Brazil’s retail electricity market opening raises credit and liquidity...
Brazil’s planned opening of its free electricity market to low-voltage consumers could require stronger credit assessment, liquidity management, regulatory oversight and consumer protection...
View ArticleAustria: 43,300 applications for solar subsidies submitted in just ten minutes
Austria opened its third and final funding round of the year for photovoltaic systems and battery storage on Thursday afternoon. Demand was even higher than in the previous round, according to an...
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Sunbooster secures European patent for bifacial photovoltaic fences
Austrian company Sunbooster has secured a European patent for its vertical photovoltaic solution designed for integration into fences. The technology is now protected in 18 European Union member...
View ArticleWhy leadership decides Italy’s energy security
Solar plants are built to run for 30 years or more, yet the choices that shape those decades are often made in a matter of weeks, under pressure to hit pipeline targets. A panel organized by the...
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More than 70% of announced U.S. solar manufacturing expansion plans yet to be...
In the final part of the special Austin-debrief series of articles this week in pv magazine, I review the outlook for U.S. solar manufacturing capital expenditure (capex) by quarter to the end of...
View ArticleBeyond gigawatts: Why India’s clean energy future depends on storage...
For decades, the success of India’s renewable energy transition has largely been measured in gigawatts. That indicator remains relevant, but it is no longer sufficient. The more important question...
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The shape of PPAs is changing – from volume to value
ERM argued in early 2025 that the energy transition was overlooking a critical market: the market for risk. Eighteen months after, and the shift from simply paying for renewable output to demanding...
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Australia backs goal of 150 million new rooftop solar systems globally by 2030
Australia is the first country to endorse a global plan to double the number of homes with rooftop solar by 2030 following its endorsement of the Global Rooftop Solar Declaration at the 2026 Pacific...
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Can Beijing end the race to the bottom?
China’s solar industry has spent two decades proving how far costs can fall. It is now confronting a harder question: how low is too low? The need for an answer has become urgent. In the first half of...
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Poly pricing and potential expansion
Recent industry checks in the United States suggest that an increase in US minimum import prices (MIPs) under the polysilicon Section 232 framework may not occur until after Dec. 4, with...
View ArticleThe Hydrogen Stream: Dutch researchers calculate green H2 costs as low as...
Researchers at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands have found that long-term revenue guarantees are essential to making large-scale green hydrogen projects financially viable. The study...
View ArticlePrices drive Pakistan’s metered solar, outages drive hidden uptake
Researchers from Pakistan and the United Kingdom have found that Pakistan’s solar boom is running through two separate channels. Registered net metering is concentrated among higher-income customers...
View ArticleFraunhofer ISE demonstrates industrial heat pumps capable of producing steam...
The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) has evaluated high-temperature heat pumps designed to supply process steam at temperatures of up to 160 C and pressurized hot water,...
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Isaias ends historic Atlantic hurricane lull after sunny southern summer
An historically quiet Atlantic hurricane season and persistent high pressure brought sunnier-than-average conditions to Mexico and the southern United States during August and September, according to...
View ArticleSpanish researchers reduce losses in organic solar cells by restricting...
Researchers at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) in Spain have developed an optical configuration to reduce Boltzmann losses in organic solar cells and improve their power conversion...
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China wafer prices hold steady amid divergent output plans and looming...
China’s wafer market activity remained subdued as the country entered the early-October Golden Week holiday. Free-On-Board (FOB) China N-type M10 and 210R wafer prices remained unchanged week on week...
View ArticleJackery steps into RVs with built-in 2 kW solar and 45 kWh storage
From ESS News utdoor and home backup storage maker Jackery has announced it is entering the smart electric trailer market, partnering with California-based Pebble, which makes travel trailers. Jackery...
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European storage inventories on the rise
China’s dominance of the global battery supply chain is unlikely to change significantly over the next two years, while an anticipated surge in battery storage shipments to Europe could put pressure...
View ArticlePlug-in PV is growing – are regulations keeping pace?
Plug-in PV is making solar accessible to households that have traditionally had limited access to rooftop systems, including apartment residents, tenants and urban households. Combined with compact...
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Everything’s bigger in Texas
As of mid-2026, Texas is just behind California’s 55.5 GW of total solar capacity, and has about half the Golden State’s 60.6 GWh of energy storage capacity. But Texas is catching up quickly. More...
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