SolarPower Europe has introduced its 2.0 Operation & Maintenance Best Practices Guidelines. The guidelines are the result of more than 70 experts, including O&M contractors, asset owners, asset managers and monitoring tool vendors, who are part of the O&M Task Force of SolarPower Europe. Building on the previous edition, version 2.0 focuses more on how O&M can be better managed.
Three companies from Germany and Austria have equipped the Hochleckenhaus with a off-grid and energy Management system for the Austrian Alpine Association. The hut can now boast of having the most advanced off-grid network in the Alpine region.
Intersolar India Exhibition and Conference will open its doors in less than a week on December 5 -7, 2017 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre (BEC) in Mumbai, providing a platform for all industry professionals to meet, exchange, discuss challenges and solutions and promote the interest of the solar industry. In this year’s event, certified by the U.S. Commercial Services, more than 12,000 international visitors are expected. More than 260 exhibitors are showcasing their latest products and solutions in Hall 1 of the BEC.
The new version of the design software PV*SOL premium 2018 makes the design of photovoltaic plants even easier and more efficient.
The solar PV industry will create 94,000 new jobs in Europe between 2016 and 2021, says an EY report commissioned from industry association SolarPower Europe. At the beginning of the next decade, the sector will employ 174,700 full-time equivalents, a growth of 145% from 81,000 in 2016 but still a lower amount than 250,000 in 2008.
Photovoltaics systems withstood the hurricane in the Caribbean better than many buildings. Now they are an important element in rebuilding the infrastructure – and could provide Puerto Rico with the most modern electricity grid in the USA.
The newly installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity worldwide will exceed 95 gigawatts (GW) in 2017, according to the latest forecast of Bernreuter Research. "Supply of the feedstock polysilicon would even allow PV installations to reach 100 GW if inventories were strongly reduced," says Johannes Bernreuter, head of the market research firm and author of the Polysilicon Market Outlook 2020.
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