Renewable Energy

Scientists in China have developed an optimized energy management strategy for a wind-PV hybrid heat pump system that uses both thermal and electric energy storage. Using different seasonal interaction management strategies, they simulated four operational cases.

Ideas about who is “fit” to guide others have long been shaped by traditions that elevated certain traits and dismissed others. These inherited assumptions continue to influence professional environments, often limiting how women’s contributions are perceived and how they perceive their own potential. During the Women in Solar+ Europe gathering at Genera in Madrid, professionals from across our sectors explored how these long-standing views can be challenged and replaced with more empowering perspectives. Through open dialogue, they examined the beliefs that influence confidence, ambition, and presence, and reflected on how a more expansive and human-centered approach to leading can take root.

Cybrid Technologies announced the first mass delivery of optical conversion films for perovskite tandem solar modules, marking what it described as the world’s first commercial application of this technology.

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that India’s solar generation potential was significantly hampered during September and October due to an intensified southwest monsoon, resulting in a 15% decrease in irradiance compared to the long-term average.

Scientists in Ghana have developed a device that combines a conventional solar PV-powered steam cooker with sand-based thermal energy storage. The system can achieve a thermal efficiency of 38.9% and has a payback period of 4.5 years.

The Chinese company said its 2,016 Wh portable LiFePO₄ energy-storage system is expandable to 22,176 Wh with additional battery modules. It delivers 2,400 W output, offers 16 ports, app-based control, and includes built-in audio and lighting features for home, travel, and off-grid use.

Spain’s Genera 2025 trade fair highlighted advances in solar, storage and grid-forming technologies, along with industry calls for clearer regulation, stronger market design and faster permitting to support future deployment.

Scientists in India have developed a novel method to optimize the placement of an EV charging station on the grid, along with the size of its PV generation and battery storage. They have also created a framework for an innovative slot offering.

Solar farm leases provide stable, predictable income that helps financially secure family farms and boosts rural tax revenues with minimal land impact, said a report from the SEMA Coalition.

The heating and cooling business of the Japanese giant has released a new range of heat pumps for commercial projects. The systems have capacities of 40 kW and 50 kW.