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“Renewable energy companies… need to have the capacity to commercialize the energy” – Carlos Finat of ACERA on renewables and mining in Chile

Jun 5, 2015 Milk the Sun Team

Carlos Finat, Executive Director of the Chilean Association of Renewable Energy (ACERA), talks to Milk the Sun about the growing potential of renewable energies in the context of mining operations in Chile and goes deep into the challenges and opportunities in this vibrant market. Continue

Photovoltaic systems… floating to a pond near you?

Apr 1, 2015 Milk the Sun Team

You´ve seen them on rooves; you´ve seen them in pastures. How about an island of photovoltaic panels floating in your neighborhood pond? Floating photovoltaic systems, or "floatovoltaics", may well become a more common sight, as they offer an array of benefits compared with their terrestrial brethren. Continue

Space-based PV plants: the next big step for photovoltaics

Mar 23, 2015 Mona Lebied

Building solar power plants in space will be possible in the not-so-far future according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Indeed, JAXA has announced that they have achieved a major technical breakthrough, which would eventually make the construction of space-based solar power plants possible. Concretely, the JAXA team has succeeded in converting and transferring electricity using microwaves for a distance of 55 meters.Continue

Milk the Sun reports jump in demand for solar project rights

Mar 20, 2015 Milk the Sun Team

The first round of bidding for ground-mounted photovoltaic systems in Germany has begun. This also now raises the demand for solar project rights on online platforms, not just for existing photovoltaic plants, as Dirk Petschick, CFO and cofounder of Milk the Sun explains in an interview with pv-magazine: Continue

German researchers develop photovoltaic concrete

Mar 5, 2015 Mona Lebied

Germany has added a new technological contribution to the renewable energy sector with a new invention developed by researchers at the University of Kassel: Photovoltaic Concrete. Named "DysCrete", this concrete is still in prototype stage but it would be able to generate electricity by converting solar energy into an electric current.Continue

CfD’s (Contracts for Difference): 5 things you need to know

May 21, 2014 Milk the Sun Team

Big changes have been announced by the UK government regarding changes to the support machanism for large scale PV, with the government moving from Renewable Energy Certificates (ROC's) to CfD’s (Contracts for Difference). Below are 5 key aspects and considerations that should be in the mind of any PV professional operating in the UK. Continue