Germany registers 130 hours of negative day-ahead power prices in May
Germany registered 130 hours of negative day-ahead power prices in May, driven by midday solar oversupply, as PV output regularly outpaced demand. The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems...
View Article2025: A landmark year for solar energy
The IEA-PVPS 2025 Snapshot of Global PV Markets reveals a pivotal moment for solar power: global PV capacity surpassed 2.2 TW, with more than 600 GW installed in 2024 alone. As module prices fell due...
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Testing 54 different combinations of solar-assisted heat pumps
Researchers in Germany have modeled dozens of indirect-expansion solar-assisted heat pump systems using photovoltaic-thermal panels for single-family homes in Munich, Berlin, and Hamburg. Simulations...
View ArticleNew cooling gel could raise PV module efficiency by 12%
Researchers in Saudi Arabia have developed a hydrogel composite that absorbs moisture in solar modules overnight and facilitates evaporative cooling throughout daylight hours. The system has undergone...
View ArticleSojitz, Kansai Electric sign 20-year PPA to power titanium plant in Japan
Sojitz has signed a 20-year corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) with Kansai Electric Power and Osaka Titanium Technologies to deliver solar energy from hundreds of distributed-generation...
View ArticleUS residential solar lender Mosaic files for bankruptcy amid policy uncertainty
US residential solar lender Mosaic has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid rising interest rates and policy uncertainty, joining a wave of financial distress sweeping the sector. The company, which...
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US solar manufacturing surges in Q1 amid policy fears, trade risks
US solar manufacturing ramped up sharply in the first quarter of 2025, supporting record levels of new capacity as solar and storage made up 82% of additions to the grid. But proposed legislation and...
View ArticleCyprus curtails more than half of renewables, including residential solar
Cyprus curtailed more than half of its potential renewable power in early 2025, including record residential solar cuts, as grid limits and a lack of storage strain its energy transition. Without swift...
View ArticleLiquid insulation for sustainable transformers
Liquid insulation is one of the ways of ensuring transformers – which convert electric power from high voltages to lower voltages – remain safe. Mineral oil, however, has been the main insulating...
View ArticleCSP-driven multigeneration system combines hydrogen generation with...
Researchers have designed a novel multigeneration energy system that provides five outputs, namely electricity, hydrogen, cooling, heating, and hot water. The system is mainly powered by a solar...
View ArticleDeakin University launches virtual energy network trial for solar trading
Researchers at Deakin University have launched a first-of-its-kind project exploring how Australian households and small businesses with solar and or battery systems can sell their excess clean energy...
View ArticleRooftop PV may ‘unintentionally’ exacerbate urban heat
New research from Hong Kong confirms that rooftop PV systems significantly contribute raise daytime temperatures in urban environments. The scientists explained that, although their findings highlight...
View ArticleUkraine’s ‘twin cities’ project funds solar for community energy resilience
The Ukrainian government is launching a €2 million ($2.3 million) pilot project with the municipality of Grafenwörth, Austria, to expand solar infrastructure and enhance local energy resilience....
View ArticleLightsource BP secures financing for 115 MWp fishery solar project in Taiwan
Financial package announcement coincides with groundbreaking ceremony for Project Budai in Chiayi County, Taiwan. The 115 MWp project is expected to be complete in 2026, according to Lightsource...
View ArticleSunnova files for bankruptcy
US residential solar company Sunnova has entered into asset and power purchase agreements to support operations while it seeks a buyer.From pv magazine USA Sunnova Energy International Inc. filed...
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Hail risk remains top issue faced by solar projects
Hail damage remains a top risk to large-scale solar assets, according to an annual report from kWh Analytics.From pv magazine USA Solar continues to dominate new electricity generation capacity added...
View ArticleUS solar developers secure over $1 billion for 1.4 GW of projects
US solar developers Soltage, Origis Energy, and rPlus Energies have secured more than $1 billion in financing across three major deals, signaling sustained investor confidence in utility-scale solar...
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Cost optimization and competitiveness in green hydrogen: Critical factors and...
Through a rigorous approach, with more than 4,000 simulations and a detailed analysis of each scenario, Enertis Applus+ offers a roadmap for understanding where, how, and under what conditions green...
View ArticleWater-based photovoltaics reach global capacity of 21.18 GW
An international research team has developed an index-based remote sensing method to see trends in the global development of water-based PV. It has found that China currently accounts for 80% of the...
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Denoising outdoor electroluminescence images of PV panels through deep learning
Researchers in Australia have developed a simplified residual network-based architecture method to filter out noise from electroluminescence images of PV modules. The proposed technique reportedly...
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Tiering markets, evaluating offtakers’ risk: Strategic value in Europe’s C&I...
EUPD Research projects that between 2025 and 2029, the European C&I solar segment will expand from 33 GW of annual installations in 2025 to over 40 GW in 2029, leading to an aggregated new C&I...
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Irish solar records new monthly solar generation peak for May
Grid-scale solar accounted for 6.5% of electricity generated in May, with Ireland’s transmission system operator (TSO) EirGrid recording 173,163 MWh of solar output. Meanwhile, regulators are working...
View ArticleEvert launches wallbox with bidirectional EV charger, PV inverter
Evert has unveiled technical and availability details of its new power management unit, a wallbox that integrates a 22 kW bidirectional DC electric vehicle charger, a 20 kW PV inverter, and a home...
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Simultaneous optimization of plant design, control unlocks cost-competitive...
Achieving cost-competitiveness for green hydrogen produced via water electrolysis using intermittent renewable energy sources remains a significant challenge. Researchers from LUT University in Finland...
View ArticleNOA secures financing for 349 MW solar project in South Africa
South African independent power producer NOA has reached financial close with Standard Bank on its 349 MW Khauta South Solar PV project near Welkom, Free State. The project will be the country’s...
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