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Leascend PV Achieves 32.99% Efficiency in Solar Cells
PV, a China-based company, has achieved a significant milestone with its perovskite-silicon heterojunction (HJT) tandem cell, reaching a certified
Mar 26, 2025 // Technology, China, Asia, solar cell, efficiency, Leascend PV
CATL breaks ground on Spain battery mega-plant, boosting EU flexibility
China’s CATL has started construction on a vast battery manufacturing complex in Spain, tied to Stellantis and positioned to feed both transport and stationary storage. For Europe’s energy transition, scale matters: as PV penetration climbs, grids need multi-hour batteries to shift solar into evening peaks, firm supply, and provide fast frequency response. More local cell manufacturing should temper costs and shorten lead times for utility and C&I projects across the bloc. Spain offers compelling fundamentals: a deep renewables pipeline, port and rail logistics, and an industrial workforce primed for high-tech manufacturing. The plant’s output can support EV platforms while reserving volume for stationary products—rack-level LFP systems designed for two- to four-hour applications, with grid-forming inverters and advanced thermal management. Environmental and social frameworks will be closely watched: water use, solvents handling, circularity targets for metals, and robust end-of-life pathways. Co-location with recycling partners would strengthen ESG credentials and reduce raw-material volatility. For developers, a European Gigafactory means better availability of standardized, bankable storage blocks—key when EPC schedules hinge on battery delivery as much as civil works. For Spain, it’s thousands of skilled jobs and a strategic anchor that aligns industrial policy with grid needs.   Bottom line: more batteries, closer to where Europe builds and connects solar, translate into cleaner, steadier evening power—and greater resilience when the system is stressed.
Nov 26, 2025 // Storage, Grids, Spain, Europe, CATL, Battery Manufacturing, Stellantis
Solar Industry Struggles With Wild Price Fluctuations
and begin sliding again as new production facilities come online. The China Silicon Industry Association reports that costs have remained unchanged this
Feb 22, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, polysilicon
Efficient Hybrid Perovskite-Organic LEDs: Stable & High-Color Purity
from several universities in China and Japan have developed efficient and stable hybrid light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by combining perovskite LED and
Jun 14, 2024 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, efficiency
Astronergy Invests $53M in Tandem Solar Cell Project
Tandem Solar Cells” in Haining City, Zhejiang Province, China. The initiative, with a planned investment of RMB 381.1 million (over USD$53
Jul 9, 2025 // Technology, Manufacturing News, solar cell, Astronergy
Foresight’s ARIF Secures AU$700 Million To Refinance Clean Portfolio Growth
million multi-purpose facility, with ANZ, Westpac, Mizuho, HSBC and Bank of China participating; RBC Capital Markets advised, and White & Case acted as
Aug 22, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, foresight group, refinancing, project finance, renewables fund
Masdar & Ethiopia: 500 MW Solar Partnership
GW in Zambia. Ethiopia has also launched a research and extension centre with China supported by the United Nations Development Programme to accelerate renewable
Aug 25, 2023 // Plants, Masdar, Asia, UAE, Ethiopia 7
The Hydrogen Stream: Underground hydrogen storage for 1 MW electrolyzer in France
has started procedures at the power-to-hydrogen electrolyzer in Zhangjiakou, China, a joint venture in between Shell (China) and also Zhangjiakou City
Jan 31, 2022 // Storage, Solar to Fuel, France, Germany, UK, India, China, Europe, Asia, hydrogen, Norway
WoodMac expects 106 GW of newly deployed solar this year
Europe and the USA. Over the past couple of weeks, a number of PV producers in China have had the ability to begin returning to manufacturing, and some of them
Apr 8, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, China, Europe, Asia, woodmac, North America
Crystalline Silicon Solar (PV) Market approximated to reach $163 billion by 2022 at a CAGR of 11.3%.
Mexico), Europe (Germany, France, UK, Russia and also Italy), Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, Korea, India and also Southeast Asia), South America (Brazil,
Dec 18, 2020 // Market Research, Asia-Pacific, Europe, utility-scale, residential, commercial, North America, crystalline silicon PV, mono-crystalline, multi-crystalline, LAMEA
Borosil Renewables to Spend Rs 500 Cr to Double Solar Glass Production
the solar panel glass organization, which is around the world managed by China with around 90 percent market share, Borosil satisfies 40 percent of the
Apr 5, 2021 // BIPV, Manufacturing News, manufacturing, India, Asia, solar glass, Borosil Renewables, Borosil Solar Glass Manufacturing
IEA: governments must prepare for 'looming' surge in resources need
as suppliers worldwide. Skyrocketing need for, and scarcity of, resources in China triggered component costs to soar over the past 12 months, with some
May 6, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Market Research, mining, european commission, Lithium ion, biden, International Energy Agency, raw materials, china imports, copper, Faith Birol
First Solar Register For Make in India With 3.3 GW Production center in India
a crystalline silicon (c-Si) semiconductor, and also for not producing in China, First Solar produces its slim movie PV modules using a totally integrated,
Jul 30, 2021 // Manufacturing News, India, First Solar, Mark Widmar, Asia
New Study Accelerates Development of Organic Solar Cells
collaboration with specialists from Canada, Belgium, New Zealand, and also China, have actually discovered a new means to allow faster conversion of sunshine
Aug 16, 2021 // Technology, Canada, New Zealand, China, Europe, Asia, silicon, Oceania, Belgium, North America, University of Cambridge, organic solar cells, Alexander Sneyd
Solar Inventions receives patent for solar cell production process that can conserve millions in silver costs
in place, Solar Inventions will certainly be settling pending C3 patents in China, Europe, and also many more areas, which together would certainly account for
Nov 18, 2021 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, North America, patent, Bill Nussey, Configurable Current Cells