Latvia switches on 94 MW of solar
Ignitis Renewables has started commercial operations at the 94 MW Vārme solar farm in western Latvia. The project is one of the country’s largest PV installations to date.
PV module fault diagnosis uses convolutional neural network
Researchers in China have created a dataset of various PV faults and normalized it to accommodate different array sizes and typologies. After testing the new approach in combination with the 1D-CNN machine learning technique under different conditions, they found an accuracy of more than 99%.
Power Roll tests perovskite solar panels outdoors
Power Roll, a UK developer of perovskite solar technology, has begun outdoor testing of its 600 mm x 400 mm flexible modules.
Cooling PV inverters with skived fin heat sink
Researchers in Turkey tested a novel heat sink design to cool insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) arrays in solar inverters. They found that it reduced module temperatures by more than 6 C in lab experiments.
US states push reliability standards and utility incentives for EVs
NC Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC) identifies the latest electric vehicle policy trends in its “50 States of Electric Vehicles” quarterly report.
Norway deploys 49 MW of solar in H1
Norway’s solar deployment rate slowed in the first half of 2025 compared to the previous two years, as the government introduced new regulations targeting medium-sized commercial systems.
PV-powered liquid air system yields hydrogen, heating, fresh water
A global scientific team has designed a novel multigeneration system based on renewable energy and liquid air energy storage, then used soft computing techniques to optimize its operation. The optimized levelized costs of hydrogen (LCoH) were $1.52/kg and $5.22/m³.
Solar primed for expansion in Malaysia
State support is nothing new for solar in Malaysia, but following years of steady growth, things are ramping up. Following a big tender announcement and a slew of new support mechanisms, industry leaders and market analysts tell pv magazine how blending private sector investment with government backing can bring Malaysian PV to the next level.
Vending machine trial with chalcopyrite solar
PXP Corp. and Suntory Holdings, both based in Japan, have begun to test the practicality and performance of a vending machine equipped with PXP’s lightweight, glass-free solar panels in Sagamihara, Japan.
System-level failures – the next frontier for safer battery storage
A recent Clean Energy Associates (CEA) webinar walked through why quality assurance must include integration, supplier oversight and on-site training to reduce system-level risks.
