Dust, storms drag southern European solar as central regions outperform in March

Dust, storms drag southern European solar as central regions outperform in March

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that Saharan dust caused widespread panel soiling in southern Europe in early May, while much of central and eastern Europe benefitted from above-average solar resources. Favourable conditions broke down later in the month as cold polar air and a powerful storm system brought cloud, snow and damaging winds to many parts of the continent.March in Europe brought a complex mix …