India’s Statcon licenses AEG tech to scale MW-class hydrogen rectifiers
Statcon Energiaa has signed a licensing deal with Germany’s AEG Power Solutions (AEG PS) to design, build, and maintain megawatt-class hydrogen rectifiers using AEG components.
Cost, complexity, confidence slow rooftop solar uptake in Australia
Cost, complexity and confidence gaps are the main barriers to the uptake of rooftop solar in Australia, according to new federal government research.
US may lose 60 GW solar pipeline under stricter tax credit rules
Clean Energy Associates (CEA) forecasts a significant drop in solar installations if the US Department of the Treasury strictly enforces an executive order from the White House related to timelines for tax credit eligibility.
Brazil launches first sodium battery PV plant in Amazon
UCB Power and the Sustainable Amazon Foundation (FAS) have installed Brazil’s first PV plant with sodium battery storage, a 7.50 kWp/38.40 kWh system in a remote Amazonian community.
Field-tested hurricane survival strategies for solar
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) has published “Solar Under Storm III,” analyzing hurricane impacts on solar farms in the Caribbean after Hurricane Beryl and identifying key failure modes and risk-mitigation measures.
Remedies for PV curtailment in Poland
Solar curtailment is on the rise in Poland, with around 600 GWh of PV capacity reduced during the first six months of 2025. The Warsaw-based Institute for Renewable Energy (IEO) suggests one solution is to support the electrification of Poland’s heating sector with the surplus of PV power.
Expansion of PV for self-consumption reduces grid load
Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Engineering and Image Evaluation – Applied System Technology (IOSB-AST) says Germany’s grid load is falling as more PV output is consumed on-site, but notes rising electrification in other sectors could reverse the trend.
Solar cell, wafer exports from China rise as panel exports fall
Ember Energy says China’s solar export market is shifting as more diverse global supply chains drive higher cell and wafer shipments, lifting combined solar product capacity 11% this year despite lower panel exports.
Websol to double India solar cell capacity to 1.2 GW by October 2025
Websol is completing the installation of an additional 600 MW solar cell line in India. Trial output is set for September 2025 and full commercial production is scheduled to start the following month.
Virtual power plant drives ‘zero down’ household solar and battery installs
Alinta Energy and National Renewable Network have co-launched an initiative in Australia that installs household solar and battery storage systems at no upfront cost.
