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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
8 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
11 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
11 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
8 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
11 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
11 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
15 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
16 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
14 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
12 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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Canada: 50 skilled solar jobs created The news that 50 new solar jobs are to be created comes after Siemens Canada’s announcement that it is entering the Canadian the solar market as a local manufacturer of inverters for photovoltaic (PV) power generation.
Becky Beetz
Jun 02, 2010
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Number of US solar manufacturing plants to “skyrocket” The number of U.S. solar manufacturing plants is expected to “skyrocket” within the next few years. Cell capacity is also predicted to reach four gigawatts (GWs) by the end of 2012.
pv magazine
Jun 01, 2010
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New solar cell facility for Melbourne, Australia The Swinburne University of Technology and Suntech have announced the opening of a new solar cell facility in Melbourne Australia.
Becky Beetz
Jun 01, 2010
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Asian Pacific PV industry council established The photovoltaics (PV) market is expected to rapidly expand in the Asian Pacific region within the next few years, prompting the formation of a new Asian Pacific PV Industry Council (APPIC).
Becky Beetz
Jun 01, 2010
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Germany: Number of solar jobs to double by 2020 The number of solar jobs in Germany is expected to double from 80,000 employees in 2009 to 180,000 in 2020, according to the German Solar Industry Association (BSW-Solar).
Becky Beetz
Jun 01, 2010
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Indian PV market set to expand The Indian solar photovoltaics (PV) market is predicted to grow five-fold over the next few years and will become a global player by 2022.
Becky Beetz
Jun 01, 2010
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China: Largest thin film solar farm to be built in Inner Mongolia The China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group (CECEP) has announced plans to build a five megawatt (MW) utility-scale PV power plant in Inner Mongolia using silicon-based thin film solar modules.
pv magazine
Jun 01, 2010
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€1.2 billion “urgently” needed to boost European PV industry Over a billion euros must “urgently” be invested into research and development (R&D) for the photovoltaics (PV) industry, says the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA), so that it can compete with traditional power generation.
pv magazine
Jun 01, 2010
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PV installation costs to fall Façades with integrated photovoltaics (PV) systems could be cheaper than traditional construction materials, according to the first Bodensee Symposium on Architecture and Solar Technology, which took place in Konstanz, Germany.
pv magazine
May 30, 2010
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