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In the latest article of a new series on solar manufacturing facilities around the world, <b>pv magazine</b> presents SoliTek’s solar manufacturing facility in Vilnius, Lithuania. The company recently commissioned an upgraded 200 MW production line, as it transitions from semi-automated to fully-automated processes for critical assembly stages.

What are the system needs that LDES is going to solve, and what technologies are most appropriate for those applications?

In late April, a 200 km urban road test was conducted in Belgium under real-world traffic conditions and varying levels of solar irradiance to evaluate system performance in complex operational environments. The test serves as the final validation of the vehicle’s systems.

El sistema AC de la startup alemana Lade GmbH admite carga monofásica y trifásica de hasta 22 kW y ya está preparado para habilitar funciones de carga bidireccional.

A finales se abril se ha llevado a cabo una prueba de 200 km en vías urbanas, en condiciones reales de tráfico y con diferentes niveles de irradiación solar, con el fin de evaluar el rendimiento de la tecnología en entornos operativos complejos. La prueba en carretera realizada en Bélgica sirve como validación final de los sistemas del vehículo

En el país, Chevron produce petróleo crudo y gas natural y realiza actividades de exploración y desarrollo en la formación de hidrocarburos no convencionales de Vaca Muerta.

El precio medio del litro de gasóleo se ha situado en los 1,734 euros, tras registrar una subida del 0,4% con respecto a la pasada semana, mientras que la gasolina se ha incrementado un 1,66% con respecto a la pasada semana, hasta los 1,528 euros.

An international research team has developed and tested a hybrid energy system combining photovoltaic-thermal collectors, borehole thermal energy storage, and a dual-source heat pump to supply low-carbon heating for livestock buildings. The full-scale prototype, demonstrated on an Italian swine farm, showed high efficiency, strong seasonal performance, and reduced reliance on fossil fuels while enabling partial self-supply of electricity and heat.

La electricidad suministrada por Iberdrola en el marco de estos convenios se apoya en 90 MW de nueva capacidad fotovoltaica en el país transalpino.

Ansasol tramita una planta de electrólisis PEM alimentada por una instalación fotovoltaica en autoconsumo sin excedentes, que operará con una red interna a 30 kV y será capaz de producir hasta 720 kg/h de hidrógeno de alta pureza y almacenamiento de 29,25 toneladas, actualmente en fase de información pública.

En la primera media hora de sesión, Endesa es el valor que más cae del selectivo español, Ibex 35, un 3,19%, y sus títulos se sitúan en 36,71 euros.

La multinacional Shell mantuvo sus previsiones de inversión para 2026, con un gasto de capital de entre 24.000 y 26.000 millones de dólares.

El mandatario republicano añadió que las principales petroleras estadounidenses están interesadas en operar en ese país suramericano.

The Valdecañas pumped-storage hydro plant in southwestern Spain has undergone a technical upgrade, increasing its operational capacity by 355 MW and adding a 15 MW/7.5 MWh hybrid battery system.

La Abogacía del Estado pretende reducir el monto bloqueado hasta el entorno de los 250 millones de euros.

Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) says it will install 95 MW of solar capacity across 500 substation sites nationwide by 2030, using surplus substation land to meet South Korea's K-RE100 public-sector renewable energy target.

Sungrow’s BESS and grid-forming power conversion system (PCS) combined established system voltage within 19 seconds during black-start testing at the company’s newly established large-scale, plant-level grid-forming field test base.

Two of Argentine's most popular football clubs - River Plate and Vélez Sarsfield - are advancing solar energy projects at their Buenos Aires stadiums to cut operating costs and expand on-site renewable generation.

El proyecto FV Renfe Solar Olmedo, piloto del plan de 34 instalaciones renovables de Renfe Viajeros, avanza en su reconocimiento de utilidad pública. La planta se ubicará en 35 hectáreas próximas a la subestación de Adif del corredor norte y evacuará a la SE Olmedo Renfe 132/30 kV.

Continuous negative and zero wholesale electricity prices, weak demand, and Greece’s inadequate energy storage policy are leaving small- and medium-sized PV investors exposed, despite abundant solar resources.

In 1872, while on a trip to Europe, Andrew Carnegie met with an engineer and inventor named Henry Bessemer. During the Crimean War, Bessemer had accidentally discovered an efficient (for the time) new method of making steel, which involved blowing air through molten iron to remove its impurities. He later developed…

Steel and sweatshirts. Trucks and smartphones. Snickers and beer. The stuff in modern life requires huge amounts of dirty fossil fuel to make. And lately, that’s been a liability for industries battered by the global energy shocks of the 2020s . First, the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 spiked liquefied…

Lade GmbH has unveiled an AC system that supports charging at up to 22 kW in both single-phase and three-phase configurations. The hardware is already designed to enable bidirectional charging in large-scale charging parks.

The Portuguese manufacturer unveiled Maxi-Lock, an autonomous hydraulic mechanism that locks solar trackers during strong wind gusts or high-amplitude vibrations, and Smart-Slope, a universal joint-style system designed for uneven terrain. The company claims the technologies can reduce supply and maintenance costs, lower component counts, improve plant availability, and enable higher PV module integration in both conventional and agrivoltaic projects.

El presupuesto total del contrato, que se divide en cinco lotes, asciende a 437.699 euros. Las empresas interesadas pueden presentar sus ofertas hasta el 5 de junio.