The global photovoltaic (PV) inverter industry is undergoing profound changes, driven at the core of which are the continuously updated policies and regulations of various countries aimed at restructuring the development of renewable energy. These ongoing policy shifts are reshaping the manufacturing layout, supply chain systems, and market competition landscape in key global regions. This ...
Can you imagine that highways are now participating in the electricity and ancillary services markets? On May 19th, Shaanxi Transportation Holding Group successfully obtained official provincial-level access qualifications for virtual power plant business, acquiring full qualifications for load dispatching, distributed energy aggregation and management, and power resource optimization, entering a ...
The German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) has called for a reform of the country’s current inheritance tax treatment of agricultural land leased to ground-mounted solar PV. Kerstin Andreae, chair of the BDEW executive board, said that if agricultural land is leased for PV systems, it would no longer be considered agricultural or forestry assets for tax purposes. &nb...
In just half a month, three major fires have engulfed rooftops in three different countries. Recently, three seemingly unrelated fires—one in a domestic chemical plant, one in a cold chain warehouse across the ocean, and one in a European residential building—all pointed to rooftop photovoltaic (PV) modules. With summer approaching, a peak fire season, rooftop PV fires are evolving fro...
SpaceX's space photovoltaic story is facing a new test. On July 17th, Beijing time, SpaceX's 13th Starship test flight was aborted at ignition due to an malfunction in four engines. The giant rocket remained motionless on the launch pad. Following the news, the stock price fell by more than 3% in after-hours trading. From the overwhelming enthusiasm on its first day of trading to a month later, th...
