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The Australian company has introduced single-phase AC storage systems of 5 kW and 6 kW, as well as three-phase models of 10 kW and 12 kW. The storage capacities of the new products range from 5 kWh to 40 kWh. December 19, 2025 Lior Kahana The Eclipse HS3 Image: Ambrion Australian company Ambrion has launched a new range of all-in-one storage solutions. The Eclipse HS3 range includes single-phase AC products of 5 kW and 6 kW, as well as three-phase models of 10 kW and 12 kW. “It is a 6-in-1 plug-and-play interconnected modular design with an ultra-slim 1.7cm profile…
US researchers say a self-guided machine learning tool could identify long-term physical defects in solar power systems weeks or years before conventional inspections, potentially reducing operating and maintenance costs. December 19, 2025 Ryan Kennedy By pv magazine USA Researchers from Stony Brook University, in collaboration with Ecosuite and Ecogy Energy, have done just that developed a self-supervised machine learning algorithm designed to identify physical anomalies in solar energy systems. The project aims to reduce operation and maintenance (O&M) costs, which remain a major hurdle to project economics as the industry scales. Using historical datasets from Ecogy Energy, researchers Yue Zhao…
Saudi Electricity Co. has completed a massive storage project across three sites, improving grid stability and the integration of renewable energy sources. Once fully operational, the installation will become the largest battery energy storage system (BESS) in the world. December 18, 2025 Marija Maisch By ESS news The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has officially completed the grid connection of its pioneering battery energy storage project, with a nominal capacity of 7.8 GWh. The project covers three locations in the southwestern regions of the kingdom: Najran, Khamis Mushait and Madaya. Each site has a capacity of 2.6 GWh and is connected…
By SB staff December 17, 2025 A newly installed floating solar system powers 100% of the operations Nelson family vineyards in Mendocino County, California. The innovative project was installed on an irrigation pond, allowing the 74-year-old, 1,800-hectare family farm to run entirely on renewable energy without taking any agricultural land out of production. Together with an existing solar system on the winery’s roof, the floating photovoltaic (FPV) system is expected to generate approximately 200,000 kWh of electricity per year – enough to fully power the winery, agricultural pumps, tasting room, retail store and 12 homes on site. The project is…
A coalition of renewable energy stakeholders has sued the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department over changes to tax credits that the group says discriminate against solar and wind energy projects. The groups are led by the Oregon Environmental Council and include the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Public Citizen, Hopi Utilities Corporation, Woven Energy, the City and County of San Francisco and the Maryland Office of People’s Counsel. “The Trump administration has waged an illogical and illegal war on clean energy, and these arbitrary tax rules are just another salvo,” said Grace Henley, a tax attorney at NRDC,…
Two complaints to the European Commission allege that Greece’s repowering policy and high-value bonds for battery storage projects are blocking upgrades, raising costs and hindering the energy transition, according to industry body Pospief. December 18, 2025 Ilias Tsagas Several Greek solar energy producers have submitted two separate letters of complaint against the Greek government to the European Commission. Thessaloniki-based Pospief, an association of Greek solar energy producers, coordinated the campaign. The first complaint concerns policies that repower older renewable projects, including PV arrays and wind farms that are completing their life cycle or need major hardware upgrades. Some PV installations…
Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG) released its new version today High capacity transmission permit trackera publicly accessible tool that shows state and federal permitting status for major planned transmission projects across the country as policymakers grapple with years of delays in building new network infrastructure. The U.S. electricity transmission system faces lengthy, fragmented permitting processes that can stretch critical network upgrades over years and multiple agencies. Modernizing that process is essential to unlock new lines that keep power reliable and affordable as demand from AI, industry and electrification increases. The High-Capacity Transmission Permitting Tracker provides the first centralized…
Door Brad Kramer 17 december 2025 Toen ik in september bij RE+ was, sprak ik met verschillende bedrijven die betrokken zijn bij de ontwikkeling van zonne-energie om hun verwachtingen voor 2026 en daarna te peilen. We bespraken onderwerpen als de wijzigingen in de federale investeringsbelastingkredieten (ITC), de haast om projecten te starten om de deadlines voor belastingkredieten te halen, trends in de sector, innovaties en hoe bedrijven succesvol kunnen blijven terwijl ze op de zonnecoaster rijden. Wat volgt is een bewerkt transcript van die discussies. Hoe passen ontwikkelaars zich aan de veranderingen van de ITC aan? Seth Adams, senior vice-president…
Researchers in South Korea have shown that a double-layered tin oxide electron transport layer can increase the efficiency and stability of back-contact perovskite solar cells while addressing important interfacial loss mechanisms. Back-contact perovskite solar cells place the perovskite absorber at the top of the device stack so that incoming light reaches the active layer directly, while electron and hole collection contacts and charge transport materials are located on the back. In conventional front-contact perovskite cells, light must pass through these transport and contact layers before reaching the perovskite, leading to optical losses and reducing the amount of useful light absorbed…
Eleven European solar panel makers say Italy’s 2026 tax incentive unfairly favors heterojunction technology (HJT), risks higher costs and limits competition in the PV market. December 18, 2025 Sergio Matalucci From pv magazine Italy Eleven European solar module manufacturers have called on Italy to change provisions in the 2026 budget law that limit a major tax incentive for investments to a limited number of solar technologies. The companies said the current framework governing the “Iperammortamento” tax incentive limits eligibility for European-made heterojunction bifacial modules with cell efficiency above twenty-four percent and tandem perovskite panels, effectively excluding mainstream PV technologies from…