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Spain launches call for access to 3.68 GW of grid capacity

The Spanish government has kicked off its first grid-access tender for 3,681 MW at eight transmission nodes across six regions, targeting areas with large-scale industrial demand.
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Ionly launches 5 kWh residential battery

Ionly introduces the XYZ 5 kWh residential battery, featuring 90% European-sourced components and advanced reparability, from its base in Valencia, Spain.
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German battery storage hits 22.1 GWh in H1

Germany’s battery storage capacity is rapidly expanding, nearing 2 million installations by the end of the first half of 2025.
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Moldova introduces guarantees of origin certificate for renewables

Moldova has introduced an electronic guarantees of origin system to certify renewable energy production, with certificates recognized across the European Union through integration with the EU-wide register.
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European developers signed 20 PPAs for 1,429 MW in June

Swiss-based analytics firm Pexapark says the European power purchase agreement (PPA) market recovered strongly in June following a poor result in May, with solar accounting for the majority of newly-signed capacity. 
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Solestial designing space solar array with shorter lead time

The U.S.-based manufacturer of silicon solar PV technologies for space announced a project that requires it to manufacture, assemble and integrate 1 kW of solar cells and modules into a novel solar wing within a four-week time-period.
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Germany deploys 7.1 GW of solar in H1

Germany added 905 MW of new photovoltaic capacity in June, according to the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur), bringing year-to-date solar deployments to more than 6.2 GW.
Markets & Policy

Chinese PV industry Brief: Zhejiang Bangjie drops 18 GW factory plan

Zhejiang Bangjie Holding Group has canceled its planned CNY 8 billion ($1.10 billion) solar manufacturing project in Jiangshan, while Arctech Solar has secured a 2.3 GW tracker deal in Saudi Arabia.

Press Releases

Bord Gáis Energy to become Ireland’s largest off-taker of solar power

Bord Gáis Energy has significantly strengthened its renewable energy portfolio with the announcement of multiple long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with prominent renewable energy developers.

North India’s Largest Floating Solar Project Sets New Sustainability Benchmark with Growatt Technology

Chandigarh has taken a bold step toward sustainable urban development with the commissioning of North India’s largest commercial and industrial (C&I) floating solar power plant. Spearheaded by the Chandigarh Renewable Energy and Science & Technology Promotion Society (CREST), this 4.

GoodWe Gains JET Certification for Residential Energy Storage System in Japan

GoodWe has obtained JET certification (Japan Electrical Safety and Environment Technology Laboratory) in Japan for its single-phase residential hybrid energy storage system.

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‘Small moments of awareness can create real change’

This week Women in Solar+ Europe gives voice to Jodie Brush, Communications & Public Affairs Manager at Verbund Green Power Iberia. She says that real progress happens when everyone is involved. "Gender equality isn’t just a women’s issue. Men must be invited to join the conversation, listening, learning, challenging their own assumptions, and becoming allies," she states.

China’s upstream solar market signals strong price gains amid government intervention

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.

Forecasts predict strong solar performance for rest of 2025 in Europe, North America

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, forecasts that Europe and North America will benefit from relatively strong solar conditions in the second half of the year, while other major solar markets face more unfavourable trends.

Solar module prices on a clear downward trend

PV module prices have fallen by around 5% to 8% across all technology classes in recent weeks. says Martin Schachinger, the founder of pvXchange.com. This means that prices are moving strongly back toward the level we saw at the beginning of the year, which can only be described as unhealthy for module producers.

Solar energy to drive Indonesia’s transition away from coal, biofuels

The role of solar PV in Indonesia will extend beyond replacing coal-based electricity generation; it will also include the production of e-fuels for hard-to-abate segments, offering an alternative to land-intensive biofuel production. A recent study explores, through various scenarios, the cost-competitiveness of solar PV-based electrification in supporting Indonesia’s renewable energy transition.

Solar myths and misconceptions

In a new monthly column for pv magazine, the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) debunks old and new urban legends about solar energy.

Markets & Policy

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RenewSys to ramp up encapsulant capacity to 30 GW

RenewSys will add eight new encapsulant manufacturing lines at its recently commissioned facility in India, increasing its total encapsulant production capacity to 30 GW across 19 lines.

BBDF 2025: Co-location, hybrid PPAs reshaping the European energy market

BBDF 2025’s “From Solar to BESS: Moving from PV Project Development to BESS With and Without Co-location,” has shown the potential for creating new business modules in the renewable energy business via the so-called hybrid power purchase agreements and the co-location of wind and solar energy assets with battery storage.

New solar trade cases focus on Asian countries

A US solar manufacturing group has filed trade petitions targeting cell and module imports from Indonesia, India and Laos, seeking antidumping and countervailing duties on largely Chinese-produced products. The action could trigger new AD/CVD investigations by the US Department of Commerce.

Envision Energy, FERA to develop 1 GW of wind, 1.5 GWh of storage in Australia

Envision Energy and FERA Australia have agreed to collaborate on large-scale hybrid renewable energy projects across Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM), with the potential to deliver up to 1.5 GWh of battery energy storage.

GoodWe launches scalable C&I battery system with over 100 kWh capacity

GoodWe has released its BAT series battery cabinet for small to mid-scale commercial projects, with two capacities at launch at 102.4 kWh and 112.6 kWh, and outdoor use in mind.

Philippines’ rooftop solar capacity estimated at over 1.8 GW

A new solar mapping tool in the Philippines shows that the country’s rooftop solar capacity exceeds 1.8 GW. Its creators say the platform can be used to track unregistered solar rooftop capacity.

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Compressed air energy storage enhanced by gravity

Scientists in China have simulated an advanced adiabatic compressed air energy storage, to which they added an elastic airbag with a heavy load situated above it. The energy, exergy, and economic analysis of the system showed that, due to the constant weight of the heavy load, the airbag’s pressure level remains unaltered during operation.

Argentina’s first energy storage tender secures 1.35 GW of bids

Argentina’s first energy storage tender drew 1.347 GW of bids from 15 companies proposing 27 projects, exceeding the 500 MW target and representing more than $1 billion in pledged investment.

New technique to geo-label PV modules in utility-scale solar parks

Scientists in Morocco have developed a method that uses the metadata of PV plants’ infrared images to label them geographically. The automatic database can then be used in deep learning models and significantly reduce the time required for data labeling.

Cyprus set to abandon net metering

The Cyprus Ministry of Energy, Commerce says it will accept applications for new net metering and net billing systems until Oct. 1, 2025. While the government has not announced its next steps, pv magazine has learned that it plans to phase out net metering.

France, Italy break daily solar production records

AleaSoft Energy Forecasting’s latest analysis finds weekly electricity prices fell across most major European markets last week. In France and Italy, new records for daily solar production helped lower prices.

Hungary’s solar capacity surpasses 8 GW

Hungary’s Ministry of Energy says rising levels of solar production contributed to keeping the share of imported electricity below 20% across the first six months of the year, compared to nearly 25% over the same time period last year.

Technology

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Features driving efficiency complicate solar cell disassembly, recycling

Researchers in Germany have sought to identify the features that may define the "ideal recyclable solar cell" and have found that the recyclability of PV devices is usually in contrast with the efforts of reaching high efficiencies.

Photovoltaic inventions increased seventeen-fold in three decades

The European Patent Office says China has overtaken other countries in photovoltaic patent filings over the past 15 years, while European startups and universities retain a lead in agrivoltaics and niche solar applications.

Fraunhofer ISE achieves 40% efficiency for indoor III-V solar cell

The PV device is based on a indium gallium phosphide absorber with an energy bandgap of 1.9 eV. It is intended for use in autonomous Internet of Things (IoT) applications that operate indoors without an external wired power supply.

Copper doping boosts manganese cathode stability in sodium-ion batteries

Researchers at the Tokyo University of Science have shown that using copper can eliminate defects in sodium manganese oxide battery types, boosting battery cycle life.

BBDF 2025: Warranties, safety key to achieving battery quality

Tech specialists at the “Technological advancement and risk mitigation” panel identified safety and warranties as the key pillars of quality in the battery storage sector. Speakers discussed how these factors shape component selection and long-term project viability.

Wireless EV charging based on PV, three-port DC–DC converter

Scientists have developed a wireless charging system for electric vehicles, with a three-port DC–DC converter at its core. They have simulated the system and tested a prototype in their lab and have found it achieved an improved efficiency of 88%.

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Germany concludes rooftop PV tender with average price of €0.0922/kWh

The German authorities have selected 118 MW projects totaling 255 MW in the nation’s latest rooftop PV tender.

Sinovoltaics maps 68.4 GW of solar module capacity in India

The latest Sinovoltaics solar supply chain report about PV manufacturing in India indicates module capacity of 68.4 GW, cell capacity at 24.5 GW, and ingots at 14 GW, with continued growth planned to 2030.

ClearVue BIPV solution achieves 2.6-year payback in Hong Kong trial

ClearVue Technologies says its solar facade solutions, that combine the company’s solar glazing units into a fully integrated energy generating building envelope, have achieved a payback period of less than three years in a Hong Kong government trial.

Chinese PV Industry Brief: Tongwei, Longi, JA Solar announce H1 losses

Tongwei, Longi, and JA Solar have predicted steep losses for the first half of 2025, as persistent oversupply and falling solar module prices continue to pressure margins across China’s PV manufacturing sector.

US launches national security probe into polysilicon imports

The US Department of Commerce (DoC) says it will investigate the potential for export restrictions by foreign countries, as well as their ability to “weaponize” their control over supplies of polysilicon. 

Chinese scientists build copper indium sulfide solar cell with 10.44% efficiency

Copper indium sulfide (CuInS2) are still far from reaching commercial maturity but new titanium dioxide nanorod arrays can reportedly improve their light trapping, charge separation, and carrier collection.

Energy Storage

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BBDF 2025: Understanding BESS project bankability

Financing remains one of battery energy storage system’s (BESS) biggest talking points, as bankability, risk mitigation, insurance, and more.

BBDF 2025: Merchant vs. contracted strategies

The ‘Revenue models and market perspectives across Europe’ panel highlighted the complexity of Europe’s most active markets and the range of available business models. Investors show strong interest, but lenders remain cautious on risk hedging.

BBDF 2025: Flexible grid access opens up new paths for battery storage in Germany

Flexible connections, better optimization, and theneed for better cooperation between parties for grid connections were all hot topics in the German-focused second session of the event.

BBDF 2025: Europe’s battery market is still immature

From the floor of the Battery Business & Development Forum 2025, the first session delivered insights around investment strategies in battery energy storage systems across Europe and the UK.

Slovenia opens €29 million call to fund priority solar, wind projects

Slovenia has opened a €29 million ($33.7 million) call under the European Union’s Modernisation Fund to support priority solar and wind projects, with applications due by Jan. 7, 2026.

Netherlands moves forward with plans to link residential PV to heating

The Netherlands will require building owners to adopt renewable energy, connect to local heating networks, or install heat pumps under its implementation of the European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD IV).

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