The world's largest building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) project was completed in China.     Hefei, China-based Sungrow is supplying inverters for a 120MW BIPV project in Jiangxi Province, China.   Located on the roof of the ceramics production facility, the system consists of 11...

The German government is considering the possibility of erecting trade barriers on solar modules and parts imported from China, a move that has caused concern to trade body SolarPower Europe.     The concept of trade barriers, while considering subsidies and state aid, comes after the Eur...

Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) refers to the use of solar panels, shingles and modules in buildings to generate electricity, where the panels are integrated into roof tiles, facades, awnings, windows and other building components. BIPV is essentially a new-age building material t...

In the first half of 2023, U.S. solar energy prices rose to US$2.9 per watt, an increase of 1.8% from the second half of 2022.     The median solar quote rose for the fourth consecutive month, up from $2.67 per watt in the summer of 2021, according to EnergySage. Although reaching $2.9 pe...

Global solar investment in the first half of 2023 increased by 43% year-on-year to reach US$239 billion, but renewable energy investment is still far below the amount needed to achieve the net zero goal in 2050.     According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance's "Renewable Energy Investment...

According to research published earlier this year in the journal Advances in Photovoltaics, Europe has the potential to deploy 51TW of agricultural supporting solar photovoltaics, or agricultural photovoltaics.     Taking into account both power generation and agricultural potential, the...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched a $7 billion grant competition to bring solar energy to low-income households.     The new grant competition will provide funding for the expansion of existing low-income solar programs as well as the development and implementati...

The Dutch government has announced the latest round of projects funded by the National Growth Fund, which includes investments of up to 412 million euros for so-called "circular solar panels".   The project, called SolarNL, aims to establish a solar module manufacturing industry in the Netherla...

Global renewable energy investor Actis has agreed to sell 100% of African independent power producer (IPP) BTE Renewables to French utility giant Engie and investment firm Meridiam for $1 billion.     BTE Renewables, a pan-African renewable energy platform, was established in 2017 and foc...

The EU will add 69GW of installed solar and wind capacity in 2023, a year-on-year increase of 17%, according to the latest progress report a year after the launch of the REPowerEU programme.     The EU report, citing statistics from Eurostat and European Solar, puts the total installed ca...

Last week, the market enthusiasm accumulated for two years finally broke out at the world's largest photovoltaic exhibition SNEC as scheduled. The expansion of the exhibition hall, the queue of exhibitors, the skyrocketing prices of hotels, the overwhelming audience, and the paralysis of signals...a...

Solar power will become the largest source of non-fossil fuel electricity sales in California in 2021, according to the latest data from the California Energy Commission.     Overall, solar accounted for 15.9 percent of the state's retail electricity sales, the highest of any renewable en...