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Solar technology moves fast, as the industry pursues the joint goals of improving efficiency and lowering costs. From tiny tweaks in battery or solar cell materials, to optimizing large-scale system layouts, solar rewards effective innovations with a quick route to market.
As the industry grows, reliability testing becomes more complex and factors like recycling and critical mineral consumption come into the frame as well.
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Scaling sodium storage
Chinese battery integrator HyperStrong has signed a deal with CATL for 60 GWh of sodium-ion battery cells to be supplied over three years. This represents the biggest deal seen yet for the emerging battery technology. pv magazine caught up with HyperStrong Chairman and CEO Jianhui Zhang to discuss the company’s plans for implementation of sodium-ion battery systems.
Jul 21, 2026
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Students steer solar-powered racing cars to glory in American Solar Challenge
Following months of hard work on their solar cars, the winners of the Electrek American Solar Challenge 2026 were honored at a special awards ceremony held in Amarillo. Tesla is a long-time sponsor of the event, which is open to engineering students globally.
Emerge Renewables starts up solar glass factory in India
Emerge Renewables this week announced the lighting of furnaces at its new solar glass manufacturing facility at the Keshwana Industrial Area in Rajasthan. The company says that once fully operational, the facility will be able to produce glass sufficient for 2.5 GW of modules per year.
US announces tariffs, minimum import price on polysilicon imports
Following a Section 232 investigation into polysilicon and its derivatives, the White House has announced plans to implement a 15% tariff on polysilicon imports to the United States, along with price floors for polysilicon along with solar ingots, wafers, cells and modules derived from the material.
US data centers turn to on-site solar, storage, VPPs as grid delays mount
A Reuters Events report highlights how multi-year transmission delays are forcing data center developers in the United States to deploy 56 GW of on-site generation while turning to Virtual Power Plants to unlock fast capacity.
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Students steer solar-powered racing cars to glory in American Solar Challenge
Following months of hard work on their solar cars, the winners of the Electrek American Solar Challenge 2026 were honored at a special awards ceremony held in Amarillo. Tesla is a long-time sponsor of the event, which is open to engineering students globally.
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Emerge Renewables starts up solar glass factory in India
Emerge Renewables this week announced the lighting of furnaces at its new solar glass manufacturing facility at the Keshwana Industrial Area in Rajasthan. The company says that once fully operational, the facility will be able to produce glass sufficient for 2.5 GW of modules per year.
US announces tariffs, minimum import price on polysilicon imports
Following a Section 232 investigation into polysilicon and its derivatives, the White House has announced plans to implement a 15% tariff on polysilicon imports to the United States, along with price floors for polysilicon along with solar ingots, wafers, cells and modules derived from the material.
US data centers turn to on-site solar, storage, VPPs as grid delays mount
A Reuters Events report highlights how multi-year transmission delays are forcing data center developers in the United States to deploy 56 GW of on-site generation while turning to Virtual Power Plants to unlock fast capacity.
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