Sud Renovables has installed a pilot vertical rooftop PV system on one of its facilities in Barcelona, Spain. The array features two 500 W bifacial modules from US-based SunPower and two microinverters from Enphase Energy. From pv magazine Spain Spanish rooftop PV installer SUD Renovables has deployed vertical bifacial solar panels on the rooftop of its warehouse in Avinyó, Barcelona, Spain. The system features two 500 W P6 panels from US-based SunPower and two IQ8P microinverters from Enphase Energy. “The mounting structures have been designed according to the wind characteristics of the area ..read more

A group of researchers has identified a multispecies bacterial community that could reportedly increase the efficiency of hydrogen generation via microbial metabolism. The proposed hydrogen system achieved a more than double production rate compared to common biological hydrogen production technologies. A team of researchers at the University of Cordoba in Spain identified a naturally occurring multispecies bacterial community that could be utilized with microalgae for the commercialization of hydrogen produced through microbial metabolism (bioH2). The biological production of bioH2 consists o ..read more

A Spanish research group has investigated how thermoelectric heat pumps may be used as power-to-heat technology to increase temperatures in thermal energy storage systems. It found the proposed system configuration may achieve an overall efficiency of 112.6% at at 135 C. Researchers from Spain have designed a novel thermal energy storage (TES) system that utilizes a thermoelectric heat pump (TEHP) as a power-to-heat technology to reach elevated temperatures in charging the storage system itself. “The analysis focuses on assessing the coefficient of performance (COP) and heating capacity by var ..read more

Spain's cumulative installed PV capacity surpassed 25.54 GW at the end of December 2023, on 5.59 GW of new solar installations for the full year. From pv magazine Spain Spain installed 5,594 MW of new PV systems in 2023, marking a 28% increase from the preceding year, according to the country's grid operator, Red Eléctrica de España. The country's cumulative installed PV capacity reached 25.54 GW at the end of December 2023. This represents 20.3% of the Spanish electricity production mix. Around 1,076 MW of the newly installed PV capacity for 2023 came in the form of residential PV systems ..read more

Storage Drop has secured a grant from the European Union to develop its PV-driven cooling system technology for low temperature environments. The system is based on compressed air energy storage technology and a hydraulic isothermal compressor with a water pump that compresses the air in an isothermal process. Israel-based Storage Drop has secured a €1 million ($1.09 million) grant from the European Union to develop a low-temperature cooling system, the company said in a recent statement to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. “The goal of the initiative is to develop a cooling system for low temperat ..read more

Spanish utility Endesa has activated a 1.1 MW/5.5 MWh redox flow battery in Spain. It says it is the vanadium redox flow storage system connected to a PV plant in Europe. It is situated near Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands. From pv magazine Spain Endesa, through its Enel Green Power Spain unit, has commissioned an energy storage system based on vanadium redox flow batteries at the Son Orlandis solar plant in Mallorca, Spain. The 1.1 MW/5.5 MWh battery is the first energy storage plant that the company has built in Spain with this technology. It claimed that it is the largest vanadium flow ba ..read more

A Spanish group of researchers has investigated how much agricultural production may be hosted by existing ground-mounted PV plants using dual-axis trackers. They outlined a new methodology that reportedly enables to quantify how much space around and beneath the panels can be uses for agricultural purposes. A group of researchers at the University of Cordoba in Spain has developed a new method to calculate how much land could be used for agricultural purposes under photovoltaic plants based on dual-axis solar trackers. The scientists analyzed, in particular, the behavior of solar irradiance i ..read more

Spain's Iberdrola and FCC Ámbito have agreed to work together on the development of new circularity solutions for solar panels, to ensure that 100% of the materials in the modules can be recycled. Spanish energy giant Iberdrola has announced plans to collaborate with commercial waste management company FCC Ámbito on efforts to promote the industrial-scale recycling of solar panels. Iberdrola said in a statement that the companies will monitor and potentially apply new treatment technologies to enhance the industrial recovery capacity of PV modules. They also plans to explore the reuse of seco ..read more

Spanish inverter manufacturer Power Electronics has an annual inverter production capacity of 30 GW, but it now plans to build a new 20 GW manufacturing facility in the United States. From pv magazine Spain In its strategic plan for the 2024-27 period, Spanish inverter manufacturer Power Electronics said it plans to invest €300 million ($328 million) to expand its inverter production capacity in Spain and the United States. A company spokesperson told pv magazine that its current production capacity is 30 GW, and it will increase manufacturing capacity in the United States by more than 20 GW b ..read more

En este webinar, Héctor Lucas Forasté, ingeniero preventas en PVcase, presenta un ecosistema donde ofrece diferentes herramientas software para facilitar el paso de cada una de las fases del desarrollo de una planta fotovoltaica, desde la búsqueda y selección del terreno hasta las fases del diseño y el cálculo de producciones sin que se produzca el tan habitual riesgo de pérdida o degradación de datos. Los asistentes podrán conocer más sobre cada una de estas herramientas, Prospect, Ground Mount y Yield, y sus beneficios ..read more