Monthly Archives: October 2018

SunPower Partners with innogy and BELECTRIC on Australia’s Largest Solar Power Plant near Balranald, New South Wales

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SunPower (NASDAQ:SPWR) announced today that it is supplying 349 megawatts of SunPower high efficiency solar panels for the Limondale solar power plant, Australia’s largest solar project to date. “We commend innogy and BELECTRIC for this milestone project, and for using high-performance SunPower® technology to ensure long-term value,” said SunPower Executive Vice President Peter Aschenbrenner. “Customers worldwide rely on SunPower solar panels for proven performance

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Sungrow expands commitment to Middle East and Northern Africa region, opens office in Dubai

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Sungrow, the global leading inverter solution supplier for renewables with over 68 GW installed worldwide has opened their Dubai subsidiary in the heart of the Jumeirah Lake Towers district, Dubai, UAE. Establishing strong local resources has always been a vital part of the company’s strategy of global market diversification. The new office will support all key functions including sales, service and technical support, serving as a regional hub

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JinkoSolar Recognized as a Top Performer on DNV GL’s 2018 PV Module Reliability Scorecard

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JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (“JinkoSolar” or the “Company”) (NYSE:JKS), one of the world’s largest solar module manufacturers, today announced that it has been recognized as a Top Performer on DNV GL’s 2018 PV Module Reliability Scorecard for the fourth consecutive year. DNV GL tested over 300 bills of material (BOM) for more than 50 module manufacturers. Testing focused on four

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Estimation of satellite‐derived regional photovoltaic power generation using a satellite‐estimated solar radiation data

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Abstract A large number of photovoltaic (PV) power systems have been adopted in Japan after a feed‐in tariff was introduced in 2012. However, PV power generation data from residential rooftop and/or ground‐mounted PV systems, and larger MW‐size PV plants have not been measured accurately in real‐time. This is because PV power monitoring instruments (eg, smart meters) have not collected a

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A simple and low‐cost active dual‐axis solar tracker

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Abstract This paper presents the design and practical implementation of a simple active dual‐axis solar tracker (DAST) to track the sun’s movement by using fewer components and low‐cost as well. A dual‐axis mechanism is developed in order to tilt the PV panel by two servo motors facing the highest intensity of sunlight captured by LDR sensors, which are placed in

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