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Europe’s heatwave brings high irradiance as smoke, dust impact southern PV systems In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that Europe’s July heatwave led to positive irradiance anomalies across western and northern Europe, while wildfires in France and Spain and Saharan dust outbreaks increased the risk of panel soiling in the south of the continent.
Solcast
Jul 31, 2026
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Chinese TOPCon module prices fall as high-efficiency supply adds pressure 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.
OPIS
Jul 31, 2026
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Why consumers are choosing solar over fossil fuels People across the world have woken up to the fact that renewable energy is a source of local economic stability and energy security, particularly when it’s on their roofs, with a recent global survey finding two in three people now support renewable energy and storage investment.
Sonia Dunlop
Jul 29, 2026
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How to win and how not to lose: What the Football World Cup final teaches us about leading the energy transition This week, Women in Solar+ Europe and the leadership ecosystem Solar+ Leaders Founder, Carmen Madrid, reflect on what the World Cup final can teach our sectors about collective leadership, emotional intelligence, character and accountability, and why these qualities are essential to delivering a successful energy transition.
Women in Solar+ Europe
Jul 24, 2026
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Ontario wildfire smoke suppresses irradiance across the Great Lakes In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that smoke-driven aerosols reduced solar irradiance across the Great Lakes region and along the US East Coast, with both clear-sky irradiance and observed GHI anomalies showing notable declines during the peak of the event.
Solcast
Jul 24, 2026
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China TOPCon cell prices extend decline on weak demand and oversupply 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.
OPIS
Jul 24, 2026
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The geopolitics of solar manufacturing and how India can build a China-alternative supply chain India has already demonstrated that well-designed policies can rapidly expand module and cell manufacturing. The next challenge is considerably more ambitious: building a fully integrated solar manufacturing ecosystem that extends from polysilicon to finished modules. Success will require sustained policy support, patient capital, technology partnerships, infrastructure development, and a long-term industrial vision.
Tanmoy Duari, CEO, AXITEC Energy India
Jul 24, 2026
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Technology & Products
When solar has nowhere to go: turning curtailed PV into dispatchable power Solar’s next economic frontier may not be producing another low-cost kilowatt-hour. It may be finding a productive use for the kilowatt-hours the grid cannot accept.
Phil Cruver
Jul 21, 2026
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‘Inclusion has to move beyond good intentions and symbolic actions’ This week Women in Solar+ Europe gives voice to Floriane de Brabandère. Founding President of the French National Solar Energy Federation (FNES). She says Inclusion is also about providing people with the practical means to succeed. “You cannot retain talent that is poorly equipped,” she states.
Women in Solar+ Europe
Jul 18, 2026