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JinkoSolar's 182mm TOPCon Cells' Efficiency Rate Hits New High of 26.4%.
Early in December, JinkoSolar (Jinko) exposed that it has actually made a substantial advancement in the production of large-sized N-type cells.
Jinko has demonstrated that it has attained a new high conversion efficiency rate for N-type TOPCon cells that are 182mm or higher in size, with China's National Institute of Metrology serving as the authoritative third-party certifier.
Dec 28, 2022 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Jinko Solar, Efficiency Rate, N-type TOPCon cells
High-performance flow batteries offer path to grid-level renewable energy storage
A low-cost, high-performance battery chemistry developed by University of Colorado Boulder researchers could one day lead to scalable grid-level storage for wind and solar energy that could help electrical utilities reduce their dependency on fossil fuels.
Jul 26, 2019 // Storage, Michael Marshak, RASEI, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, Brian Robb, PDTA, CHBE
Trina Solar Shines at Green Energy Expo 2024
Trina Solar shines at Green Energy Expo 2024 with cutting-edge solar innovations, supporting South Korea's renewable energy goals and sustainable practices. Li Na emphasizes partnerships for energy transformation.
Apr 23, 2024 // Manufacturing News, Trina Solar
The tide is changing for ground-mounted PV in Ireland
Ireland appears ready to embrace PV after years of failed announcements. Globaldata predicts the EU member state will deploy around 1.3 GW of solar by 2030, with renewables potentially meeting 65% of electricity demand. Furthermore, Irish Water has announced it wants to deploy solar at its water treatment plants.
Aug 16, 2019 // Plants, Ireland, rooftop, Irish Water, water treatment plants, Nenagh Wastewater Treatment Plant, Newcastle West Wastewater Treatment Plant, Saliis Limited, Globaldata, Arkapal Sil, PV microgeneration
Renova Restarts 48-MW Iwate Solar After Repair
Renova’s 48‑MW Karumai West Solar Plant in Iwate has restarted commercial operations after April repairs, targeting ~50M kWh annually for 15,000 homes, with insurance covering outage losses.
Jul 3, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, Asia, renova, PV Power Plant
JERA forms 1GW Japan solar partnership
Deal with West Holdings Corporation aims to create at least PV projects over the next 5 years
Feb 2, 2022 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Japan, Asia, jera, West Holdings Corporation, West HD
Hanwha departures solar-grade polysilicon organisation
South Korean solar-grade polysilicon manufacturer, Hanwha Solutions is to leave business by the end of 2020, adhering to OCI's choice to shutter polysilicon plants in the nation.
Feb 21, 2020 // Manufacturing News, South Korea, China, polysilicon, c-si manufacturing, wacker chemie, Asia, Hanwha, oci chemical
Banks to file plans for 50MW solar
Common Farm project site additionally includes details of a 50MW co-located battery storage space project
Jun 15, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Solar Project, Banks Renewables, Lewis Stokes
Australian LNG carrier Woodside plots 500MW solar, 400MWh energy storage project
Australian LNG gamer Woodside Energy has tabled plans to develop a utility-scale solar-storage project with a generation capacity of as much as 500MW in Western Australia.
Jan 13, 2022 // Plants, Storage, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Australia, hybrid, Oceania, Western Australia, renewable energy zones, solar-storage, woodside
Origis Seals $290 Million for West Texas Solar
Origis clinches $290M for Swift Air Solar in Ector County, powering a 600‑MW ERCOT buildout by Q4 2025, with bifacial tech and battery-ready design attracting bullish lenders.
Dec 11, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Texas, North America, origis, ERCOT, utility solar, project finance
PACE's biggest UK solar website at 23MW takes move forwards
UK-headquartered programmer Pathfinder Clean Energy's (PACE) largest project in the nation has taken a considerable step forwards.
Dec 1, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, Alex Ross, PACE
Gresham House gets 30MW Scottish battery
Byers Brae setup started procedures in March providing Dynamic Containment solutions to the grid
Apr 22, 2021 // Storage, UK, Europe, Gresham House, Ben Guest, Byers Brae
Japan's first vertical agrivoltaic project
The facility was built with heterojunction modules and placing systems supplied by German firms Luxor Solar and Next2Sun, specifically. The range in between the panel rows ranges from 8 to 10 meters and also the farming surface within the rows will be made use of by neighborhood livestock farmers as pasture.
May 2, 2022 // Plants, Japan, Germany, Europe, Asia, Luxor Solar
European Energy, Asahi ink UK solar PPA
Agreement will enable drinks brand to offtake power manufacturing from 19MW PV project in south-west England
Mar 16, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, UK, PPA, Europe, european energy, Asahi
Western Australia Backs Solar Project With Two-Hundred-Megawatt Battery Near Collie
WA approved an up to 66-MW solar array with a 200-MW battery near Collie, aligning clean buildout with firming capacity.
Sep 5, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Battery Storage, Australia, Oceania, Western Australia, approvals, Collie









