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German solar power manufacturing down substantially in Q1
Renewable resources added 47.1 percent to Germany's gross electricity generation in the first quarter of this year, 2 percent factors greater than in the same duration last year (45.1 percent).
May 2, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe
Nextracker opens torque tube manufacturing facility in Tennessee
A new factory in Tennessee officially was revealed today that will make steel components for Nextracker solar tracking systems. The Memphis-based facility houses MSS Steel Tubes United States, a joint venture of Metalogalva and also Soufer, as well as will produce Nextracker steel torque tubes. The site supports 129 jobs.
May 19, 2023 // Manufacturing News, USA, North America, Nextracker, torque tube
Trump Budget Slash Triggers 114 Layoffs at U.S. NREL Lab
Trump’s FY 2026 budget slashes DOE funds, forcing NREL to lay off 114 employees—3 % of staff—in Colorado and beyond, raising alarm in clean-tech circles.
May 7, 2025 // Technology, USA, NREL, Trump, North America, workforce, BudgetCuts
Neom’s Giant Hydrogen Project Stalls Amid Buyer Shortage, Faces Slowdown
Saudi Arabia’s $8.4 bn Neom green-hydrogen plant may scale back after failing to secure enough international buyers, exposing hurdles for the nascent fuel market.
May 22, 2025 // Solar to Fuel, Saudi Arabia, Asia, hydrogen, Neom
Saatvik Starts 4.8-GW Solar Cell Factory at Odisha Gopalpur Park
Saatvik Solar has begun building a ₹3,000 crore plant in Odisha to make 4.8 GW of cells and 4 GW of modules, boosting India’s home-grown PV capacity.
Jun 9, 2025 // Manufacturing News, India, Asia, solar cell, Saatvik
Lodestone Energizes New Zealand with South Island Solar Park
Lodestone Energy launches its first South Island solar project, powering 7,000 homes and boosting New Zealand's clean energy goals with eco-friendly innovation and local job creation.
Aug 4, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, New Zealand, Oceania, PV Power Plant, Lodestone Energy
Trump's New Rules Squeeze Wind, Solar Tax Credits
New IRS rules tighten tax credits for wind and solar, impacting future renewable investments under Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act.'
Aug 18, 2025 // Policy, Trump, tax credit
Jakson Engineers Invests $914M in Solar Factory Expansion
Jakson Engineers invests $914M in a 6-GW solar plant in India, boosting local jobs and reducing import reliance, aligning with India's 2030 clean energy goals.
Aug 26, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, Jakson Engineers
Teva Secures Solar Power with Enery's Bulgarian Project
Teva partners with Enery for a 15-year solar power deal, advancing sustainable energy in pharmaceuticals with a 122-MW solar farm in Bulgaria.
Sep 24, 2025 // Storage, Europe, Bulgaria, Teva
Sembcorp buys ReNew unit, adds 300-MW Indian solar to portfolio
Sembcorp agreed to acquire a ReNew subsidiary in India for about SGD 246m, bringing 300 MW of operating solar into its Asian platform.
Oct 9, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, India, Asia, sembcorp, acquisition, ReNew
New Zealand clears 179-MW solar-storage project, boosting North Island reliability
New Zealand’s EPA granted resource consents for a 179-MW solar farm with co-located battery storage on the North Island, adding flexible clean capacity.
Oct 20, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, New Zealand, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, North Island, Grid reliability, EPA consent
Research: Chemical nature of defects that create trap states in metal halide perovskite solar cells
Over the last few years, designers worldwide have actually been working to create alternate as well as sustainable energy services, such as solar cells.
Jan 18, 2022 // Technology, solar cells, university of toledo, perovskites, Jinsong Huang, Zhenyi Ni, University of North Carolina
A strategy to optimize photocurrent in organic photovoltaics by suppressing recombination loss
Organic photovoltaics (OPVs), solar technologies based on organic semiconductors, have actually revealed excellent promise both for the scalable provision of clean energy and also for the development of solar-powered wearable electronics. Regardless of their benefits, organic solar cells suffer from the so-called recombination loss, a loss of photocurrent resulting from the recombination of photocarriers.
Dec 13, 2022 // Technology, Nanjing University, organic solar cells, City University of Hong Kong, Francis Lin, Alex Jen
Largest solar power stations in UK
Top biggest solar photovoltaic power stations in UK. (Updated March 2026)   Solar power stations, PV farms 2026 in
May 13, 2026
PV performance projections for the 21st century
A study has divided the world into 12 climate zones on the basis of the Köppen–Geiger classification map. The paper confirmed Chile’s Atacama region has the world’s highest solar radiation but also showed the region with the highest performance ratio for PV systems was near Moscow.
Oct 21, 2019 // Solar, Chile, South america, Europe, Slovenia, Moscow, University of Ljubljana