Applications & Installations
Among energy technologies, solar is unique in its flexibility and range of applications. Rapidly growing niches including floating PV and agrivoltaics are proving their worth alongside the more established rooftop and ground mount market segments.
Hybrid systems combining solar with energy storage and other generation technologies are also becoming more common, in the pursuit of 24/7 emissions free energy. And this brings our industry into more frequent contact with other concerns, that need to be carefully managed.
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Ireland’s leap of faith to power data centers
Under Ireland’s Large Energy User Action Plan (LEAP), 10 MW-plus data centers must provide at least 80% of their energy demand through new onsite renewable energy generation and storage. But whether data centers can meaningfully contribute to Ireland’s decarbonization depends on the success of its grid buildout, reports Blathnaid O’Dea.
Sep 05, 2026
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HiNa Battery scales Korean sodium-ion partnership from 15 MWh to 10 GWh
HiNa Battery signed a five-year deal to supply South Korea’s Volta with 10 GWh of sodium-ion batteries, expanding an earlier 15 MWh storage partnership. The agreement highlights sodium-ion technology’s shift toward GWh-scale energy storage deployments, though LFP batteries remain dominant in the market.
India tenders 700 MW of solar capacity for C&I offtake
Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) has launched a tender for 700 MW of interstate transmission system (ISTS)-connected solar PV projects in special economic zones (SEZs) or areas designated as export-oriented units (EOUs) in India, with the electricity earmarked for a commercial and industrial (C&I) consumer in Odisha.
Mongolia completes first renewable energy auction
The auction procured 220 MW of solar and 135 MW/440 MWh of battery energy storage across five projects. A second auction, covering renewable energy projects with a stabilisation solution in Mongolia’s Gobi region, is scheduled to take place on September 11.
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HiNa Battery scales Korean sodium-ion partnership from 15 MWh to 10 GWh
HiNa Battery signed a five-year deal to supply South Korea’s Volta with 10 GWh of sodium-ion batteries, expanding an earlier 15 MWh storage partnership. The agreement highlights sodium-ion technology’s shift toward GWh-scale energy storage deployments, though LFP batteries remain dominant in the market.
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India tenders 700 MW of solar capacity for C&I offtake
Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) has launched a tender for 700 MW of interstate transmission system (ISTS)-connected solar PV projects in special economic zones (SEZs) or areas designated as export-oriented units (EOUs) in India, with the electricity earmarked for a commercial and industrial (C&I) consumer in Odisha.
Mongolia completes first renewable energy auction
The auction procured 220 MW of solar and 135 MW/440 MWh of battery energy storage across five projects. A second auction, covering renewable energy projects with a stabilisation solution in Mongolia’s Gobi region, is scheduled to take place on September 11.
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Ireland’s leap of faith to power data centers
Under Ireland’s Large Energy User Action Plan (LEAP), 10 MW-plus data centers must provide at least 80% of their energy demand through new onsite renewable energy generation and storage. But whether data centers can meaningfully contribute to Ireland’s decarbonization depends on the success of its grid buildout, reports Blathnaid O’Dea.
Solar’s infrastructure obstacle
During the development of a recent utility-scale project in Texas’ ERCOT grid interconnection zone, Levona Renewables CEO Fernando Queiroz found his team spending more time evaluating transmission infrastructure, interconnection requirements, equipment availability, and utility procurement processes than discussing solar modules – a striking realization affecting project developers in the United States and beyond.
El Niño transition and a subtropical shift reshape Asia’s summer solar resource
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that Summer 2026 brought sharply contrasting solar conditions across Asia, as a northward-shifted Western Pacific Subtropical High reduced irradiance in Northeast China while boosting it across central China. Farther south, developing El Niño conditions and a positive Indian Ocean Dipole suppressed cloud across eastern Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, driving irradiance up to 25% above average.
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