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PV Magazine 10 Nov 2026, 08:45 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Silver released from retired PV modules in China will peak at about 739 metric tons (MT) a year in 2044, nine years before retired capacity peaks at 70.77 GW in 2053, according to a study led by Nankai University in Tianjin. The mismatch…

PV Magazine 10 Nov 2026, 08:18 UTC Energy & Green Tech

B osch Home Comfort Group , a unit of German industrial conglomerate Robert Bosch GmbH , has launched a new portfolio of residential air-source heat pumps for the North American market under its York brand. The new YD series comprises…

PV Magazine 10 Nov 2026, 06:58 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Portugal has opened two competitive procedures to allocate up to 1,050 MVA of grid connection capacity to energy storage projects, with 750 MVA reserved for standalone installations and 300 MVA for renewable power plants with co-located…

PV Magazine 10 Nov 2026, 06:53 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Australian solar cell technology innovator SunDrive Solar has teamed with Space Machines Company (SMC) to accelerate the development of its copper-based heterojunction (HJT) solar cell technology, aiming to establish a source of…

PV Magazine 10 Nov 2026, 05:00 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Canada’s trade tribunal has scrapped the extra import taxes it had been charging on Chinese solar panels since 2015. The United States is going the other way, adding tariffs that now reach right up the supply chain to polysilicon. For the…

PV Magazine 09 Nov 2026, 13:42 UTC Energy & Green Tech

When France gets cold, its neighbours feel it at the border. Each degree of French winter cold takes about 1 GW off French net exports and goes with day-ahead prices €5 ($5.6)/MWh to €7/MWh higher in France, Belgium and Germany. Roughly…

PV Magazine 09 Nov 2026, 13:35 UTC Energy & Green Tech

The Beurs van Berlage, a former commodities exchange on the avenue between Amsterdam’s central train station and main square, was built more than a century ago so the city’s merchants had somewhere to agree on prices. But the 1,400 or so…

PV Magazine 09 Nov 2026, 12:49 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Chinese state-owned energy company China General Nuclear Power Corp. (CGN) connected the first 25 MW generating unit of its 50 MW concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in Tibet’s Ali Prefecture to the regional grid on Nov. 6. The company…

PV Magazine 09 Nov 2026, 12:36 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Construction on the first phase of the 1.2 GW Big Rooter Power solar project got underway in July at Panamint Capital’s Twin Oaks power station in Robertson County, Texas. The project will be the largest solar project constructed at an…

PV Magazine 09 Nov 2026, 12:29 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Sales of residential battery storage systems in the Netherlands have more than doubled over the past nine months ahead of the phaseout of the country’s net-metering scheme for residential PV at the end of this year, according to Sunergy…

PV Magazine 09 Nov 2026, 11:49 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Italian PV equipment manufacturer Ecoprogetti has delivered a fully-automated, industrial line for the recycling of end-of-life solar modules to Haiki+ Group, an Italian circular economy and environmental services company. It has been…

PV Magazine 09 Nov 2026, 11:46 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Japanese electronics manufacturer Panasonic has announced its new Eolia X Series of residential split air-to-air heat pumps, designed to provide space heating and cooling in Japanese homes. Initially conceived for the Japanese market, new…

PV Magazine 09 Nov 2026, 09:45 UTC Energy & Green Tech

German solar manufacturer Solarwatt has expanded its Construct series of building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) modules with the launch of the Panel vision M 5.0 construct. The Dresden-based company said the module has received general…

PV Magazine 09 Nov 2026, 09:22 UTC Energy & Green Tech

German pharmaceutical company Bayer has begun testing a system that uses renewable electricity to produce steam at its plant in La Felguera, Langreo, in Spain’s Asturias region. The facility manufactures acetylsalicylic acid, the active…

PV Magazine 09 Nov 2026, 09:17 UTC Energy & Green Tech

A research group led by Chinese polysilicon and solar module manufacturer Tongwei has developed a tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar cell featuring an emitter with higher sheet resistance in a bid to reduce recombination…

PV Magazine 09 Nov 2026, 08:44 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Indian PV manufacturer Jaskon plans to operationalise an initial 3 GW of integrated ingot, wafer and solar cell manufacturing capacity in India by the end of 2028, Ivan Saha, Managing Director of Jaskson Engineers Limited, told pv magazine…

PV Magazine 09 Nov 2026, 08:44 UTC Energy & Green Tech

A 174 MW solar power plant has reached commercial operations in Latvia. Lithuanian green energy company Ignitis Renewables developed the Tume solar farm in the Tukums municipality. The project is one of the largest in the Baltic states…

PV Magazine 09 Nov 2026, 07:00 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Researchers funded by a South Korean solar panel recycling program have produced silica nanoparticles averaging 109 nanometers (nm) in diameter from sodium silicate derived from end-of-life solar cell powder. They found that blending the…

PV Magazine 09 Nov 2026, 06:48 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Take one ordinary job. A homeowner fills in a web form on a Sunday night. On Monday someone copies their details into the quoting tool. The quote goes out, gets revised twice because the customer wants a bigger battery, then a third time…

PV Magazine 09 Nov 2026, 06:46 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Israel-based inverter and battery manufacturer SolarEdge has advised that it is closing its local sales and operations in Australia and New Zealand. The company also announced it will terminate product certification renewals, active…

PV Magazine 09 Nov 2026, 05:00 UTC Energy & Green Tech

The US solar market has long relied heavily on imports, with trade remedies playing a dominant role in shaping its supply chain in recent years. Rapid changes in antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD), enforcement of the Uyghur…

PV Magazine 07 Nov 2026, 10:50 UTC Energy & Green Tech

U.S. solar equipment inventories expanded by 126% during the second quarter of 2026 as project developers accelerated procurement to clear a series of federal trade cutoffs. Developers across the country are working to reconcile…

PV Magazine 07 Nov 2026, 10:30 UTC Energy & Green Tech

The value of a diverse team depends on what happens when its members disagree. Can someone challenge the person in charge? Does their input change a decision? Can they lead change without a senior title? This year, Women in Solar+ Europe…

PV Magazine 07 Nov 2026, 09:30 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Lighthouse, a subsidiary of industrial conglomerate Difare Group, inaugurated the 82 MW Faro de San Marcos solar plant on Nov. 5. The facility, located in Baños de San Vicente, in Ecuador’s Santa Elena province, has entered commercial…

PV Magazine 07 Nov 2026, 09:00 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Standards are often invisible to the people who rely on them, yet they underpin the confidence that products will work together, operate safely and perform as expected. But rapid technological change resulting from digitalization and the…

PV Magazine 07 Nov 2026, 08:30 UTC Energy & Green Tech

A research team from Soochow University in China has developed a portable solar-powered device that produces drinking water from turbid, saline, oily and highly acidic water. The prototype produced 1.64 liters of clean water in eight hours…

PV Magazine 07 Nov 2026, 08:00 UTC Energy & Green Tech

A research team from Canada’s Memorial University of Newfoundland has designed a solar-powered pleasure boat. The researchers developed and sized the system using a two-stage evaluation method combining energy yield estimates from HOMER…

PV Magazine 07 Nov 2026, 07:30 UTC Energy & Green Tech

A computational fluid dynamics study of a proposed floating PV installation at the Occhito Dam reservoir in southern Italy has found that spacing module rows approximately 0.5 meters apart delivers the best cooling performance in a…

PV Magazine 07 Nov 2026, 07:00 UTC Energy & Green Tech

India’s installed solar PV capacity is expected to exceed 350 GW by 2030, according to the IEA’s India Renewable Energy Market Report 2026. The report, launched at the Bharat Renewable Energy Summit in New Delhi, forecasts that India’s…

PV Magazine 07 Nov 2026, 05:00 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Starting points may be different for solar and BESS, but the strategic challenges are converging. Manufacturing scale remains important, but hardware alone is becoming less of a competitive differentiator. With margins already under…

LiveOverflow 06 Nov 2026, 13:51 UTC Cyber — Video

💾 How can uploading an image lead to a heap buffer overflow? Let's look at the libheif bug used in the OpenAI Discourse hack, with a visualization of image overlays, negative offsets, and what goes wrong when transparency is involved. This…

PV Magazine 06 Nov 2026, 12:34 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Sodium-ion battery technology is entering the commercial production phase and emerging as an alternative to lithium-ion batteries, driven by supply chain diversification, strong low-temperature performance, and the potential for lower…

PV Magazine 06 Nov 2026, 12:29 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Australian scientists compared hydrogen fuel cells and hydrogen gas turbines as backup power sources during periods of low solar availability, finding that hydrogen turbines could offer lower capital expenditure and a levelized cost of…

PV Magazine 06 Nov 2026, 12:16 UTC Energy & Green Tech

JA reported revenue of CNY 28.113 billion ($4.13 billion) for the first nine months of 2026, down 23.62% year on year, according to its third-quarter financial results released on Oct. 29. Its net loss attributable to shareholders widened…

PV Magazine 06 Nov 2026, 12:06 UTC Energy & Green Tech

German solar module manufacturer Soluxtec has resumed production at its facility in Trier-Föhren, Germany, following its acquisition by Chinese PV manufacturer Ronmaa and a comprehensive upgrade of its existing production lines. The…

PV Magazine 06 Nov 2026, 11:03 UTC Energy & Green Tech

A 60 MW/600 MWh liquid air energy storage (LAES) demonstration project in Qinghai province, northwest China, was connected to the grid and began generating electricity on October 30, marking a significant step toward the commercial…

PV Magazine 06 Nov 2026, 10:59 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Rooftop solar installations increasingly incorporate power optimizers, microinverters and other components that require additional space beneath the modules. Developed by S-5!, the PVKIT 3.0 mounting solution addresses this need by…

PV Magazine 06 Nov 2026, 09:46 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Irradiance was above average across much of Europe in October 2026, as extended periods of high pressure produced clearer skies and offset several cloudy and unsettled intervals. Conditions were particularly favourable across central…

PV Magazine 06 Nov 2026, 09:24 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Türkiye is aiming to reach an installed solar and wind capacity of 175 GW by 2040, according to targets set out in its new national energy policy. The country’s Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar presented Türkiye’s…

PV Magazine 06 Nov 2026, 09:05 UTC Energy & Green Tech

US-based perovskite solar module manufacturer RadianX has secured $9 million in combined venture capital and project financing. The company plans to use the funding to scale up production of modules for connected devices, including…

PV Magazine 06 Nov 2026, 08:55 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Chinese solar module manufacturer Longi has developed a perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell using specially designed molecules that suppress excessive molecular stacking while maintaining efficient charge transport. “This molecular design…

PV Magazine 06 Nov 2026, 08:16 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Spanish companies Ignis and Rebi have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the development of district heating networks using waste heat from data centers. The aim is to recover thermal energy generated during data center…

Smashing Magazine 06 Nov 2026, 08:00 UTC Software Engineering

You might have already read my name every now and then here at Smashing Magazine. I’m Paul Boag. I’ve written three books with Smashing and 77 articles (yes, I counted), and I sit on Smashing’s advisory board. So when Vitaly and the…

PV Magazine 06 Nov 2026, 07:55 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Researchers in Iran have developed a computational model to predict hailstone trajectories and impact severity on PV modules under different wind conditions and panel tilt angles. The model accounts for wind speed, wind direction, and…

PV Magazine 06 Nov 2026, 07:49 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Researchers led by the University of Glasgow in Scotland have developed a laser-induced delamination method for recycling aged crystalline silicon solar modules. The process separates the ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) encapsulant from the…

PV Magazine 06 Nov 2026, 07:35 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Chinese heat pump manufacturer Phnix has launched GreenTherm One, an all-in-one air-to-water heat pump designed for residential heating, cooling and domestic hot water applications. The company said the new system integrates a thermal…

PV Magazine 06 Nov 2026, 07:17 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Free-On-Board (FOB) China prices for n-type M10 and 210R wafers remained stable week on week at $0.146/pc and $0.153/pc, respectively, according to the OPIS Global Solar Markets Report released on Nov. 3. According to market participants…

PV Magazine 06 Nov 2026, 07:05 UTC Energy & Green Tech

EcoFlow, known for portable power solutions and an expanding residential focus, has launched two new series of portable power stations. The Delta Gen4 and River Gen4 are both evolutions of well-known portable and backup power offerings…

PV Magazine 06 Nov 2026, 07:01 UTC Energy & Green Tech

NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk are completing U.S. Spacewalk 101 to install and deploy the eighth and final International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array (iROSA). The extravehicular activity…

PV Magazine 06 Nov 2026, 06:59 UTC Energy & Green Tech

The Indian cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved a viability gap funding (VGF) scheme to support the development of grid-scale energy storage systems. The scheme provides INR 14,500 crore ($1.53 billion) in…

PV Magazine 06 Nov 2026, 06:51 UTC Energy & Green Tech

An Australian-developed hydrogen technology, evolved from Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) research and advanced by Sydney-based clean-tech company Hadean Energy has the potential to cut green hydrogen…

PV Magazine 06 Nov 2026, 05:00 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Every new terawatt of PV has a physical footprint. It requires tons of silicon and glass, kilometers of copper cable, and much smaller – but potentially more critical – quantities of silver, indium and tin. Those material flows have become…

PV Magazine 05 Nov 2026, 17:00 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Following the Sept. 22 anti-stockpiling rule announcement, enforcement began almost immediately with the US Department of Commerce (DOC) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) blocking more than 20 importers from entering covered…

PV Magazine 05 Nov 2026, 15:23 UTC Energy & Green Tech

The Republic of the Congo is working on a study examining electricity supply needs for its special economic zones (SEZs) and industrial facilities. The initiative, which aims to assess suitable supply solutions as the country’s electricity…

PV Magazine 05 Nov 2026, 14:17 UTC Energy & Green Tech

China’s operational new-type energy storage capacity reached 167 GW/435 GWh at the end of September 2026, up 63% year on year, according to figures released by the National Energy Administration (NEA) on October 30. The data were presented…

PV Magazine 05 Nov 2026, 14:05 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Malawi’s Ministry of Energy and the Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) have launched a net metering scheme intended at supporting residential PV deployment across the country. “The new regulatory frameworks would enable households…

PV Magazine 05 Nov 2026, 13:00 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Chinese solar inverter manufacturer Hoymiles has signed a four-party strategic cooperation agreement with PCG Global, the Oman Investment Authority (OIA), and Greenwill Asset Management to explore renewable energy investment, project…

Smashing Magazine 05 Nov 2026, 13:00 UTC Software Engineering

I have had the privilege of helping to improve the accessibility of multiple immersive LLM chat experiences in the course of my career. Now I want to share this knowledge with you. Accessibility is a core part of a functional digital…

PV Magazine 05 Nov 2026, 10:51 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Frankfurt-based Revolta has installed and commissioned its first sodium-ion home battery at a customer property near Aschaffenburg, Germany. The high-voltage system, oeprating at a nominal voltage of 450 V, comprises five battery modules…

PV Magazine 05 Nov 2026, 10:38 UTC Energy & Green Tech

State-owned electricity corporation Électricité du Liban (EDL) has opened a tender for the operation and maintenance of solar energy facilities on the Beirut River in Lebanon. Available tender details state a contract length of one year…

PV Magazine 05 Nov 2026, 10:33 UTC Energy & Green Tech

A research team at Pennsylvania State University in the USA evaluated residential heat pumps paired with thermochemical energy storage (TCES) for long-duration energy storage. The researchers aimed to determine whether storing heat ahead…

PV Magazine 05 Nov 2026, 10:00 UTC Energy & Green Tech

While two solar modules can carry the same Class A designation, they can differ in their fire performance. The shared label can conceal differences that matter for the safety of the building below. Class A is a defined classification…

PV Magazine 05 Nov 2026, 09:14 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Solid-state batteries (SSBs) remain far from mainstream adoption in battery energy storage systems (BESS), as their potential benefits have yet to outweigh high costs, manufacturing challenges and limited commercial experience. Although…

PV Magazine 05 Nov 2026, 09:10 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Nippon Steel Kowa Real Estate, Sumitomo Life Insurance and Obayashi Corp. are implementing a green hydrogen production and power generation project at Shinagawa Intercity, a high-rise office and commercial complex in Tokyo’s Minato ward…

PV Magazine 05 Nov 2026, 08:03 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Spain’s National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC) has approved two European methodologies for assessing cybersecurity risks and classifying cyberattacks in the electricity system, under the European network code on…

PV Magazine 05 Nov 2026, 07:45 UTC Energy & Green Tech

US-based heating and cooling specialist Johnson Controls has launched the Frick HeatPAC Reciprocating Ammonia Heat Pump, an industrial heating system designed to recover waste heat from ammonia refrigeration installations. The heat pump is…

PV Magazine 05 Nov 2026, 07:14 UTC Energy & Green Tech

An international research team has developed a method to determine the tilt and azimuth of rooftop PV arrays using operational power data. Accurate orientation data is essential for estimating electricity generation and detecting faults…

PV Magazine 05 Nov 2026, 07:08 UTC Energy & Green Tech

India’s agricultural sector can absorb an additional 116 GW of solar modules, creating a significant opportunity for domestic manufacturers—according to a new report by the Indian Solar Manufacturers Association (ISMA). Titled “Powering…

PV Magazine 05 Nov 2026, 07:00 UTC Energy & Green Tech

China-headquartered solar manufacturer JA made the Australian debut of its HyperGen Pro solar module and JA ESS 125 kW / 261 kWh liquid-cooled commercial and industrial (C&I) battery energy storage system at All Energy Australia 2026…

PV Magazine 05 Nov 2026, 06:41 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Power purchase agreement (PPA) prices for solar projects in North America experienced a 4.9% quarter over quarter increase in the third quarter of 2026, marking a return to an upward trend after a decrease in the second quarter. Meanwhile…

PV Magazine 04 Nov 2026, 17:00 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Rune Energy closed a $40 million seed funding round recently to build modular, plug-in data centers for solar farms. Can you tell us about where the idea to turn solar farms into data centers originated? Before we started Rune, I was…

PV Magazine 04 Nov 2026, 14:36 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Shoals Technologies Group and Array Technologies have proposed a merger that would combine two US Nasdaq listed solar companies into a single entity, with a product range covering electronic balance of system (EBOS) and tracker products…

PV Magazine 04 Nov 2026, 13:27 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Türkiye’s Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources has announced the results of the YEKA GES-2026 solar tender, awarding a total of 785 MW of capacity across 11 projects. The tender attracted 44 applications from 19 companies, with the…

PV Magazine 04 Nov 2026, 12:34 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Denmark’s national transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet is proposing two new products offering permanent limited grid access to electricity producers. The products are designed to limit production in order to accommodate…

PV Magazine 04 Nov 2026, 11:01 UTC Energy & Green Tech

A 500 MWac solar photovoltaic project coupled with a 250 MW/1,000 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) is set to be developed on approximately 1,300 acres of land in Bahau, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. The massive solar-plus-storage…

PV Magazine 04 Nov 2026, 10:55 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Customers in some eastern municipalities in the Netherlands are to be placed on a waiting list for connections to the high-voltage grid due to insufficient capacity, Dutch grid manager Liander has confirmed. Liander operates across the…

PV Magazine 04 Nov 2026, 10:31 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Authorities in Vietnam’s Dak Lak province have approved a $355 million floating solar project with a planned capacity of 452 MW on the Ea Sup Thuong reservoir. The Dak Lak Provincial People’s Committee approved the investment under…

PV Magazine 04 Nov 2026, 10:00 UTC Energy & Green Tech

POWEROAD’s FLEX-261 Series has successfully passed large-scale fire testing conducted in accordance with two key fire safety standards: ANSI/CAN/UL 9540A:2026, Sixth Edition, and CSA/ANSI C800:2025. Following the testing, CSA Group…

PV Magazine 04 Nov 2026, 09:59 UTC Energy & Green Tech

The the Lithuanian Parliament (Seimas) has adopted a comprehensive package of legislative amendments prepared by the Ministry of Energy to stimulate renewable energy investment, reduce regulatory barriers and strengthen Lithuania’s energy…

PV Magazine 04 Nov 2026, 09:36 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Poland’s Energy Regulatory Office (URE) has published the schedule for the 2026 renewable energy auctions, with a total budget of approximately (PLN 24.9 billion ($6.34 billion) covering over 76 TWh of renewable electricity. The auctions…

PV Magazine 04 Nov 2026, 09:31 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Kazakhstan’s pipeline of large-scale solar projects currently stands at 900 MW, the country’s Minister of Energy Yerlan Akkenzhenov has said. Speaking at a meeting of the Kurultai Committee on Economic Policy, Industry and Energy…

PV Magazine 04 Nov 2026, 09:12 UTC Energy & Green Tech

The usual answer to surplus rooftop PV in a British home has been an immersion diverter. A current clamp on the meter tails detects export, and the diverter feeds that spare power into the immersion element in the hot water cylinder…

PV Magazine 04 Nov 2026, 08:55 UTC Energy & Green Tech

India’s solar manufacturing industry could become a fully integrated global powerhouse by 2047, creating 3.23 million direct and indirect jobs, attracting $89 billion in manufacturing investment, and eliminating the country’s solar import…

PV Magazine 04 Nov 2026, 08:36 UTC Energy & Green Tech

A research team at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia has investigated the partial replacement of silver (Ag) with nickel (Ni) powders in TOPCon solar cell rear-side metallization and has found that Ni powder…

PV Magazine 04 Nov 2026, 08:21 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Chinese environmental services and photovoltaic materials company Haitian Water Group plans to invest CNY 800 million ($118 million) in a solar conductive silver paste research and manufacturing facility in Sichuan province, as it expands…

PV Magazine 04 Nov 2026, 07:52 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Italian heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) manufacturer Aermec has launched two ranges of high-temperature water-to-water heat pumps designed for industrial heating, centralized heating systems and building refurbishment…

PV Magazine 04 Nov 2026, 07:30 UTC Energy & Green Tech

French distribution system operator Enedis has published data on new solar PV grid connections in its service area for the third quarter of 2026. According to its open data, 1,271 MW of new PV capacity was connected to the grid between…

PV Magazine 04 Nov 2026, 07:22 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Colombia’s operational solar capacity reached 2,590.26 MW at the end of September 2026, accounting for 11.7% of the net effective capacity of the National Interconnected System (SIN), according to the latest report from Colombian grid…

PV Magazine 04 Nov 2026, 07:02 UTC Energy & Green Tech

A research team led by scientists at China’s Southeast University has developed a self-powered photovoltaic-thermoelectric generator (PV-TEG) system that integrates hotspot detection, local thermal management, and wireless monitoring into…

PV Magazine 04 Nov 2026, 06:49 UTC Energy & Green Tech

China’s western Inner Mongolia power grid has surpassed 20 GW of operational new-type energy storage capacity, as rapid growth in wind and solar generation increases the need for flexible electricity resources. According to data released…

PV Magazine 04 Nov 2026, 06:45 UTC Energy & Green Tech

New data from global energy consultancy Rystad Energy shows that all Australian large-scale solar power plants generated 5,100 GWh of clean energy last month, down 2% on the 5,200 GWh produced in October 2025 with Western Australia home to…

PV Magazine 04 Nov 2026, 05:00 UTC Energy & Green Tech

In July 2026, a transmission line fault in Ashburn, Virginia – an area known as Data Center Alley because it is the most data-center-dense place in the world – prompted data centers to switch to their emergency backup power, resulting in…

PV Magazine 03 Nov 2026, 15:55 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Rumors are circulating in the solar industry that Hanwha Q-Cells is preparing to withdraw from the market and shut down operations by early 2027. The speculation has been fueled by reports of the company’s products being sold at unusually…

PV Magazine 03 Nov 2026, 12:31 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Waaree Solar Americas Inc. (WSA), a wholly owned subsidiary of India’s Waaree Energies Ltd., has started commercial production on two new solar module manufacturing lines at its facility in Brookshire, Texas. Each line has an annual…

PV Magazine 03 Nov 2026, 11:57 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Germany’s Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) awarded 288 MW of PV capacity spread across 143 projects in its latest auction for PV systems on buildings and noise barriers. A total of 177 bids totaling 347 MW were submitted. The…

PV Magazine 03 Nov 2026, 11:14 UTC Energy & Green Tech

The sense of optimism within Australia’s renewable energy sector was on display at All Energy Australia 2026 conference and trade show in Melbourne on Oct. 28 and 29, where energy security, growing demand, and investment and market…

PV Magazine 03 Nov 2026, 11:10 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Solar PV reduced Spain’s wholesale electricity costs by an estimated €17.02 billion between January 2025 and June 2026, according to Spanish PV association UNEF. The association estimates that average day-ahead electricity prices would…

PV Magazine 03 Nov 2026, 11:09 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Slovenian state-owned energy company Holding Slovenske Elektrarne (HSE) has administered a tender for a solar-plus-storage project. Available tender details state the tender covers a 1.38 MW solar power plant to be tied to a 1.25 MW/5 MWh…

PV Magazine 03 Nov 2026, 10:58 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Shenzhen Nanshan Power, a Chinese power producer backed by state-owned capital, plans to acquire a controlling stake in Trina Solar’s tracker business. According to an Oct. 30 announcement, Shenzhen Nanshan Power signed a preliminary…

PV Magazine 03 Nov 2026, 10:06 UTC Energy & Green Tech

Chinese solar cell manufacturer Yingfa Ruineng has unveiled a 7.5 GW solar cell manufacturing plant in Indonesia. The facility, presented at technology launch event hosted by Yingfa Ruineng’s subsidiary BCI, will produce n-type tunnel…