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In a new weekly update for PV -MagazineOpis, a Dow Jones company, offers a quick look at the most important trends in the global PV industry. March 14, 2025 Opis China: The Chinese Modulemmarker (CMM), the OPIS Benchmark Assessment for Topcon 600 W modules from China, Reden 1.16% to $ 0.087/W free-on-board (FOB) China, with higher price indications between $ 0.082 and $ 0.090/W. FOB China Mono Perc -module prices remained stable at $ 0.085/W with indications between $ 0.081 and $ 0.088/W. Q2 2025 Loads rose 1.16% to $ 0.087/W, with higher values between $ 0.082 and $ 0.090/W,…
Combining solar plants with battery energy storage systems (BESS) will be the most important strategic focus for the upcoming auction of the renewable energy of the country. Each project must have a minimum storage time of four hours to guarantee sufficient grid support and energy reliability. March 14, 2025 Blathnaid o’dea Image: Vyacheslav Argenberg, Vasco Planet (Wikimedia Commons) By ESS News In July 2024, the Ministry of Energy (DIY) said are of the Philippines Next auction for renewable energy Would be strongly focused on integrating renewable energy and energy storage systems (IRESS). Initially, the auction would be held in the…
The Turkish Antarctic Expedition placed four different PV modulette types – Monokrystallijn, Polycrystallijn, Flexible and Transparent – outside their research camp for three months to compare the performance, and found that Monocrystalline was the clear winner. March 14, 2025 Lior Kahana Scientists from Firat University, Polar Research Institute and the Technical University of Istanbul have conducted an experimental study into different types of PV panels in the extreme environment of Antarctica. The experiment took place in the Turkish scientific research camp, located on Horseshoe Island Antarctica, during the Antarctic summer, which extends from December to February. “Seventy -five active research…
Totomengies says that it has signed a 15-year-old deal with RWE to buy 30,000 tons of green hydrogen per year from an electrolyzer of 300 MW in Germany, while Plug Power has announced a partnership with Southwire to create a clean hydrogen ecosystem in Texas. March 14, 2025 Sergio Matalucci Tottyergies heeft een overeenkomst getekend met RWE om 30.000 ton groene waterstof per jaar te kopen, te leveren via een pijpleiding van 600 km naar de Leuna -raffinaderij van de totaleenergie in Duitsland vanaf 2030. De groene waterstof, geproduceerd door een 300 MW -elektrolyzer in Lingen, zal de emissies bij…
By Brad Kramer March 14, 2025 The eighth episode of Shipments of the energy transitionA webinar series organized by Mayfield Renewables and Outfit is entitled ‘Install Solar on challenging landscapes.”The presentation emphasizes the Lebanon Solar Project, an array in the municipal utility that has been developed on a floodplain for the city of Lebanon, Ohio, near Cincinnati. Dispatches of the Energy Transition are organized by Robert Cross, director of Outfit, a Clean Tech Marketing Agency, and Lucas Miller, Senior Engineering Consultant at Mayfield Renewables, which offers third-party technical services for C & I, small utilities for the Solar + STORRAILIEPject.…
Picture an airport that powers its entire operation using nothing but sunlight. This isn’t a glimpse into the distant future – it’s happening right now across the globe. Airports are transforming from massive energy consumers into clean power generators, marking one of the most significant shifts in aviation infrastructure since the jet age. The marriage between aviation and renewable energy comes at an important time. Traditional airports operate like small cities, running 24/7 and consuming extraordinary amounts of electricity. A typical large airport uses as much energy as 50,000 households annually. From powering terminal buildings to operating crucial navigation systems,…
Terreno Realty Corporation has announced the completion of a 6.1-MW recognized on the roof Community Solar project in Noordoost-Washington, DC over 700,000 FT2 Van Roofen will be the project the largest solar array on the roof in the district and one of the most important urban community projects in the United States. Cilitated by Black Bear Energy, and owned by aligned climate capital with financing DC Green Bank and Amalgamated Bank, the Zonne-Array is expected to generate more than 7 million kWh of clean energy every year to feed 965 single-engines. Energy produced by the project will be offered through…
The Brazilian subsidiary of the Belgian company reports that the board of directors has taken over and approved the ‘stopping the photovoltaic product line’, a decision requested by Chinese competition. It launched its last module on the Markt in September 2024. March 14, 2025 Pilar Sánchez Molina By PV Magazine Latam The Brazilian subsidiary of the Belgian multinational Eternit has announced the “stopping the photovoltaic product line”. This announcement to its shareholders and the market in general was made in accordance with CVM Resolution No. 44 by the Board of Directors, which met on 11 March 2025. “In recent years,…
A permission decision is expected later this year. Image: Res. Resewable Energy Company RES has announced that it has submitted a planning application for a proposed 100 MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) development in Noord -ierland. If permission is granted, the Machair Bess is located near Rasharkin in County Antrim. The site for the proposed Bess was chosen because of the proximity of the Rasharkin -under station, which is approximately 500 meters away, and the lack of national or local environmental indications on the site. Planning documentation suggests that approximately 112 BESScontainers would be installed on the site in…
This is a proof-of-concept 1.22 kg laptop with a solar panel integrated in the lid, able to absorb enough sunlight in 20 minutes to feed the video of the device for an hour. March 14, 2025 Pilar Sánchez Molina Screenshot of the Lenovo Yoga Solar PC Proof-of-Concept Video presentation. Image: Lenovo By PV Magazine Spain The Chinese computer manufacturer Lenovo revealed his new laptop on solar energy, Yoga Solar PC concept, during the Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona last week. In development, Lenovo still describes the project as “a PC powered by the sun” that users can take with…