New hail test aims to more accurately measure solar panel resilience
A new test curve for determining solar panels’ breaking point from hail uses a broader spectrum of impact energies and testing products.
New deep learning tech for PV inverter fault diagnosis
A team of scientists in the United States has combined both spatial and temporal attention mechanisms to develop a new approach for PV inverter fault detection. Training the new method on a dataset created in MATLAB/Simulink, the group has compared it to a series of other data-driven and statistical-based methods and has found accuracy reached 97.35%.
Americans back solar tax credits as civic duty, carbon pricing tool
The American public has shown a strong willingness to fund solar and other renewable energy projects through tax credits, largely because voters trust directed infrastructure funding more than open-ended government revenue pools.
Navigating One Big Beautiful Bill and tariffs in U.S. solar PV and storage
Turning challenges into opportunities as the U.S. solar and storage sectors enter a phase of major policy and market realignment.
kWh Analytics launches excess natural catastrophe insurance for solar projects
The new coverage will provide up to $20 million in additional expanded capacity, covering damage from severe storms in non-coastal regions.
NREL releases energy procurement navigation tool
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s tool helps public and private energy buyers, like colleges, utilities, local governments, industrial buyers and more, explore off-site electricity options with cost-informed insights tailored to their specific goals.
Mission Solar to debut new PV modules at RE+ 2025 in Las Vegas
Mission Solar will showcase new residential and commercial PV modules at the RE+ trade show in Las Vegas, including a 435 W N-type panel designed for rooftop projects.
California asked to fine utilities $10 million for rooftop solar obstruction
A formal complaint was filed by the California Solar and Storage Association against electric utilities that are accused of routinely ignoring grid connection application timelines.
The Hydrogen Stream: Canada, Germany sign hydrogen-focused joint declaration
The two countries will work to develop an hydrogen corridor to sell hydrogen from Canada’s east cost to German ports. Meanwhile, ITM Power and ABO Energy start joint works to produce hydrogen in Spain and Finland.
Researchers use guanidinium thiocyanate to raise perovskite cell efficiency
Researchers have used guanidinium thiocyanate as a chaotropic agent to modulate the crystal growth rate during perovskite crystallization. They compared different concentrations of the guanidinium thiocyanate. Champion device efficiency was 22.34%.
