What causes electricity prices to fluctuate?
Electricity costs can fluctuate based on various factors including demand, the price of fossil fuels, supply limitations due to severe weather and regulatory changes.
Germany provided a dramatic example of price fluctuations in late 2021 when electricity prices became six times higher than in the previous year. The spike was due to a combination of higher natural gas and coal prices, carbon…
7 new inventions that could fight the effects of climate change
Climate change impacts everyone on a global scale. We’re talking about impacts like rising sea levels and more frequent and severe natural disasters. Another negative impact of climate change includes rising temperatures that are causing droughts, wildfires, and crop failures.
Still, there’s hope because we can mitigate and even reverse some of the effects of climate change with new…
How to start a solar farm
In the same way that you might use a plot of land to grow corn or wheat, you can use space to grow energy from the sun. Solar panels are usually mounted on the ground across a vast field to harvest the sun’s rays.
There are many reasons to consider starting a solar farm. You can use it to power a community or a large campus used by a business or university. You can also develop a solar farm…
Bridging the renewable energy skills gap. A success story of PVcase, Enery, and the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
The rapid expansion of the renewable energy sector has created a high demand for skilled professionals capable of designing and implementing utility-scale solar projects. To address this growing need, PVcase, in collaboration with Enery and the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, has developed an innovative educational initiative to prepare future solar engineers with the latest…
How the continued effects of climate change may influence property values
Climate change predictions show continued warming in store for the planet. The latest projections suggest that even with current efforts to combat global warming, the earth could see an average temperature increase of 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F) by 2055. These forecasts fly against the 2015 Paris Agreement, which sought to keep global temperature below 1.5 degrees C (2.7 degrees F) of warming…
PVcase drives green innovation in EU’s landmark TRUST-PV project
PVcase, along with 20 partners across Europe, has participated in the TRUST-PV project to make a new push in renewable energy. Funded by the EU's ambitious Horizon Europe research and innovation program, the project aimed to enhance the performance and reliability of solar photovoltaic (PV) components and systems in large portfolios of distributed and utility-scale PV.
During four years of…
Terrain-following trackers webinar insights: Addressing your FAQs
PVcase Ground Mount tool has a new functionality allowing it to work with terrain-following trackers. Recently we organized a webinar on the feature hosted by Guy Atherton, PVcase Ground Mount Product Manager. Below we give you the answers to the most frequently asked webinar questions, that we hope will shed more light on how to optimally deploy our new feature.
How does the…
PVcase and the Lithuanian startup scene
Lithuania, PVcase's homeland, is an increasingly bright spot on the global startup map. We have two giant unicorns, namely Vinted and Nord Security, that exploded all over the globe and brought new investments and opportunities to our country. Inga Langaite, CEO at Unicorns Lithuania, a Lithuanian startup association, elaborates more on the Lithuanian startup job market context.…
PVcase introduces the first terrain-following tracker PV system construction design software capabilities for ground-mounted projects
PVcase today announced that it is the first solar project construction design software provider to support Terrain-following single-axis tracker-mounted projects on uneven ground. The new PVcase Ground Mount software capability is designed for large-scale PV systems that follow the landscape’s natural terrain by using all-terrain trackers from Nevados and other suppliers. These projects seek…
Sustainable cities: what urban living of the future might look like
Technological advancements have greatly transformed how we interact with one another and the planet – and this also applies to where and how we live. One such example is the sustainable city, which seeks to address various environmental problems including pollution, climate change, and resource depletion.
These cities prioritize sustainable urban planning and infrastructure, incorporating…