Jan 20, 2026
Czechia Deploys 696 MW Of Solar in 2025
Czechia’s solar market slowed in 2025, largely due to a downturn in residential deployments. The country’s solar association says that while it remains to be seen if the rate of installations will ...
view more >>Jan 18, 2026
Electricity Rate Hikes Slash Commercial Solar Payback Periods in US By 33%, S...
Soaring utility costs and rising power demand are recalibrating the financial outlook for the United States non-residential solar market.
view more >>Jan 18, 2026
SoftBank Pilots Solar-wind-powered AI-controlled Base Station
SoftBank Group is piloting AI-controlled cellular base stations powered by solar panels and a 3 kW wind turbine to reduce energy use while maintaining service quality. The system stores excess powe...
view more >>Jan 15, 2026
Researchers Achieve Record Perovskite Solar Module Stability Under Light, Hea...
An international research team has developed a new two-dimensional perovskite interlayer based on a co-crystal engineering strategy for more robust perovskite films. It demonstrated improved perfor...
view more >>Jan 15, 2026
Canal-top PV For Afghanistan’s Massive Irrigation Project
A team of scientists has simulated covering 20% of the Qush-Tepa irrigation canal with PV panels. To this end, the researchers developed a framework, termed an integrated techno-economic-environmen...
view more >>Jan 14, 2026
Norway Adds 117 MW Of Solar in 2025
Norway’s solar market experienced a slowdown in 2025, particularly among residential installations. The outlook for 2026 looks more optimistic, thanks to policy reforms supporting larger projects a...
view more >>Jan 14, 2026
Sodium-ion Battery Cells Already Near Lithium-ion Cost Parity, Set To Get Che...
By 2050, sodium-ion batteries with fast learning rates could deliver storage at 11–14 €/MWh – cheaper than lithium-ion at 16–22 €/MWh – while also offering higher energy-to-power ratios and high cy...
view more >>Jan 13, 2026
Solar Module Efficiency Could Exceed 35% By 2050
A new Perspectives research study on the future of the global PV supply chain outlines how module prices, performance, and lifetimes could evolve over the next 25 years. The work reflects a collabo...
view more >>Jan 13, 2026
Croatia Deploys 417 MW Of Solar in 2025
Croatia’s solar capacity is on course to exceed its wind energy capacity for the first time in early 2026. With utility-scale projects facing regulatory deadlock and the end of net-metering for the...
view more >>Jan 12, 2026
Malaysia Launches New Net Metering Scheme For Rooftop PV
Effective since January 1, 2026, the Solar Accelerated Transition Action Programme (Solar ATAP) aims to build on Malaysia’s previous net metering program’s efforts to maximize the use of rooftops f...
view more >>Jan 12, 2026
China To Abolish Solar Export Tax Rebates in April
China will scrap value-added tax export rebates for PV products from April 1, 2026, while cutting battery rebates ahead of a full phaseout, raising export costs for manufacturers and potentially pu...
view more >>Jan 09, 2026
French Energy Regulator On Flexible Grid Connections, Connection Queue For Ba...
The Energy Regulatory Commission has published its second biennial report on the performance of network operators in the development of so-called smart grids. The report provides an update on flexi...
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