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The Spanish company Fator has launched a new rivet and compelling tool to install solar panels on trackers. It claims that they have anti-corrosion properties and offer a faster installation than conventional systems. February 10, 2025 Pilar Sánchez Molina By PV Magazine Spain The Spanish company Fator, an industrial confirmation specialist, has developed the Steptail rivet for PV trackers. “Repairing solar panels to solar solar in solar has traditionally involved in the use of screws, closing rings and nuts and this method, although functional, presents disadvantages such as the complexity of the installation, the required time and the risk of…

Jinkosolar has sued Longi for alleged infringement of the patent in Australia, the third legal steps against the company this year, after archives in China and Japan. The lawsuit, submitted to the Federal Court of Australia, claims that Longi has used a non -specific solar cell technology. February 10, 2025 Emiliano Bellini Jinkosolar has brought a lawsuit against Longi infringement of the use of a non -specific solar cell technology in Australia. The new lawsuit follows similar actions that Jinkosolar has taken against Longi in China and Japan in January. Group Units Jinko Solar Australia Holdings Pty Ltd., Shanghai Jinko…

The manufacturer claims that the new products are particularly suitable for older houses, renovations in extreme climates. Of all models it is said that they offer “reliable” cooling and heating at temperatures that extend from -30 ° C to 50 C. February 10, 2025 Emiliano Bellini Viessmann Canada, the Canadian unit of the Heating Specialist Viessmann Climate Solutions, which is part of Carrier Global Corporation, has launched new air-to-air heat pump systems for extreme climates. The new heat pumps are claimed that it is ideal for retrofits or additives where adding channel work is duration or impractical, the manufacturer said…

Deye said his new one-phase off-grid inverters have an AC output power from 3.6 kW to 6 kW. The systems have a maximum efficiency of 97.6% and a European efficiency of 96.5%. February 10, 2025 Emiliano Bellini The Chinese inverter manufacturer Deye has launched new one-phase off-grid inverters for residential PV systems. “Built to last for a long time, the Deye Off-Grid-Omsterer has an IP65 protection level, making it very resistant to water and dust ideal for various environmental conditions,” the company said in a statement. “In contrast to traditional off-grid formers who only have IP20/21 protection level and can…

A new study of residential costs for solar energy shows that South Australia has the lowest prices in Australia, while even the most expensive Australian states cost about a third of those in the United States and Canada. February 7, 2025 David Carroll Adelaide, South Australia Image: Trentino a Priori, Wikimedia Commons By PV Magazine Australia Compare the market that said in a new report that Australia leads in low residential solar costs, with PV installations on the roof more than Aud 2 ($ 1.25)/W cheaper than the most affordable regions in Canada and the United States. The lowest residential…

CS Energy And Calibrant Energy completed a portfolio of three stand-alone battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Westchester County, New York. These projects, located in the cities of Hawthorne, Yorktown and Ossining, contain Tesla’s Megapack2XL technology, with 4.9 MW, 4.2 MW and 4.3 MW respectively. The systems offer essential grid support during peak and seasonal demand periods, which strengthens the resilience of the energy infrastructure of New York. Each site formed unique challenges: the Highland project on St. Augustine’s Church and School Campus, Broadway on the ownership of the local church and Gomer on private ownership behind the garage of…

Argentina installed 307 MW Zonne-Zon in 2024, so that the total PV capacity was brought to 1.67 GW at the end of the year, according to the operator of the Cammesa energy market. February 7, 2025 Luis Ini Image: Celso Costa, Unsplash By PV Magazine Latam Argentina installed 307 MW new PV capacity in 2024, according to the last monthly report from energy market operator Cammesa. The total installed PV capacity of the country reached 1,673 MW at the end of December 2024. Distributed generation added 28 MW last year, which brought the total to 58.9 MW of 2,290-generating units,…

Aquila EnergyAn EPC founded by a team of veterans from the industry is officially launched for a fast-growing market for solar energy and battery energy. After having spent almost a decade together in Begego Solar, reunited Aquila Leadership reunited at Coldwell Solar, where they received their first financing round to form the new company of Dave and Sean Hood, owners of Coldwell Solar. With the aim of increasing standards in the use of new and repeated aging clean energy sites, Aquila’s team of multidisciplinary experts in the industry has a track record of performing GWs of solar and battery energy…

This week, women in Solar Europe (Wisu) give a voice to Hilagarde McCarville, CEO of the British Anesco. She believes that the developing renewable industry offers a huge opportunity for women, and also for leadership teams to actively help stimulate the transition to greater diversity and fairness. February 7, 2025 Women in Solar Europe (Wisu) I started my career in the early 2000s, when women were good for about 9% of the worldwide workforce of the sector. It was the Dotcom era, with an exponential growth quarter on a quarter, with rapid innovation and change, which greatly appreciates huge opportunities…

LR: Sonia Dunlop, Oliver Marqurodt and Mariya Merdzhanova at Solar Finance and Investment Europe 2025. Image: Solar Media. The success of 500 MW+ solar parks in Europe could give considerable lessons for the UK, has said a panel of experts. On the first day of Solar Media’s Solar Finance and Investment Europe Conference in London, a panel chaired by Sonia Dunlop, head of the Global Solar Council, discussed the case of the 500 MW+ Witnitz Energy Solar Power Plant in Germany and how the investment demonstrates plea for developments in this scale. The Witznitz Energy project, just south of Leipzig,…