Astronergy to ship 1GW TOPcon modules to Algeria
Algeria’s state-owned power utility, Sonelgaz, proposed the 2GW plan to build 15 PV projects across the country.
H2 to deploy 8.8MWh vanadium flow battery in Spain
South Korea-based H2, Inc will deploy a 1.1MW/8.8MWh vanadium flow battery (VFB) in Spain in a government-funded project.
Trina Solar posts record 34GW module shipments in H1 2024, while revenues fall
Trina Solar has published its results for the first half of 2024, which include module shipments of 34GW and total revenue of US$6.05 billion.
Aquila Clean Energy granted permits for 700MW Spanish solar portfolio
The portfolio consists of five sites spread across three autonomous communities – Castilla y León, Andalusia and Castilla-la Mancha.
JinkoSolar shipments rise in Q2 2024, revenues steady thanks to ‘irrational pricing’
Major Chinese solar manufacturer JinkoSolar has posted increased sequential shipments and revenues in its Q2 2024 results.
Low electricity prices in Iberia and curtailments in Greece, Southern Europe sees red
Jonathan Touriño Jacobo looks at Southern Europe, where pricing, grid capacity and the ban of PV on farmland are causing headaches.
Seraphim to ship 300MW TOPCon modules to Brazil
Seraphim will ship 300MW of modules to Vertys, predominantly 585W n-type tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) and 610W rectangular-cell modules.
Meyer Burger to scrap 2GW Colorado solar PV cell manufacturing plant
Meyer Burger will scrap its proposed 2GW solar cell manufacturing plant in Colorado, claiming that the project is not ‘financially viable’.
CGN commissions 400MW offshore floating solar project in China
CGN has commissioned a 400MW offshore floating solar project in Laizhou Bay, China’s first large-scale deep-water offshore solar project.
Mixing and matching solar panels: the benefits and challenges of module blending
As the solar industry continues to grow and evolve, module blending can offer practical solutions for reducing project cost, particularly as antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) tariffs could be applied to Chinese products and US domestic content is incentivized, writes Burns & McDonnell.
