Renewable Energy

PV module prices have fallen since the start of the pandemic in 2020, reaching a global two-year low in April 2023, according to the EIA.

The rise in gas prices, the decrease in wind energy production and higher demand boost European electricity market prices.

There were multiple reports of fires involving batteries connected to residential PV systems in Germany and Austria in September. Read on for details.

Consumers Energy has announced plans for an 85 MW solar power plant to be sited at the former Karn Coal Power Plant site in Michigan.

Bulgaria has opened a consultation round, seeking to establish 570 MW wind and solar PV along with 150 MW battery energy storage capacity.

The European Council has adopted the new RED, putting in motion the EU’s plans to aim for 42.5% renewable energy target by 2030, instead of 32%.

1KOMMA5° is to produce TOPCon solar modules in Germany. The plan is to start with 1 GW production capacity by 2024 and scale it up to 5 GW annually by 2030.

At the end of 2022, the US had a minimum of 947 GW of utility-scale solar power plant capacity in interconnection queues of which 48% or 457 GW was paired with a battery.

Solar PV industry in Europe has voiced its stance against any trade barriers for imported solar modules in a single market

Renfe, the state-owned railway company in Spain, will construct a pilot solar PV plant with 20 MW capacity to supply traction energy for its trains.

RCT Power GmbH has launched a ‘Giga-Fab’ in Germany’s Augsburg region with 2 new production lines with a capacity to roll out around 5,000 hybrid solar inverters per month.

Lightstar Renewables has started work on a 2 MW agrivoltaic project that it calls as the 1st such power plant in New York.

The September 1, 2023 innovation auction in Germany was oversubscribed with bids coming in only for solar and storage projects.

Going by the solar workforce boom in the European Union (EU), SolarPower Europe (SPE) has revised its previous forecast of 1 million solar jobs in the bloc by 5 years.

Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) solar module manufacturer First Solar has begun constructing its 5th production factory in the US in Louisiana.