l'Actualité du Solaire

In brief companies: Ecosun, Spire Solar, ASCA, Acciona, NEXTracker

The French company Ecosun has presented a solar-powered trailer for off-grid applications. It is equipped with fifteen panels

360 W and batteries with a storage capacity of 23 kWh. It is designed for construction sites, military camps and water pumping systems.

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/02/03/solar-trailer-for-off-grid-applications-from-france/

Editor's note Now that the product is ready, it should be marketed, but that's another business! There is a risk that the product will remain unsold.

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Spire Solar Iberia, a subsidiary ofEternalSun, has developed an XL solar simulator capable of measuring the maximum power of photovoltaic panels of any size (up to 260 x 140 cm) with great accuracy. It can identify products with poor performance.

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/02/02/solar-simulator-for-high-power-photovoltaic-modules/

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ASCAArmor 's subsidiary has acquired the production and technology patents for printed organic photovoltaics (OPV) from the chemical group Merck KGaA at the end of 2021.

ASCA manufactures customised OPV products, including solar films available in a wide range of colours.

https://en.asca.com/latest-news/asca-acquires-the-worlds-largest-intellectual-property-portfolio-for-printed-organic-photovoltaics/

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The Endure battery to undergo commercial testing at Acciona's 1.2 MW Montes del Cierzo test field in Spain

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/02/01/zinc-bromide-batteries-to-store-solar-power-at-accionas-testing-field-in-spain/

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Canada's largest vanadium flow battery to be built

Canadian redox flow battery manufacturer Invinity Energy Systems and Canadian renewable energy developer Elemental Energy have announced the construction of a 21 MW solar power plant coupled with 8.4 MWh of vanadium redox flow battery capacity in the Canadian province of Alberta.

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/02/03/canadas-largest-solar-powered-vanadium-flow-battery/

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NEXTracker is to be spun off from its parent company Flex. The latter has sold for USD 500 million to the climate investment arm of investor TPG Rise. This values the company at around 3 billion dollars. An IPO is still possible.

https://www.pv-tech.org/nextracker-begins-spin-out-process-after-us500m-stock-sale/