India-based Gensol Engineering has secured an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for a 275MW solar PV plant in the Indian state of Gujarat.
Spanish inverter manufacturer Ingeteam and PV automation solutions company Quantified Energy Labs (QE-Labs) have performed a drone electroluminescence (EL) inspection on a PV plant.
US solar tracker supplier Array Technologies has invested US$3 million in autonomous robotics company Swap Robotics' automated solar panel laying technology.
The inverter helps prevent fires in solar systems but can also cause them if not properly specified. Clean Energy Associates’ Ankil Sanghvi looks at the details of inverter architecture that should be investigated to prevent the worst from happening.
The growing number of solar power plants makes them an increasingly tempting target for cybercriminals. William Noto of cybersecurity firm Claroty looks at the main areas of vulnerability and how the industry can best prepare itself against the growing threat.
Advances in AI will lead to a “paradigm shift” in solar asset management, with a range of complex analytics and plant performance processes becoming as simple as talking to a chatbot.
PV Talk: Govinda Upadhyay, CEO of SmartHelio, gives Ben Willis a sneak preview of an AI-based tool that he believes could herald a “paradigm shift” in tackling PV plant underperformance.
