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Leag’s prestige project on the Ostsee lake in Cottbus is in trouble: storms and waves have washed pontoons onto the shore and several solar modules have come loose from their fastenings. A salvage operation is underway and trouble is brewing even before the large photovoltaic system is put into operation.

University of Sheffield research finds agrivoltaics could be key to addressing land-use conflicts in England. Paper authors tell pv magazine a better understanding of how top UK crops perform alongside PV installations is needed, and farmer input is crucial.

Ecoprogetti has supplied US solar manufacturer CS Solar MFG LLC with an 800 MW production line to produce bifacial glass-glass passivated emitter rear cell (PERC) panels with over 22% efficiency.

New Zealand venture Taslink has announced plans to build a 2 GW to 3 GW capacity high-voltage cable linking Australia and New Zealand to facilitate the day-to-day trading of electricity between the two nations.

Goldi Solar has opened a PV module manufacturing line, powered by automated optical inspection (AOI) and artificial intelligence, at its Kosamba factory in India.

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is running a tender for the design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of two solar-powered lift irrigation pilot systems in Bhutan. The deadline to submit proposals is March 21, 2025.

Ambitious capacity targets and diverse revenue opportunities support case for battery energy storage system (BESS) investment in key European markets, new report from Aurora Energy Research finds. The fourth edition battery markets report also predicts Europe’s grid-scale BESS fleet will reach 55 GW by 2030.

The United Nations Office for Projects Services has kicked off a tender for the development and construction of a solar and battery storage minigrid in Papua New Guinea. The deadline for applications is March 24, 2025.

Stanford University professor Mark Z. Jacobson explains how the areas of Los Angeles that were recently hit by fire have now the opportunity to reduce energy bills and reconstruction costs by rebuilding only all-electric homes. “There is no reason to have both electricity and fossil gas in a building at the same time. There is nothing gas does that electricity doesn’t do better,” he states.

Scientists in Spain have created a new index that reportedly help project developers identify better areas in initial stages of hybrid wind-solar power plants development. The proposed approach is claimed to avoid deficiencies of previous criteria and overestimation caused by time delays.