering company for carbon fiber, has introduced 110 W and 55 W panels for offgrid recreational applications. The modules are lightweight, semi-rigid and made with recycled carbon fiber material. April 21, 2025 Valerie Thompson Levante, an Italian solar panel company with carbon fiber, has launched new waterproof 110 W and 55 W products that are portable, lighter weight, glass-free and made with recycled carbon fiber. The carboncore modules were presented in JEC World, a compound exhibition for materials that was recently held in Paris. The semi-rigid solar panels have eyes in every corner to…
Avery Dennison has introduced a line of UV-resistant, pressure-sensitive glue tires for PV modules. The new products support applications such as frame assembly, celfixation, buwer binding and connection box installation. April 21, 2025 Valerie Thompson Avery Dennison Performance Tapes has introduced a series of new solar panel binding products. The sustainable, UV-resistant pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSA) are aimed at manufacturers of solar panels and can be used within automated lines. “Our unique binding products are a versatile solution to help meet the growing commercial and residential demand as the solar energy prices fall,” said Danielle Wiltrout, product manager of Avery Dennison…
By Brad Kramer April 21, 2025 The Mcghee Tyson Air National Guard -Basis in Louisville, Tennessee, is the home of a new 1.4 MW solar project. In the meantime, various projects around the world make sun rays. Read about the developments in the newest Projects weekly. Chroma Energy Group Has a new 1.4 MW solar installation completed on Mcghee Tyson Air National Guard -Basis in Louisville, Tennessee. Chroma Energy Group started to build the installation in April 2023 as a subcontractor at Apex Construction Group from Lenoir City. Once finished, the Microgrid will improve the basic activities during power failure…
By PV Magazine USA The future of the design of the solar module will be heavier, not lighter. With hail and extreme weather conditions that increase, it is expected that module manufacturers will move to thicker glass to improve the impact resistance and long-term sustainability. This will considerably improve their ability to withstand high energy impact and wind waste. Although this design shift improves the chances of survival of the system, it is also a crucial challenge: heavier modules require a new approach to the installation. Today’s large modules already weigh ~ 70 pounds, so that the boundaries of what…