Researchers from the Chinese energy company Yunnan Longyuan New Energy have proposed a new methodology for the designing of utility-scale PV plants in hilly or mountainous regions. In particular, they conducted a simulation study of a south-oriented mountain PV farm located in the southern Chinese city of Pu’er, in the Yunnan province. High-resolution digital elevation
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German vertical PV specialist Next2Sun built a 1.9 MW agrivoltaic facility in 2022 on 5.1 hectares in the Austrian municipality of Neudorf an der Mur. pv magazine visited the site, which is owned by a local farming company and currently supports the cultivation of pumpkins and soy. Plant owners Peter Gsell and Josef Gründl said vertical configurations generally
Europe continues to grow its energy storage fleet at pace, advancing its transition to a more sustainable and resilient energy system. According to a new report authored by LCP Delta and the European Association for Storage of Energy (EASE), the continent reached a cumulative 89 GW by the end of 2024. The latest edition of
Germany’s grid operators implemented 30,304 GWh of grid congestion management measures in 2024, down from 34,297 GWh in the previous year, according to the Bundesnetzagentur. The total cost of these measures dropped to €2.77 billion ($3.08 million) from €3.33 billion in 2023 – the lowest level since 2021. Grid congestion management involves reducing the feed-in
Alphatracker, a global provider of tracking solutions and fixed structures for solar installations on agricultural land, has been awarded agrivoltaic projects totaling 100 MW of installed capacity in France and Germany. The company says this achievement reinforces its leadership in the sector and highlights its commitment to technological innovation and sustainability. Project locations include Provence-Alpes-Côte
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Solar projects can generally be placed in two buckets: they are either large utility-scale ground-mounted projects connected to the grid, or they are smaller, distributed projects, typically 20 MW in capacity or less. In California, and many other U.S. states, smaller, distributed projects, particularly ones located behind the meter, are under attack from utilities and
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A research team led by scientists from China’s Xi’an University of Technology has assessed the ecological and environmental effects of large-scale PV development in desert areas. As a case study, they evaluated the on-site (WPS) effect of the Qinghai Gonghe Photovoltaic Park, a massive 1 GW installation located in a typical alpine arid desert in Talatan, in
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Photovoltaic power plant cable selection In the entire PV system, although the cost proportion of the cable is not high, it plays an important role in connecting components, inverters, distribution boxes, and power grids. It has an important impact on the operation safety and stability of the entire system, and even the overall profitability of
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In June alone, new PV systems totaling 612 MW were connected to the German grid. The country’s cumulative operational PV capacity reached 59.9 GW at the end of June. From pv magazine Germany Germany saw the addition of 615 MW of new PV capacity in June, according to the latest figures from the Federal Network Agency
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JinkoSolar shipped 25.2GW of PV products in 2021 The Chinese module manufacturer saw its sales and turnover increase significantly in the past financial year. The company said it is benefiting from increasing demand for n-type products worldwide, and also for distributed generation systems, with which higher returns can be achieved. Chinese panel maker JinkoSolar shipped photovoltaic products
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