China’s first 100 MW/1,000 MWh compressed CO2 storage plant connects to grid
From ESS News China Huadian has completed the first grid connection of a 100 MW/1,000 MWh compressed carbon dioxide (CO₂) energy storage plant in Mulei County, Xinjiang, marking a significant...
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BloombergNEF forecasts 584 GW of solar installations in 2026
In December 2025, BloombergNEF projected a pullback in global solar installations, with China slowing and the rest of the world growing. Ten months later, China has slowed more than expected. The rest...
View ArticleNew image dataset aims to improve AI-based navigation of PV cleaning robots
An international research team developed an open-access image dataset to support visual navigation for autonomous PV cleaning robots under different soiling conditions. The dataset comprises 6,200...
View ArticleOctopus Energy unveils heat pump add-on for home cooling
UK energy company Octopus Energy has as unveiled Cosy Cooler, a compact indoor cooling unit designed to turn its Cosy heat pump heating system into a solution for residential air conditioning. The...
View ArticleDutch startup offers PV mounting solution for fragile roofs
Dutch startup Rable has developed a PV mounting system designed to enable solar installations on fragile roofs with limited load-bearing capacity. Called Rable4Roofs, the system uses a self-supporting...
View ArticleSolaria plans 500 MW data center project powered by 350 MW of solar in Uruguay
Spanish company Solaria has signed an agreement with the Uruguayan government to develop a data center technology park backed by a planned investment of $5.7 billion. According to the Uruguayan...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia uses 250 MW solar park to breed threatened gazelles
Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Salman Royal Reserve (Pmbsrr) has introduced a breeding herd of 38 Sand gazelles into an operational 250 MW solar facility, as part of a wildlife conservation...
View ArticleGermany deploys 12.76 GW of solar in first nine months of 2026
The anticipated recovery in Germany’s rooftop solar market has yet to materialize, while utility-scale solar installations have declined sharply, according to the Federal Network Agency’s latest...
View ArticleIndia’s solar industry faces workforce readiness gap
India’s rapidly expanding solar industry is facing a growing workforce readiness gap, with employers across utility-scale project development, manufacturing, rooftop solar installation, and...
View ArticleFinland demands grid-forming support for new wind, solar in weak grids
Finnish transmission system operator Fingrid has published technical requirements obliging new large wind and solar plants in converter-dominated parts of its network to provide grid-forming control,...
View ArticleTunisia launches tender for 50 MW solar PV plant with 10 MW/20 MWh BESS
Tunisian national utility Société tunisienne de l’électricité et du gaz (STEG) has launched a tender for the construction of a 50 MW solar PV plant linked with 10 MW/20 MWh of battery storage...
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Europe’s second energy crisis largely skipped the solar hours
Europe has now lived through two energy crises in four years, and on the surface the second looks like a smaller copy of the first. In Spain, Germany and Greece, day-ahead prices rose in both, and in...
View ArticleModi Energy launches zero-upfront solar-plus-storage offer in Denmark
From ESS News Copenhagen-based Modi Energy has opened registrations in Denmark for a new energy-as-a-service offer. The company installs and owns solar and battery systems on customers’ homes and...
View ArticleMagenta CdTe solar panels support broccoli cultivation in agrivoltaic trial
A research team from Sweden and Italy has investigated the performance of semitransparent, magenta-colored cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film PV panels designed to transmit wavelengths favorable for...
View ArticlePanasonic unveils R454C air-to-water heat pumps for residential use
Japan-based Panasonic has introduced the Aquarea High-Performance N Series, a new range of air-to-water heat pumps designed for residential heating and domestic hot water production. The systems use...
View ArticleUnico launches 330 kW bidirectional inverter
Unico, a U.S. specialist in advanced power conversion technologies, launched its new 330 kW bidirectional Grid-Tie Inverter (GTI). The compact, scalable power conversion platform supports solar...
View ArticleStudy reveals up to 15% gap between expected and actual bifacial gains in...
A research team from the Universitat Politècnica de València and Spanish engineering company Grupotec has investigated the gap between nominal module bifaciality and actual performance under operating...
View ArticleMercedes-Benz launches bidirectional charging in Germany
Like BMW, Ford, Audi, and other automakers, Mercedes-Benz is now offering bidirectional charging to electric vehicle (EV) customers in Germany. The company uses vehicle batteries to participate in the...
View ArticleOswal Pumps to set up 1.2 GW TOPCon solar cell factory in India
Indian solar pump, module and electric motor manufacturer Oswal Pumps Ltd. has announced plans to establish a 1.2 GW solar cell manufacturing facility based on tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon)...
View ArticleHeliup offers lightweight rooftop PV modules with waterproofing membrane
French lightweight PV module manufacturer Heliup has partnered with Elevate, a Holcim Group brand specializing in waterproofing and insulation, to launch Solar Light TPO, an offer combining Heliup’s...
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