Design & Build

Late last year AES Corportation unveiled the Atlas, an automated solar deployment robot the company claimed to be a first of its kind. Here, AES gives PV Tech Power the full story of its development.

An industry consistently making losses and dropping its rates for years is now riding a wave of sky-high prices. Upcoming events look set to reduce prices, but shipping companies will be having a field day well into 2023, writes Sean Rai-Roche.

Known globally for its university, Oxford is now making a name for itself as a testing ground for the largest hybrid battery energy storage system (BESS) of its kind anywhere in the world.

Ryan D. Quint, senior manager at North American Electric Reliability Corporation take a look at the key considerations – and difficult balance – of managing grid connection from a transmission operators point of view.

Jan Vedde, senior project manager for European Energy, takes a look at the key technological trends in the solar PV market, from changes to silicon cell manufacturing to the benefits of bifaciality.

Floating solar has grown at a slower pace than its land-based counterpart but technological developments, efficiency gains and land constraints are making it an increasingly appealing option for developers. Shauna Ng, content executive at Sunseap, examines the technology, its benefits and where the sector is headed.

Toni Weigl, head of product management for floating PV at BayWa r.e., explores the current trends for designing and developing floating solar projects and poses the question, where next for floating PV?

Stephan Schindele, head of product management Agri-PV at BayWa r.e. Solar Projects, explores the mutual benefits of ‘Agri-PV’ to both solar farm operators and farmers alike, and reveals what is needed to take the sub-sector forward.

Digital tools are increasingly used throughout all stages of construction projects. Greencells Group has adapted this principle for use on solar plant worksites - with an Augmented Reality support solution developed in-house.

The adoption of floating solar is accelerating the world over, and Asia has taken a leading position in the adoption of FPV. With the aid of subsidy support, technological advances and ever-growing comfort with the technology class, FPV is being taken to ever newer and more hard-to-reach bodies of water.