Besides being a major environmental risk to health, air pollution could be a serious threat to the solar industry as well. Looking into the losses caused by accumulation of airborne particles on solar panels, a group of researchers has found that energy output may be re...... [More]

The European research organizations ETIP EUREC along with the PV industry association Solarunited have issued an open letter Open Letter from European PV Community in which they request urgent measures for the future of the European solar manufacturers. The letter, w...... [More]

The president of the Togolese Republic, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe, has launched the program CI-ZO, a rural electrification initiative aimed at bringing solar energy to two million people in the contrys remote areas with no connection to the power system by 2022.If achi...... [More]

Announced md-May, a 1.5 GW solar tender by the Indian utility Tamil Nadu Generation Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) has attracted technical bids of a staggering 3.7 GW, in what appears to be the corporations most successful tender to date.TANGEDCOs tarnished reputat...... [More]

Recom Italia, the Italian unit of Germany-based solar manufacturer Recom, was chosen as preferred bidder for the acquisition of French module producer Sillia VL, which filed for insolvency in early March. The announced was given in a statement of the Tribunal of Commerc...... [More]

The German grid regulator Bundesnetzagentur has reported that 32 project proposals with a combined capacity of 201 MW were selected in the latest auction for PV projects ranging in size from 750 kW to 10 MW. The highest bid was 0.059/kWh, while the average final price w...... [More]