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Statkraft Adds 206MW, Takes 40% of Irish Solar
Statkraft sparks 206 MW of new Irish solar, boosting its footprint to 560 MW—over 40% of utility-scale capacity—as Ireland races toward 80% renewables and soaring data-center demand.
Mar 23, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Ireland, Europe, Statkraft, utility solar, energy security, commissioning
Japan Tempers Perovskite Hopes, Plays the Long Game
Japan cools perovskite hype, prioritizing durable, scalable gains as cheap silicon dominates; roadmap shifts to niche wins, cost cuts, and manufacturing know‑how through the 2030s.
Nov 25, 2025 // Technology, Japan, Asia, perovskite
PowerField Wraps 170 MWp, Outsmarts Dutch Grid Bottlenecks
PowerField energizes 170‑MWp bifacial solar fleet on congested Dutch grid—battery‑ready, grid‑compliant, O&M‑optimized—shifting power to evening peaks and unlocking PPA, merchant and ancillary services revenue.
Nov 26, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Netherlands, powerfield
BELECTRIC Wins 210 MWp UK Solar EPC Framework
BELECTRIC lands 210 MWp UK solar EPC, fast-tracks grid-ready, storage-ready sites with bifacial trackers, standardized QA, and portfolio O&M—cutting costs, boosting availability, and delivering local benefits.
Feb 13, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, EPC, UK, Europe, Belectric, solar parks, grid compliance
Solar panel recycling: Turning ticking time bombs into possibilities
Australia has certainly shown its cravings for solar energy. Now, with the average lifespan of a solar panel being around 20 years, lots of installations from the early 2000's are readied to get to end-of-life. Will they wind up in landfill or be reused? The price of recycling is greater than landfill, as well as the worth of recovered materials is smaller sized than the original, so there's minimal interest in recycling. However offered the existence of heavy metals, such as lead as well as tin, if waste is managed improperly, we're on track for one more recycling situation. A prospective time bomb could emerge as a possibility, nonetheless, if the international EV market revealed a passion in the recuperated solar products.
May 27, 2020 // Opinions, Australia, Oceania, WORLD, GREENMAT, Mahdokht Shaibani
Redflow Gen3 Battery Customer Trials Begin
Australian energy storage space company Redflow has announced the first customer trial of its new Gen3 flow battery system.
Dec 29, 2020 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, Redflow, Tim Harris, flow battery, Gen3
Atlas Renewable Energy Wins Accolades in Latin America
Miami-based Atlas Renewable Energy wins IJGlobal's 2020 Latin America Sponsor of the Year Award and Latin America Solar Deal of the Year Award for its Ananuca Financial Deal.
In 2020, the company authorized 3 major funding contracts: Ananuca worth USD 253 Million, Lar do Sol-- Casablanca worth USD 150 million and also New Juazeiro for USD 67 Million.
Jul 1, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Chile, South america, Atlas Renewable Energy, Carlos Barrera, Ananuca Financial Deal, Michael Shea
Live fast, die young: MIT study proposes use of 10-year panels
Research has found even short-lived, 10 to 15-year solar panels could provide enough return for bankable projects. The researchers believe panel costs, coupled with an industry mindset now fixed on the final solar energy price rather than costs per kilowatt installed, may open opportunities for PV products currently snubbed because of a short lifecycle.
Sep 24, 2019 // Technology, USA, LCOE, MIT, North America, Bertrand Lempkowicz
Shell to power Philippines refinery with solar, storage and natural gas
In a bid to reduce its carbon footprint the oil giant is ramping up its renewable energy production at a refinery in the Philippines. The news was announced by the company in a week which saw it named seventh worst corporate contributor to the climate crisis since awareness of emissions-related damage first emerged.
Oct 15, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Solar to Fuel, Asia, hydrogen, Philippines, shell, Cesar Romero, Solar to Fuel, Solar to Hydrogen, Producing Hydrogen, Hydrogen from renewable, Renewable fuels
Downstream solar meets upstream innovation at PV ModuleTech 2019
Bifacial module yields, manufacturer bankability probing and quality benchmarking strategies have all taken centre stage at this year’s edition of PV ModuleTech in Malaysia.
Oct 22, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Malaysia, First Solar, solar pv, pv modules, Asia, PV module, bankability, pv moduletech
Uzbekistan inaugurates first utility-scale 100MW solar energy plant
Uzbekistan's Energy Ministry introduced on August 27 the inauguration event for the nation's first utility-scale solar plant-- and the first successfully-financed independent power producer (IPP) solar project in the Navoi area.
Aug 27, 2021 // Plants, Asia, Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, pv power plnt
Solar Inventions receives patent for solar cell production process that can conserve millions in silver costs
The U.S. Patent and also Trademark Office has granted Solar Inventions a patent on its better architecture for solar photovoltaic cells, the company revealed today, opening the door to industrial approval and also licensing by leading suppliers.
Nov 18, 2021 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, North America, patent, Bill Nussey, Configurable Current Cells
Goal Zero Yeti 1400 Lithium Portable Power Station Review
While electricity gives us all the convenience, power blackouts can wreak havoc on your routine. For this reason, Goal Zero Yeti 1400 Lithium Portable Power Station has packaged all you need to keep you going.
Aug 19, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Residential, Storage, Goal zero yeti, Portable Power Station, Portable Power Station Review, Goal Zero
Promoting the expansion of photovoltaics by cutting production times for high-efficiency solar cells by half
When producing silicon solar cells, it is essential to have a high throughput. This lowers production prices as well as relieves supply traffic jams as more photovoltaics installments are being released in Germany and also worldwide.
Sep 28, 2022 // Technology, solar cells, efficiency, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE
Solar heatpump remedy for water, pool heating
U.S. solar thermal specialist Fafco is set to introduce a new photovoltaic-thermal heat pump service for water and pool heating. The system consists of photovoltaic-thermal panels, a 5 kWh thermal battery with a heatpump, as well as an electric hot water heating unit.
Nov 28, 2021 // Technology, Residential, Storage, Thermal, USA, North America, Fafco, Freeman Ford








