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By Charles W. Thurston April 14, 2025 Brian Barker, the CEO of recently formed Aquila Energyare data obsessed: “Data are everything, right?” He claims. His team of 20 or so core employees are driving up mountains of data through different management levels on a certain project, because the company works to position itself in the heart of the US Solar + storage in the middle of the market. To collect and analyze data, the company uses MS Project, Heavybid, ProCore, Sage and a PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, ACT) program to plan, perform and perform last-mile EPC work, to complete wasted…
This brings Aura Power’s Ready to Build Portfolio to 585MWP. Image: American Public Power Association via Unsplash. Developer of Renewable Energie Aura Power has protected the building permit for two PV energy plants in England. Aura Power received permission at the end of March for the 49.9 MW Moreton Brook Solar PV energy plant, located near Newton in East Staffordshire, at the end of March. According to Aura Power, this project will yield a net profit of 102% in the area, as well as creating a community benefit fund of £ 20,000 a year for the life of the project,…
Longi said it has achieved an efficiency of 27.81% for a hybrid underwented back contact, as confirmed by the German Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH). April 14, 2025 Vincent Shaw Chinese PV module maker Longi has revealed that his own hybrid interconnected contact (HIBC) Crystalline Silicon Solar cell based on a full-size silicon wafer has achieved a world record power conversion-efficiency of 27.81%. The result was confirmed by the German Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH). The cell also reached a short -circuit current of 5,698 MA, an open circuit voltage of 744.9 mv and a filling…
This is the first possession of VARCO that comes online. Image: Gore Street. Varco Energy has announced today (April 14) that the full commercial activities started at the Native River Battery Energy Storage System (Bess). The Native River Bess has a capacity of 57 MW/138MWH and is located just south of Liverpool in the Mersey ring section of the British grid. According to Varco Energy, the Native River Bess, which uses lithium-ion batteries, is one of the longest duration of transmission-connected BESS-ACTIVA in the region. The project was first announced in September 2023. At that time, you also confirmed Vertova…
IZPITEK launches a new product line with patented technology to reduce PV cells in composites, which reduces the weight by a maximum of 95%. April 14, 2025 Jose Pedrosa By PV Magazine Spain Izpitek, a joint venture between the Spanish engineering firm Branka Solutions and the Tecnalia technology center, said that it will be on the market with products made with the help of a patented technology that directly in compound materials. The technology makes the production of 2D, 3D and flexible PV solutions possible with the help of advanced composites that offer high strength and formability in the end…
Budderfly, an energy company with energy-as-a-service and the Gilman Brothers Company, a 128-year-old, family business manufacturer of foam board products located in Connecticut, have announced a new 750-KW solar project on the roof. During the 15-year agreement, Budderfly expects to lower the annual energy costs of Gilman Brothers by a maximum of 30%. The Gilman Brothers Company company has a long history of American production and has a long history of resilience and innovation. The company, which offers signage, display, graphics and wall art solutions to some of the largest retailers in the country, has consistently chosen a future -oriented…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has started a tender for 28 MW of solar projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina under the plan of the state of EPBIH to use 195 MW PV capacity. April 14, 2025 Emiliano Bellini Electroprivreda Bosne I Hercegovine, Sarajevo Image: Milan Suvajac, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 The EbrD has one tenderly To build three solar plants of a total of 28 MW in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The projects include an array of 15 MW in Gornja Breza, a factory of 8 MW in Visca and a 5 MW facility in Podvelezje. Interested…
Bodhi from Solar Software Bodhi has announced the launch of Bodhi Ai Assistant-a 24/7 virtual support agent who combines empathy with deep solar expertise to deliver scalable, 24-hour customer service. Trained on thousands of real customer conversations and integrated with documentation from the entire solar industry, offers the AI assistant immediately level-1 customer support and enables sun companies to serve more customers without adding workforce. Customer service remains one of the most challenging aspects of solar activities. Many new solar owners are not familiar with how their systems work, where support often need support for routine questions that can escalate…
In a new weekly update for PV -MagazineSolcast, a DNV company, reports that irradiation in England, the Benelux region, Denmark, Northern France, Northern Germany and North Police far above long-term Mars averages rose. In the UK, the aggregated solar radiation reached the highest march value since 2014. April 11, 2025 Dissolved Northern Europe surpassed the Mediterranean Sea in March, because unusually dry conditions led to record-breaking solar radiation and generation in the UK and Germany, according to analysis with the help of the Solcast API. A Westwart shift in the Azores blocked High Atlantic weather systems to reach North Europe,…
A proposed piece of legislation on the floor of the California State Assembly can receive the length and level of compensation -zonne -prospective owners via net measurement agreements. California Assembly member Lisa Calderon (D-56) introduced Assembly Bill No. 942 In February, if established, this would force old solar projects that operate on earlier network programs to switch to a Netto-Billy rate, also known as NEM 3.0, after the systems have been in operation for 10 years. The two earlier net measuring policy, NEM 1.0 and 2.0, eligible for residential and commercial solar customers a period of 20 years in which…