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Solar is essential to develop the France of 2030
KilowattSol CEO Xavier Daval has actually criticized the absence of references to solar in the French government's post-Covid recuperation strategy, which has designated EUR30 billion to the power shift. The head of the PV technical advisory states solar must become a lot more main to France's critical choices as well as China must not be enabled to preserve its near-monopoly on PV panel manufacturing.
Sep 9, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, Xavier Daval, covid-19
China vs United States: The New Battle for Energy Superiority
At his initial press conference since taking office, United States President Joe Biden had actually claimed in March that he would certainly outspend China on technology and also facilities to make sure that the latter's desire for superseding the United States to become the most powerful as well as wealthiest country would certainly not pertain to fulfillment, a minimum of not on "his watch."
Apr 13, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, China, Asia, PV module, North America, Joe Biden
PACE protects intending permission for second 21MWp UK solar-plus-storage website
Pathfinder Clean Energy (PACE) has actually secured preparing authorization for a 21MWp solar and also battery storage space website outside of Norwich.
Aug 4, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, UK, Europe, solar-plus-storage, PACE
New Ranking Flags Strongest Battery Makers For Bankable Storage Procurement
Sinovoltaics updates its financial-stability ranking of energy-storage manufacturers, offering developers a clearer lens on supplier risk and long-term bankability.
Aug 11, 2025 // Storage, storage, BATTERIES, bankability, suppliers, risk
Simulation predicts efficient DJ–Cs₂CrI₆ tandem perovskite solar cells achieving 26.1%
Indian researchers simulated a tandem perovskite cell pairing a 2D DJ top absorber with a lead-free Cs₂CrI₆ bottom cell, projecting 26.1% efficiency.
Oct 23, 2025 // Technology, solar efficiency, perovskite tandems, simulation, DJ perovskite
Organic Solar To Benefit from Femtosecond Laser Scribing
Fraunhofer is leading efforts to avail affordable photovoltaic material for solar at the industrial level
Dec 24, 2019 // Technology, Germany, Fraunhofer, Europe, PV material, ILT
Hunt Perovskite Technologies Awarded Funding from Department of Energy
Hunt Perovskite Technologies (HPT) today revealed that it has actually been chosen for an award of $2.5 million in financing from the United States Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office Fiscal Year 2020 Perovskite Funding Program.
Apr 15, 2021 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, USA, Solar Energy, North America, Renewable Energy, Jinsong Huang, Michael D. Irwin, Energy Efficiency, Hunt Perovskite Technologies, Louis D. Rubin Jr
Comtec Solar investors burned by falling stock price
Two subscribers who signed up to a 20% discounted shares subscription in mid June ended up yesterday paying almost the same percentage as a premium on the trading price of the stock.
Aug 21, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, USA, China, Asia, lithium-ion battery storage, Comtec Solar, mono solar, North America
Iberdrola mounts 3-MW/9-MWh battery at solar farm website in Spain
Spanish energy team Iberdrola SA (BME: IBE) claimed Thursday that it has completed the setup of a 3-MW/9-MWh battery storage system at the site of a solar farm it is constructing in the Extremadura region of Spain.
May 27, 2021 // Storage, Spain, Iberdrola, Europe, solar farm
China industry profits sag as solar overcapacity strains manufacturers nationwide
Reuters reports China’s industrial profits kept sliding in July, with solar makers among the hardest hit as deflation and overcapacity weigh on margins.
Aug 27, 2025 // Manufacturing News, China, Asia
Russian Aluminum Imports Sanctioned With 200% Tariff by The US
President Joe Biden signed a proclamation to impose a 200% tariff on aluminum imports from Russia, citing threats to national security. This tariff will affect solar panel frames, racking, and structural mounts used in photovoltaic arrays.
Feb 28, 2023 // Tariffs, Policy, USA, Aluminum, North America, Joe Biden
Germany parliament accepts windfall tax
Germany's Bundestag has actually accepted the introduction of a windfall levy on excessive earnings from renewable resource generation as part of a bundle of actions indicated to cap gas and also electrical power prices through April 2024.
Dec 19, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, Germany, Europe
Meyer Burger cuts production targets for 2022, 2023
The Swiss solar module producer Meyer Burger Technology AG (SWX: MBTN) has decreased its production prepare for this year as well as beside reflect a delayed ramp-up of the production capacity and also supply chain restrictions.
Aug 2, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, meyer burger
MXene-enhanced perovskite cell hits 25.13% with cooler operation
UESTC researchers achieved a certified 25.13% perovskite efficiency by adding Ti₃C₂Tₓ MXene to the absorber, improving heat dissipation, passivation and stability.
Oct 29, 2025 // Technology, perovskite, efficiency, UESTC
Mellow Energy Hits 21.13% on 30x30cm Flexible Perovskite
Mellow Energy’s 30×30 cm flexible perovskite hits TÜV NORD–certified 21.13% efficiency, a size-class record, accelerating real-world pilots from gadgets to vehicles, aerospace and satellites toward rapid commercialization.
Jan 13, 2026 // Technology, Mellow Energy, Flexible Perovskite