‘Self-doubt has prevented many talented women from seizing opportunities they fully deserve’
This week Women in Solar+ Europe gives voice to Fran Button, Deputy CEO at British Solar Renewables (BSR). She says mentorship and inspiring female leaders can help young women clearly visualise their own career path. “That visibility is vital,” she states. “When I started out, such pathways were far less obvious.”
Solar-to-X enables industrial defossilization turning power to molecules or materials
The industry sector is most challenging to defossilize, due to high energy and feedstock demand, large and continuously running production plants, hard-to-abate process emissions, and infrastructural challenges. In public discourse, hydrogen is discussed prominently for industry, but its role may be overestimated. Solar PV as the least cost source of electricity may bring the electrification of industry to the next level.
Cummins launches plug-and-play BESS in India for commercial, industrial use
Cummins has launched fully integrated, plug-and-play battery energy storage systems (BESS) in India, offering 211 kWh to 2,280 kWh capacities for commercial, industrial, and mission-critical applications in 10-foot and 20-foot containers.
How can IEC standards help renewables adapt to climate change?
Renewable and clean energy is one of the most effective solutions to reduce carbon emissions, but they are also strongly affected by climate change. IEC Standards and conformity assessment can help them to be more resilient.
Solar surge hits most of Europe in August
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that August 2025 marked one of the most productive months for European PV this decade, particularly across the western half of the continent.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Tongwei, GCL and Daqo post steep H1 losses
Tongwei, GCL Technology and Daqo New Energy all reported steep first-half 2025 losses on weak polysilicon prices, with rising n-type output and cost controls failing to offset margin pressure.
China’s TOPCon cell prices rise on tighter downstream oversight
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.
California orders utilities to offer dynamic power pricing
California regulators have ordered the state’s top utilities to offer dynamic electricity pricing, which the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) said will cut renewable curtailment and lower costs.
Lack of information, financing among barriers to UK’s heat pump adoption
A questionnaire and focus group study of households in the UK city of Bristol found residents have a lack of access to technical and ‘common sense’ information on the transition to heat pumps. Able-to-pay residents became more willing to invest as they learned about the technology.
The Hydrogen Stream: Qatari team outlines solar hybrid station design
Qatari researchers tell pv magazine that they have designed the world’s first hybrid station concept combining PV, liquid air, hydrogen storage, and batteries for EV charging and hydrogen refueling.
