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Indian solar manufacturer Waaree Energies is looking to expand in Europe as the EU Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) reforms solar sourcing requirements and the supply chain. It says its size, bankability and track record of multi-gigawatt production will enable it to meet stricter European requirements for supply chain resilience and traceability. December 26, 2025 Uma Gupta By pv magazine India Indian solar producer Waaree Energies wants to deepen its presence in Europe as the NZIA of the European Union reforms solar energy purchasing and imposes stricter restrictions on Chinese module suppliers. The NZIA is prioritizing supply chain resilience, reduced dependence…

Researchers at Tohoku University have developed a covalently bridged fullerene framework that allows carbon-based lithium-ion battery anodes to store lithium in a more stable configuration while supporting fast charging. The new material, called Mg4C60, links fullerene (C60) molecules via covalent bridges, creating a layered structure that resists structural collapse and loss of active material during repeated cycles. Conventional lithium-ion batteries typically use graphite anodes, which can limit fast charging performance and create safety hazards due to lithium plating on the anode surface at high charging rates. In contrast, the Mg4C60 framework provides a different lithium storage mechanism within a carbon…

The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) has announced the winners first storage purchasealso called a Section 83E energy storage request. The state selected four large-scale projects totaling 1,268 MW as it aims to reach a regulatory-required operational storage capacity of 5,000 MW by July 2030. Winning projects include Jupiter Power’s Trimount ESS, which will be located at a former 100-year-old Exxon oil terminal in Everett. Existing fossil fuel infrastructure will become a broader hub for clean energy, and in the process the project is expected to delay about $2.2 billion in regional transmission upgrades. Source link

The Export-Import Bank of Korea is investing in a 132 MW solar plus 325 MWh battery energy storage project in Guam, being developed by a consortium of Korean developers. December 24, 2025 Patrick Jowett Image: Oskar Kadaksoo, Unsplash The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) will provide $241 million in financing for a large-scale solar-plus-storage project in Guam. The Yona solar project will consist of a 132 MW solar power plant and a 325 MWh battery energy storage system, which will be developed in the Yona area in the south of the island. About 200,000 solar panels will be placed on…

Romanian utility Electrica Group is conducting two solar tenders: a 62.5 MW project open for applications until February 17, 2026, and a 77.6 MW project open for bids until February 12, 2026. December 24, 2025 Patrick Jowett Image: Teodora Popa/Unsplash Romanian utility company Electrica Group has published two tenders for solar energy. The first concerns the 62.5 MW Satu Mare 3 project to be built in the municipality of Doba in the northwest of Romania. New Trend Energy SRL, a company wholly owned by Electrica SA, is conducting the tender. According to the invite you to registerThe project is in…

By Martin McConnell December 23, 2025 Clean tomorrow Siting Solutions Projects released its new Site Policy Field Guide on December 18, offering policy models, principles and a “practical framework” for clean energy advocates. The new field guide aims to address siting, which the project claims has become the “largest clean energy bottleneck” in the US. Project officials have centered the guide around designing clean energy advances while also balancing the needs of company stakeholders. “Siting is the bottleneck holding back America’s clean energy potential,” said Alex Breckel, co-author and Senior Director of Programs at the Siting Solutions Project. “With the…

By Martin McConnell December 23, 2025 Several groups with strong interests in clean energy, led by the Oregon Environmental Councilhave sued the IRS and Treasury Department over anti-solar and wind tax guidelines that they say “illegally harm renewable energy.” The lawsuit, filed Dec. 18 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, includes seven plaintiffs from across the country. The group of plaintiffs has called the new tax rules, specifically the “five percent safe harbor” standard for solar and wind construction, “restrictive and unprecedented.” The new tax credit rule breaks with a decade-long precedent set by the federal…

Saatvik Green Energy has commissioned a 2 GW in-house EPE film production facility at its Ambala campus in Haryana. December 24, 2025 Uma Gupta By pv magazine India Saatvik Green Energy has commissioned a 2 GW in-house EPE film production facility at its Ambala campus in Haryana, India. EPE is a multi-layer encapsulation film that combines ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) and polyolefin elastomer (POE) for the encapsulation of photovoltaic modules. Saatvik’s recently commissioned EPE facility, located within the existing module manufacturing complex, marks a major milestone in the company’s journey towards deeper vertical integration and supply chain self-reliance. Encapsulation films…

The efficiency result represents one of the best performances achieved to date for this type of thin-film solar cells. The device is manufactured with a contact interface on the back that reportedly improves charge transport. December 24, 2025 Valerie Thompson Researchers from Chonnam National University in South Korea have used vapor processing to deposit a germanium oxide layer on the back contact surface of thin-film tin mon sulfide (SnS) solar cells to improve the energy conversion efficiency of solar cells to 4.81%, up from 3.7% for the standard cell. Although known as a cheap, plentiful material with promising properties for…

Japan plans to impose stricter environmental oversight on future large-scale solar projects. The government may also end financial support under its feed-in tariffs and feed-in premium schemes for large ground-mounted solar from April 2027. December 24, 2025 Patrick Jowett Image: Fumiaki Hayashi/Unsplash The government of Japan plans to take a series of countermeasures against large-scale solar farms. Dubbed the Mega Solar Countermeasure Package, the plans include introducing stricter environmental oversight by lowering the threshold for mandatory environmental impact assessments and expanding their scope. A threshold for this measure has yet to be made public. Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and…