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In a new weekly update for pv magazineSolcast, a DNV company, reports that an increase in sunshine has resulted in record-breaking solar generation in several European countries in August, with this trend set to continue for the rest of the month. August 23, 2024 SolcastA high-pressure system centered over France, Spain and the Atlantic Ocean led to 20% more insolation than normal across Europe in August. The increase in sunshine has resulted in record-breaking solar generation in several European countries, with networks setting new highs for the month. According to analysis using the Solcast APIThis trend is expected to continue…

A research team from Poznań University of Economics and Business and SMA Solar Technology AG spoke to installers, designers, distributors and manufacturers in the Polish solar industry to identify the main barriers to PV development. They highlighted a lack of connection capacity and the prices of non-renewable energy sources as the main problems. August 23, 2024 Patrick JowettA team of researchers has analyzed the legal, economic, environmental, technical and social factors influencing the development of solar energy in Poland. Their research paper, “Determinants of solar photovoltaic development in Poland”, available in the October issue of Renewable energyidentifies key barriers from…

From pv magazine 07-08Agriculture is one of Brazil’s most important economic activities and is expected to produce BRL 2.46 trillion ($439 billion) worth of goods by 2024, according to estimates from the University of São’s Center for Advanced Studies in Applied Economics Paulo (USP). The academics estimate that agriculture will generate BRL1.65 trillion and livestock BRL801 billion, including machinery and service costs.The Climate Observatory, a Brazilian NGO, estimates that 617 million tons of the total 2.3 billion gross tons of CO2 The equivalent of Brazil’s emissions in 2022 came from agriculture. Deforestation, the country’s largest source of emissions, with 1.12…

HelioVolta HelioVolta, the developer of SolarGrade field operations software and provider of independent technical services for renewable energy sources, has published its second annual report SolarGrade PV Health Report. The report highlights findings from more than 100,000 PV system data points collected with the SolarGrade mobile app during site visits by field engineers to hundreds of projects across the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Key findings from the SolarGrade PV Health Report 2024 involve: 72% of inspections identified safety and reliability issues that required urgent resolution. Critical safety issues were found in 11% of inspections that required complete or partial power…

Energy-hungry Singapore looks to deserts, forests for renewable energy sources With massive data centers poised to increase its already excessive energy demand, the tiny city-state of Singapore is looking to the deserts of Australia and the rainforests of Malaysia for clean energy. This week, Australia announced a massive solar farm that it hopes will eventually supply two gigawatts (GW) of power to Singapore via submarine cable. Singapore aims to peak carbon emissions by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050, but is heavily dependent on imported oil and gas. The city does not have the conditions to produce wind or…

China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) says the country has installed 21.05 GW of solar capacity by July 2024, bringing the annual total to 123.53 GW, while China Huadian Group has issued a tender for PV modules of 16.03 GW has launched. August 23, 2024 Vincent Shaw and Valerie Thompson Image: Tony Webster, FlickrThe NEA said newly installed solar capacity reached 21.05 GW in July 2024, down 9.77% from the previous month. From January to July, cumulative new PV installations reached 123.53 GW. At the end of July, the country’s total installed power generation capacity was approximately 3.1 TW, an increase…

EDF Renewables says it has won a tender to build and operate Israel’s largest PV plant, a 300 MW project near Dimona, with a bid of less than $0.019/kWh – the lowest price ever on the Israeli market. August 22, 2024 Lior Kahana Image: Justin LaBerge, FlickrEDF Renewables, a unit of French energy giant EDF, has won the Israeli government’s latest tender to build and operate the country’s largest solar power plant, according to a statement from Israel’s Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure. The 300 MW project will be built near the southern city of Dimona in the Negev Desert.The…

Researchers in Slovenia have built a monitoring system for vehicle-integrated solar photovoltaics, consisting of an IV curve scanner using a MOSFET as a voltage-controlled electronic load. The system also uses an 18-bit analog-to-digital converter and a microchip microcontroller. August 23, 2024 Emiliano BelliniScientists from the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia have developed a monitoring system to estimate the effect of energy production on the driving range of vehicles with solar panels.The monitoring system, called PV measurement unit (PVMU), consists of a IV curve scanner that uses a MOSFET as a voltage-controlled electronic load. It uses an 18-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC)…

The news marks the latest in a bumpy approval process for the 500MW solar and storage project. Image: Unsplash. A legal challenge against the development of the 500MW Sunnica Energy Farm solar project has been dropped after two municipalities withdrew from the process. As confirmed on Wednesday (August 21), West Suffolk Council and Cambridgeshire County Council withdrew from the process and as a result, Suffolk County Council and East Cambridgeshire District Council were also forced to abandon the legal challenge. In a statement, Suffolk County Council said it had dropped the challenge due to the “cost of legal fees versus…

Nexamp and TurningPoint Energy recently celebrated the completion of their collaboration on a 9.4 MW solar farm in Warren, Rhode Island. The solar park, which includes two solar panels placed side by side, represents a unique repurposing of an area that was previously developed as a golf course. TPE developed the project and Nexamp built, owns and operates it. Construction started at the end of 2022 and power was supplied to the electricity grid for the first time last month. It is located in Rhode Island Energy’s service area and is part of Rhode Island’s Virtual Net Metering program, which…