PV Tech Power Papers

Antarctica is one of the harshest and most inhospitable environments for human activities due to its extreme climate. Traditionally, research stations in Antarctica were powered by fossil fuels. The comparably simple requirement of supplying a research station with electricity and heat in most other parts of the world can become much more challenging in Antarctica. The picture can be quite different when using solar power, as is the case at Belgium’s Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Research Station in the continent’s Queen Maud Land. PV Tech Power’s Simon Yuen talks to Slovenian solar company Bisol and the International Polar Foundation about features of renewable energy production at the research station which was established in 2009.

PVTech Power reporter George Heynes got in touch with Solargis, a Slovakia-based weather data and software provider for solar power investors and operators, for a deep dive into maximising solar technologies in hot locations.

PV Tech Power Reporter George Heynes on the troubles the UK is facing as its electricity network is being adapted to accommodate multiple renewable energy sources.

Tristan Erion-Lorico, VP of Sales and Marketing at PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), on the Inflation Reduction Act and its implications for the selection of materials going into producing solar modules.

As Europe is increasing its solar PV capacity to reach its goal in the REPowerEU plan, countries in the bloc are accelerating solar PV installation. But some EU countries also look at the solar potential in North Africa, as the region boasts better solar irradiance and longer sunshine hours. PV Tech Power Editor Simon Yuen examines a project that is envisaged to transfer power from Egypt to Greece, and experts’ views on the challenges and benefits of a Mediterranean interconnector.

PV Tech Power Editor JP Casey looks at the balancing act legislators in Texas face when considering grid reliability and the ratio of the different methods to generate power in the US state.

One year after the Inflation Reduction Act was passed, growth of community solar is expected to accelerate in the coming years thanks to federal help but also at state-level with states passing or improving new legislation. PV Tech Power Reporter Jonathan Touriño Jacobo looks at three different cases: California, Ohio and Minnesota, and investigates the challenges community solar still faces.

PV Tech Power Reporter Jonathan Touriño Jacobo looks at how the Inflation Reduction Act could help in redeveloping closed-down US coal assets to host solar PV projects.

Martin Pochtaruk, President of Heliene, Inc. on the challenges and opportunities of building out the domestic PV supply chain in the US.

Lena Dias Martins explores the UK government’s Contracts for Difference scheme which supports the country’s move to a zero-carbon economy.