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Solarpro has developed a steel deck mounting structure with a drill-free mounting system for solar panels on roofs. December 9, 2025 Marie Beijer By pv magazine France Solarpro, a Paris-based PV company, has developed a steel deck mounting structure with a drill-free mounting system for rooftop solar panels. Waterproofing is an important consideration when installing solar panels on buildings, especially when multiple contractors must coordinate on overlapping schedules. Solarpro designed the Solaboac system to address this challenge for steel roofs. The current version of Solaboac is compatible with three families of high-efficiency panels: the Tarka 126 from the French manufacturer…

The U.S. solar industry installed 11.7 GW of new capacity in the third quarter of 2025, which was the industry’s third largest quarter ever and pushed total installations past 30 GW this year. Despite actions in Washington aimed at clean energy, solar and storage are responsible for 85% of all new energy added to the grid in the first nine months of the Trump administration. Credit: Duke Energy According to the Insight into the US solar market Q4 2025 According to the report released today from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie, 73% of all solar capacity…

Asset owner and operator Varco Energy, together with Fluence Energy, has achieved commercial operations for the first phase of the 142.5 MW/348.5 MWh Sizing John Energy Storage Project.Located within the Mersey Ring to the east of Liverpool, the The first phase of the project consists of a 57 MW/137.5 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), with a duration of 2.4 hours. Construction of Phase 2 is underway, with Fluence selected to expand the project by a further 85.5 MW/201 MWh BESS. Commercial operations for the second phase are expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2026.According to Varco Energy,…

Solar PV projects could receive up to £295 million in government support through the upcoming Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation round 7 (AR7).Announced yesterday that the budget for AR7 has been split into AR7 and AR7a; AR7a is the auction for all renewable technologies except offshore wind, which has its own auction in AR7.AR7a has a total budget of £310 million, which would be the maximum support the government would pay to renewable energy producers if wholesale electricity prices fell below a certain threshold.The technologies in AR7a are split into two ‘pots’, with Pot 1 containing projects using established technologies,…

Researchers studying PV panels in Chile’s extremely dry Atacama Desert found that cemented pollution can cause up to 9.8% annual energy loss. Their combined field and laboratory work shows that dry cleaning leaves behind residue that accelerates future cementation, making wet cleaning the more effective long-term strategy, despite higher costs and scarce water. December 9, 2025 Emiliano Bellini An international research team has investigated the formation of cemented pollution on PV panels operating in the hyper-arid conditions of the region with the world’s highest solar radiation levels, the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, and found that annual energy losses, if…

Solar energy recycler OnePlanet will use vision-driven robots and automation to scale up its River City facility and recover more, purer valuable materials from used panels. December 9, 2025 Phoebe Skok By pv magazine USA A tsunami is headed toward the American solar industry, but only time will tell when exactly the wave of mass solar panel retirements will crash. Modules from the early 2010s solar wave are nearing the end of their lives, with many expected to peak between 2027 and 2030. An estimate from the newly christened National Laboratory of the Rockies (formerly the National Renewable Energy Laboratory)…

Researchers from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and partners have mapped how emerging chalcogenide semiconductor absorbers behave in photoelectrochemical systems that convert sunlight and CO2 into chemical fuels. They investigated how the electronic band structure of these materials controls the generation, separation and transfer of charge at the semiconductor-electrolyte interface, and how these processes limit device efficiency over time. The team focused on using non-toxic, Earth-abundant compounds as light absorbers, with the aim of replacing critical or scarce elements in solar fuel architectures. By examining the band positions and internal electric fields, they identified how the absorber layers electronically couple to…

Prolux Solutions is recalling all Storac home energy storage systems in Germany and is moving away from vanadium redox flow technology to transition future residential products to lithium iron phosphate batteries. December 8, 2025 Marian Willuhn By ESS news Peter van Garsel from Bad Homburg had high expectations of his energy storage technology. Instead of a conventional lithium-ion battery, he consciously opted for a vanadium redox flow system. The technology promised a long service life, because the electrolyte is not degradable, and was also considered particularly safe. However, after commissioning in February 2024, the reality turned out to be different.…

A report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) recommends three strategies to accelerate the deployment of distributed solar and battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Ukraine as the country works to increase its energy security. December 8, 2025 Patrick Jowett The IEA has proposed three possible policy measures to increase the deployment of distributed solar energy and BESS Ukraine. From the agency latest report says that distributed solar energy has played a key role in restoring and expanding energy capacity in Ukraine since the Russian invasion repeatedly targeted energy infrastructure. Agency estimates add that Ukraine will need to deploy around…

The Baltimore Ravens are addressing sustainability and rising energy costs by commissioning a solar energy project soon to be built on M&T Bank Stadium. Lumina Solar is planning one Solar panel with 1,000 panels located at the stadium’s North Plaza once this NFL season concludes. Credit: Shawn Hubbard/Baltimore Ravens Photos This solar project will cover part of the stadium’s energy consumption. The Ravens will own the solar project and pay to have it maintained after installation. “It’s all part of our entire sustainability plan,” said Rich Tamayo, senior VP of stadium operations and guest experience. “We’re building new buildings that…