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According to Waqas Moosa, attempting to compete with Chinese manufacturing giants on their terms is like “hitting your head against the wall” .Image: Pakistan Solar Association. As Pakistan considers how to establish a foothold in the global solar PV manufacturing industry, experts are calling for a strategy tailored to the country’s unique needs and opportunities, which...

A group of US government departments have proposed a waiver on the requirements to purchase US-made solar modules for government deployments. The Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Department of Agriculture (DOA) have proposed a temporary unavailability waiver for the Build America, Bu...

Designers are tasked with sourcing eco-friendly materials for yacht interiors, a challenge given that the most luxurious often equates to rarity. We speak to top design studios and suppliers to explore how environmental concerns shape aesthetic decisions and inform strategies and processes for projects given the eco-conscious environment imbued within the industry today....

Superyachts have long been considered serious climate polluters due to diesel consumption and wastewater production, however, with the oceans now facing significant threats, the industry is riding the wave of technological innovation and green initiatives at an unprecedented pace to reduce its environmental impact. We are in the midst of a boom in sustainable yachting, ...

THE IMPORTANCE OF AUTHENTICITY IN SUSTAINABILITY CLAIMS It is a norm today for any company to make sustainability claims for its products, services and operations. But how do you know those claims are valid and realistic? Particularly when considering something as complex as a superyacht? Feadship is one of the anchor partners and driving forces of a Netherlands-based ...

eTough is the latest strong and ultralight solar module,it resist high rate moisture and temperature. Carbon fibre material in to increase the toughness and vibration; Leading quality SunPower or Longi back contact cells,high stability in shading,windy,cloudy days. Compared to other cells decrease a lot under moisture area,SunPower cell show very high power output as tem...

Danish renewable energy investment firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has launched a new Australian subsidiary, with eyes to deliver 6GW of new solar PV and wind energy in the next 10-years. Based in Newcastle, the second-largest city in New South Wales, the new organisation, Voyager Renewables, will work on renewable energy projects in regional New South Wal...

Sea lions intermittently visit the Coastal Endurance Array moorings off the coast of Oregon, where they lounge, bask in the sun, and “do their business.” These visits create two problems for the optimum functioning of the instrumented arrays. Because sea lions are heavy, some weighing up to 2,500 pounds, the solar panels upon which they rest need to be strong enough to...

The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has opened a new consultation today (10 October) exploring the use of smart data to optimise consumer energy resources (CERs) such as solar PV and home batteries. The paper follows a rule change request from Energy Consumers Australia (ECA). It should be noted that the AEMC also made recommendations in 2023 to boost the upt...

In its 11th edition of the ‘Renewable Energy and Jobs’ annual report, IRENA highlighted that directly or indirectly, renewable energy employed 16.2 million people in 2023, of which 7.1 million jobs were in the solar PV industry. Most job additions between 2022 and 2023 came from solar PV which added nearly 2.2 million new workers, as shown in the chart above.

The PV industry is set for a humbling 2025, with the current manufacturing downturn expected to extend well into 2026. Representing the second major PV manufacturing downturn of the past 20 years, this period of the industry’s evolution could nonetheless create an ideal environment for PV technology to take its next logical step forward to the final chapter of the singl...

Europe could meet its 2040 renewable energy targets using just 2.2% of its total available land, according to analysis by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), an independent representative group. The study shows that of the 5.2% of European land which is deemed eligible for solar PV and onshore wind development by the European Joint Research Committee (JRC), less th...

The Green Claims Directive that was adopted by the European Parliament in March this year is one of the recent examples showing that matters of sustainable development are perceived as too serious to be tampered with in marketing campaigns and advertising.

The US has yet again been named the most attractive market for renewables investment and deployment opportunities, according to global professional services firm Ernst & Young’s (EY) 63rd Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI). The RECAI, published every six months, ranks the top 40 countries and provides analyses of clean energy industry trends. The US r...

Chinese solar manufacturers continue to dominate the solar industry, with Wood Mackenzie’s latest module manufacturer rankings including nine Chinese companies among the top 12 manufacturers. In Wood Mackenzie’s top ten solar PV module manufacturer ranking, JA Solar tops the list with the score of 82.9 out of 100, followed by Trina Solar (81.7), JinkoSolar (80.8) and Ca...

J.D. Powers’ Market Insights Report for the first quarter of 2024 said RV values are similar to or slightly below late-2023 levels. In challenging macroeconomic conditions, the report said the RV market shows mild depreciation. The report said economic conditions eased in the first quarter of 2024 compared with the first quarter of 2023. As a result, RV depreciation has...

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has initiated investigations into solar cell imports from Southeast Asia under the antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) tariffs. According to the International Trade Administration (ITA), the DOC has initiated investigations into solar cell imports from Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia to the US, regardless of whether ...

A portable solar system is a self-contained unit that includes a solar panel or panels and associated components, designed to be easily transportable and used in various locations. It typically consists of the following elements: 1.Solar panels: Convert sunlight into electrical energy. 2. Battery: Stores the generated electricity for later use. 3. Charge controller: Reg...

Oil company Eni’s renewables subsidiary Plenitude has begun constructing a 330MWp solar PV plant in Spain. Located near Solana de los Barros in the province of Badajoz, the Renopool solar park consists of seven solar PV plants and an electric substation. The PV plants will feature bifacial modules, trackers and central inverters. Construction of the plants will be compl...

In a letter to the US president, senators Jon Ossof and Reverend Raphael Warnock said bifacial modules account for nearly 90% of PV module imports. Image: Image: Pixabay. US Senators Jon Ossof and Reverend Raphael Warnock have urged the Biden administration to support the domestic solar manufacturing industry by lifting an ongoing tariff exemption on bifacial modules. I...

The rooftop solar industry is no stranger to ups and downs, often referred to as the “solar coaster.” Despite these oscillations, the long-term story is that of growth. In 2023, that growth continued, though more modestly than some years past. Wood Mackenzie reported a 24% growth in installations through the first three quarters of 2023. Supply chain constraints of 2022...

The Chinese Module Marker (CMM), OPIS's benchmark for China's mono PERC modules, was assessed at $0.123/W, down $0.003/W week-over-week, while TOPCon module prices fell $0.004/W to $0.131/W. These new historical lows occur in a context of low end-of-year demand, as module manufacturers have reduced production. Prices have fallen especially in China. While most Tier 1 op...

The massive increase in solar module production capacity and PV installations in China is helping the country to maintain relatively low, stable power prices compared to Europe and the United States, which suffer from rising PV curtailment and high inflation, according to Wood Mackenzie. Th US-based market research company describes China's current energy transition traj...

In the second week of November, weekly averages of prices on electricity markets were below €100/MWh in most of the European countries analyzed by AleaSoft Energy Forecasting. The British and Italian markets were exceptions, where the averages were 107.11 €/MWh and 121.54 €/MWh respectively. For the third consecutive week, the Portuguese and Spanish markets recorded the...

A German-Swiss research team has calculated how many houses could be decoupled from external infrastructure using solar power and battery and hydrogen storage. The proportion could rise to 75 percent by 2050. With two million single-family homes, total self-sufficiency is possible for 50 percent additional costs, according to the researchers. Thanks to photovoltaic sys...

The EU is, according to the European executive, on track to achieve the objectives of REPowerEU, but "it is necessary to significantly accelerate the pace". The European Commission wrote that the European Union responded “collectively and effectively” to Russian aggression in Ukraine, and to Russia's weaponization of energy supplies, by accelerating the transition to ren...

Austria has reduced the value-added tax (VAT) on residential PV systems. The new measures apply to all new PV systems up to 35 kW in size, and it will go into force in January. The Austrian government has decided to reduce the VAT for solar modules to 0% from January 2024. Climate Protection Minister Leonore Gewessler announced the new measure as part of a new economic ...

AleaSoft Energy Forecasting highlights, using Irena data, that the global weighted average LCOE for large-scale photovoltaic systems decreased by 89% between 2010 and 2022. Irena and AleaSoft Energy Forecasting have highlighted that the differences between LCOEs for photovoltaic energy in different countries around the world are decreasing year by year. “By country, Chi...

Recently, the National Energy Administration released national power industry statistics from January to August. In terms of new energy power generation installed capacity, China's cumulative newly installed photovoltaic capacity reached 113.2GW from January to August 2023, a year-on-year increase of 154.5%, and the cumulative newly installed wind power capacity reached ...

RE+, precedentemente noto come SPI, ESI e Smart Energy Week, si reca ogni anno nelle città degli Stati Uniti, riunendo i leader dell'energia pulita per espandere le loro prospettive di business, condividere le migliori pratiche e identificare modi per far avanzare il settore. Sin dalla sua crescita, RE+ non è solo il più grande evento sull’energia pulita, ma anche un cat...

According to pv magazine International Prices of Chinese solar modules have fallen to their lowest value on record, according to OPIS data. The Chinese Module Marker (CMM), OPIS' benchmark assessment, indicates that prices for China's Mono PERC modules and TOPCon modules fell for the first time in five weeks to $0.151 (€0.14 )/W and $0.157 (€0.15)/W respectively. Compe...

For the fifth consecutive month, module prices further fell by around 6% on average. Continued price declines have resulted in an overall average reduction of 25% for all module technologies since the beginning of the year. Even as feedstock costs in China have stabilized, high inventories continue to drive module prices down. Manufacturers and wholesalers are grappling...

AleaSoft reports that last week the electricity market in Spain and Portugal was more expensive than the Italian one, recording a greater increase. The upward trend depends on the increase in CO2 and gas prices, as well as on the increase in electricity demand in most European countries. In the week of August 14, prices in all European electricity markets analyzed by Al...

The French government plans to expand photovoltaic systems to 140 gigawatts by 2050. Around 90 gigawatts of the total volume in the middle of the century are to be realized by ground-mounted systems, the rest by industrial and private photovoltaic roof systems. France intends to achieve its target of 140 gigawatts by 2050 primarily with ground-mounted systems. French Pr...

The European Electricity Review shows that EU solar capacity will grow by 24% to 203TWh in 2021 from 164TWh in 2021. This increase brought solar's share of the electricity mix to 7.3%, up 1.6 percentage points from the previous year (5.7%).

In a new weekly update for pv magazine , OPIS, a Dow Jones company, offers a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry. Chinese module prices were flat this week as market players weighed the challenge of raising prices against rising upstream costs. The Chinese Module Marker (CMM), OPIS' benchmark assessment for modules from China, held at $0.163/W...