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India’s expanding utility-scale solar fleet is creating a growing need for accurate generation forecasts. Yet the country does not have one uniform specification for every project. The requirements depend on the connection point, the responsible scheduling entity, and the rules issued by central or state regulators. For forecasting providers, this makes India a sizable market, but one that requires detailed project-by-project implementation, as Reuniwatt’s Hannah Bergler explains.
Hannah Bergler
8 hours ago
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First Solar cuts sales forecast as tariff uncertainty slows orders

First Solar reported third-quarter net sales of $1.23 billion and net income of $571 million, as the US thin-film manufacturer navigated customer uncertainty over Section 232 tariffs.
Ben Zientara
9 hours ago
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The Hydrogen Stream: Finnish researchers increase voltage in alkaline systems to cut costs by 10-15%

Recent developments across the global green hydrogen sector highlight growing efforts to improve production efficiency, reduce costs, strengthen international supply chains and accelerate investment in renewable hydrogen infrastructure, with new advances and agreements emerging across Europe, and Asia.
Sergio Matalucci
12 hours ago
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Chinese PV Industry Brief: JA Solar’s nine-month loss widens

JA Solar reported a CNY 3.64 billion ($546.5 million) net loss for the first nine months of 2026, while Tongwei signed 1 GW in solar module cooperation agreements with Australian distributors.
Vincent Shaw
12 hours ago
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New framework identifies key costs in PV panel recycling

Researchers have proposed a decision-support framework for assessing the costs of recycling end-of-life solar panels. An expert panel assigned the highest relative importance to operations and production, followed closely by infrastructure and facilities.
Lior Kahana
12 hours ago

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Forecasting growth

India’s expanding utility-scale solar fleet is creating a growing need for accurate generation forecasts. Yet the country does not have one uniform specification for every project. The requirements depend on the connection point, the responsible scheduling entity, and the rules issued by central or state regulators. For forecasting providers, this makes India a sizable market, but one that requires detailed project-by-project implementation, as Reuniwatt’s Hannah Bergler explains.
Hannah Bergler
8 hours ago
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First Solar cuts sales forecast as tariff uncertainty slows orders

First Solar reported third-quarter net sales of $1.23 billion and net income of $571 million, as the US thin-film manufacturer navigated customer uncertainty over Section 232 tariffs.
Ben Zientara
9 hours ago
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The Hydrogen Stream: Finnish researchers increase voltage in alkaline systems to cut costs by 10-15%

Recent developments across the global green hydrogen sector highlight growing efforts to improve production efficiency, reduce costs, strengthen international supply chains and accelerate investment in renewable hydrogen infrastructure, with new advances and agreements emerging across Europe, and Asia.
Sergio Matalucci
12 hours ago
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Chinese PV Industry Brief: JA Solar’s nine-month loss widens

JA Solar reported a CNY 3.64 billion ($546.5 million) net loss for the first nine months of 2026, while Tongwei signed 1 GW in solar module cooperation agreements with Australian distributors.
Vincent Shaw
12 hours ago
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Forecasting growth

India’s expanding utility-scale solar fleet is creating a growing need for accurate generation forecasts. Yet the country does not have one uniform specification for every project. The requirements depend on the connection point, the responsible scheduling entity, and the rules issued by central or state regulators. For forecasting providers, this makes India a sizable market, but one that requires detailed project-by-project implementation, as Reuniwatt’s Hannah Bergler explains.
Hannah Bergler
8 hours ago
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Benin secures financing for first solar IPP projects

The €30 million ($33.5 million) financing package goes towards the construction and operation of four PV plants forming part of Benin’s first independent power producer solar project.
Patrick Jowett
13 hours ago
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Greenvolt to install 25 MW of solar canopies at 120 French stores

Greenvolt Next has agreed to finance, build and operate solar carport installations at Carrefour stores across France.
Gwénaëlle Deboutte
16 hours ago
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ACME Solar signs 400 MW firm renewable power deal in India

ACME Solar Holdings subsidiary ACME Marigold Urja has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with NTPC Ltd. to supply 400 MW of firm and dispatchable renewable energy (FDRE) at INR 4.37 ($0.046)/kWh. Deliveries are scheduled to begin on June 30, 2028.
Uma Gupta
17 hours ago
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Western Australia moves to legalize plug-in solar on German model

A draft technical standard out for consultation in Western Australia is based on Germany’s plug-in solar specification and would class balcony systems as ordinary electrical appliances.
Ev Foley
Oct 29, 2026

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Government backs Indian floating solar

New policy support sees India’s federal government attempt to accelerate floating solar deployment, but can it be done, and in a country with ample ground-mounted potential, is it worth the effort?
Matthew Lynas
Oct 29, 2026
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SEG Solar plans 4 GW HJT cell manufacturing plant in Texas

SEG Solar has secured land for a planned $950 million heterojunction (HJT) solar cell manufacturing facility in the Houston area, Texas.
Ryan Kennedy
15 hours ago
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First Solar opens 1.7 GW module plant in South Carolina

First Solar’s latest US plant will complete production of thin-film solar modules manufactured at overseas sites, with annual capacity set to increase from 1.7 GW to 3.4 GW by mid-2027.
Ben Zientara
Oct 29, 2026
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Renault, EDF plan vehicle-to-grid charging offer for 2027

Renault Group and EDF will launch a home charging service in France in summer 2027, combining electric vehicles, bidirectional charging stations and smart charging management for private customers buying Renault, Alpine and Dacia models.
Marie Beyer
Oct 29, 2026

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Spacebound silicon

Solar has a long history in powering satellites and space exploration, and high-powered devices based on multijunction PV cells made from “III-V” materials such as gallium arsenide or indium gallium phosphide have supplied this niche market as far back as the 1960s. But those devices are made with rare materials and complex processing, limited to small batches produced at high cost.
Mark Hutchins
Oct 06, 2026
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New framework identifies key costs in PV panel recycling

Researchers have proposed a decision-support framework for assessing the costs of recycling end-of-life solar panels. An expert panel assigned the highest relative importance to operations and production, followed closely by infrastructure and facilities.
Lior Kahana
12 hours ago
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Stepped air channel, perforated fins improve passive cooling in PVT

Researchers have proposed a PV-thermal air collector that combines a stepped channel with perforated V-shaped fins to improve heat dissipation. Simulations showed that the design reduced PV surface temperature by 9 C and reached a maximum thermal efficiency of 31%.
Lior Kahana
13 hours ago
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Targeted recycling of glass-glass modules trades value for lower impact

Targeted recycling of frameless, polyolefin elastomer-encapsulated glass-glass modules lowers energy use and global warming impact compared with treating the whole module, but reduces recovered material value, according to a new study, with silver dominating revenue.
Brian Publicover
15 hours ago
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Gallium-doped zinc oxide enables 24.92%-efficient HJT solar cell

Researchers have used room-temperature reactive plasma deposition to produce indium-free transparent electrodes for silicon heterojunction solar cells. Optimizing the oxygen content during deposition enabled a conversion efficiency of 24.92%, with silver-coated copper contacts.
Lior Kahana
Oct 29, 2026
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China's Yingli to triple solar panel capacity Chinese solar power system manufacturer Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. aims to triple solar panel production capacity in the next three years to three gigawatts a year at a total cost of roughly 200 billion yen (around USD$2.2 billion; €1.8 billion), says Japanese news source Nikkei.
pv magazine
Jul 01, 2010
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New research suggests solar cell manufacture costs could be “dramatically” lowered The Dichtel group has said it has developed a method to organize organic dyes into stacked sheets that are porous for incorporation into flexible solar cells. The process, it says, could revolutionize the way solar cells are made by lowering costs dramatically, while creating highly efficient and easy-to-manufacture solar cells.
pv magazine
Jul 01, 2010
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MEMC completes acquisition of Solaicx MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. has announced it has completed the acquisition of privately held Solaicx. The deal is said to be worth around USD$77 million.
Becky Beetz
Jul 01, 2010
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Wacker acquires silicon metal production site in Norway Wacker Chemie AG has concluded its acquisition of a silicon metal production site in Holla, Norway from the Fesil Group. The deal is worth €65 million.
Becky Beetz
Jul 01, 2010
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First Solar forms group for large-scale PV projects; starts operation of its 1.3 MW solar power plant First Solar, Inc. has formed a utility systems business group to address the large-scale photovoltaic (PV) system solutions market. Jens Meyerhoff, 45, has been named president of the group.
pv magazine
Jul 01, 2010
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£15 million of free solar panels to be installed in Britain's schools British Gas has invested £15 million in solar technology for British schools. Under its plans, the company will donate and install solar panels – worth between £20,000 and £40,000 per school – in up to 750 schools.
pv magazine
Jul 01, 2010
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Chinese companies start construction on two MW solar project in Bulgaria Two Chinese companies have started construction on a solar power plant in Ihtiman, a city located 50 km south of Sofia, Bulgaria according to local officials.
Becky Beetz
Jul 01, 2010
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Phoenix Solar builds 14.4 MW PV project in Germany; production to hit 18 MW Phoenix Solar AG, has built a photovoltaic (PV) power plant with a peak power of 14.4 megawatts (MWp) for Hamburg-based LUXCARA Asset Management GmbH. Production will be ramped up to 18 MWp in a second construction phase, says the company.
pv magazine
Jun 30, 2010
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Nautilus Solar Energy to build three MW solar power project at WPU University Nautilus Solar Energy, LLC has announced the completion of an agreement to finance the construction and operation of the first three megawatts (MW) of a 3.5MW solar energy project on the William Paterson University (WPU) campus in New Jersey. The project, when completed, will be among the largest university solar installations in the United States.
Becky Beetz
Jun 30, 2010
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