Installations

Israel’s Airtouch Solar will supply and install its water-free panel cleaning robots for Amplus Solar’s PV project in Rajasthan. It will also provide comprehensive maintenance services for the robots for 25 years.

Dutch Economy Minister Micky Adriaansens said that she aims to make it impossible to install solar farms on agricultural land, with some unspecified exceptions. The plan has raised concerns at Holland Solar, with the trade group warning of potential damage to farmers and solar project developers.

American researchers are proposing to use steel zip ties to attach solar modules to fences in animal farms as a low-cost racking solution for agrivoltaic applications. They found the proposed approach is technically and economically viable, provided careful wind load tests are conducted on the fences.

Scientists in Spain have developed a tool that optimizes the joint production of wind and solar. It combines data, patterns of solar radiation, and wind speeds over time in specific parts of Europe.

SNCF says it wants to devote 1,000 hectares of its land to solar development, so it can cover 20% of its electricity consumption by the end of the decade.

ABB India has launched MegaFlex DPA (decentralized parallel architecture) UPS solutions with energy efficiency of up to 97.4% for the Indian market. The UPS are claimed to have up to 45% smaller footprint than competing products.

A Canadian research group has applied new guidelines for ground coverage ratios to 31 locations in Mexico, the United States, and Canada. It found the new formulae show that the factors affecting inter-row energy yield loss are highly dependent on latitude.

Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (GUVNL) has launched the tender to develop 1.2 GW of PV projects (including 600 MW under the greenshoe option) in Khavda Solar Park. The projects are to be developed on a build-own-operate basis.

Small-scale PV systems drove the installation of more than 200 GW of solar capacity last year and could support more than 300 GW this year. That means a reset for utilities.

SJVN Green Energy has invited bids to install and commission two projects of 100 MW (AC) and 260 MW (AC), respectively, in the Kutch district of Gujarat.