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Singapore aims to increase cumulative solar PV capacity to 4 GW by 2035, up from around 2.3 GW currently 
To meet the target, it is exploring innovative ways to deploy solar, including solar carports, BIPV, and BAPV 
JTC Corporation will pilot the country’s first overhang solar project, with at least 250 kW of planned capacity 
From solar installations between buildings to panels on reservoirs and building façades, Singapore is exploring different ways to expand solar deployment despite its land constraints to meet the new target of 4 GW of cumulative solar PV capacity by 2035. 
The country had initially set a target of 2 GW total solar capacity by 2030, which it achieved ahead of schedule. Its installed capacity currently stands at around 2.3 GW. During his Budget 2026 speech, Singapore’s Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong raised the 2030 target to 3 GW (see Singapore Raises 2030 Solar Target To 3 GW After Hitting 2 GW Early).  
Under its new five-year Energy Infrastructure Plan, the country now plans to further increase its ambition to 4 GW by 2035. The Energy Market Authority (EMA) says it will add more solar capacity to reservoirs, vacant land sites, and building rooftops across the island nation. 
To meet this target, EMA has launched a Whole-of-Government Solar Demand Aggregation (DA) Framework. The idea is to aggregate solar demand across the public sector and accelerate deployment. It will explore innovative solar solutions such as solar carports, building-integrated PV (BIPV), and building-applied PV (BAPV) to make use of available space. 
Additionally, the agency will collaborate with the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) to assess solar deployment opportunities across various surfaces, under a refreshed Solar PV Roadmap for Singapore. 
To make it easier for homeowners to adopt solar, EMA has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop a one-stop digital portal that can connect homeowners and installers as well. 
The Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N) will collaborate with the EMA to map the capacity of local electricity networks to accommodate more solar in landed residential estates. This will ensure, explains EMA, that the grid can keep pace with growing solar adoption. 
JTC Corporation, the government-owned industrial facilities developer, says it will pilot the country’s first overhang solar project in the Woodlands East industrial area. Under this configuration, solar panels are suspended in an overhang fashion across the void between two existing buildings. It has awarded the tender for the country’s maiden overhang solar project to EDP APAC. This will install at least 250 kW of solar capacity across unused spaces between buildings.
The project will cover an estimated 4,300 m² of space. It is expected to generate enough clean electricity to power around 60 four-room apartments annually over a 10-year period, exporting electricity to the national grid. 
“With Singapore’s land constraints, we need to make the most of every opportunity to harness solar energy,” said EMA Chief Executive Puah Kok Keong. “Strong partnerships will be key to unlocking more opportunities for solar, making adoption easier, and ensuring that our grid is ready to support its growth.” 
In parallel, Singapore will also increase its energy storage capacity to over 1 GWh by 2030, increasing from around 350 MWh at present. EMA says storage capacity is needed to strengthen system reliability and stability by responding to disruptions and balancing supply and demand fluctuations.  
To meet growing electricity demand, mainly driven by energy-intensive sectors such as semiconductor manufacturing and data centers, it is seeking electricity imports from neighboring nations, including Malaysia and Indonesia. In August 2026, EMA conditionally approved 900 MW of clean power imports from solar and storage projects in Johor, Malaysia (see Singapore Approves 900 MW Clean Power Imports From Malaysia). 
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News: US customs releases Ethiopia-made solar cell shipments after supply chain review  Addis Standard
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What Comes After Today’s Solar Panels? A Guide to Emerging Photovoltaic Technologies  AZoCleantech
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Every day, billions of light bulbs, LED panels, and phone screens pour light into rooms — and almost none of that energy is ever captured. It simply vanishes into walls, furniture, and air. In principle, the glow already surrounding us could power the small devices we carry and the sensors embedded in our homes. In a chemistry lab at Kaunas University of Technology in Lithuania, researchers have been working on exactly that problem: intercepting indoor light before it disappears for good.
Most conversations about renewable energy focus on rooftops, wind farms, and open fields. Indoor light rarely enters the picture. Yet every lamp, LED panel, and window that lets daylight in radiates energy that simply goes to waste. Professor Juozas Vidas Gražulevičius, who heads the Chemistry of Materials research group at KTU, puts it plainly: the energy from indoor light sources and natural light entering through windows is lost every day.
Wind and hydropower can address part of the clean energy challenge, but both come with real constraints — geography and infrastructure. Solar energy is more flexible, yet conventional photovoltaic systems are designed almost exclusively for outdoor sunlight. The indoor environment, where people spend most of their waking hours, has remained largely untapped. Indoor photovoltaics aim to close that gap, generating electricity under low-intensity artificial light — the kind filling every office, living room, and hospital corridor worldwide.
The Internet of Things — the sprawling network of sensors, trackers, wearables, and connected appliances — is expanding rapidly. All of those devices need power. Batteries work, but they run out, require replacement, and create waste. A small photovoltaic cell harvesting ambient light could offer a cleaner, longer-lasting alternative.
Dr. Asta Dabulienė, a Senior Researcher at KTU, sees a concrete opportunity. Perovskite photovoltaic cells for indoor use could be integrated into mobile phones, pocket flashlights, and other consumer electronics. Using IoT infrastructure, the electricity they generate could help regulate device operation and cut overall energy consumption. The challenge is meeting high performance, low cost, and versatility all at once — exactly what the KTU team set out to address.
The core of the KTU breakthrough is a new series of chemical compounds — thiazol[5,4-d]thiazole derivatives — synthesized by Dr. Dabulienė specifically as hole-transporting materials in perovskite solar cells.
Inside a solar cell, light knocks electrons loose from atoms, creating charge pairs: a free electron and a positively charged “hole.” For the cell to produce useful electricity, these charges must travel in opposite directions without recombining. A hole-transporting layer guides positive charges toward one electrode while blocking negative ones from going the wrong way. When that separation works cleanly, energy losses drop and efficiency climbs.
An ideal hole-transporting semiconductor, Dr. Dabulienė explains, needs high hole mobility and precise energy-level alignment with surrounding layers. The thiazol[5,4-d]thiazole derivatives she synthesized were designed from the ground up to satisfy both.
Synthesizing a promising compound is one thing. Proving it works inside a real device is another. That test fell to researchers at Ming Chi University of Technology in Taiwan, who used the KTU-developed material to build perovskite solar cells for indoor use.
The results were notable. Under 3000 K LED illumination at 1000 lux — roughly the brightness of a well-lit office — the cells achieved a power conversion efficiency of 37.0%. Indoor photovoltaic cells have historically struggled to reach commercially viable efficiency levels, so this figure represents a meaningful step forward. It validates thiazol[5,4-d]thiazole derivatives as a credible platform for next-generation indoor photovoltaics, not just a laboratory curiosity.
No single institution could have produced this result alone. The innovation emerged from a collaboration spanning three continents. KTU synthesized and characterized the organic semiconductors. Scientists at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia ran the theoretical modeling, while Ming Chi University of Technology in Taiwan built and tested the cells.
Professor Gražulevičius acknowledges that international teamwork brings real challenges — communication gaps, cultural differences, organizational complexity. But the benefits are just as tangible. Different cultures and experiences generate ideas no single team would reach alone, and each member brings knowledge that expands the group’s overall range of competencies. In 2024, the Chemistry of Materials team secured four European Horizon Programme projects and received invitations from colleagues in the UK and Germany to collaborate on further proposals.
Reference: Kaunas University of Technology. “Indoor solar cells that maximize the use of light energy.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 25 July 2024. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240725154808.htm>.
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Daniel García is an Editor-in-Chief with strong expertise in structural work and engineering principles. He combines this technical foundation with deep knowledge of energy, spatial design, and emerging technologies, bringing a forward-thinking and analytical approach to editorial leadership.
Daniel García is an Editor-in-Chief with strong expertise in structural work and engineering principles. He combines this technical foundation with deep knowledge of energy, spatial design, and emerging technologies, bringing a forward-thinking and analytical approach to editorial leadership.

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Recently, the Department of Economy and Information Technology of Zhejiang Province announced the 2026 Zhejiang Provincial Green Factory list, and Jiaxing Canadian Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd. ("Jiaxing Canadian Solar") was successfully selected. This recognition fully affirms Jiaxing Canadian Solar's long-term commitment to advancing green manufacturing, intelligent manufacturing, and low-carbon development. It marks provincial-level recognition of the company's green manufacturing capabilities, elevates its green production and sustainable development to a new level, and adds another achievement to Canadian Solar Inc.'s (688472) green manufacturing system development.
The Zhejiang Provincial Green Factory is a benchmark recognition programme at the provincial level aimed at promoting green and low-carbon industrial transformation. It targets manufacturing enterprises actually producing within the province, and its evaluation indicator system mainly covers five aspects with 14 evaluation indicators: low-carbon energy use, efficient resource utilisation, clean production, green products, and intensive land use, further emphasising energy conservation and carbon reduction.
As a globally leading provider of integrated PV and energy storage system solutions, CSI Solar (stock abbreviation: Canadian Solar, stock code: 688472) has always adhered to the green and low-carbon development philosophy, integrating ESG requirements throughout its R&D and innovation, production and manufacturing, and operations management processes, continuously promoting the coordinated improvement of green development and operational quality.
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Mount Alvernia solar panels expected to boost students’ interest in STEM  Jamaica Observer
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On October 28, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Ulanqab Jingda 1500 MW "wind-solar-thermal-storage integrated" large-scale wind and PV base project was held in Fengzhen. Zhang Yongjun, member of the Standing Committee of the Fengzhen Municipal Party Committee and Executive Vice Mayor; Zhang Wei, Party Secretary of Beijing Jingneng Power Co., Ltd.; Wang Lei, Deputy Director of the Planning and Development Department of GD Power Development Co., Ltd.; along with other personnel from the Fengzhen municipal government, Jingneng Power, and GD Power, as well as representatives of participating construction units, attended the event.
The Ulanqab Jingda 1500 MW "wind-solar-thermal-storage integrated" large-scale wind and PV base project is jointly invested and constructed by Beijing Jingneng Power Co., Ltd. and GD Power Development Co., Ltd. It was included in the third batch of large-scale desert-Gobi-wasteland wind and solar base list of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in 2023. It is a key national project for large-scale desert-Gobi-wasteland wind and solar bases, as well as a benchmark project for Jingneng Group and Jingneng Power to deepen Beijing-Inner Mongolia energy coordinated development and advance the "green electricity to Beijing" strategy.
The project has a total installed capacity of 1.5 million kW, including 1.2 million kW of wind power and 300,000 kW of PV, with supporting energy storage facilities of 225,000 kW/4 hours. Leveraging existing thermal power, it builds a multi-energy complementary system in which wind, solar, and storage generate power while thermal power serves as the backstop. The electricity generated is transmitted through the 500 kV "Jinglong-Datong-Fangshan" corridor into the northern Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei power grid for consumption.
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On a quiet morning in Jeff Davis County, Georgia, the two-note whistle of a northern bobwhite drifts across rows of solar panels — a sound that would have seemed out of place here not long ago, when this land was worked hard for cotton, peanuts, and corn.
The bobwhite is woven into Georgia’s identity. The state legislature named it the official gamebird in 1970, a nod to a bird that once filled the fields of the coastal plain. Yet its population has collapsed by nearly 90% since the 1960s, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Now, something unexpected appears to be happening at Silicon Ranch’s Hazlehurst solar farms — and wildlife watchers are paying close attention.
The northern bobwhite’s decline in Georgia is one of the steepest collapses of any gamebird in the state’s history. Since the 1960s, the population has fallen by more than 85%, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources — a figure that tracks closely with the more than 80% drop in quail hunters over the same period.
The legislature’s decision to name the bobwhite Georgia’s official gamebird in 1970 reflected how central this bird once was to rural life. A century ago, Georgia’s landscape — shaped by low-intensity farming and open forestry — was essentially ideal quail habitat. That world largely disappeared.
Habitat loss is the primary driver. Bobwhites depend on early successional landscapes: native grasses, legumes, weeds, briars, shrubby cover, and the messy edges that intensive agriculture tends to eliminate. As farming and suburban development reshaped the coastal plain, that vegetation gave way to cleaner fields and manicured margins. For a ground-nesting bird, those tidy environments are nearly uninhabitable.
Georgia DNR launched the Bobwhite Quail Initiative in 1999 to reverse the trend, starting in 15 upper coastal plain counties. Despite sustained effort and real progress in targeted areas, population recovery has remained elusive across most of the state.
For roughly 80 years, the land around Hazlehurst in Jeff Davis County was worked hard. Cotton, peanuts, and corn rotated through fields maintained by heavy tillage and herbicide regimes that left little room for the weedy, shrubby margins that bobwhites need.
Silicon Ranch acquired the land and built utility-scale solar farms there, beginning with its first Hazlehurst project — later recognized as the “Best of the Best” Energy Project by Engineering News-Record. Construction was disruptive, as solar construction always is. What happened afterward was different.
After construction, Silicon Ranch transitioned to zero soil disturbance. No more plowing. Perennial vegetation was established across the site and allowed to develop over time, while mowing schedules were deliberately timed to avoid disrupting nesting cycles — a detail that turns out to matter enormously for ground-nesting birds.
Research from the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources helps explain why these management choices could produce results. A study tracking 169 radio-tagged bobwhites found that birds roosting near dense woody cover — blackberry thickets, plum tangles, overgrown fence rows, young trees — were roughly twice as likely to survive as birds in more open areas.
“It’s a patch of any woody-stem vegetation that’s really kind of thick, nasty, difficult that you wouldn’t want to walk into,” said Justin Hill, a postdoctoral researcher and the study’s corresponding author. That unpleasantness, from a human perspective, is exactly what quail need for predator refuge.
Ending tillage removes a direct source of nest destruction and allows soil insect populations — critical food for bobwhite chicks — to recover. Perennial ground cover, left undisturbed, gradually develops the shrubby structure that supports survival. Timed mowing then prevents mechanical destruction of active nests during breeding season. That single adjustment, compounded across multiple generations of birds, can meaningfully shift survival rates.
Silicon Ranch reports a measurable increase in bobwhite quail populations at its Hazlehurst projects following the transition to regenerative land management, attributing the change directly to zero soil disturbance, perennial vegetation, and properly timed mowing.
What’s notable is where those birds are going. Healthy bobwhite populations are spilling over onto adjacent hunting properties — benefiting neighboring landowners who haven’t changed their own practices at all. The fence line, it turns out, is not a barrier to wildlife.
The bobwhite functions as what UGA researchers call a “poster child” species. Its recovery signals broader habitat health — for songbirds, rabbits, wild turkey, deer, and pollinators sharing the same landscape. Silicon Ranch third-party verifies its ecological outcomes through the Savory Institute’s Ecological Outcome Verification methodology, which adds weight to the reported trends, though it doesn’t replace the need for longer-term, population-level monitoring.
The Hazlehurst case raises a question worth taking seriously. If routine land-use decisions — ending plowing, adjusting mowing schedules — can restore bobwhite habitat, solar farms covering thousands of acres could become an unexpected conservation tool, not just an energy one.
Silicon Ranch is already regeneratively grazing and managing over 5,000 acres across its Georgia projects, a scale suggesting the Hazlehurst outcomes may not be a one-site anomaly. Georgia DNR’s Bobwhite Quail Initiative is now expanding to 68 upper coastal plain counties. Solar developers adopting similar no-till, timed-mowing practices across private land could amplify those public efforts considerably.
Researchers and wildlife managers will rightly caution that reported increases at individual sites need broader, long-term monitoring before drawing firm population-level conclusions. The Hazlehurst data point is compelling — but it’s still a data point.
What it points toward is worth watching. As solar development continues to expand across the rural South, the land management choices made inside those fence lines will quietly shape the wildlife landscape for decades. In Jeff Davis County, at least, those choices appear to be bringing the bobwhite back.
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Shumbasolve Launches 6.35 MW Solar Project At South Africa’s Highveld Industrial Park  SolarQuarter
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graphene-based solar cell could also work with infrared photons which are considered too weak to generate electron-hole pairs in silicon.
Graphene is great at conducting electrons but not very efficient at converting light into electricity.
Narrow metal electrodes placed on an insulating layer are sufficient to apply voltage to a graphene sheet and create potential barriers to electron and hole flow.
The experimental setup looks much like a sandwich with a graphene layer caught between two electrodes.
Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) in Germany have proposed a new way to make solar cells, light sensors, and light-based electronics by using graphene as a core material instead of silicon. This could open a new area of electronics in the future, where light could be used directly as a power source. 
Graphene is a two-dimensional sheet of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice pattern but only one atom thick. It serves as a building block for carbon nanotubes and graphite and is used in applications varying from flexible displays to lithium batteries. 
The material is great at conducting electrons but not very efficient at converting light into electricity. While light does excite electrons in graphene, these electrons cannot be used as electricity, since the ‘holes’ left behind by the electrons are not separated and cannot be directed to electrodes, something silicon can do extremely well. 
Semiconductors like silicon are used in solar cells because they have a bandgap. This is the energy required to excite an electron from its low-energy state to the higher-energy conduction band where it can move freely and conduct electricity. Graphene, on the other hand, does not have such a bandgap. 
Ralf Schützhold, a professor at theoretical physics at HZDR, therefore suggests making such a bandgap through other means, such as cutting and folding the graphene to create tiny edges. When incident light creates electrons and holes in the modified graphene, a magnetic field can be applied to make the charge carriers move in circular paths. 
The edges in the setup are meant to be guardrails that direct the charge carriers in opposite directions. Thus, electrons and holes can be separated and made to carry electricity. 
While this approach can work, it is not scalable and therefore cannot be deployed in real-world scenarios. Instead of using edges, HZDR researchers then looked at electric voltage as a guardrail, which is relatively simple to deploy in graphene. 
Narrow metal electrodes placed on an insulating layer are sufficient to apply voltage to a graphene sheet and create potential barriers to electron and hole flow. When a magnetic field is applied to the graphene, electrons and holes follow circular paths, which can be converted into directed motion using the voltage-created barriers.
A negatively charged barrier reflects electrons, while a positively charged barrier attracts them; these barriers are used to direct their flow. The researchers determined how high the barriers must be and their necessary width for electrons to flow through. 
The experimental setup looks much like a sandwich with a graphene layer caught between two electrodes. The advantage of this approach is that the charge transport can be adjusted to different light energies by changing the voltage or switching off the electrodes. 
While silicon can work with visible light, a graphene-based solar cell could also work with infrared photons, which are considered too weak to generate electron-hole pairs in silicon. 
According to the researchers, when looking to convert infrared light into electricity, a magnetic field of 0.1 Tesla and a spacing of a few micrometers would be sufficient. To increase light absorption, several layers of graphene separated by insulating layers can be added. 
The research findings were published in the journal Physical Review Applied. 

Ameya is a science writer based in Hyderabad, India. A Molecular Biologist at heart, he traded the micropipette to write about science during the pandemic and does not want to go back. He likes to write about genetics, microbes, technology, and public policy.
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Experts say switching to solar power makes financial sense for landed homeowners in Singapore, though savings and costs vary
There were around 8,086 private homes in Singapore, including condominiums and landed properties, with solar panels in the first half of 2026, according to data from the Energy Market Authority.
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Published Oct 31, 2026, 04:00 AM
Energy prices in Singapore have been fluctuating amid ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
Singapore produces 95 per cent of its electricity from imported natural gas, leaving it exposed to changes in global fuel prices.
Households in Singapore saw a 17 per cent quarter-on-quarter increase in the electricity tariff to 31.91 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) from July to September. It fell to 28.59 cents per kWh for the period of October to December. The rates do not include goods and services tax (GST).
More homeowners in Singapore have turned to solar power over the past year. There were around 8,086 private homes, including condominiums and landed properties, with solar panels in the first half of 2026. This is up from 5,817 such homes at the end of June 2025, according to data from the Energy Market Authority (EMA).
Can switching to solar power help landed homeowners guard against price volatility? Here’s what you should know.
It makes financial sense for landed property owners to install solar panels at home, says Thomas Reindl, deputy chief executive officer of the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) at the National University of Singapore.
“If one invests in a solar (PV) system, the self-generated electricity costs around 15-cents per kWh over the lifetime of the solar system, which is 20 years or more,” he explains.
Solar panels comprise photovoltaic (PV) cells, which are made of semiconductor materials that can convert sunlight into electricity.
EMA estimates that investment in solar panels can usually pay off for landed homeowners in five years, or shorter if they have larger electricity consumption.
With the declining cost of solar panels, rooftop solar has become increasingly cost-competitive with electricity purchased from the grid, says EMA.
Installing solar panels allows households to reduce their electricity bills by using the electricity they generate and receiving payments for excess electricity exported to the grid.
Actual savings and payback periods depend on factors such as installation costs, household electricity consumption and solar generation, EMA adds.
Retiree Andrew, 77, who asked to be known by his first name only, spent over $40,000 installing solar panels on the roof of his landed property in Katong in August.
He used to pay around $900 a month for electricity for his five-person household – partly due to high electricity consumption, which includes charging an electric vehicle.
His solar PV system with 94 panels has an installed capacity of over 60 kilowatt peak – the unit used to measure the maximum power output of solar panels under ideal conditions, depending on size and complexity. Installation of the panels took around four days. He estimates his payback period to be around three years.
He has also installed a bi-directional meter, which measures how much electricity he exports back to the grid. With it, Andrew can sell his excess solar-generated power to national grid operator SP Group to offset his bills. The PV system helps him hedge against fluctuations in electricity prices, he says.
Solar panels can help households reduce their electricity bill by generating their own electricity and selling any excess energy back to the grid.
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Homeowners can use solar power for all activities requiring electricity during the day but will still need to draw power from the grid after sundown.
Excess electricity generated in the daytime that is unconsumed can be sold back to the grid, says EMA.
Homeowners buying electricity from SP Group may do so under the Simplified Credit Treatment Scheme (SCT), and those buying from other retailers under the Enhanced Central Intermediary Scheme (ECIS).
Under the SCT, homeowners will be paid based on the prevailing electricity regulated tariff minus grid charges. Under the ECIS, homeowners will be paid based on the prevailing half-hourly wholesale electricity prices.
Selling excess solar-generated electricity can help to offset nighttime electricity costs. Andrew sells his excess electricity to SP Group under the ECIS.
In September, his system generated over 6,700 kWh of electricity. He uses around 2,200 kWh of electricity a month, of which around 900 kWh is used in the daytime – which can be directly drawn from the system.
This means that he can sell 5,800 kWh of electricity back to the grid in a month, which will earn him over $800 even after accounting for his 1,300 kWh of nighttime electricity use.
According to EMA data, landed homes in Singapore use an average of 1,175 kWh of electricity per month.
The exact cost of installation depends on the size of the solar PV system and how it is deployed, such as on the roof or integrated into the building facade, says EMA.
Upfront costs typically take up around two-thirds of the cost of a solar PV system, says Reindl. He adds that installation will set owners back around $1,000 to $1,600 per kilowatt peak.
“For a solar PV system, there is no fuel cost as the sun energy is free,” he adds.
Those concerned about high upfront costs can also consider the rent-to-own option, says Reindl. This allows homeowners to pay a monthly fee to rent and maintain their solar PV system. At the end of the rental term – usually around five to ten years – the ownership of the system will then be transferred to the customer.
Reindl says solar PV systems should be maintained every six to 12 months. Maintenance costs are usually around 1 to 2 per cent of the initial installation costs, he adds.
Most rooftops of landed residential properties in Singapore can accommodate solar panels, according to EMA, though steep slopes, complex structures or separate roof sections may limit usable space.
There are also rare instances, Reindl adds, when installation may not be advisable. For example, when a neighbouring house is much taller, shading and limiting the amount of sunlight the roof gets.
Most residential landed properties in Singapore have roofs that can accommodate the installation of solar panels, says the Energy Market Authority.
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Reindl advises interested homeowners to visit the National Solar Repository website, which shows how installations on landed properties are typically deployed.
The NSR site also has resources to help consumers contact installers and compare the cost of generating electricity through solar with the prevailing regulated tariffs.
Andrew says the solar panels also double as a protective layer for his roof. “The roof doesn’t get direct sun exposure now, so wear and tear will not be that (severe), and any water will drop onto the solar panels rather than directly onto the roof before going into the drain,” he says.
His installer estimates yearly maintenance of the PV system to be around $1,000.
Aside from cleaning, maintenance should include checking cables and connections, and possible obstruction from nearby trees, says Reindl.
More important, he adds, are regular checks of the system’s performance data to assess if there are any issues with the solar PV system and whether it is under-performing.
EMA advises homeowners to compare quotations from different solar vendors and check that only qualified professionals will be engaged to support the proper installation and connection of the solar PV system. Homeowners can find more information on the EMA website.
In Andrew’s case, he reached out to two installers, including one that had left a leaflet advertising its services in his mailbox. He compared the two and went with one that was more experienced, and were also roof specialists. The company also installed solar PV systems for three of his neighbours.
Reindl says checking an installer’s track record is important. “Don’t be shy to give previous clients of the company you intend to work with a call,” he says.
“This is a major decision that will last with the house for over 20 years.”
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A group of researchers from Brazil’s Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR) has proposed a framework to assess the recycling costs of PV systems, focusing on emerging economies. The framework is based on a literature review and an expert evaluation they conducted.
“This study proposes a structured decision-support framework to support the assessment and management of recycling costs associated with end-of-life photovoltaic panels, with a particular focus on emerging economies,” the group said. “Emerging economies provide the empirical context for developing and validating the proposed framework. Consequently, the category weights and cost prioritization reflect this context, although the framework may be adapted to different regulatory, technological, and market conditions.”
The researchers developed the framework through a systematic literature review, functional cost classification, and expert assessment. Searches in Scopus and Web of Science initially identified 5,784 records, with filtering, duplicate removal, and screening yielding 23 studies explicitly reporting PV recycling costs.
The team extracted 33 cost components and used the Function Analysis System Technique (FAST) to group them into five categories. The first two were infrastructure and facilities (equipment depreciation, collection point operating costs, collection point installation, recycling site installation, and facility investment); and logistics and resources (input storage, transportation, waste collection, auxiliary material acquisition, reverse logistics, and component inventory).
The remaining categories were operations and production (scale, processing, electricity, component handling, component treatment, labor, equipment maintenance, general operating costs, component dismantling, machinery and equipment cleaning, and disposal of non-recoverable parts); management and finance (administrative management, administrative costs, sales costs, material costs, taxes and fees, opportunity costs, indirect economic costs, and financing through bank loans); and sustainability and environmental impacts (external environmental costs, avoided landfill costs, and environmental management costs).
Next, 19 experts rated each component on a five-point importance scale and assessed category relevance from 0% to 100%. The researchers applied the Fuzzy Delphi method to aggregate these judgments and calculate normalized relevance scores, followed by Mean Rank Position analysis to screen borderline components, ultimately retaining 22. The 11 excluded components were input storage, electricity, component handling, equipment maintenance, auxiliary material acquisition, equipment depreciation, administrative management, administrative costs, collection point installation, opportunity costs, and machinery and equipment cleaning.
An adapted Stepwise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis (SWARA) procedure assigned relative weights to the categories. Finally, the team defined a Costs Index by averaging normalized component values within each category and summing the weighted category scores.

The analysis assigned the highest weight to operations and production (21.71%), followed by infrastructure and facilities (21.48%), logistics and resources (20.11%), sustainability and environmental impacts (18.91%), and management and finance (17.79%). Among the individual components, processing, component treatment, and recycling site installation received the highest normalized relevance scores, at 1.000, 0.882, and 0.836, respectively. Machinery and equipment cleaning and administrative costs received the lowest scores, at 0.039 and 0.000, respectively.
“As its main outcome, the study delivers a structured framework for organizing and assessing photovoltaic panel recycling cost components, providing a consistent basis for comparing technological alternatives, logistics arrangements, suppliers, and regulatory scenarios, thereby supporting strategic planning, operational management, and investment decisions within the photovoltaic circular economy,” the group concluded. “Although developed in the context of an emerging economy, the framework may be adapted to other regional settings by recalibrating cost components and category weights to local conditions.”
The article “A decision-support framework for structuring and assessing photovoltaic panel recycling costs in emerging economies” has appeared in the Journal of Cleaner Production.

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First Solar has announced financial results for the third quarter of 2026, reporting $1.23 billion in net sales, a 58% gross margin and $571 million in net income. 
While net sales declined 23% year-over-year due to lower volumes of modules sold to third parties, the company’s gross margin was roughly 20 percentage points higher than the same figure for the third quarter of 2025, and net income rose 25% year-over-year. The company also authorized a new $500 million stock buyback.
Due to the slowdown in sales, the company reduced its full-year volume sold forecast to between 16.0 GW and 17.0 GW and lowered its full-year 2026 net sales guidance to between $4.6 billion and $4.9 billion, down from the $4.9 billion to $5.2 billion it reported after Q2.
On the company’s third-quarter earnings call, executives outlined how First Solar is adjusting its commercial and operational strategy following the August Section 232 tariff proclamation. The call and following Q&A focused on a number of important topics, including a forthcoming “binary decision” on the future of First Solar’s 1.8 GW Malaysia factory, investments in perovskite technology and how upcoming modules built with the company’s CuRe technology stack up against crystalline silicon PERC and TOPCon competitor in cost.
Management also provided comments on ongoing legal disputes regarding the company’s TOPCon intellectual property and a recent warranty lawsuit filed by developer Swift Current Energy.On the earnings call, company CEO Mark Widmar said First Solar will soon file its formal legal response in the Swift Current case and maintained that the company’s warranty terms govern any remediation.
“We will stand by and we will support under the parameters of our limited liability warranty the obligations that we have,” Widmar said. “Where people are asking for remedies that are outside the parameters of the warranty, that’s not something that we will do.”
Just before the call, First Solar announced a non-exclusive patent licensing agreement with perovskite company CubicPV, adding the rights to use the IP to its existing agreement with Oxford PV. The company plans to begin producing Series 6-form-factor perovskite modules for field testing and durability validation from its Perrysburg, Ohio facility in the first half of 2027.
Contracting strategy vs. the spot market
First Solar closed the third quarter with a contracted backlog of 44 GW valued at approximately $13.5 billion, with deliveries scheduled through 2030. In the time since its second-quarter update, the company says it recorded 1.4 GW of U.S. bookings at an average selling price of about 36 cents per watt.
Despite the slower pace of new bookings, CFO Alex Bradley emphasized that the company is planning to avoid selling to the spot market for its international volume and is instead pivoting toward project-specific contracts with defined delivery schedules rather than the multi-year framework agreements across multiple projects for very large customers for which First Solar is known.
“We don’t want to be in the spot market. That’s a challenging place for us to be,” Bradley said on the call. “If we move to more of a project-based model, where there is a certainty around an individual project, the timing of that project and delivery schedule, that allows me to plan on the operational side much more efficiently.”
Bradley added that project-specific contracting helps reduce working capital requirements and warehousing costs, even if it slows the rate at which multi-year backlog is added.
Pricing and Section 232 concerns
Widmar described the August Section 232 proclamation as “a meaningful shift for U.S. solar manufacturing,” and noted that nearly 80% of First Solar’s global manufacturing footprint will be located in the United States by 2027.
“Section 232 represents a structural change in how the United States approaches solar manufacturing,” the CEO said. “As a technology company and the only fully integrated utility-scale solar manufacturer without dependency on a Chinese crystalline silicon supply chain, we believe we are structurally positioned to benefit from this environment.”
Still, the company says near-term procurement and price discovery have been slowed by several market pressures. Widmar noted that developers are holding back on module procurement for 2029 and 2030 as they navigate through challenges with interconnection and pushback from local communities around data center deployment, wait for further guidance around Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) rules and face uncertainty around how Section 232 minimum import prices and anti-stockpiling rules will be enforced.
A binary decision in Malaysia
Those trade and tariff pressures have weighed most heavily on First Solar’s international Series 6 production in Southeast Asia. While the company’s Vietnam facility is slated to supply semi-finished Series 6 modules to its newly inaugurated South Carolina finishing plant, its Malaysia factory continues to produce finished international modules.
Widmar said the company expects to make a “binary” operational decision on the Malaysia facility in the first half of 2027: either run the plant at full or near-full capacity, or shut down production altogether. Because modules produced in Malaysia do not qualify for U.S. Section 45X manufacturing tax credits and face freight and tariff costs, the company says it does not expect either outcome to materially affect its run-rate earnings profile.
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How a famed international car brand turned to Geo Green Power to enhance their sustainability credentials.
As a global leader in the automotive sector, this international car manufacturer operates under strict environmental directives to minimise its carbon footprint. For the workplace experience team managing the UK headquarters in Surrey, the mandate was put to them: Transform the corporate campus into a true “Eco HQ.”
However, achieving this came with two distinct operational challenges:
Volatile Energy Markets: Steadily increasing utility costs were putting pressure on operational budgets, creating a strong financial incentive to find a self-sustaining power solution.
Strict Corporate Governance & Compliance: The brand’s global reputation demands flawless supply chain ethics. Any partner or technology introduced to the site had to meet rigorous organisational standards, including strict anti-slavery accreditations for all hardware and a verified track record of tier-one customer care.
The site required a substantial renewable energy system that could blend seamlessly onto a flat-roof corporate structure, deliver immediate financial returns, and satisfy compliance standards.
The workplace experience team turned to Geo Green Power, selecting us based on our strong industry pedigree and stellar customer satisfaction history.
To maximise the energy generation potential of the Surrey headquarters’ flat roof space while meeting strict compliance rules, Geo Green Power designed a robust 232kWp commercial solar PV system using a premium, tier-one hardware suite:
Canadian Solar PV Modules: High-efficiency panels selected not only for their generation capacity but also for meeting the client’s strict anti-slavery supply chain accreditations.
SolarEdge Inverter & Optimisers: Installed to provide maximum energy yield per panel and offer panel-level monitoring. This allows the on-site facilities team to track real-time generation safely and granularly.
The installation process was noted by the client’s team as a “breath of fresh air.” Geo Green Power took total ownership of the project timeline, ensuring smooth communication and rapid problem-solving that allowed the corporate office to remain fully operational without disruption.
The system went live in May, and the real-time data streaming to the client’s daily monitoring app has perfectly matched the original performance forecasts – giving the operations team total confidence in their investment.
The Phase 1 installation has successfully altered the site’s energy profile, now generating 20% of the entire headquarters’ electricity consumption straight from the sun.
“For us as operators, it’s really refreshing to see that what was sold in the proposal is exactly what is being generated on our daily app. Considering the scale of the project, how smoothly it went was fantastic. Geo Green demonstrated exactly how a project should be delivered.”
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With Phase 1 delivering precisely on its financial and environmental promises, the international automotive manufacturer is already looking to the future, utilising this success as a blueprint to plan a Phase 2 solar expansion on the site.
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Aerial view of the first phase of First Solar’s new $330 million solar-module manufacturing facility in Gaffney, South Carolina. Image Credit First Solar
Module maker First Solar, Inc. celebrated the opening of the first 1.7 GW phase of its new South Carolina facility, part of a $330 million investment to onshore final production processes for its photovoltaic product manufacturing from its international fleet.
The South Carolina facility in Gaffney, Cherokee County, is expected to bring First Solar’s total annual nameplate capacity to 3.4 GW once fully completed by mid-2027, according to a company release. The solar PV tech and manufacturing company is focusing on final domestic production of its Series 6 Plus modules, thin-film PV solar panels made from cadmium telluride and engineered for utility-scale installation.
According to a First Solar and National Renewable Energy Laboratory study, Group V (or Group 5) elements like CdTe solar cells have historically relied on copper to generate the electric field required to harvest solar energy. However, some instabilities copper introduces include rapidly diffusing through PV layer materials, degrading the solar cell over time.
First Solar Series 6 Module solar array installed at the Penta Career Center campus in Perrysburg, Ohio. Image Credit First Solar
First Solar notes that each Series 6 Plus module provides up to 480 watts of power, leveraging the company’s CuRe (copper replacement) technology. CuRe tech aims to improve the panel’s cadmium telluride semiconductor structure by replacing copper with what First Solar considers more stable Group V elements to reduce long-term power degradation.
“Less than a year after we selected Gaffney, this facility is ready to produce American solar technology, built by South Carolinian workers,” said First Solar CEO Mark Widmar during a ribbon-cutting ceremony. “That pace reflects what is possible when sound policy, strong state and local partners and a committed workforce align.”
Widmar noted that every module produced at the Gaffney facility is made without foreign dependence on countries like China for crystalline silicon supply chains as American electricity demand grows.
Over the next two to four years, research firm Wood Mackenzie outlined that sourcing components free from Foreign Entities of Concern (FEOC) status could emerge as a critical market bottleneck amid a massive imbalance in the U.S. clean energy transition.
First Solar leaders add that because of this, investment in the South Carolina facility aligns with the current U.S. administration’s trade policies and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which supports President Donald Trump’s American energy dominance and affordability agenda goals. While the South Carolina facility aims to strengthen First Solar’s ability to deliver to its U.S.-based customers, the company is on track to support nearly 700 jobs in the process. Approximately 500 of those domestic jobs have reportedly already been filled.
The new plant expands First Solar’s footprint in South Carolina, which includes a distribution center in Duncan, Spartanburg County, and a longstanding supply chain partnership with the intermodal rail facility Inland Port Greer, operated by the South Carolina Ports Authority. By the end of this year, First Solar noted that it forecasts approximately 17 GW of U.S. module manufacturing capacity, none of which will have any dependence on Chinese crystalline silicon supply chains.

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Horizon Power puts residents’ monthly bill credits at roughly $30-$35 ($21-$25).
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Households in remote Australia don’t necessarily need panels on their own roofs to save money from solar — hundreds are seeing lower electricity bills through a program that shares the benefits of rooftop installations with neighboring homes.
For the 495 households sharing the savings, customer credits have added up to about 275,000 Australian dollars (about $194,000), according to Horizon Power data cited by RenewEconomy. The credits are generated by rooftop systems installed on 183 homes.
The Kimberley Communities Solar Saver program serves Mowanjum, Warmun, Bidyadanga, Ardyaloon, Yungngora, and Beagle Bay.
About 1.5 megawatts of generating capacity is spread across rooftop systems averaging 8.2 kilowatts each. Horizon Power installed the panels over three years.
Horizon Power’s data show the program initially aimed to share the benefits among 433 households. 
It ultimately reached 62 more households than expected, extending bill relief to more neighbors.
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Warmun and Bidyadanga were the first communities to receive rooftop systems, according to RenewEconomy.
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Over the 61-day billing period covered by Horizon Power’s data, average credits were approximately AU$73 ($51) in Bidyadanga and AU$67 ($47) in Warmun. 
Horizon Power puts residents’ monthly bill credits at roughly AU$30-35 ($21-25).
Since the program began, Horizon Power data show savings of about AU$943 ($665) per household in Warmun, AU$867 ($611) in Bidyadanga, AU$531 ($375) in Ardyaloon, AU$377 ($266) in Yungngora, and AU$132 ($93) in Mowanjum. 
Those figures reflect cumulative savings, not credits from a single billing period.
Beyond providing financial relief, the solar installations have displaced approximately 122,000 liters (32,200 gallons) of diesel fuel, cutting diesel consumption in these communities by roughly 7%.
The rollout covers all six communities, following the last installation in Mowanjum, roughly 6 miles southeast of Derby. 
RenewEconomy reported that Horizon Power received over AU$17 million ($12 million) in public funding for the installations.
Australia’s Solar Sharer scheme aims to encourage electricity use when rooftop solar generation is abundant, offering three hours of free daytime electricity. That scheme is separate from the Kimberley Communities Solar Saver program.
EasyHome‘s free explorer tool can help you compare potential solar savings and explore backup battery storage options. With the right equipment and configuration, pairing solar with a battery lets homeowners maximize savings and keep the lights on when the grid goes down.
Federal assistant energy minister Josh Wilson discussed the benefits of sharing solar power across communities.
“The Kimberley Communities Solar Saver program is demonstrating how shared solar can reduce power bills and improve energy security in remote communities,” he began. 
“By helping more households access the benefits of renewable energy, we are ensuring the energy transition is practical, inclusive and delivers real benefits for communities across regional Australia.”
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Solar energy can be stored in batteries to save the energy for when it’s needed. Photo: National Renewable Energy Laboratory

A battery storage system has been removed from plans for a solar facility in St. Lawrence County.
The New York Power Authority recently acquired split ownership of the Rich Road Solar project in Canton. It now shares the proposed 240-megawatt solar field with French renewable energy company EDF Power Solutions. 

A NYPA official said the 20-megawatt battery component was “removed in an effort to streamline the project timeline and help ensure it can take advantage of sunsetting key federal tax credits.”
Battery storage systems are controversial because of potential safety hazards. One caught on fire at a solar farm in Jefferson County a few years ago.
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BEIJING, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) — A new framework could help energy transition projects protect biodiversity while advancing the shift to cleaner energy, according to a report released Thursday at a side event in Beijing during the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.
The report, titled Energy Transition Empowers Biodiversity Conservation, was released by the Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO), which organized the side event. It proposes a four-part framework for biodiversity protection and recommends typical practices.
Liu Zehong, executive vice chairman of GEIDCO, said at the side event that building an eco-friendly energy system not only provides energy security for economic and social development but also preserves living space for all living things.
He added that GEIDCO will study and formulate relevant standards to provide the energy and power industry with methods and tools for better biodiversity conservation practices.
According to the report, the framework includes four aspects: promote, avoid, reduce and offset.
“Promote” means actively creating positive ecological benefits. Energy transition projects are expected to go beyond the baseline goal of “do no harm,” make full use of the unique advantages of clean energy, and proactively support ecosystem and biodiversity conservation.
Such practices include replacing fossil-fuel projects with clean energy projects, providing green energy support for endangered species conservation, and restoring damaged habitats through integrated development models.
The report cited the photovoltaic (PV) power base in China’s Kubuqi Desert as an example of restoring damaged habitats. Kubuqi has carried out “PV desertification control,” exploring a composite development model with power generation from the panels, planting beneath them, and livestock rearing between them.
“Avoid” means steering clear of highly sensitive areas. It aims to prevent irreversible ecological damage from the start. For example, site and route selection should avoid nature reserves, critical habitats, breeding grounds and migration corridors. Construction should be scheduled to avoid bird breeding seasons, fish spawning and migration periods, and animal migration seasons.
“Reduce” means on-site protection and lowering negative impacts. When impacts cannot be fully avoided, their scope, intensity and duration should be minimized through practices such as reducing pollution emissions, maintaining habitat connectivity and installing protective facilities to mitigate disturbance.
“Offset” means off-site compensation to achieve no net loss. It involves equivalent compensation outside the project impact area for residual impacts after reduction efforts. Offset practices include off-site reconstruction of damaged habitats, ex situ conservation of rare species, artificial breeding and preservation of genetic materials.
The report said the recommended practices cover the entire life cycle of energy projects, involving clean substitution, composite development, engineering mitigation, on-site restoration and off-site conservation. Different types of energy projects can choose one or more of these practices as appropriate to promote win-win outcomes between energy transition and biodiversity conservation.
GEIDCO also released the 2026 List of Energy Transition for Biodiversity and the Practical Cases of Energy Transition for Biodiversity 2026 at the side event.
GEIDCO is a non-profit international organization headquartered in Beijing and dedicated to promoting sustainable energy development worldwide. It has 1,450 members from 145 countries, covering fields such as energy, electricity, transportation, information, finance, science and technology, and meteorology.  ■

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Researchers at the Pontifical Catholic University of Parana in Brazil have proposed a framework for assessing the recycling costs of photovoltaic systems, with a focus on emerging economies, according to pv magazine. The study, published in the Journal of Cleaner Production, was built from a literature review and an expert evaluation.
The team said the framework is intended as a structured decision-support tool for assessing and managing recycling costs tied to end-of-life solar panels, and noted that its category weights and cost priorities reflect the emerging-economy context in which it was developed, though it could be adapted to other regulatory, technological and market conditions.
Searches in Scopus and Web of Science initially returned 5,784 records. After filtering, duplicate removal and screening, 23 studies that explicitly reported photovoltaic recycling costs remained. From these, the researchers extracted 33 cost components and used the Function Analysis System Technique to group them into five categories.
The first two categories were infrastructure and facilities, covering equipment depreciation, collection point operating and installation costs, recycling site installation and facility investment; and logistics and resources, covering input storage, transportation, waste collection, auxiliary material acquisition, reverse logistics and component inventory.
The other three were operations and production, spanning scale, processing, electricity, component handling and treatment, labor, equipment maintenance, general operating costs, dismantling, machinery and equipment cleaning and disposal of non-recoverable parts; management and finance, covering administrative management and costs, sales costs, material costs, taxes and fees, opportunity costs, indirect economic costs and bank loan financing; and sustainability and environmental impacts, covering external environmental costs, avoided landfill costs and environmental management costs.
Nineteen experts rated each component on a five-point importance scale and assessed category relevance from 0% to 100%. The researchers used the Fuzzy Delphi method to aggregate the judgments and calculate normalized relevance scores, then applied Mean Rank Position analysis to screen borderline components, retaining 22 and excluding 11.
The excluded components were input storage, electricity, component handling, equipment maintenance, auxiliary material acquisition, equipment depreciation, administrative management, administrative costs, collection point installation, opportunity costs, and machinery and equipment cleaning.
An adapted Stepwise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis procedure assigned relative weights to the categories, and a Costs Index was defined by averaging normalized component values within each category and summing the weighted category scores.
Operations and production received the highest weight at 21.71%, followed by infrastructure and facilities at 21.48%, logistics and resources at 20.11%, sustainability and environmental impacts at 18.91%, and management and finance at 17.79%.
Among individual components, processing, component treatment and recycling site installation drew the highest normalized relevance scores at 1.000, 0.882 and 0.836. Machinery and equipment cleaning and administrative costs received the lowest scores, at 0.039 and 0.000.
The researchers concluded that the framework organizes and assesses photovoltaic panel recycling cost components and provides a consistent basis for comparing technological alternatives, logistics arrangements, suppliers and regulatory scenarios, supporting strategic planning, operational management and investment decisions in the photovoltaic circular economy. They added that although it was developed for an emerging economy, it could be adapted to other regions by recalibrating cost components and category weights to local conditions.
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For months, residents of Cixsê have been protesting against a planned solar power plant project. An investigation by the Chamber of Engineers has revealed significant shortcomings in the environmental impact assessment.
Resistance against the planned solar power plant project.in the village of Cixsê, in the Kulp district of Amed (Diyarbakır), has continued for three months. For 91 days, residents have maintained a vigil in protest against the project, which threatens grazing lands, water sources, and agricultural livelihoods. An investigation by the Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB) has now confirmed significant shortcomings in the environmental impact assessment. The organization is calling for the immediate cancellation of the project.
Representatives of the TMMOB Coordination Council in Amed presented their findings during a protest in Cixsê. The findings are based on a site inspection conducted on October 14, during which experts examined both the proposed construction site and the information contained in the environmental impact assessment documentation.
Grazing lands and water sources at risk
According to Filiz Kaçar, a member of TMMOB’s Energy and Ecology Commission, approximately 30 hectares of land within and around the project area are used as grazing grounds for livestock. The installation of solar panels, fencing of the site, and construction of access roads would fragment continuous grazing areas and significantly restrict their use. The commission is particularly concerned about the potential impact on local water resources. The affected area contains a pond and several streams that are important for supplying water to livestock. The planned construction work could damage these natural resources.
Cixsê is also an important center for silkworm breeding and cocoon production. Alongside livestock farming and crop cultivation, this sector forms a vital foundation of local livelihoods. According to the experts, habitats of migratory birds such as cranes, storks, and swallows would also be affected.
Significant shortcomings in the environmental impact assessment
According to Kaçar, TMMOB’s investigation found that key ecological and economic factors had been inadequately addressed in the project documentation. These include existing bodies of water, the traditional use of grazing lands, biodiversity, natural hazards, and the planned energy storage systems. The organization does not fundamentally oppose the expansion of renewable energy, but rather its implementation at the expense of local residents and their livelihoods. “The transition to renewable energy is necessary. But an energy transition that ignores nature and life is not sustainable. The solar project planned in Cixsê must be stopped immediately,” Kaçar stated.
Fatoş Nujen Ayhan of the TMMOB Coordination Council also criticized the economic interests behind the project: “Cixsê’s energy resources must be used and managed by the local population itself. We cannot allow corporations to exploit our resources and then sell the energy generated from them back to the people at high prices.”
Incorrect photographs previously discovered in environmental report
The new findings have intensified the dispute over the approval of the project. As early as September, it emerged that the environmental impact assessment report contained photographs that had not been taken in the proposed project area. The Amed Bar Association and the Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD) subsequently filed a criminal complaint against officials of the environmental consultancy Global ÇED and the construction company VBZ İnşaat. However, the public prosecutor’s office in Kulp found insufficient grounds for suspicion of document forgery and closed the investigation. The lawyers appealed the decision. Separately, the decision approving the environmental impact assessment is the subject of administrative court proceedings.
“Our land belongs to us”
The DEM Party also supports the villagers’ resistance. Berivan Turan, a member of the party’s provincial executive board in Amed, warned of the long-term social and ecological consequences during the protest. She stated that the loss of agricultural land and natural resources could exacerbate unemployment, poverty, and migration. “The people do not want a solar power plant on this grazing land. They have been expressing their opposition for months,” Turan said. She placed the resistance in Cixsê within the broader context of local struggles against the economic exploitation of natural resources in Kurdistan, citing the vigil in Arzoxlî as an example.
“We do not want to lose our cemeteries, our culture, or our memories. We will not allow any further plundering of Kurdistan. Yesterday we were in Arzoxlî; today we are in Cixsê. Our struggle continues,” Turan said.
Remarking The local population would not give up its livelihoods, she stated: “Our land belongs to us, and we will not give it to anyone. The natural environment of Cixsê is indispensable to us. We are resisting the solar project because we want to pass this heritage on to our children intact. We demand energy production that serves the people, not projects imposed against their will.”
 
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First Solar reported third-quarter 2026 net sales of $1.23 billion, a 58% gross margin and $571 million in net income, according to pv magazine USA. The company also authorized a new $500 million stock buyback.
Net sales fell 23% year over year on lower volumes of modules sold to third parties, while gross margin was roughly 20 percentage points above the year-earlier figure and net income rose 25% year over year.
Citing the sales slowdown, First Solar cut its full-year volume forecast to between 16.0 GW and 17.0 GW and lowered its 2026 net sales guidance to a range of $4.6 billion to $4.9 billion, down from the $4.9 billion to $5.2 billion it gave after the second quarter.
The company ended the quarter with a contracted backlog of 44 GW valued at about $13.5 billion, with deliveries scheduled through 2030. Since its second-quarter update it recorded 1.4 GW of U.S. bookings at an average selling price of about 36 cents per watt.
CFO Alex Bradley said the company intends to avoid the spot market for its international volume and is shifting toward project-specific contracts with defined delivery schedules, rather than the multi-year framework agreements covering multiple projects for very large customers that First Solar has used. He said project-based contracting supports more efficient operational planning and reduces working capital needs and warehousing costs, even though it slows the pace at which multi-year backlog is added.
CEO Mark Widmar described the August Section 232 proclamation as a meaningful shift for U.S. solar manufacturing and said nearly 80% of First Solar’s global manufacturing footprint will be in the United States by 2027. He said the company, which he described as the only fully integrated utility-scale solar manufacturer without dependence on a Chinese crystalline silicon supply chain, considers itself structurally positioned to benefit from the changed environment.
The company nonetheless said near-term procurement and price discovery have slowed. Widmar cited developers holding back on module procurement for 2029 and 2030 amid interconnection challenges and local opposition to data center deployment, pending guidance on Foreign Entity of Concern rules, and uncertainty over enforcement of Section 232 minimum import prices and anti-stockpiling rules.
Those pressures have weighed most on international Series 6 production in Southeast Asia. The Vietnam facility is slated to supply semi-finished Series 6 modules to the newly inaugurated South Carolina finishing plant, while the Malaysia factory continues to produce finished international modules. Widmar said First Solar expects a binary operational decision on the Malaysia facility in the first half of 2027: run it at full or near-full capacity, or shut production. Because Malaysian modules do not qualify for U.S. Section 45X manufacturing tax credits and face freight and tariff costs, the company does not expect either outcome to materially affect its run-rate earnings profile.
Just before the earnings call, First Solar announced a non-exclusive patent licensing agreement with perovskite company CubicPV, adding rights to its existing agreement with Oxford PV. The company plans to begin producing Series 6-form-factor perovskite modules for field testing and durability validation at its Perrysburg, Ohio facility in the first half of 2027.
On the call, executives also addressed a forthcoming decision on the 1.8 GW Malaysia factory, perovskite investments, the cost position of upcoming modules built on its CuRe technology against crystalline silicon PERC and TOPCon competitors, ongoing TOPCon intellectual property disputes and a warranty lawsuit filed by developer Swift Current Energy. Widmar said First Solar will soon file its formal legal response in the Swift Current case and maintained that its warranty terms govern any remediation, saying the company will support obligations within its limited liability warranty but not remedies sought outside those parameters.
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Australia’s first month of spring brought a strong east-west divide in solar irradiance and precipitation, while temperatures were above average across most of the country, according to analysis using the Solcast API. Eastern Australia experienced generally above average irradiance and unusually dry conditions, with the strongest irradiance increases occurring inland rather than along the coast. In contrast, remote mining solar projects in Western Australia’s Pilbara and Goldfields-Esperance regions experienced widespread irradiance deficits, as slow-moving weather systems brought increased cloud cover and rainfall.
Across eastern Australia, September irradiance averaged 5% above normal. Coastal locations, including most distributed PV markets, generally remained within a few percent of average, while areas further inland hosting utility-scale PV recorded increases of around 10%. Parts of Tasmania experienced near-record or record September irradiance for the Solcast data period, averaging 10% above normal. These conditions coincided with exceptionally dry weather across the southeast, with rainfall deficits exceeding 30 mm across much of New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. Most locations in these states experienced record or near-record September dryness, continuing the below-average rainfall conditions observed through winter.
Western Australia experienced contrasting conditions, with September irradiance averaging 11% below normal. The Pilbara recorded irradiance around 10% below average, while the Goldfields Esperance region experienced larger deficits of 15–20%. Further inland, parts of the Gibson Desert recorded irradiance as much as 29% below average.
Several slow-moving low-pressure systems brought persistent cloud cover to inland Western Australia, contributing to the region’s below-average irradiance. The most significant rainfall occurred between September 5 and 9, when large parts of Goldfields Esperance received more than 50 mm of rain, compared with a typical September total of just 10 mm.
Despite the reduced irradiance and increased rainfall, temperatures across much of Western Australia remained above average, with parts of the Pilbara exceeding 3°C above normal. Eastern Australia experienced a different combination of conditions, with above average irradiance, unusually dry weather and temperatures generally 1–3°C above average across the southeast.
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Duke Energy Florida just finished building the Bailey Mill Solar Center, located near Monticello in Jefferson County. The facility packs 163,000 solar panels across a site rated at 74.9 megawatts of capacity — enough to power around 15,000 homes when the sun’s doing its thing.
Bailey Mill produces carbon-free electricity with zero noise — no turbines, no exhaust, no moving parts. That’s a sharp contrast to the gas-fired plants it’s meant to work alongside. The site sits near Monticello, a small North Florida city that serves as the Jefferson County seat, which means utility-scale solar is now part of a largely rural stretch of the state.
Yes, 163,000 panels take up a lot of land. At 74.9 megawatts of peak capacity, though, Bailey Mill adds real generation to Duke Energy Florida’s grid without burning a drop of fuel. The output justifies the footprint.
Here’s the honest pitch for solar, at least from a customer standpoint: it’s not really about the environment. It’s about money. When the sun’s generating electricity, Duke Energy Florida doesn’t have to buy as much natural gas, fuel oil, or coal on the open market — and that’s where the actual benefit to customers shows up.
At peak output, Bailey Mill is projected to displace 1.2 million cubic feet of natural gas, 15,000 barrels of fuel oil, and 12,000 tons of coal annually. Every unit displaced is one Duke Energy Florida doesn’t have to buy at whatever the market’s charging that day. These aren’t small numbers.
Fuel costs don’t stay with the utility. They pass straight through to customers via line items on monthly bills, so when fuel purchasing drops, bills tend to follow relatively quickly.
Duke Energy Florida state president Melissa Seixas put it simply: “Every solar site we bring online reduces the amount of fuel we need to purchase, and those savings go directly to our customers’ bills.” She also thanked the Jefferson County community for backing the project.
Over its full service life, Bailey Mill is expected to save customers $250 million in fuel costs. That’s a projection, not a promise — fuel markets move around — but it reflects the long-term value of generation that costs nothing to fuel.
Duke Energy Florida offers a useful frame for that number. For every four solar sites the company completes, its 2 million customers collectively save an estimated $1 billion in fuel costs over those sites’ lifetimes. Bailey Mill is one piece of a much bigger savings picture, one that keeps growing as more sites come online. Those savings flow back through the same channel that creates them: lower fuel charges on monthly bills, built into the rate structure automatically.
Bailey Mill didn’t show up out of nowhere. It’s one of five solar sites Duke Energy Florida has completed since the start of 2025 — which tells you the company is moving through its buildout at a real clip, not treating each site like a standalone event.
The pipeline ahead is sizable. Before the end of 2028, Duke Energy Florida plans to bring 11 more solar sites online, adding significantly to a portfolio that already covers more than 25 sites across Florida with a combined capacity of around 1,850 megawatts. Looking further out, the company projects more than 5,500 megawatts of utility-scale solar operating in Florida by the end of 2033 — roughly three times the current installed base.
Florida’s ongoing population growth makes that scale of investment easier to defend. More people and businesses mean more electricity demand, and solar lets you add capacity without taking on the fuel price risk that comes with gas generation.
Bailey Mill Solar Center is now up and running, adding 74.9 megawatts of carbon-free generation near Monticello in Jefferson County. Its 163,000 panels can power the equivalent of about 15,000 homes at peak production, and the whole thing runs quietly with no direct emissions.
The projected $250 million in customer fuel savings over the site’s lifetime works through a straightforward mechanism: solar generation cuts fuel purchasing, and lower fuel costs show up on your bill. At peak output, Bailey Mill displaces 1.2 million cubic feet of natural gas, 15,000 barrels of fuel oil, and 12,000 tons of coal every year.
It’s also part of something considerably bigger. Duke Energy Florida currently runs over 25 solar facilities with roughly 1,850 megawatts of combined capacity, and eleven more sites are planned before 2028. By 2033, the company is targeting more than 5,500 megawatts of utility-scale solar across Florida — a goal that would make Bailey Mill one of many contributors to a much larger clean energy portfolio.
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One Alaska-based solar panel enthusiast carried out an experiment to see how their array would perform with a very low October sun, sitting at 18.1 degrees.
The homeowner then shared their results with Reddit’s r/SolarDIY forum. 
“Pretty fun project up here in Alaska, and the data has been really interesting!” the original poster shared.
The OP showed off a vertically mounted 2,425-watt AIKO array that was producing 1,572.2 watts. On the other hand, their 3,650-watt Gstar setup tilted at 40 degrees was generating 2,369.8 watts.
To keep track of conditions, the OP used a somewhat limited backyard weather station that measures solar radiation and wind.
They estimated that choosing a fully vertical mount instead of a 12.5-degree angle would lead to only about a 1%-5% loss. The OP said vertical mounting is easier to build and takes up less space.
For support, the system uses 4×4 posts buried 4 feet into concrete, and the OP said the vertical array is due for better bracing. 
The two systems had almost identical percentage outputs, with 64.9% of rated output for the Gstar panels and 64.8% for the AIKO panels.
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The OP added that the setup is still being refined and suggested that adjusting panel orientation to match Alaska’s shifting sun could pay off. As they wrote, “Just wanted to share having two arrays optimized for the season and hopefully I will max out my 3.8 KW inverter more!”
Other solar owners streamed into the thread to add their suggestions and appreciation for the experiment. 
A commenter from Anchorage wrote, “I am very jealous of the setup you’ve got here.”
“It’s cool to see someone trying vertical panels. It’s in my long-term plans to do the same,” another person said.
For anyone comparing similar options, EasyHome‘s free tools can help you map out local solar choices instead of relying on guesswork. EasyHome can also help homeowners explore backup battery storage as pairing solar with a battery can maximize savings and keep a home powered by solar when the grid goes down.
There’s no shortage of ways to create your own DIY solar setup. 
• In Massachusetts, a DIY owner found north-facing panels made 82% as much power after a year.
• In the Pacific Northwest, cabin owners found doubling solar still won’t stop winter generator runs.
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SEG Solar, a global solar manufacturer, has signed a land agreement for a planned $950 million, 4-GW heterojunction (HJT) solar cell plant at the Tomball Industrial Campus in the greater Houston area.
The facility is expected to create more than 700 local jobs and is planned to come online in two 2 GW phases scheduled for 2028 and 2029. SEG reportedly plans to manufacture HJT cells, modules and other key components are made in one place.
The facility will be located adjacent to SEG’s existing 4 GW Tomball #1 module manufacturing facility and its 4.6 GW Tomball #2 module manufacturing facility, which is currently under construction. The company hopes to produce modules with HJT technology to help solar projects meet domestic content requirments.
“Bringing HJT cell manufacturing to the U.S. will give customers a more domestic supply chain with clearer sourcing and a single company standing behind the product,” said Jim Wood, CEO of SEG Solar. “As the only U.S. company dedicated to integrated domestic vertical manufacturing, SEG will continue to strengthen our U.S. operations and innovation. American-made cells, American-made modules, one company accountable.”
SEG opened its second Texas plant in August, and began assembling HJT modules from it the following month.
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UK-headquartered investor Blackfinch Energy has signed a deal with energy supplier UrbanChain, which will acquire and redistribute electricity generated at two Welsh solar PV projects with a combined capacity of 14.99MWp.
The portfolio consists of the 6MW Llwyndyrus project and the 8.99MW Bryngolwg project. Under the terms of the agreement, UrbanChain will acquire power from the projects and distribute it to 24 Blackfinch sites across England, Scotland and Wales.
The supplier first started distributing power from the Llwyndyrus project in April 2026 under a two-year agreement, and will start supplying electricity from the Bryngolwg project in April 2027, as part of a five-year contract. The investor expects the total generation contracted across the deals to total around 59GWh.
“Our team are focused on making the most of our renewable energy assets while supporting the UK’s transition to a cleaner, more sustainable future,” said Sam Dickerson, Blackfinch senior commercial portfolio manager at Blackfinch, which now manages a UK-wide portfolio of 120MW of operational capacity.
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“This partnership gives us an opportunity to optimise the value of the electricity we generate, while taking a more connected approach to managing energy supply across our wider portfolio,” added Dickerson.
As a supplier, UrbanChain will deliver electricity to 24 half-hourly import meters across nine electricity distribution regions in England, Scotland and Wales. Figures from Elexon published this week show that around 75% of British electricity meters now operate on a half-hourly timeframe, putting the company on track to transition 100% of meters to half-hourly periods by summer 2027.
Both the Llwyndyrus and Bryngolwg facilities are ground-mount projects, and follow a deal signed last year between UrbanChain and Solivus for the UK commercial solar sector.
“The work completed at Llwyndyrus gave us a strong foundation,” said UrbanChain senior PPA originator Tyler Gingell. “We have now been able to build on that with a relationship covering more generation, more sites and more of Blackfinch's energy needs.”
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Between skyrocketing grocery bills and gas prices, keeping up with basic household expenses may feel harder than ever for many Americans. Making matters worse, utility bills are surging coast to coast as major electricity companies raise prices to fund multibillion-dollar grid overhauls.
Nationwide, electric utility providers are in a bind. Surging demand driven by electric vehicles, massive data center expansions and severe weather events is pushing aging power infrastructure to its limits. Utilities routinely pass massive capital investment costs straight to rate payers, squeezing household budgets at a time when families can least afford it.
Originally created in 2013 and subsequently updated, Minnesota’s community solar program, now named in honor of Melissa Hortman, is benefiting thousands of Minnesota households who are no longer willing to wait for regional grid updates. When every dollar counts, waiting for energy prices to magically drop simply isn’t a strategy.
“Solar energy isn’t an expensive luxury anymore,” said Eric Pasi, CEO of Enterprise Energy, a Minneapolis-based community solar developer. “It’s now one of the most affordable sources of new electricity generation in the country. Thanks to Minnesota’s modern energy policy, accessing those lower costs doesn’t require thousands of dollars in rooftop panels.”
Minnesota consistently ranks as one of the largest community solar markets in the nation, boasting more than 800 megawatts of active community solar capacity. The modern legislation ensures that everyday families, not just corporations, directly benefit from grid transformation through guaranteed, income-qualified savings.
Subscribers to local solar gardens can reduce energy costs by up to 15 percent with no upfront fees and zero equipment installations. Homeowners and renters simply subscribe to a nearby solar farm and receive savings credit on their energy statement beginning this fall.
The strategy isn’t just cutting bills; it’s proving how local communities can modernize the power supply from the ground up.
“We are a locally owned company, based in Minneapolis, created to give local families direct relief from rising utility bills” Mr Pasi added. “Our community solar projects now power approximately 10,000 households while helping us build a cleaner, stronger power grid for our communities.”
The rapid growth underlines how hungry consumers are for alternatives. Named the #1 fastest-growing company in Minnesota on Inc.com’s 2026 5000 list, and #4 nationally within the energy sector category, Enterprise Energy projects it will power approximately 30,000 households within the next year alone.
The company is expanding its service into Illinois, where a similar state program exists.
“We are providing a scalable blueprint for how the rest of the country can expand access to affordable electricity” said Mr Pasi.
Minnesota’s Solar Gardens program lowers electricity in three main ways:
According to Pasi, Enterprise Energy’s community solar gardens currently offset close to 100 million pounds of carbon dioxide each year.
“We also go to great lengths to make each garden as beneficial environmentally as possible” Mr Pasi added. “Pollinator-friendly seed mixes are planted in all of our projects. This helps restore the health of the soil. Depending on the project, we may also plant low-growing crops below the solar panels to maximize use of the space. Some of our gardens are even used for sheep grazing.”
Enterprise Energy also prioritizes American-made equipment for its projects.
“It’s important for us to support the US economy” Mr Pasi said. “In addition to sourcing from American vendors, we are committed to growing the overall solar energy industry because it will support many high-paying local green jobs.”
Although each may be structured slightly differently, there are currently 44 states and localities that are helping mitigate climbing utility bills with community solar programs. For Minnesotans, joining a community solar project takes just a few minutes, costs nothing to start and guarantees immediate savings on monthly electric bills.
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Perovskite crystals are used in solar panels, screens, and camera sensors.
Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory developed a salt trick to address a problem with perovskite crystals.
New volatile low-melting mechanism using salt additives controls perovskite crystal formation at the atomic scale.
In early tests, LEDs made with this technique reached new records for efficiency and lifespan.
Spreading salt on an icy road melts the slick hazard and gives tires traction.
Now, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory are using that exact same basic principle to fix a problem with perovskite crystals. The lab-grown crystals are used in solar panels, screens, and camera sensors.
In normal settings, as these crystals form, microscopic defects develop that trap electric charges, draining energy and shortening the device’s lifespan. 
Now, a new volatile low-melting mechanism using salt additives controls perovskite crystal formation at the atomic scale.
The resulting perovskite crystalline layers feature fewer defects and much more stable performance. This advance powers optoelectronic devices that convert light into electricity.
“Defects have been the bottleneck for perovskites for almost a decade,” said study author Yanqi Luo, a beamline scientist in Argonne’s X‑ray Science division. ​“If we can remove the major defects, we can finally start building devices that last longer and perform more reliably.”
Perovskites are synthetic crystals built from repeating atomic patterns that absorb light and move electric charges. However, a major structural flaw has blocked the commercial use for nearly a decade. As perovskite films settle onto a surface, tiny atomic defects form like potholes, trapping electric charges, draining energy, and shortening the device’s lifespan.
In this new work, the team described a volatile, low-melting process known as a eutectic method to address the problem. Scientists added two specific salt additives, zinc bromide and methylammonium chloride, to guide the crystal formation.
Just as road salt lowers the freezing temperature of water, these additives lower the melting point of the perovskite ingredients. When heated, the mixture briefly turns into a liquid slush. That brief liquid state buys time.
The atoms get time to settle into a uniform grid rather than rapidly freezing into a scrambled, defect-ridden pattern. As the heat continues, the added salts evaporate entirely, leaving behind a pure, highly stable crystal layer with no structural traps.
At the same time, leftover zinc atoms drift toward remaining fault lines, smoothing out defects before they can ruin performance.
Proving this mechanism required extraordinary tools.
Using high-intensity X-ray probes at Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source (APS) and Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM), the team mapped composition and optical performance at the exact same time. And watched zinc atoms actively move to repair fault lines in real time.
The study paper noted that the solar cells built with the volatile eutectic method achieved a certified power conversion efficiency of 25.9 percent, while larger perovskite minimodules reached 23.9 percent.
Small-area cells maintained 85.8 percent of their initial efficiency after 1,400 hours of continuous operation at 85°C (185 F). The process also powered light-emitting diodes to an impressive 26.1 percent external quantum efficiency.
This achievement is a step forward for manufacturing, apart from its theoretical success. Manufacturers can now scale up production over large areas without sacrificing quality control, as the salt mechanism enables smooth, consistent crystal growth.
With the Advanced Photon Source recently upgraded to produce X-ray beams up to 500 times brighter, scientists plan to move from snapshot analysis to continuous, movie-like views of crystal growth.
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Researchers in China have examined gallium-doped zinc oxide as an indium-free transparent conductive oxide for silicon heterojunction solar cells, according to pv magazine. The work, published in Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, targets lower manufacturing costs and reduced dependence on scarce indium used in conventional transparent electrodes.
The team reported that the expense of indium has motivated the search for indium-free alternatives to standard transparent conductive oxides in heterojunction cells. The study combined in-situ optical emission spectroscopy with ex-situ characterization to assess the structural, morphological, electrical, optical and chemical properties of the gallium-doped zinc oxide films.
For device fabrication, the researchers used n-type crystalline silicon wafers measuring 210 by 105 millimeters and roughly 130 micrometers thick. The wafers were chemically cleaned and textured, after which intrinsic amorphous silicon passivation layers and doped microcrystalline silicon oxide layers were deposited on both sides through plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition.
Gallium-doped zinc oxide transparent electrodes were then deposited at room temperature by reactive plasma deposition, at 80 nanometers on the front and 100 nanometers on the rear. The oxygen fraction in the oxygen-argon deposition gas was varied from 5 percent to 25 percent while total gas flow was held constant, and contacts were screen-printed using a paste containing 30 weight percent silver-coated copper.
The plasma was monitored by optical emission spectroscopy, and the films were characterized for crystal structure, surface morphology, oxygen chemical states, electrical properties and optical transmission. Cell current-voltage characteristics were measured under simulated sunlight at 1,000 watts per square meter and 25 degrees Celsius, with performance compared against a reference heterojunction cell carrying indium-based transparent electrodes on both sides.
According to the results, the film deposited at 10 percent oxygen content delivered the best electrical behavior, with a minimum resistivity of 4.902 x 10-4 ohm-centimeters and average optical transmittance of 83.45 percent across the 400 to 1100 nanometer range. That film also showed a typical hexagonal wurtzite structure with a pronounced preferred orientation.
When the optimized films served as transparent conductive oxide electrodes in heterojunction solar cells, conversion efficiency reached 24.92 percent. The figure was 0.68 percent lower than that of the heterojunction cell using double-sided indium-based electrodes.
Contributors to the research came from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dinto Solar and Anhui Huasun Energy.
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IB Solar, an India-based module maker that belongs to Integrated Batteries India, has brought three n-type modules to REI Expo 2026 in Greater Noida, India. The largest of them, the IBMPH-640, has been rated at 640 Wp and built from G12R cells. The IBMPH-625 stood next to it at 625 Wp, with 23.14% efficiency printed on its board, while the bifacial IBMPH-600 was marked at 600 Wp and 23.22%. All three of them are sold with ALMM and BIS approval, in DCR and non-DCR forms, and with a 30-year warranty on power. At the same stand, the IB Energy wing of the group displayed lithium battery packs of 25.6 V and 51 V. A screen beside them announced the launch of its hybrid inverters. 
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Smart PV and energy storage specialist Trinasolar has announced a collaboration with IPP Energix covering four utility-scale solar projects in Eastern Europe, with a combined capacity of 580 MW.
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GREW Solar has received approval for the inclusion of its 2,407 MW TOPCon G12R solar PV cell manufacturing capacity at its Narmadapuram facility in Madhya Pradesh under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s (MNRE) Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) List-II for n-type TOPCon solar PV cells.
The approved manufacturing capacity covers bifacial TOPCon solar cells in the G12R format (182.3 mm × 210 mm ± 0.5 mm), featuring 16 busbars and PID-free technology. The cells feature efficiencies of 24.10% to 26.20%, with power outputs ranging from 9.12 W to 10.02 W.
“The ALMM List-II approval for our 2.4GW N-Type TOPCon G12R cell manufacturing capacity is an important milestone. It reflects our dedication to advancing India’s solar growth journey and presents a significant opportunity to build world-class production capabilities alongside renewable energy deployment,” said Vinay Thadani, Director & CEO, GREW Solar. “Our state-of-the-art Solar PV cell manufacturing facility reflects our support for the nation’s vision of a sustainable energy future, technological advancement, and innovation. Strengthening domestic cell production abilities will be necessary for ensuring a robust solar industry for years to come.”
GREW Solar, a venture of the Chiripal Group, is one of India’s fast-growing solar PV manufacturers. The company operates a 6.5 GW solar PV module manufacturing facility in Dudu, Rajasthan, with plans to scale its module manufacturing capacity to 11 GW. GREW Solar is also establishing an 8 GW solar PV cell manufacturing facility in Narmadapuram, Madhya Pradesh, with plans to build 8 GW of ingot and wafer manufacturing capacity by 2028.
The company manufactures high-efficiency N-type TOPCon G12R solar PV modules for utility-scale and other solar applications.
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The installed capacity of wind and solar power has exceeded 2 billion kilowatts, and the flexibility pricing mechanism for the power system is pending implementation.
Energy Foresight learned that on October 26, the National Energy Administration released the power statistics for the period from January to September. By the end of September, the cumulative installed capacity of wind and solar power had reached 2.01 billion kilowatts, including 1.31 billion kilowatts of solar power and 700 million kilowatts of wind power.
However, another set of figures previously disclosed at the official press conference sent a signal in the opposite direction: in the first half of 2026, the wind power utilization rate was 90.9% and the photovoltaic power utilization rate was 91.4%, down 2.3 and 2.6 percentage points year-on-year respectively, marking three consecutive years of year-on-year decline. While the installed capacity is expanding, the utilization rate is shrinking, and the two curves have formed a collision gap in the same statistical report for the first time.
On August 28, the Shandong Provincial Development and Reform Commission launched a public consultation, adjusting the lower limit of electric energy bidding price from -0.08 yuan/kWh to -0.12 yuan/kWh, and the lower limit of clearing price from -0.10 yuan/kWh to -0.14 yuan/kWh. The policy only relaxes constraints during low load periods, while the upper limit remains completely unchanged.
When photovoltaic power generation peaks at noon, electricity can be even cheaper, or even priced more negatively; when there is a power shortage during evening peak hours, the price will still stay at a high level. In February 2026, the lowest daily electricity price in the Shandong spot power market once dropped to 0.0054 yuan/kWh, almost touching zero.
For new energy operators, the harm does not lie in losing money for a few hours, but in the fact that the foundation of their revenue model has been undermined.
In the past, the accounting logic was “utilization hours × electricity price”, meaning the more power generated, the higher the revenue. After the negative electricity price range is widened, the extra power generated at noon not only fails to make profits, but may even lead to additional losses.
A 2 to 3 percentage point drop in utilization rate is not a marginal fluctuation on the financial statement, but a direct reduction in settled electricity volume, while the capital expenditure for energy storage allocation and the cycle life loss still need to be covered from the same revenue pool.
What is more troublesome is that the distribution of power consumption pressure is extremely uneven geographically.
Relevant researchers from the State Grid Energy Research Institute judge that the curtailment of new energy power is continuously concentrating in the “Three North” regions. It is estimated that by 2030, the curtailment volume in the “Three North” regions will account for 80% of the total curtailment in the State Grid’s operating area, curtailment in spring and autumn will account for 74% of the annual total, and curtailment at noon will account for 74% of the daily total. This is not a blanket pressure applied evenly across all regions, but a sharp knife that cuts right at the two points of the northwest region and noon. The utilization rate in eastern provinces is still above 95%, while some bases in the northwest are already looking for consumption outlets for every kilowatt-hour of power generated at noon.
Coal power has received its first institutional income. Since 2026, the proportion of fixed costs recovered through coal power capacity tariffs has been uniformly increased to no less than 50%, with the national average at about 165 yuan/kW·year, and the top level of 330 yuan/kW·year reached in Gansu and Yunnan.
This fund is not paid for the amount of electricity generated, but for the generation units. In the first half of 2026, the proportion of coal power generation in total power generation fell below 50% for the first time to 49.7%, but in the same period, coal power provided about 70% of the peak shaving capacity and 80% of the regulation capacity. While power generation volume is decreasing, the supporting role of coal power is growing, and the capacity tariff is designed to price this mismatch.
However, the 165 yuan per kilowatt per year only covers part of the fixed costs, and cannot make up for the market price difference.
The current account book of coal power is divided into three parts: The energy tariff follows market fluctuations, the capacity tariff is settled at a fixed rate based on available capacity, and the ancillary service is priced according to the contribution of peak shaving and frequency regulation. After the three parts are combined, coal power has transformed from a “power generation provider relying on natural resources” to a “regulation service provider relying on performance fulfillment”, but the third part is the truly flexible part, which also relies most on detailed provincial implementation rules.
The minimum technical output of pure condensing units has been reduced to 25% to 40%, and the market size of deep peak shaving renovation in 2026 is expected to reach the level of 8 billion yuan. How much compensation will be given for peak shaving after the renovation? The deep peak shaving compensation standard in the northeast ancillary service market once reached a maximum of 0.7 yuan/kWh, but that is the price for specific regions and specific gears, not a unified national price.
The implementation opinions on coal power integration clearly states that “synergetic operation will be realized through participation in the power market”, but the absence of a revenue distribution formula means that the investment in flexibility transformation and the deviation cost of joint quotation are still hanging between power generation enterprises and provincial regulatory rules.
On October 26, four design institutes under PowerChina, namely Beijing Engineering Corporation, Northwest Engineering Corporation, Henan Electric Power Design Institute and Fujian Electric Power Survey & Design Institute, won the bids for five projects: the 2nd phase of Hubei “Eneng Shandian” project with 36 integrated photovoltaic-storage-charging stations for heavy trucks, with a contract value of 1.902 billion yuan; the 400MW/800MWh independent energy storage project in Baise, with a contract value of 764 million yuan; the 200MW/400MWh independent energy storage project in Xiyang, with a contract value of 478 million yuan; the 100MW wind power project in Baishui, with a contract value of 140 million yuan; the 200MW wind power project in Runan, with a contract value of 268 million yuan, totaling 3.552 billion yuan.
Almost at the same time, the consortium that Guangxi Electric Power Design Institute under China Energy Engineering Group participated in won the bid for the 150MW photovoltaic-storage integrated project in Yuanping, Xinzhou, with 450MWh of energy storage configured for photovoltaic power generation, equivalent to a unit price of about 3.57 yuan per watt. The bid-winning structure within a single day is more truthful than any strategic plan: the same design institute is delivering charging networks, independent energy storage and wind power projects at the same time, which is not a simple concentration of construction shares.
When the unit of project comparison gradually shifts from “how many megawatts are installed” to “how much dispatchable regulation capacity is delivered in which time period”, the premium of the pure construction link will be compressed.
The Basic Rules for the Spot Power Market, which was open for public consultation on October 19, allows new energy sources and the energy storage configured inside the plant to act as a joint quotation entity, and the deviation assessment will be imposed on the consortium. The coal power integration dispatch requires that the minimum output, ramp rate and maintenance window of coal-fired units be put into the same operation plan together with the output curves of wind and solar power in the adjacent area.
A single-link construction contractor cannot complete these tasks, and what is needed is the integration capability that can incorporate coal power, wind power, solar power and energy storage into the same set of operation logic. In the first half of 2026, the energy and power order proportion of PowerChina exceeded 62%, but its price-to-book ratio is still at a low level.
The market is still applying the valuation framework for building construction, and the migration of order structure has not been fully priced. It does not mean that revaluation will definitely happen, but when the competition focus shifts from construction cost to collaborative operation effect, the valuation anchor will sooner or later follow the connotation of the orders.

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If you like heading off-road during adventures, a power station can be a really handy addition to your gear. These can keep your essential devices running when regular outlets are nowhere in sight, and even when you’re dealing with power outages at home. Anker makes some of the best, most versatile options around – one of which just got a nice price cut on Amazon. 
The Anker Solix C300 portable power station bundle that includes a 60W solar panel is now sitting at $270, after a 16% discount. That’s $50 less than what you’d normally pay for it. Just note that because this is a limited-time offer, we wouldn’t expect the deal to be around for too long. It’s better to grab it now to lock the discounted price in.
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Power stations come in a lot of shapes and sizes. This one features a built-in handle and is lightweight enough to carry around easily. The portable build – however – packs in a total output power of 300W, which is plenty to keep most, if not all your devices up and running when you’re out. 
You get seven versatile ports to power your tech, including a car socket (120W), two USB-C (140W) ports, one USB-C (100W) port, one USB-C (15W) port, and two USB-A (12W) ports. That’s enough to plug in your smartphone, tablet, laptop, earbuds, gaming console, and even a portable projector all at once. In fact, you’ll still have space for stuff like a drone camera or a camping light! Speaking of light, the Anker C300 also has one built right into it, so it can provide some illumination at night if you ever forget to pack one separately.
Recharging the power station is quick, since it can go from 0 to 80% in only 50 minutes with a wall outlet. When that’s not an option, the included 60W solar panel can top it up using sunlight. It takes about four hours to hit 100% with the solar panel, but it’s still pretty convenient for on-the-go use.
The package includes the Anker SOLIX C300 DC portable power station, a 60W solar panel, a solar-to-XT-60 charging cable, an extension cable, a 60 cm 140W USB-C to C charging cable, and a warranty card. The current offer drops the price of this bundle to $270 after taking $50 off. But since this is a limited-time discount, it won’t stick around for long. We’d recommend grabbing it now while you can. 
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ENGIE has announced the full commissioning of its 250 MW Khaba solar project in Rajasthan and 200 MW Khavda project in Gujarat, adding a combined 450 MW of operational renewable energy capacity in India.
The projects strengthen the company’s renewable energy portfolio in the country. ENGIE said approximately 80% of the construction workforce was hired locally, supporting local communities and contributing to regional economic activity.
This milestone builds on ENGIE’s growing presence in India. The company secured its first battery energy storage project, a 280 MW/560 MWh BESS, in November 2025, followed by a hybrid project in January 2026 combining 200 MW of solar capacity with a 100 MW/600 MWh battery storage system.
With around 2 GW in operation or under construction in the country, the Group continues to grow its presence in India, bringing together renewable generation and flexibility solutions to help meet growing demand for reliable, low-carbon electricity.
“The commissioning of the Khaba and Khavda solar projects marks an important milestone for ENGIE in India, adding 450 MW of new renewable capacity to our operational portfolio. Delivering projects of this scale requires strong execution, operational discipline and close collaboration with local communities,” said Amit Jain, CEO & Country Manager India, Managing Director Renewables & Batteries SEA, ENGIE. “With the majority of our construction workforce hired locally, these projects also reflect our commitment to creating value beyond clean energy generation. As India’s energy needs evolve, we remain focused on building reliable, high-quality renewable infrastructure across solar, battery storage and hybrid solutions to support a cleaner, more resilient and energy-secure future for the country.”
Pedro Vasconcelos, ENGIE Executive Vice President in charge of Renewable & Flexible Power, said, “India is a key growth market for ENGIE, where we are continuing to build scale and momentum as we contribute to one of the world’s major energy transitions. As the market evolves, we also see increasing opportunities in corporate PPAs and in combining renewable generation with more sophisticated energy management and flexibility solutions. Our ambition is to build on this momentum and use these capabilities to create additional value for our customers and for ENGIE.”
Located in Barmer, Rajasthan, the 250 MW Khaba solar project has been developed through Khaba Renewable Energy Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of ENGIE. Each year, the project will generate approximately 650 GWh of electricity and avoid nearly 180 kilotonnes of CO₂ emissions.
Located within the Khavda Renewable Energy Park in the Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, the 200 MW solar PV park has been developed through Enren II Energy Pvt Ltd. The project, contracted to supply electricity to Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd under a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), will generate approximately 350 GWh of electricity annually.
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