German engineering association the VDMA expects a difficult year because of the Covid-19 crisis. Sales had already dropped considerably last year and the current order intake level offers no glimpse of hope. However, the public health crisis may offer business in new markets determined to...
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The German manufacturer secured around 60% of the turnover expected this year in the first three months alone but still posted a net loss for a company relying on strong pre-Covid-19 activity in the U.S. and European markets.From pv magazine Germany. German inverter maker SMA announced...
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In a recent conversation with pv magazine Roland Valckenborg, business developer and project manager at the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), has described the results of a multi-year testing program for colored BIPV modules. Just a few years ago, it it was thought...
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is helping the Serbian government to define its new procurement plan. The international lender is currently seeking consultants to implement the scheme.The Serbian government announced a plan in May 2018 to switch from its inefficient feed-in tariff (FIT)...
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The unstoppable growth of Australia’s rooftop PV fleet continues to eat into the pie previously reserved for coal and gas, a new audit of the National Electricity Market shows. Meanwhile, the nation’s electricity consumption has remained mostly flat despite the economic slowdown triggered by the...
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Alencon Systems has teamed up with Duke Energy to look at some of the challenges faced by utilities when adding battery storage systems to existing solar installations. DC-coupled or AC-coupled? Grounding scheme?From pv magazine USA Solar and battery storage make such a natural pairing that it’s...
Read MoreInternational solar + storage developer Lightrock Power has sold a 350-MW portfolio of solar projects to unnamed entities. The portfolio comprises four solar projects (three in Illinois and one in Utah) in various stages of development. These utility-scale projects are expected to reach commercial operation...
Read MoreNearly 600,000 U.S. clean energy workers have lost their jobs since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic after 447,208 new workers filed unemployment claims in April — tripling the claims filed in March. That’s according to a new analysis of unemployment data released today by...
Read MoreEnerBank USA announced a strategic partnership with the Leap point-of-sale application. The strategic partnership gives home improvement contractors a competitive edge by including EnerBank payment options within Leap’s system. Leap customers now have one seamless application to build estimates and proposals and offer EnerBank payment...
Read MoreCurrent conversations around the energy transition often focus on the power and transportation sectors. But decarbonization of other sectors, such as heat, is also critical to meeting national and regional climate targets. Heat makes up 35 percent of global energy consumption, and when it comes to space...
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