Daily Archives: August 14, 2026

Recurrent Energy bags US$695 million for 330MW California solar project – PV Tech

Independent power producer (IPP) Recurrent Energy has secured US$695 million in financing to support a 330MW solar PV project in California.The company, the project development subsidiary of solar manufacturing major Canadian Solar, secured the financing in two instalments: US$484 million … Continue reading

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Central African Republic inaugurates 50MW solar plant with battery storage – Green Building Africa

Abu Dhabi based Global South Utilities (GSU) has inaugurated a 50MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Sakaï, 10km west of Bangui, marking the largest infrastructure project in the history of the Central African Republic (CAR).Once operational, the Sakaï project … Continue reading

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Tamil Nadu CM C. Joseph Vijay Inaugurates Vikram Solar’s 6 GW Solar PV Module Plant in Tirunelveli – SolarQuarter

Tamil Nadu CM C. Joseph Vijay Inaugurates Vikram Solar’s 6 GW Solar PV Module Plant in Tirunelveli  SolarQuartersource

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Artisanal PV Launches New Website and Unveils Its Flagship Residential Solar Carport – PR Newswire

Searching for your content… In-Language News Contact Us 888-776-0942 from 8 AM – 10 PM ET Aug 14, 2026, 08:41 ETShare this articleNEWARK, Del., Aug. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — With the launch of a new website Artisanal PV (www.artisanalpv.com) officially marks … Continue reading

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Ukraine specifies hours eligible for rooftop PV feed-in tariff – pv magazine Global

Ukraine‘s National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities (NERC) has announced updated rules for owners of PV systems not exceeding 30 kW in size, clarifying the hours during which electricity generated by the installations is eligible for … Continue reading

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Solar cells have always wasted their best light, but a molecular trick now pulls more than one electron from a single photon – energiesmedia.com

Energies Media A pioneering molecular breakthrough can overcome universal efficiency issues of solar cells.Solar power is essential for global energy grids to meet fast-approaching climate targets.Yet, decarbonization faces a stringent bottleneck in photovoltaic design worldwide. Traditional solar panels experience significant … Continue reading

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Saatvik Solar secures INR 1,008 crore in solar module orders in August so far – pv magazine India

Saatvik Green’s arm Saatvik Solar Industries has secured three solar PV module orders with a combined value of INR 1,008.16 crore in August so far.This includes an order worth INR 132 crore from an independent power producer (IPP)/EPC player for the supply of solar … Continue reading

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How the US Is Trying to End Solar Tariff Whack-a-Mole – Bloomberg

How the US Is Trying to End Solar Tariff Whack-a-Mole  Bloombergsource

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Got Electric Donates 57 Solar Panels to Shenandoah County SEARCH Inc. – PR Newswire

Searching for your content… In-Language News Contact Us 888-776-0942 from 8 AM – 10 PM ET Aug 14, 2026, 10:00 ETShare this articleDonation will help reduce long-term operating expenses and direct more resources toward adults with intellectual and developmental disabilitiesFREDERICK, … Continue reading

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Portugal Solar Auctions Never Protected Farmland; Agriculture Minister Can’t Force Change – Tech Times

Portugal’s Agriculture Minister put his government on notice this week: solar panels must be kept off productive farmland, and elevated dual-use configurations — panels raised high enough for crops to grow beneath them — are the only acceptable compromise where … Continue reading

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T1 secures agreement to supply 641 MW of U.S.-manufactured solar modules for Clearway Energy projects – energiesmedia.com

Energies Media The United States solar energy landscape is going through an exciting period where developers have the freedom to experiment with technology in order to discover the most captivating and efficient ways of energy generation. As such, there is … Continue reading

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North America Solar PV News Snippets: Recurrent Energy Secures $695M for California Solar & More – TaiyangNews

Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar, has secured $695 million in project financing and tax equity for its 330 MW Cobalt Solar project in Riverside County, California. The fully permitted project is currently under construction and is expected to begin commercial … Continue reading

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Solar modules with built-in buck converters could raise rooftop PV yield by up to 20% under partial shading – pv magazine India

Aresearch team from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands has investigated the potential of smart PV modules in urban environments. As simulated in the study, smart PV modules feature built-in buck converters that allow substrings within a module to … Continue reading

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A 250-megawatt solar field outside Osceola covers up to 40% of the mill next door that rolls 142,000 tons of steel coil, the coils go 20 miles up the road to be formed into 400,000 piles, each stamped with the county it came from, and they go back in the ground t – Autonocion.com

By: Luis ReyesPublished: Aug 13, at 3:30pm ETUtility-scale solar announcements have settled into a house style by now. A tech company buys the electricity, an executive calls it historic, and the hardware quietly ships in from wherever it was cheapest … Continue reading

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Cuba’s Varadero Airport Aims for Solar Self-Sufficiency with New Photovoltaic Park – powermag.com

Email or Username Password Please contact our Customer Service Team if you are unable to log in at clientservices@accessintel.com or 1-888-707-5814. Amaury Perez Sanchez Juan Gualberto Gómez Ferrer International Airport, the main gateway to the Varadero resort area, will become … Continue reading

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PLI scheme to encourage domestic Polysilicon manufacturing to reduce dependence on China – The Times of India

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Mainstream Renewable Power’s 50MW C&I Ilikwa PV facility reaches commercial operation – PV Tech

Norway-based renewable energy developer Mainstream Renewable Power’s 50MW commercial and industrial (C&I) Ilikwa PV Facility in South Africa’s Free State province has reached commercial operation.Located near Parys, the solar PV project is jointly owned by Mainstream, which holds a 70% … Continue reading

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BLUETTI debuts 500 W portable solar panel in US – Solarbytes

0 Powered by : BLUETTI, a China-based portable power and PV products provider, has brought its SORA 500 portable solar panel to the US market. The 500 W panel has been build for RV travel, camping, and off-grid power requirements. … Continue reading

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Vikram Solar inaugurates 6 GW solar PV module plant at Gangaikondan – pv magazine India

Vikram Solar has inaugurated a 6 GW solar PV module manufacturing plant at Gangaikondan in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu. The facility was inaugurated by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Thiru C. Joseph Vijay.Following the commissioning of the new 6 GW module production line, Vikram … Continue reading

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KIT develops hybrid solar system with radiative cooling – pv magazine Global

Photovoltaic systems for electricity, solar thermal collectors for heat, and air conditioning for cooling are standard solutions for buildings. Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a hybrid system designed to provide all three simultaneously from a … Continue reading

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T1 calls for a U.S. polysilicon import price floor to reinforce domestic solar supply chains and manufacturing investment – energiesmedia.com

Energies Media United States solar energy companies are all working toward enhancing the landscape and ensuring that the nation is able to meet its clean energy targets. The U.S. is one of the leading solar energy producers, which means the … Continue reading

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Fulham Solar & Battery Project Reaches Key Milestone with Solar Array Completion – News and Statistics – indexbox.io

We use cookies to improve your experience and for marketing. Read our cookie policy Manage cookies Search across reports, market insights, and blog stories.Octopus Australia has wrapped up the deployment of photovoltaic panels at its Fulham Solar & Battery development … Continue reading

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When heat becomes a stress test: What extreme temperatures mean for photovoltaic systems and battery storage – pv magazine Global

Heat waves in Europe are becoming the norm. Strong sunlight isn’t the problem. The critical factor is temperature. Solar modules are evaluated under standard test conditions: 1,000 watts per square meter of irradiance and a cell temperature of 25 degrees … Continue reading

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Got Electric Earns Six 2026 Top Solar Contractor Recognitions as Maryland's Solar Market Gains Ground – PR Newswire

Searching for your content… In-Language News Contact Us 888-776-0942 from 8 AM – 10 PM ET Aug 14, 2026, 08:00 ETShare this articleNational and regional rankings reflect a broader commitment to the skilled workforce, system reliability, community partnerships and infrastructure … Continue reading

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Solar Waste Multiplied into $6 Billion Opportunity – ESG News.earth

As global solar deployment reached 2.4 terawatts by the end of 2025, the expansion of clean power has triggered an urgent supply-chain question: how to manage millions of photovoltaic modules once they reach their end of life.The International Renewable Energy … Continue reading

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Solar eclipse will reduce 5 GW of photovoltaic energy in Spain – Inspenet

Solar eclipse will reduce 5 GW of photovoltaic energy in Spain  Inspenetsource

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JinkoSolar and Soochow University win gold for breakthrough on solar cell microcracks – Green Building Africa

JinkoSolar, working with Soochow University, has secured the 2026 WITec Paper Award Gold for a study that exposes how tiny cracks and local stress in silicon wafers translate into real world power loss in solar cells. The paper, titled Correlative … Continue reading

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Relectrify installs its first inverterless AC1 BESS in South Australia – pv magazine Australia

Melbourne-headquartered battery tech company Relectrify has installed its first 250 kVA / 1,089 kWh usable AC1 battery energy storage system (BESS) in Renmark, South Australia in collaboration with YES Energy.Powered by its CellSwitch technology, the installation is a step toward … Continue reading

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Chinese PV Industry Brief: Longi plans 100 MW perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell pilot line – pv magazine Global

Longi plans to invest CNY 203.53 million ($29.9 million) to build a 100 MW pilot production line for high-efficiency crystalline silicon-perovskite tandem solar cells. The project will occupy 4,000 m2 at an existing pilot facility within Longi’s Central R&D Institute. … Continue reading

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Omni Brewing Solar Installation | All Energy Solar Partnership – News and Statistics – IndexBox

We use cookies to improve your experience and for marketing. Read our cookie policy Manage cookies Search across reports, market insights, and blog stories.Omni Brewing Company has completed a solar installation at its new facility in Rosemount, Minnesota, as part … Continue reading

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ForeFront Power launches Fresno Erthos Earth-Mount solar array – Solarbytes

0 Powered by : A developer and asset manager of commercial and industrial-scale renewable energy, ForeFront Power has announced that its earth-mounted solar system at Fresno’s Northeast Surface Water Treatment Plant has entered commercial operation. The project utilizes Erthos technology … Continue reading

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T1 Energy reports US$250 million Q2 sales – PV Tech

US solar manufacturer T1 Energy has reported second-quarter 2026 net sales of US$250.1 million as construction of its planned 2.1GW G2_Austin solar cell factory progresses.T1 produced 935MW of modules at its G1_Dallas facility during the quarter, while reporting a net … Continue reading

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Flats have huge potential for solar power, here’s why – The Eco Experts

We may receive a fee from trusted installers when you request a quote, or a commission when you buy through links on our site. This helps us keep our content independent, well-researched and up to date – Learn moreIt’s long … Continue reading

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BLUETTI Debuts 500-Watt Portable Solar Panel in US Market – rv-pro.com

BLUETTI, an innovator in portable power and RV energy solutions, officially debuted the SORA 500 Portable Solar Panel in the U.S.Designed for RV travel, camping and off-grid power, the SORA 500 addresses a common RV power challenge: supplying high-efficiency solar … Continue reading

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China Solar PV News Snippets: Midea Hiconics Plans RMB 1.65 Billion Private Placement & More – taiyangnews.info

Energy storage and electrical equipment provider Midea Hiconics has unveiled a private placement plan to raise up to RMB 1.652 billion from its controlling shareholder, Midea Group. The company said the proceeds will support projects in the new energy and … Continue reading

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India’s Solar Manufacturing Boom Draws China’s Attention – indiawest.com

NEW DELHI-Chinese social media has been flooded with discussions about India’s rapid rise in solar manufacturing, with some posts portraying the country’s growing photovoltaic (PV) industry as a new challenge to China’s long-standing dominance in the sector.Phrases such as ‘China’s … Continue reading

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Australia invests millions in solar panel recycling – recyclinginternational.com

The state government has earmarked over EUR 10 million in its 2026-27 budget to prepare for a growing wave of end-of-life solar panels and embedded batteries.The announcement comes as Australia faces mounting pressure to improve solar panel recycling. Currently, only … Continue reading

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NITI Aayog identifies four key sectors to position India as global manufacturing hub – ddnews.gov.in

NITI Aayog identifies four key sectors to position India as global manufacturing hub  ddnews.gov.insource

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Expansion of rooftop solar rebate scheme to unlock Australia’s ‘missing middle’ – pv-magazine-australia.com

Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen announced the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) will be expanded from 100 kW to 1 MW, saying it will address the “missing middle” in Australia’s energy transition.“The missing middle is mid-scale solar,” he said in … Continue reading

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Renewables met 41.5% of Italy’s electricity demand in July amid record monthly consumption – Review Energy

Italy’s electricity demand reached a record monthly high of 32.5 TWh in July, up 8.3% from the same month in 2025, as exceptionally high temperatures pushed up power consumption. At the same time, solar generation continued to expand, rising by … Continue reading

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Tamil Nadu CM inaugurates Vikram Solar’s 6 GW PV module plant in Gangaikondan – ET EnergyWorld

RenewableBy commenting, you agree to the Prohibited Content PolicyBy commenting, you agree to the Prohibited Content Policy News See whats happening in Energy sector right now Exclusive Read and get insights from specially curated unique stories from editorial Leaders Speak … Continue reading

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China Introduces New PV Energy Efficiency Standards; JinkoSolar Tiger Neo 3.0 Secures CPVT Grade 1 Certification – SolarQuarter

China Introduces New PV Energy Efficiency Standards; JinkoSolar Tiger Neo 3.0 Secures CPVT Grade 1 Certification  SolarQuartersource

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California's electric grid is cleaner than ever as battery boom helps slash gas use – The Cool Down

© 2025 THE COOL DOWN COMPANY. All Rights Reserved. Do not sell or share my personal information. Reach us at hello@thecooldown.com.“The grid has been transformed not just by solar, but really coupled with the growth of battery projects.”Photo Credit: Getty … Continue reading

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Faustin-Archange Touadéra inaugurates 50 MW solar plant in Sakaï to bolster Bangui's power supply – Capmad

Faustin-Archange Touadéra inaugurates 50 MW solar plant in Sakaï to bolster Bangui’s power supply  Capmadsource

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Vikram Solar inaugurates 6 GW solar PV module factory in India – pv magazine Global

Vikram Solar has inaugurated a 6 GW solar PV module manufacturing plant at Gangaikondan in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu. The facility was inaugurated by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Thiru C. Joseph Vijay.Following the commissioning of the new 6 GW module production line, Vikram … Continue reading

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Hybrid Energy System Unites Power, Heat, and Cooling – Mirage News

Hybrid Energy System Unites Power, Heat, and Cooling  Mirage Newssource

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QBE survey finds DC cabling and plug connections are most common causes of PV fires – pv magazine Australia

Industrial insurer QBE has identified a sharp rise in fires linked to photovoltaic systems, based on inquiries made with UK fire services. According to the company, the number of fires increased by 133% between 2022 and 2025. During the same … Continue reading

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Point-like photovoltaic junction in 2D semiconductor homobilayer – Nature

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In … Continue reading

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Free solar panels and home batteries? Ann Arbor's trying it out – marketplace.org

Free solar panels and home batteries? Ann Arbor’s trying it out  marketplace.orgsource

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IRENA: Solar Panel Waste Could Unlock $20 Billion By 2050 – TaiyangNews

A new IRENA report says that recovered solar PV materials could become a multibillion-dollar market by 2040 The value of recovered materials could reach $810 million by 2030, $6 billion by 2040, and more than $20 billion by 2050, led by aluminum and silver It says recycling … Continue reading

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