Qair begins construction on 30 MW of solar in Chad
The renewable energy unit of the Total group expects to energize two solar parks next year.
Keep cool and distribute stress: A recipe for improved performance
Both higher energy yields and longer lifetimes are needed for PV modules to meet growing customer expectations. Couple this with the fast moving nature of PV technology – larger formats, new cell interconnection techniques and many more can all affect long term performance – and it’s clear that understanding and mitigating the various mechanisms that lead to performance has never been more important. In this pv magazine Webinar we’ll examine the roles of temperature, humidity and mechanical stress in driving some of these mechanisms, and how Coolback’s innovative solution promises to limit the effects of these, ensuring both better day-to-day module performance and a longer operational lifetime.
Mali greenlights two PV projects totaling 83 MW
A 50 MW project is being planned by French company Legendre Energie and a 33 MW facility is under development by Scatec.
Solar and wind together overhaul global hydro capacity
The latest set of clean energy statistics compiled by the International Renewable Energy Agency signal a changing of the guard when it comes to clean power, with legacy hydropower facilities overtaken by new intermittent renewables.
Botswanan diamond mining company launches tender for small solar park
Diamond Trading Company Botswana is seeking proposals for a 600 kW ground-mounted PV plant to power operations at its mining site in Gaborone.
Belgian development agency launches tender for five solar mini-grids in Mozambique
The five solar-plus-storage facilities will be located in Zambézia and Nampula provinces.
What will African nations require to produce competitive green hydrogen exports?
A robust national strategy, a portfolio of renewable energy assets, public subsidies and, ideally, existing gas pipelines will all favor African nations aiming to become exporters in the energy storage medium, participants heard at a recent two-day green hydrogen conference.
African green hydrogen could feed German and Japanese industry and water drought-stricken nations
Trade bodies the Africa Solar Industry Association and the African Hydrogen Partnership hosted a two-day virtual conference to discuss the role green hydrogen can play in economic growth across the continent–and how it could drive desalination in freshwater-starved coastal countries.
We need an energy access revolution: A new approach to innovation can help
840 million people still don’t have access to electricity today, according to the World Bank. But the radical decrease in the cost of the green technologies of solar and battery storage provides an unparalleled opportunity to close this gap and achieve universal electricity access by 2030.
China’s ‘quasi-monopolistic’ stranglehold on solar noted by EU body
The bloc should accelerate investment into mining and processing within its shores, as well as ramping up recycling, according to European employers and trades unions, with coal workers already equipped with the necessary transferable skills.
