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Renewable energy covered 51.6% of Germany's gross electricity consumption in 2023, surpassing the 50% threshold for the entire year for the first time, as

More than half of the electricity Spain now consumes comes from renewable energy sources, rising from 42.2% last year.

The European power market will see its carbon intensity plummet as the region pursues ambitious climate-energy policies but flexibility is key to enable this change, according to Peter Osbaldstone, Research Director, Europe Power & Renewables at Wood Mackenzie.

The US is expected to add a record-setting 33 GW of solar capacity in 2023, but 2024 will bring challenges to the industry.

New figures from Absolar, a Brazilian PV trade group, show that the country could install 9.3 GW of solar in 2024, bringing it to 45.5 GW of installed PV capacity by the end of next year.

BNEF updates its forecasts for the Worldwide photovoltaic market: installed systems increased by more than 60% between 2022 and 2023

Once again, Germany's newly installed solar capacity exceeded the gigawatt threshold, reaching 1.23 GW in October while onshore wind deployment achieved th

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.

Statistics from Instytut Energetyki Odnawialnej show that the Polish solar market could see significant growth due to a rise in grid-connection approvals, despite an increase in project rejections.

Portugal generated 172.5 GWh of renewable electricity between Friday and Saturday. Its output included 97.6 GWh of wind, 68.3 GWh of hydro, and 6.6 GWh of PV. It exported surplus power to Spain, while consuming 131.1 GWh.

The International Renewable Energy Agency said in a recent report that the scale of the energy transition needs 'urgent' acceleration to meet Paris Agreement climate emergency targets. Solar PV deployment, in particular, must ramp up and increase fourfold by the end of the decade.

Chinese coal prices are falling as winter nears, offering relief to power plants that buy the fuel and reducing the chances of another round of debilitating power crunches.

Chile’s non-conventional renewable energy sources accounted for 36.5% of the nation's total electricity production in September, growing their proportion i

Egypt is planning to build a 2-GW pumped-hydro power plant and has inked a pact for a feasibility study on the project with China Energy.On Thursday, a mem

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, offers bite-sized analysis on solar PV module supply and price trends.

A land-based renewable energy procurement in New York state has resulted in awards totalling 2,410 MW that will be enough to supply over 560,000 local home

In a major US milestone, the first turbine was successfully installed at Vineyard Wind 1, the country's first commercial offshore wind farm.

Half of the world’s economies are already at least five years past a peak in power generation from fossil fuels.

The onshore wind energy sector in Germany witnessed a 50% year-on-year increase in capacity additions and an unprecedented level of projects receiving perm

Global power sector emissions plateaued in the first half of 2023 as wind and solar continue to grow. However, adverse hydro conditions prevented emissions from falling.

European warehouses are reporting extremely high inventory levels for residential energy storage systems, with aggressive prices expected, as distributors need to start clearing their stocks, according to S&P Global.

Exploratory work and detailed site investigations have started for the 2 GW Borumba Dam pumped hydro project in Queensland, Australia.

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.

If 157,621 hectares of utilized agricultural area in the European Union incorporated agrivoltaics, it could produce up to 944 GW installed capacity, a new study published by the Joint Research Centre found. Despite the optimism, certain challenges – such as no clear definition and dedicated standards – stand in the way of the technology's success.

Renewable energy franchise Green Energy Park and the Brazilian state of Piaui are entering into a partnership that could see the creation of a 5-GW green a

Swiss technology group ABB Ltd (SWX:ABBN) said today it will provide electrical engineering support for a 1-GW green hydrogen project in the Danish seaport

In a recent study, researchers from the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) questioned the planned development of new nuclear capacities in the energy strategies of the United States and certain European countries.

New figures provided to pv magazine by Rystad Energy reveal that the amount of unsold panels in European warehouses may have more then doubled between mid-July and the end of August, and that it may reach 100 GW by the end of the year. Analyst Marius Mordal Bakke explained that PERC modules bought and stored by a European distributor for $0.23/W in March are now facing an average spot price of $0.16/W today, which could very likely be $0.15/W next month.

Tenevo Solar plant is expected have a solar capacity of 238 MW, a wind capacity of 237 MW and a storage capacity of 250 MW-500 MWh, with construction starting this month. Konstantin Nenov, director of Renalfa AD – one of the businesses behind the project – tells pv magazine the plant is emblematic of the Balkan country shifting away from coal and towards the sun.

EnergyAustralia’s plans to install a 500 MW/2,000 MWh big battery storage system in the Australian state of New South Wales are gaining momentum, as the Hong Kong-owned generator has secured approval to conduct site investigation works.

Italy put on stream 1,066 MW of new renewable power plants in the second quarter of 2023, mostly solar photovoltaic (PV), and registered an increase of 41%

Solar module prices have never fallen so sharply in such a short period of time. One reason for this is the "PV module glut" in warehouses in Europe, according to pvXchange’s Martin Schachinger.

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Recent data published by Great Britain’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) show the country's solar PV cumulative capacity was 15,292.8 MW at the end of July, with newly installed capacity for the first seven months of this year reaching 643 MW. Although Gareth Simkins of Solar Energy UK said these figures were 'relatively low', he explained that several utility scale PV plants may have not been included in the statistics so far and there was cause for optimism.

S&P Global Commodity Insights says it expects China to install 170 GW of solar in 2023, with global capacity additions to potentially surpass 400 GW.

Exports of solar panels from China increased by 34% in the first half of 2023 compared to the same period last year.

China reached 510 GW of installed PV capacity at the end of August, while FuturaSun started building a 10 GW solar cell factory in Jiangsu province.

Swisspower-Stadtwerk SIG says its pilot solar bicycle path in Satigny will pave the way for similar projects in Switzerland.

Updated: Rooftop solar continues to have major impact on the grid, meeting nearly half of all demand and sending black coal output and operational demand to record lows.

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