The Ministry of Ecological Transition (MITECO) in Spain has updated its National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) with an increased target for solar PV of 76GW by 2030.The new draft – which has been put to public consultation until 4 September 2023 – n

Clean Energy Associates (CEA) has performed a safety audit on more than 600 rooftop PV systems and has found that 97% of installations have major safety concerns. It says that 49% of sites have grounding issues, 47% have damaged modules, and 41% have

Solar’s levelized cost of electricity will reach $30/MWh in 2050, as global capacity surges.“In 2050, solar PV will be in unassailable position as the cheapest source of new electricity globally”. As the world transitions toward carbon emissions-free

Despite a slow start to the year, BloombergNEF expects Portugal to install another 1,363 MW of solar by the end of 2023. The likelihood of that scenario seems to come down to how quickly projects from the record-breaking 2019-20 solar auctions go onl

Centralized and distributed-generation PV plants in in Brazil generated less than expected last year, according to a study by Brazilian consultancy Greener.Brazil's solar energy industry is grappling with new concerns as operational underperformance

A new study by the University of Hohenheim shows that shading from PV systems can improve agricultural yields, especially in dry periods, but additional research is needed.Agrivoltaics can mitigate the effects of drought on plant-based food productio

A new study has evaluated the development of agrivoltaics in India, analyzing the challenges and opportunities involved in scaling up such projects, and exploring their potential for commercialization.A new study by the Canada-based International Ins

New data from Afry Management Consulting suggests that Spain’s solar power producers could face prices below €20/MWh before 2030 if renewable penetration continues to increase. Such low prices would render power purchase agreements (PPAs) and merchan

Gas and CO2 prices continued their downward trend in the fourth week of May, which led to a general downward trend in prices in European electricity markets and several negative hourly prices were registered, which reached -€400/MWh in Netherlands. T

For every dollar invested in fossil fuels, 1.7 dollars are invested in clean technologies. Five years ago, it was a one-to-one ratio, said the International Energy Agency.The global shift to clean energy is happening rapidly, with decarbonization eff