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Scotland's very first transmission system-connected battery storage project underway
Zenobē has actually started building of its 50MW/100MWh battery storage space asset in Scotland, said to be the very first transmission linked battery in the nation.
May 3, 2022 // Storage, UK, Europe, SCOTLAND, transmission network, James Basden, Zenobē
Tesla is building the first huge Europe-based fab in Germany
Elon Musk has announced a factory next to Berlin, which is forecasted to provide about 10,000 new vacancies. Tesla is intended to build the plant in the proximity of new Berlin airport.
Nov 14, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Storage, TESLA, Elon Musk, China, Asia, Berlin, Axel Springer
First Solar to double US production capacity with new 3.3 GW Ohio plant
First Solar has unveiled strategies to more than increase its United States manufacturing capacity with a 3.3 GWdc facility in Ohio that will certainly create slim film PV modules for the nation's utility-scale solar field.
Jun 9, 2021 // Manufacturing News, USA, First Solar, Mark Widmar, North America, first solar inc, Ohio, capacity expansion announcements, cdte thin film modules
BOE Unveils First Large-Scale Perovskite Solar Module
Hefei BOE Solar Technology unveils game-changing perovskite solar module, marking a leap in efficiency and automation—revolutionizing the renewable energy landscape in just 38 days!
Oct 21, 2024 // Manufacturing News, perovskite, solar module, Hefei BOE Solar Technology
Statcon Energiaa Launches ENERGIAA X: First 100% Indian-Designed Solar Inverter
Introducing the ENERGIAA X Series: India's first 100% designed and manufactured on-grid solar inverter. Built for durability and performance, with nationwide service support.
May 27, 2024 // Inverters, India, Asia, Statcon Energiaa, ENERGIAA X
First Solar plans new 3.7-GW US Series 6 facility manufacturing
First Solar will build a 3.7-GW US plant to finish Series 6 module production started overseas, strengthening domestic content, logistics and energy-security goals.
Oct 31, 2025 // Manufacturing News, USA, First Solar, thin-film, North America, series 6
Sinopec Launches China's First Offshore Floating Solar Project
Sinopec unveils China's first seawater floating PV project, a 7.5-MW innovation boosting coastal solar power with corrosion-resistant tech and strategic partnerships.
Jul 7, 2025 // Plants, Floating PV, China, Asia, PV Power Plant, Sinopec
First Solar secure local steel supply for Ohio module center
First Solar has actually locked in steel supplies for solar modules made at its under-development making center in Ohio, by signing a supply contract with local carrier Ice Industries.
Apr 1, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, First Solar, PV module, North America, Ohio, Howard Ice
First Trust Nasdaq Clean Edge Green Energy (QCLN)
First Trust Nasdaq Clean Edge Green Energy (QCLN) - stock price, quote and news All solar ETFs →   QCLN Symbol Info by TradingView
Aug 18, 2024
Gauging non-fulleren acceptors for organic PV
U.S. scientists are trying to understand how non-fullerene small-molecule acceptors (NAFs) increase the efficiency of organic PV devices. They claim that methoxy groups embedded in the acceptors could facilitate an efficiency increase of approximately 6%.
Dec 20, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, organic PV, North America, Georgia Institute of Technology, UNIST, organic PV cells, organic PV devices, Jean-Luc Brédas
Ocean Sun asks for faster floating PV permitting, eyes utility-scale projects
Floating solar system supplier Ocean Sun is preparing to scale up the utility-scale deployment of its technology as its management requires more regulative frameworks to unlock the potential of the floating PV segment.
May 31, 2022 // Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, floating PV, European Union, co-location, Ocean Sun, offshore solar, REPowerEU
Jinko becomes first solar manufacturer to make 100% renewable energy pledge
The Chinese module giant has committed to sourcing 70% of its energy from renewables by 2023 and all of it by 2025. If serious, that could represent confidence in the amount of new renewable energy generation capacity to come online in China given the company’s huge production capacity expansion plans.
Sep 24, 2019 // Manufacturing News, China, First Solar, Asia, Jinko, Kanping Chen
First Solar sells 10GW solar project business to Canadian pension plan fund
' Solar Module Super League' (SMSL) member First Solar has actually sold a huge part of its PV project business to Leeward Renewable Energy amounting to around 10GW.
Jan 26, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, Canada, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, First Solar, North America, cdte thin-film modules, leeward renewable energy, Jason Allen
France chooses first crop of names for PV repowering of nuclear site
France has marked progress with its programme to roll out solar in an area hosting its oldest nuclear plant, selecting its first batch of PV project winners.
Sep 27, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, France, pv power plants, tender, Europe, auction, nuclear power
Highview Power to build UK’s first large scale ‘cryogenic’ energy storage facility
The long-duration energy storage provider plans to eventually build a portfolio of 50 MW/250 MWh liquid air systems throughout the United Kingdom.
Oct 22, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Solar to Fuel, UK, Europe, Javier Cavada, CRYOBattery, cryogenic energy storage, solar cryogenic storage