Solar manufacturing facing substantial pressures, says IEA-PVPS
The International Energy Agency Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme says in its latest report that 2023 was a record-breaking but tumultuous year for solar development. It says the manufacturing industry faces pressure from supply-demand imbalances, with overcapacity causing prices to collapse.
Rooftop solar install rates on rise after record month
Rooftop solar installations in Australia recorded a 6% jump in October with the latest monthly data revealing 279 MW of small-scale rooftop PV was installed on household and business roofs across the country last month.
Tesla releases Powerwall 3 expansion units for more capacity at lower price
Each expansion unit adds another 13.5 kWh of storage capacity to the original installation with a maximum of three such units connected to a single Powerwall. Now available in the United States, the new product comes at a lower cost and slashes installation time by roughly half to 22 minutes.
Utility-scale solar additions hit 46.8 GW since start of 2023, says Wiki-Solar
PV data consultancy Wiki-Solar says the world’s top solar developers have added nearly 50 GW of new solar capacity since early 2023, raising their cumulative capacity to 146.7 GW – more than one-fifth of the global total.
On the small side: module power output distortion on rise
A study by German research institute Fraunhofer ISE has revealed a troubling trend. Data shows that modules are increasingly attributed higher power ratings than they actually have. Though the percentages are incremental, it all
adds up.
UK investment firm commissions two solar battery projects in NSW
London-headquartered investment firm VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities has completed the construction and commissioning of two solar and storage hybrid systems in New South Wales.
24 MW solar farm and 13 MW BESS powers up Western Australia gold mine
Remote energy development specialist Pacific Energy has commissioned a 24 MW solar farm, which is producing power, and 13 MW battery energy storage system at the Tropicana gold mine, 330 kilometres northeast of Kalgoorlie in remote Western Australia.
NSW battery and VPP incentives target peak electricity demand reductions
New South Wales home and business battery installation incentives are now available, in state government efforts to make the grid more reliable and stable and allow further reduction of reliance on fossil fuels during peak demand.
Solinteg launches new residential solar storage systems
Solinteg has developed the IntegOne HSH, a residential solar storage system that combines a single-phase hybrid inverter with one or two batteries. Up to 10 systems can connect in parallel, offering a maximum efficiency of 97.6%.
PVEL scorecard shows ‘relevant risks’ for TOPCon technology
The results of this year’s Kiwa PVEL scorecard have shown that TOPCon technology is more vulnerable than PERC, and the failure rate at bill of materials has increased to 41%, the highest in history, according to the testing lab.
