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A Booming Guarantees of Origin Market Could Drive Record Investments in Renewable Energy Production in Europe

The income generated by the Guarantees of Origin (GO) system could secure investments for half of the renewable energy production the EU needs to reach its 2030 targets, a new study by Ecohz reveals.

28 Feb 2023

Raptor Maps Report Finds Dramatic and Progressive Rise in Power Loss at Solar Assets

Raptor Maps, the leading provider of solar lifecycle management software, published the fifth edition of its Global Solar Report, with data that strikingly illustrates the underperformance of solar assets.

From Raptor Maps, Inc. 28 Feb 2023

Devondale Launches Its First Renewables Hub

Electrical wholesaler Devondale is delighted to have launched the company’s first renewables hub at its Glastonbury branch.

20 Feb 2023

Iowa State Research Project to Study How to Grow Crops Amid an Array of Solar Panels

A new Iowa State University research project will combine traditional and high-tech uses of the sun's power by studying how to grow crops amid an array of solar panels.

16 Feb 2023

AUSTELA - Solar Thermal Power & Storage Recognised with $65 million Grant from Government

The federal government’s $65 million funding for a major Concentrated Solar Thermal Power (CSP) project at Port Augusta is a positive step towards implementing long-duration renewable storage in the electricity grid and recognises the key role that CSP can play, says the Australian Solar Thermal Industry Association (AUSTELA).

13 Feb 2023

Vast Solar CSP Reference Plant, VS1 Port Augusta, to Receive $65 million Funding from ARENA

Vast Solar has welcomed the Minister for Climate Change and Energy’s and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s (ARENA) announcement that it has approved funding of $65 million for VS1, Vast Solar’s 30MW/ 288MWh reference plant in Port Augusta, South Australia.

13 Feb 2023

Sunova Solar to Supply Modules for Solar Parks in the Netherlands

Sunova Solar has announced the signing of a module supply agreement with Dutch solar park developer PowerField, under which it will provide 122MW of its high-efficiency Hi-Milo series 545W PV panels by the end of December.

From Sunova Solar 26 Jan 2023

Improving Indoor-Measuring and Modeling of Bifacial Devices

The University of Ottawa SUNLAB research improves the accuracy of measurements of bifacial solar panels, a significant long-term renewable energy source, by taking ground cover into consideration.

19 Jan 2023

Harnessing Solar Energy: New Method Improves Readings of Double-Sided Panels

A leading laboratory in photonics and renewable energy at the University of Ottawa has developed a new method for measuring the solar energy produced by bifacial solar panels, the double-sided solar technology which is expected to meet increased global energy demands moving forward.

19 Jan 2023

Solar-Driven Technology Converts Plastic Into Fuel

Plastics pose one of the largest environmental problems of the present day, and developing new methods to recycle or reuse this ubiquitous material is considered imperative to preserve both the natural world and the heal...

13 Jan 2023