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The Spanish authorities have arrested 23 people and found 8.5 tons of stolen copper with a theft ring aimed at PV plants in Andalusia, Extremadura and ávila. The Civil Guard dismantled the network through Operation Kupfer, part of a broader performance against copper theft in the sun sector of the country. April 8, 2025 Pilar Sánchez Molina By PV Magazine Spain The bourgeois guard of Spain dismantled a group that specializes in copper theft of solar plants in the southern regions of Andalusia and Extremadura. Through Operation Kupfer – named after the German word for buyer – officers arrested 23…

Scientists in Spain have proposed a new way to calculate the structural shadow factor and mismatch losses for the rear of bifacial PV modules with the help of trackers of one axis. They tested the new methodology in a real PV system and discovered that it is able to establish a linear fit based on distance to the coupling tube. April 11, 2025 Lior Kahana Researchers from the Spain’s Technical University of Madrid (IES-UPM) have proposed a new method to determine the Shading Factor (SSF) and Misml loss structure (MML) (MML) for the rear of Bifacial PV modules using an-as…

The patent permit agreement would be for the production and/or sale of PV products based on Perovskite in China. Image: Oxford PV. Oxford PV and Trinasolar, a Chinese solar manufacturer, have signed a patent permit agreement for Solar PV technologies based on Perovskite. Both companies have signed an exclusive patent permit license agreement for the production and/or sale of PV products based on Perovskite in China with an extra right to sublicense. “This agreement is a milestone in our mission to make PV -Mainream PV -Mainream and confirms the crucial role of patents in today’s photovoltaic day and the future,”…

The adjustable, compact leaf coater supports coat racing from 1.2 mm/sec to 33 mm/sec. April 11, 2025 Valerie Thompson InfinityPV, a Danish supplier of printed electronics equipment, has launched a final-DIE coater to offer thin-film PV researchers with a compact, configurable plate coater that is suitable for organic and inorganic solar cell technologies. “Our final DIE coater provides exceptional coating uniformity for films on nanometer-to-micrometer scale, which offers a wide range of liquid formulations. It is aimed at researchers who strive for precision and reproducibility,” J, “JOn Carlé, the head of the sale at InfinityPV, said PV Magazine. The equipment…

Solyco is developing a new technology for low temperatures for the mutual connection of solar cells. It consists of a round copper core with a diameter of 280 μm that is covered with a very thin layer of silver for corrosion protection and then surrounded by a 40 μm coating of an electrically conductive thermoplast. April 11, 2025 Emiliano Bellini The German Startup Solyco has presented a new interconnection technique for the low temperature that does not require the use of silver, lead or bismut. The proposed technology is called thermoplastic and electrically conductive coating (TECC connect), consists of a…

By SB staff April 11, 2025 The Bob Westphal Memorial Scholarship now accepts requests for the 2025-2026 school year. Granted to students who are interested in pursuing a career in energy construction, requests for the $ 2,500 grant on 30 May. Students can submit requests via the Skillsusa website on Skillsusa.org. The Bob Westphal Memorial Scholarship is a five-year program that was founded in honor of Robert H. Westphal (1944-2020) as a recognition for his impact on the energy construction sector. The program is aimed at helping students who are interested in pursuing a career in the energy construction. This…

Every day across America, water treatment facilities process billions of gallons of wastewater. A single mid-sized facility handles over 12 million gallons daily, with an annual power bill reaching into the millions. But these facilities share something beyond their essential service – large, unused spaces perfectly positioned to capture sunlight. The challenge of managing waste while keeping costs down affects every community. Waste treatment facilities rank among the largest energy consumers in municipal operations, often using more electricity than schools and libraries combined. For facility managers watching their budgets shrink while energy costs climb, it feels like trying to fill…

Vesper Energy organized a ribbon cutting ceremony on 10 April 2025 to the commercial operation of its flagship energy project, Hornet Solar, which is now fully operational. The event marks an important milestone, not only for Vesper Energy, but also for Texas as a national leader in the production of solar energy. Hornet Solar includes more than 1.36 million modules and includes more than six square mile in Swisher County, Texas, making it one of the largest solar installations in the country. The project will contribute more than $ 100 million to new tax revenues to Swisher County and 600…

Congressman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) has the Termination intermittent law on energy subsidiesLegislation to abolish the production and investment tax credits for wind and solar energy in a responsible manner in the next five years. The legislation is supervised by energy and commerce republicans Gary Palmer (R-Al), Randy Weber (R-TX) and Craig Goldman (R-TX). “Wind and solar energy are no longer rising technologies, they are adult, market-related and widely used,” Fedorchak said. “By continuing to stimulate these intermittent energy sources through generous tax credits, we distort energy markets and we send the absolute wrong signal to investors. Like all grid operators…

The prices of Polysilicon and Solar Module from China remained stable this week in the midst of low trade volumes, but soothed producer quotes and rising output on the supply chain edited mounting oversurin risks. April 11, 2025 Vincent Shaw The China Non -Ferrous Metal Industry Association The prices of China remained stable this week in limited trade, but the softening of quotations from large producers probably fell that she is falling. Mainstream spot prices varied from CNY 40 ($ 5.47)/kg to CNY 42/kg, while inland grainy silicon sold for CNY 37/kg to CNY 39/kg. The production of April is…