Weekly Update (Jan. 20)
Astronergy this week
1. #Astronergy promo video globally and simultaneously stages on #Youtube channel https://lnkd.in/gEzjDxHe and #LinkedIn, sharing our born to do and our way to go.
2. As Spring Festival approaches. Astronergy took the happy year-end chance to celebrate achievements and award all hardworking colleagues in the previous year. In 2023, Astronergy to ship over 30GW PV modules and make more breakthroughs in business and tech aspects.?
3. First date with Astronergy in 2023.
From Jan. 16 to Jan. 18.,?Astronergy Solar?team and our ASTRO N high-efficiency TOPCon?#PV?modules gave an exciting exhibition to all attendees of the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi. We've seen crowds of friends come and meet with us to know about ASTRO N TOPCon module products at our booth.
PV industry-related brief news this week
1.?China?added 87.41 GW of solar in 2022
China's National Energy Administration (NEA) says the country installed 87.41 GW of new PV capacity in 2022.
Following an installation rush at the end of 2022, China installed 21.7 GW of new capacity in December alone, after adding 65.71 GW in the first 11 months of the year. The 87.41 GW in 2022 represent a year-on-year growth of 60.3% compared to 2021. NEA figures also show that by the end of 2022, China's cumulative solar capacity reached 392.61 GW, up 28.1% year on year.
2.?Latvia?to host 100 MW of unsubsidized solar
Vilnius-based Green Genius has revealed that it will build an unsubsidized PV installation in Jekabpils, Latvia. Upon completion, the 100 MW project will be the country's largest solar installation to date.
3.?Guyana?launches tender for 33 MW/34 MWh of solar-plus-storage
The government of Guyana and the Inter–American Development Bank (IDB) have jointly launched a tender to deploy 33 MW/34 MWh of solar-plus-storage capacity.
4.?India?installed almost 14 GW of solar in 2022
India installed 13,956 MW of solar between January and December 2022. This included 11.3 GW of utility-scale PV, about 1.9 GW of rooftop solar, and nearly 700 MW of off-grid/distributed capacity.
5.?Ecuador?allocates 345.3 MW of solar in renewables auction
The lowest bid for PV in Ecuador's latest procurement exercise was $0.0498/kWh. The selected developers secured 25-year power purchase agreements.
6.?US?and?UAE?to fund 15 GW of worth $20 billion in clean energy projects by 2035
The United States and the United Arab Emirates had announced that $20 billion of their $100 billion clean energy partnership would be used to fund 15 new gigawatts in renewable energy projects by 2035.
7.?Vietnam?sets ceiling price of $0.0502/kWh for ‘transitional’ PV projects
Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIOT) recently introduced new ceiling prices for solar and wind projects that sell electricity to Electricity of Vietnam (EVN). The ceiling price for ground-mounted solar has been slashed from $0.0709/kWh to $0.0502/kWh, threatening the financial viability of large-scale solar projects.
8.?Switzerland?introduces rebate scheme for solar
Switzerland has announced a new one-off incentive model for solar, in order to reimburse up to 60% of investment costs for installations that meet certain criteria. The scheme exists in addition to nonrecurring remunerations for small and large PV installations.
9.?Africa?closing in on gigawatt-level solar
Solar installations across Africa hit 949 MW in 2022, bringing cumulative capacity past the 10 GW mark, according to the African Solar Industry Association (AFSIA). While that may seem underwhelming for such a huge region, it shows that countries are taking big steps toward realizing the entire continent's PV potential.
10.?UAE?utility opens bidding for 1.5 GW of solar
Emirates Water and Electricity Co. (EWEC) has started accepting expressions of interest from pre-qualified developers to develop a 1.5 GW solar project in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.
Eyes on PV tech development
1. All-perovskite tandem solar cell with 27.1% efficiency via gas quenching
The US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has fabricated an all-perovskite tandem solar cell with perovskite films to show reduced defect density and achieve a power conversion efficiency of 27.1%.
2. Agrivoltaics based on light spectrum optimization
US scientists have discovered that using wavelength-selective, semi-transparent PV modules to absorb the blue light spectrum while transmitting red light onto crops can increase crop yield.