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Malaysia Starts 300-MW Floating Solar, Sets Regional Benchmark
Malaysia launches a 300‑MW floating solar giant: bifacial panels on cool reservoirs slash evaporation, monsoon‑resilient and grid‑smart—land‑sparing power, local jobs, and solar‑hydro synergy for peak demand.
Feb 11, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, Battery Storage, Europe, Denmark, european energy, project finance, hybrid project
Iowa's 'biggest' solar project reaches industrial operation
Idaho-based renewable resource firm Clenera has actually completed the development of what it says is Iowa's largest PV plant, the 127.5 MWdc Wapello Solar project.
Mar 17, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, PV Power Plant, Solar Project, Clenera, Jason Ellsworth
SolaEon Sets New Perovskite Efficiency Record at 25.27%
SolaEon sets new efficiency record for perovskite solar modules, achieving 25.27% efficiency, solidifying its leadership in innovative solar energy solutions.
Sep 19, 2025 // Technology, perovskite, efficiency, SolaEon
Nepal Invites Tenders for 100 MW Solar Projects
The last day for the players to submit their bids is February 26, 2023. The notification additionally stated that those projects that will be chosen will be granted 25 year power purchasing agreements (PPAs).
Dec 28, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, NEA, tender, Asia, Nepal, Independent Power Producers, Department of Electricity Development, Nepal Electricity Authority, Himalayas
Bifacial loses US tariff workaround as Section 201 exemption is axed
The US government has extended its solar import tariffs to bifacial modules, in a policy u-turn set to partially redraw the global trade flows of the fast maturing technology.
Oct 7, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, USA, Jinko Solar, SunPower, First Solar, Bifacial PV, Donald Trump, North America, Jenny Chase, section 201, trade war, Hanwha Q-Cells, Mark Osborne
Heliene to open 100MW heterojunction module factory in Florida
Canadian solar producer Heliene is opening a brand-new plant in Florida that will certainly produce heterojunction (HJT) modules for domestic and also commercial applications.
Aug 10, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Commercial, Residential, USA, heterojunction, Florida, North America, HJT, heliene, Martin Pochtaruk
Four-terminal flexible perovskite-CIGS tandem mini-module with 18.4% effectiveness
Swiss scientists have actually developed a 4T tandem perovskite/CIGS mini-panel with a geometric fill factor of over 93%. It combines a 10.8%- reliable small perovskite module and a 15.1%- efficient CIGS device.
Jul 26, 2022 // Technology, Europe, solar cell, perovskite, Switzerland, efficiency
Solar Module Costs Hit 2 Year highs, Gap Between Multi, Mono-Perc Widens
The continuous increase in module prices, driven by greater input prices, remains to add to the threats for big solar projects. International markets from the United States to Europe to India will certainly feel the impact of these higher expenses, coming as they do at a time of climbing power expenses from fossil fuels also.
Oct 12, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, China, Asia, prices, solar module
From the Middle East To the United States, Philadelphia Solar plans a 1 GW Foray
Philadelphia Solar is a Jordan-based firm establishing a factory in the United States. Not something we become aware of typically. The firm has plans for a 1 GW plant in a suitable US site.
Jul 16, 2021 // Manufacturing News, USA, North America, philadelphia solar, C&I market, solar in middle east
FuturaSun strikes 1GW module setting up production target
Italian headquartered FuturaSun has actually officially opened its second PV module assembly plant with an ability of 500MW in cooperation with making companion, State Power Investment Corporation Limited (SPIC) in Taizhou, China.
Oct 6, 2020 // Manufacturing News, China, pv modules, Europe, c-si manufacturing, Asia, n-type mono, monocrystalline wafer, PERC, SPIC, FuturaSun, ibc solar cell, Alessandro Barin
Fraunhofer ISE and M10 sectors reveal new matrix tile modern technology
The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE and also M10 Industries have actually introduced a new matrix shingle innovation for attaching solar cells which is asserted to generate modules 2-- 6% a lot more efficient than those using conventionally linked half-cut cells.
Oct 6, 2021 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, Fraunhofer ISE, interconnection, cell, Innovation, m10 industries, shingled module, shingler
German industry body calls for 5 GW cell manufacturing fab in Europe
The VDMA says Europe can restart a solar production sector that can compete on price with Chinese imports by reducing transport costs – provided a Euro supply chain can be established.
Aug 14, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, China, Europe, VDMA, Jutta Trube, Von Der Leyen
Tata Group to establish 4GW solar cell center in Tamil Nadu-- report
Tata Group is preparing to set up a 4GW solar cell manufacturing unit in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, according to a report from the Times of India.
Nov 25, 2021 // Manufacturing News, India, Asia, tata power solar
Flexible solar cells with record efficiency of 22.2%.
Empa scientists have, once again, enhanced the efficiency of CIGS flexible solar cells. Separately certified measurements disclosed a power conversion performance of 22.2% to transform light into electrical energy, a renovation from their previous record value of 21.4%.
Oct 12, 2022 // Technology, Italy, Europe, efficiency, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Flexible solar cells, Romain Carron
Vision glass glass by Solarwatt can withstand Australia’s cyclones
Vision glass glass solar technology developed by the European market leader Solarwatt has successfully passed tests for cyclone resistance in Darwin – the capital city of Australian Northern Territory.
Feb 2, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Australia, solar pv, Oceania, Solarwatt, Vision, glass-glass