Renewables-powered data centers feasible with sevenfold solar and wind overbuild, study finds
A LUT University study finds that data centers could be powered continuously by intermittent renewables like wind and solar when paired with backup generation and demand-side flexibility. However, achieving firm supply would require major overbuild, significant curtailment, and careful siting to keep costs competitive with other baseload sources.
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Port of Valencia deploying PV on breakwaters
The Port of Valencia is deploying solar panels on breakwaters as part of the EU-funded Renewport project to advance renewable energy in Mediterranean ports. The pilot system aims to validate the technical, economic, and environmental feasibility of large-scale vertical photovoltaics.
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Home cooling panel based on PV and waste cooking oil
Researchers have designed a system that incorporates PV power generation, thermoelectric cooling, and latent heat storage using waste cooking oil. They have simulated an optimized it using an array of models. Results suggest that a single panel can deliver approximately 6–15 kWh/day of cooling.
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Hot weather and clear skies give Europe a bumper May
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that Europe’s May weather was marked by a mid-month Arctic cold outbreak followed by a persistent heat dome that brought clear skies, record temperatures, and above-average solar irradiance across much of Central and Western Europe. While the blocking high boosted irradiance by up to 25% in some regions, cloudier conditions on its fringes left areas such as Scotland, Ireland, and Norway with below-average solar resource.
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Oil in turmoil, solar stays stable
Soaring energy costs have grabbed headlines around the world the past two months, but prices across the solar supply chain are marching to their own beat, writes Hanwei Wu of OPIS. Oversupply in Asia continues to distort markets, with either sharp price falls or tepid price gains.
May 25, 2026
Hot weather and clear skies give Europe a bumper May
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that Europe’s May weather was marked by a mid-month Arctic cold outbreak followed by a persistent heat dome that brought clear skies, record temperatures, and above-average solar irradiance across much of Central and Western Europe. While the blocking high boosted irradiance by up to 25% in some regions, cloudier conditions on its fringes left areas such as Scotland, Ireland, and Norway with below-average solar resource.
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What new redispatching rules and negative prices mean for German renewable asset management
Germany’s renewable power market is shifting from stable feed-in support to a more volatile system with frequent negative prices, 15-minute trading, and growing grid congestion. For asset and fund managers, performance now depends on time-specific production, curtailment, pricing, and redispatch effects, making granular operational and settlement data essential beyond monthly revenue reporting.
Jun 10, 2026
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Dutch solar owners asked to switch off during peak periods to ease distribution crisis
The Dutch market regulator is set to introduce new rules for grid connections starting 1 July which will see householders and business owners slip down the priority queue. Grid operators have been urging people to change their consumption and generation behaviors.
Jun 05, 2026
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India floats tenders for 1.2 GW of renewables with storage to ensure reliable peak power supply
Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) has invited bids for the development of 1.2 GW of interstate transmission system (ISTS)-connected renewable energy projects coupled with energy storage systems (ESS), aimed at delivering 4,800 MWh (1200 MW x 4 hours) of assured peak power daily.
Jun 11, 2026
Lithuania’s grid operators can now disconnect solar plants without cybersecurity measures
While Lithuania’s heightened cybersecurity laws are helping solar plants larger than 100 kW become more secure, some owners have faced increased costs and a waiting list to fully implement the new measures.
Jun 05, 2026
Cybersecurity concerns put focus on India’s solar inverter supplies
While growing cybersecurity concerns have prompted the EU to consider restrictions on funding for PV projects using inverters supplied by high-risk vendors like China, experts say India may need a more calibrated approach that strengthens security oversight without disrupting solar deployment.
Jun 04, 2026
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Oil in turmoil, solar stays stable
Soaring energy costs have grabbed headlines around the world the past two months, but prices across the solar supply chain are marching to their own beat, writes Hanwei Wu of OPIS. Oversupply in Asia continues to distort markets, with either sharp price falls or tepid price gains.
May 25, 2026
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GoodWe launches PV-driven residential air-to-water heat pumps
The systems are designed to maximize solar self-consumption by routing DC power directly to the unit’s internal DC bus, avoiding losses and extra costs from AC/DC conversions. They offer a 6–34.15 kW capacity range with COP up to 4.70,
Jun 11, 2026
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Tongwei debuts BIFIMAX module for projects requiring high-bifaciality
With 90±5% bifaciality, TNC BIFIMAX 670 W can reduce CAPEX by 0.87 euro cents per Watt. The new solution, designed for high-latitude, high-albedo markets, will be showcased by Tongwei at this year’s Intersolar Europe in Munich.
Jun 11, 2026
Silver drives PV recycling economics as module waste wave approaches
With Europe and Australia facing a significant wave of end-of-life solar panels, researchers point to silver recovery as the most important lever for improving unit economics, but technical barriers and the absence of industry-wide purity standards are slowing progress.
Jun 11, 2026
UNSW research solves critical electrolyzer bottleneck in green hydrogen production
UNSW researchers have used 3D imaging to see how trapped bubbles affect the efficacy of electrolysers in the production of green hydrogen, smoothing the way for decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors such as steelmaking and heavy-duty transport.
Jun 11, 2026
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Oil in turmoil, solar stays stable
Soaring energy costs have grabbed headlines around the world the past two months, but prices across the solar supply chain are marching to their own beat, writes Hanwei Wu of OPIS. Oversupply in Asia continues to distort markets, with either sharp price falls or tepid price gains.
May 25, 2026
Hot weather and clear skies give Europe a bumper May
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that Europe’s May weather was marked by a mid-month Arctic cold outbreak followed by a persistent heat dome that brought clear skies, record temperatures, and above-average solar irradiance across much of Central and Western Europe. While the blocking high boosted irradiance by up to 25% in some regions, cloudier conditions on its fringes left areas such as Scotland, Ireland, and Norway with below-average solar resource.
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Chile releases bidding terms for first energy auction including storage
hile’s CNE has set preliminary terms for the 2026/01 power supply tender, a technology-neutral process that nonetheless favors renewables by excluding high-emission fuels and enabling storage-backed bids. With time-of-day demand blocks and 15-year contracts, the structure is particularly supportive of photovoltaic and hybrid solar-plus-storage projects, especially for daytime and evening peak coverage.
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The battery cost disconnect
For years, the battery energy storage (BESS) story has followed a familiar script: costs fall, deployment accelerates, economics improve. Even when cell costs rose and system prices briefly flattened during the 2021-22 lithium price spike, the narrative largely held. Paola Perez Peña, senior principal analyst at S&P Global Energy, examines why the latest jump in lithium prices has only had limited impacts on overall BESS costs so far.
Apr 02, 2026
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Renewables-powered data centers feasible with sevenfold solar and wind overbuild, study finds
A LUT University study finds that data centers could be powered continuously by intermittent renewables like wind and solar when paired with backup generation and demand-side flexibility. However, achieving firm supply would require major overbuild, significant curtailment, and careful siting to keep costs competitive with other baseload sources.
1 minute ago
Port of Valencia deploying PV on breakwaters
The Port of Valencia is deploying solar panels on breakwaters as part of the EU-funded Renewport project to advance renewable energy in Mediterranean ports. The pilot system aims to validate the technical, economic, and environmental feasibility of large-scale vertical photovoltaics.
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Fire strikes another German home with solar roof tiles
A house fire in Kleve, Germany involving integrated photovoltaic roof tiles required about 65 firefighters and lasted nearly five hours, with the blaze mainly confined to the roof and no injuries reported. Fire crews faced difficulties due to hidden hotspots and energized solar tiles that can continue generating voltage in sunlight.
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Solar-powered floating shellfish farming tested in French lagoon
The SolarinThau project, which combines photovoltaic power generation with oyster farming, aims to test a new model that balances the energy transition, the preservation of maritime activities, and the sustainable development of the shellfish farming sector.
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Solar key to space-based AI
Elon Musk, the CEO of both Tesla and SpaceX, raised some eyebrows at this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, when he predicted “that the lowest cost place to put AI will be space and that will be true within two to three years, three at the latest.” pv magazine reported on Musk’s vision on our global website www.pv-magazine.com on Jan. 26, 2026, and exactly one week later SpaceX announced that it was acquiring xAI “to form the most ambitious, vertically integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with AI, rockets, space-based internet, direct-to-mobile device communications, and the world’s foremost real-time information and free speech platform.”
Mar 23, 2026
Home cooling panel based on PV and waste cooking oil
Researchers have designed a system that incorporates PV power generation, thermoelectric cooling, and latent heat storage using waste cooking oil. They have simulated an optimized it using an array of models. Results suggest that a single panel can deliver approximately 6–15 kWh/day of cooling.
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Longi unveils 27.27%-efficient heterojunction back-contact solar cell built with improved laser processing
Researchers from Longi and Yangzhou University developed a laser-based manufacturing strategy to mitigate shock-wave-induced damage in HJT back-contact solar cells, improving passivation stability and device performance. The approach yields a certified 27.27% efficient solar cell and provides an industrially viable pathway toward ultra-high-efficiency photovoltaic fabrication.
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Fraunhofer ISE achieves 34.4 efficiency for III-V germanium solar module
Fraunhofer ISE has raised the efficiency of its record-breaking III-V germanium solar module from 34.2% to 34.4%, using shingle-matrix technology combined with space-grade solar cells. The advance builds on adapted triple-junction cells from Azur Space and a new interconnection method that improves area utilization by reducing shading and eliminating metal ribbons.
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One-year outdoor testing reveals degradation paths in perovskite tandem solar cells
Researchers from TNO and Fraunhofer ISE ran a 1-year outdoor test of perovskite/perovskite/silicon triple-junction solar cells and found a clear efficiency decline from 17–18% to 13–14% driven by multi-stage degradation. The main failure mechanisms were voltage loss, encapsulation delamination, and UV/thermal-induced interface and transport-layer degradation rather than intrinsic absorber instability.
Jun 11, 2026
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Tongwei debuts BIFIMAX module for projects requiring high-bifaciality
With 90±5% bifaciality, TNC BIFIMAX 670 W can reduce CAPEX by 0.87 euro cents per Watt. The new solution, designed for high-latitude, high-albedo markets, will be showcased by Tongwei at this year’s Intersolar Europe in Munich.
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JA to showcase new utility-scale battery and latest-generation TOPCon modules at Intersolar 2026
JA, a global leader in photovoltaic products and integrated energy solutions, will introduce its latest advancements in battery energy storage systems and high-efficiency solar modules at Intersolar Europe 2026, alongside a dedicated sustainability and ESG event.
Jun 10, 2026
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SVOLT showcases comprehensive energy storage solutions at SNEC 2026
The portfolio features two new variants of SVOLT’s 122 Ah stacked-electrode residential energy storage cell: a Fast-Charging Edition and a Low-Temperature, Long-Life Edition. This expansion marks the evolution of products from a single cell into a platform-based offering.
Jun 08, 2026