In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, reports that US-assembled modules with imported cells continue to be heard between $0.26/W and $0.33/W, while modules with domestic content – which are still limited to just a handful of producers – are generally quoted between $0.4/W and $0.5/W.

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that smoke from ongoing Canadian wildfires has continued to suppress irradiance levels across Canada and the Eastern US into June, with impacts stretching as far as Europe.

Solar module prices in Europe have fallen by up to €0.01 ($0.01)/W this month, according to pvXchange.com, as the PV market shows resilience amid policy uncertainty and geopolitical risks.

A review of using statistical probability to understand solar production outcomes.

Women in Solar+ Europe – WiSEu Network attended the launch of POWERful Women’s Annual State of the Nation Report this week, where leaders and changemakers called for faster action to close the gender gap in energy.

PV Hardware develops solar tracker designs tailored for hurricane and snow-prone regions, such as Florida and the US Midwest.

University of Ulster analysis finds installing solar on half of Northern Ireland’s would generate 13.5 TWh per year, however significant gaps between PV generation and demand remain. Government commissioned report recommends introducing new incentives to support rooftop solar.

The Sādę Solar Initiative will connect a solar array and battery energy storage to an existing microgrid located within the asserted traditional territory of the Liard First Nation.

Solar manufacturers announced a range of module sales agreements, supply deals and new products last week at SNEC 2025 PV Expo in Shanghai.

Solar tracker supplier Array Technologies has signed an agreement to acquire Ohio-based solar racking company APA Solar for $179 million.

UGT Renewables, a US-based developer, says it will build a 3 GW solar project in Iraq under a deal with the federal government that includes 500 MWh of storage and 1,000 km of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) lines.

Indonesia and Singapore have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a solar manufacturing supply chain in Indonesia’s Riau Islands province, as part of broader plans to enable cross-border clean energy trading.

Poland has installed solar arrays along the S5 expressway as part of a project to cut infrastructure operating costs. Surplus electricity will feed the grid or supply electric vehicle charging stations.

Romania’s Ministry of Energy is backing 47 solar projects to produce electricity for self-consumption in schools, hospitals, city halls and other public institutions. It has now supported more than 1,000 such contracts, together reaching a combined capacity of 390 MW.

Researchers in Spain have warned that nest-box installations at PV plants are often poorly planned or used for greenwashing, with boxes placed in unsuitable locations, installed incorrectly, or lacking post-installation monitoring.

German researchers developed a novel pocket-sized instrument to rapidly identify the composition of solar panel polymer backsheets and encapsulants in the field. The hardware is near-infrared absorption spectroscopy (NIRA) sensor-based.

Scientists in Germany have analyzed the thermal runaway behavior of sodium-ion batteries and lithium-ion batteries inside a 10-L reaction vessel. They have thermally abused 30 samples, each under a different state of charge level, and have found that both types suffered from runaway when the charge is at least 50%.

The new Oterra 115V heat pumps use difluoromethane (R32) as the refrigerant and have a heating capacity of 9,000 BTU/h to 12,000 BTU/h.

Eesti Energia and Emsys VPP have prequalified the 75 MW Sopi solar park to deliver 30 MW to the Baltic region’s automatic frequency market and 45 MW to its manual frequency market.

Georgia Power and Mitsubishi Power have completed a 50% hydrogen fuel blend trial on an advanced-class gas turbine at Plant McDonough-Atkinson in the US state of Georgia, while Proteus Energy and Symbio France have developed a modular 75 kW hydrogen fuel cell system for hybrid and harbor vessels.

France’s New Imaging Technologies has launched a short-wave infrared line-by-line scanning camera for high-definition and high-performance silicon PV inspection systems.

China’s Trina Solar has unveiled a perovskite‑silicon tandem solar module prototype delivering 841 W and 27.1% efficiency, based on 210 mm tandem cells.

Fox ESS has launched a hybrid high-power inverter for commercial and industrial (C&I) use, with parallel operation of up to 10 units enabling 1.25 MW output and 7.2 MWh storage. The Chinese manufacturer says the system offers 97.6% European efficiency and 98.2% peak efficiency.

Researchers in Denmark claim to have identified the best locations for rear plane-of-array irradiance sensors on the back of single-axis trackers in bifacial PV projects. Their work suggests how to reduce sensor quantities while maintaining accurate performance monitoring.

INA Solar is building a 3 GW solar cell manufacturing line in central India, as part of a broader expansion that includes 4 GW of module capacity and aluminium frame production. It aims to begin construction by the first quarter of 2026 and start operations by mid-2027.

Data from transmission system operator MAVIR shows that solar energy production in Hungary reached a new peak on June 13, producing enough energy to serve the country’s domestic electricity requirements entirely from renewables.

Electrica S.A. Group said the tender also includes the construction of a 110 kV/MV electrical substation.

Latest MCS data for small-scale renewables reveal a strong month for solar installations up to 50 kW, double-digit growth for battery energy storage installations and a milestone reached despite a muted month for heat pump installations.

Australian researchers have developed a new dry electrode fabrication strategy for aqueous zinc-iodine batteries. They say it delivers cathodes with more than double the performance of iodine and lithium-ion batteries.

Solar manufacturers signed an estimated 15 GW of module sales and supply deals at SNEC 2025 PV Expo in Shanghai last week. Major contracts included JinkoSolar’s 1.75 GW order for Saudi Arabia’s SPPC project and JA Solar’s 2 GW agreement to support solar manufacturing in India.