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Myanmar extends deadline for 1 GW PV tender

published: 2021-09-17 17:53
Myanmar's Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) has announced that the bid submission date for the 1 GW PV tender it launched in May has been extended to October without any reason. The previous deadline had been set for Augus...  more

Indian's largest floating solar plant has been commissioned

published: 2021-09-17 17:49
State-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) announced it has commissioned India’s largest floating solar plant at NTPC's Simhadri thermal power station in Andhra Pradesh. The project has a capacity of 25 and occupied a wat...  more

France’s second largest PV plant comes online

published: 2021-09-17 17:39
French PV project developer TSE has officially inaugurated France's second-largest PV plant, in Marville, in the Meuse department,. With a total installed capacity of 152 MW, it is able to generate around 160 GWh/year, which is th...  more

BNEF: Solar deployment reaches 191GW in 2021

published: 2021-09-17 17:16
According to BloombergNEF , as much as 191GW of new solar PV is expected to be installed this year while the prices of polysilicon and module still are in high position into 200. It will be up 32.6% on last year’s installation fig...  more

Australia supports the integrity of rooftop solar sector

published: 2021-09-17 16:57
Australia’s government backs measure with AU$19.2 million (US$14 million) to implement the recommendations of a new report that aims to improve regulation and compliance in the country’s rooftop solar sector. Announced in August 2...  more

US Navy Develops Solar UAV that Flies for 90 Consecutive Days

published: 2021-09-17 9:30
According to various foreign media outlets, the US Navy is currently researching and developing a solar UAV that can be used as the eyes of the military or a mobile communication platform in the air, and the end target is to fly for 90 consecutive days. ...  more

Qihe County of Shandong Province Commences DG PV Program and Strives to Reach GW Level in Two Years

published: 2021-09-17 9:30
Qihe County, which is located in the northwestern part of China’s Shandong Province, formally initiated a major DG PV program on September 16, according to the reporting from the local news outlets. This is a multi-year program, and the county aims to have achieved the followings by 2024: (1) the installed DG PV generation capacity of the county reaching the GW level, (2) the PV electricity output of the county exceeding 1,000GWh, (3) DG PV systems comprising more than 75% of the county’s generation capacity based on new energy technologies, and (4) DG PV generation meeting more than 20% of the county’s energy consumption. ...  more

Solaria unveils 430 W pure black residential solar panel

published: 2021-09-16 17:30
Fremont, California-based module maker Solaria has launched a black solar panel for residential applications, with a power output of 430 W. The new residential module of the U.S.-based manufacturer has a power conversion efficienc...  more

Niger launches tender for 50 MW solar park

published: 2021-09-16 17:26
Niger‘s Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Renewable Energy has launched a tender for the construction of a 50 MW solar power station at Gorou Banda near Niamey, the country’s capital. The bids should be submitted before November 2...  more