Pioneering projects in China are demonstrating how the potential of solar power can be harnessed across a wide range of new settings. Carrie Xiao explores the many applications for PV beyond traditional power plants.
Using an in-house tool and PVsyst simulation software, a team from Chint New Energy Technology Co. analyse the LCOE of utility-scale solar systems in various countries based on three technologies: PERC, TOPCon and HJT.
Having installed PV modules from Chinese manufacturers, McDonald’s China has opened a “zero-carbon restaurant” in Beijing, the company’s first of its kind in the country.
A 550MWp PV project constructed at a tidal flat area of Zhejiang province, China, has been connected to the local power grid, the company behind the plant has announced.
PV Tech’s coverage of Intersolar Europe 2021 into the exhibition’s third and final day, featuring news of n-type modules on display, BIPV solutions attracting attention and the raft of start-ups.
Delivering 103MWp Midden-Groningen within eight months involved installing 315,000 panels, setting up biodiversity-friendly areas and linking the plant directly to the Dutch grid.
PV installation touted as one of sub-Saharan Africa’s largest to be commissioned this week, with Astronergy modules, Soltec trackers and Gamesa inverters.
Spanish clean energy utility Holaluz has signed an agreement to procure power from 500MW of PV projects to be built by Chinese firm Chint Energy in Spain.
