WHES releases new C&I energy storage system
WHES has released a new commercial and industrial (C&I) energy storage system using a 509 kWh battery with power output options from 62.5 kW to 250 kW, and a maximum efficiency of 98.5%.
Livoltek launches 125kW / 261kWh liquid-cooled BESS for C&I market
New all-in-one LFP battery system is scalable up to 5.2 MWh for on-grid applications.
The Hydrogen Stream: Trina sends first containerized hydrogen unit to Europe
Trina Green Hydrogen has shipped a containerized megawatt-class electrolyzer to Europe, while Fotowatio Renewable Ventures has selected Envision to support a green ammonia project in Brazil.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: China adds 268 GW of renewables, led by solar
China installed 268 GW of new renewables capacity in the first half of 2025, nearly doubling year on year, with solar accounting for 212 GW of the total, says the nation’s energy planning agency.
Novel MPPT method combines APO, model-predictive control
An international research team has tested a hybrid control technique combining adapted perturb and observe (APO) with model-predictive control to address complex partial shading in solar arrays. The method, validated through simulation and physical experiments, reportedly outperforms existing approaches.
Drop in haze, pollution contributes to China’s solar generation in July
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that reduced atmospheric haze helped solar irradiance surge to around 40% above the July average in Northeast China.
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%.
China’s PV output, profits fall in H1 despite record installations
China’s PV sector faced steep declines in upstream output and margins in the first half of 2025, as oversupply and price declines weighed on manufacturers, according to the China Photovoltaic Industry Association (CPIA).
Chinese PV Industry Brief: China passes 1.1 TW of solar despite June slowdown
China added 212.2 GW of new solar capacity in the first half of 2025, pushing total installed PV capacity past 1.1 TW, according to the National Energy Administration (NEA).
Sungrow launches next-gen hybrid residential energy storage system
Sungrow Power has revealed its newest hybrid residential energy storage system. Upgrades to its MG Series inverters and a battery will be launched in Q4.
