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SSE Renewables unveils hybrid solar plans in Wexford
The designer plans to develop a co-located PV-battery at its existing operational Richfield Wind Farm
Jan 24, 2023 // Plants, Storage, PV Power Plant, SSE Renewables, Wexford
Better Energy to deploy 1GW of subsidy-free solar thanks to pension fund bargain
Around 1GW of solar projects are to be created by Better Energy in Denmark and also Poland after the renewables business protected what it refers to as a "historical agreement" with a Danish pension fund.
Dec 2, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Poland, Europe, subsidy-free solar, Denmark, Better Energy, Rasmus Lildholdt Kjær, Industriens Pension, Laila Mortensen
3D chemistry increases perovskite efficiency to 23.9%.
A global cooperation led by EPFL chemical designers has actually gotten rid of a trouble in the manufacturing of perovskites that decreases their performance as solar panels. The strategy produced perovskite solar panels with an effectiveness of 23.9 percent and functional security longer than 1000 hours.
Nov 12, 2021 // Technology, Europe, perovskite, Switzerland, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, efficiency
Poway included in Saturday’s Natural Solar Tour
The 24th Annual National Solar Tour is coming to San Diego and Orange counties on Saturday, organized locally by Sullivan Solar Power in conjunction with the nonprofit groups American Solar Energy Society and Solar United Neighbors.
Oct 2, 2019 // Solar, California, USA, storage, North America, Annual National Solar Tour, Poway, Sullivan Solar Power, Daniel Sullivan, seminar, Kathy Wright
Xcel Energy intends up to 2.9 GW of added solar in Colorado by 2030
Xcel Energy has announced plans to double its renewables and battery storage capability in Colorado by 2030, as the utility progresses with efforts to get to 100% carbon-free electrical power generation throughout its service area by 2050.
Mar 1, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Colorado, Battery Storage, North America, distributed solar, Xcel Energy, energy transition, carbon neutrality
Schneider Electric Solar Expands Its Energy Management Ecosystem with New Smart Edge Devices
Schneider Electric Solar introduced InsightHome as well as InsightFacility, their most recent additions to the Insight Energy Management community. Both InsightHome as well as InsightFacility are wise edge gadgets that link clients' Schneider Electric solar and storage space systems to the Insight app. InsightHome targets the residential solar as well as storage space market worldwide. InsightFacility is for huge domestic and commercial solar and storage systems.
Oct 21, 2020 // Technology, Residential, Storage, Bernhard Kiechl, Digital technologies, Schneider Electric Solar
A carbon scaffold to boost lithium-sulfur performance
Scientists at Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research have developed a new method to produce lithium-sulfur based cathodes which exhibit stable performance and high storage capacity over 200 cycles. According to the agency, this represents “a promising step towards the commercialization of lithium-sulfur batteries.”
Oct 15, 2019 // Technology, Storage, Asia, Singapore, lithium-sulfur batteries, NanoBio Lab group, Jackie Y. Ying
Downing's Meerdyke Solar Farm Approved, Powering 12,000 Homes
Downing Renewable Developments shines bright with approval for 49.9 MW solar farm in Norfolk, UK, part of their 6GW pipeline of green projects nationwide.
Mar 8, 2024 // Plants, Commercial, UK, Europe, PV Power Plant
Roth: Trump administration could end bifacial tariff exemption
The U.S. Trade Representative has not responded to claims it will end the exemption from Section 201 duties. If true, the development could be a big hit for Asian PV manufacturers and an annoyance for the U.S. market – but a positive for First Solar.
Oct 4, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, USA, First Solar, Trump, North America, Philip Shen
ABO Energy wins tariffs for first Polish solar park in latest RES auctions
ABO Energy secures a tariff for a 17-MWp solar project in Poland—its first PV park in the country—amid July 2025 auctions that awarded gigawatts of solar at competitive prices.
Aug 14, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Tariffs, Poland, Europe, tariff, URE, Solar Park, ABO Energy
Self-Assembling Molecule Breakthrough Brings Commercial Perovskite Solar Closer to Market
A Chinese research team has created a self-assembling hole-transport layer that lifts perovskite solar efficiency above 26 % and shrugs off heat and humidity, clearing a path to mass production.
Jul 1, 2025 // Technology, Solar, China, Asia, perovskite, Innovation, photovoltaics
Researchers Driving Tandem Solar Cells to Mass Production by Reaching 30% Efficiency
Researchers from Australia and Germany set a new record with a 30.3% efficient perovskite and silicon tandem solar cell, funding by ARENA. Stay up to date with the latest Solar Energy news.
Feb 13, 2023 // Technology, Germany, Australia, Europe, solar cell, Oceania, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, efficiency, Monash University, ANU, Australian National University, Flinders University, University of Sydney
SEIA calls AD/CVD case 'monumental loss' for US as it slashes solar forecasts by 24GW as well as warns of 100,000 job losses
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has actually lowered its United States solar installment forecasts by 24GW over the following two years adhering to the United States government's decision to explore the circumvention of duties in Southeast Asia, asserting 100,000 solar jobs will be shed because of this.
Apr 29, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, SEIA, North America, modules, solar jobs, department of commerce, anti dumping, AD/CVD, module supp
Amazon purchases 9 renewables projects, consisting of company's very first solar-storage center
Amazon has actually announced prepare for nine new utility-scale solar and wind projects in the United States, Canada, Spain, Sweden as well as the UK, placing it on track to powering all its tasks with renewables by 2025.
Apr 20, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, California, USA, Canada, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Amazon, Europe, solar-plus-storage, investment, North America, Abigail Ross Hopper, corporate solar, Ohio, corporate commitments, The Climate Pledge
Spain's Catalonia targets 7GW of solar by 2030 as part of new energy roadmap
The Spanish area of Catalonia will certainly require to have at least 7GW of solar PV set up by 2030 to put it on track for attaining a decarbonised power system and also energy self-reliance by mid-century.
Feb 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, rooftop solar, decarbonisation, self-consumption, deployment target, catalonia