Author: solarenergy

The solar sector in Türkiye continues to grow rapidly, with almost 2 GW of new capacity in the first four months of the year. While momentum for implementation remains strong, the market appears to be transitioning from a rapid boom to a more structured and policy-making phase. Speak with pv magazine At the Smarter E event in Munich, Germany, Mehmet İzzet Özaydın, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Turkish PV Association Günder, said the market is mainly driven by private sector demand for cost reduction and energy security through unlicensed solar power plants, with solar energy increasingly seen as…

By Charles W. Thurston June 24, 2026 Photo credit: Powerlily A recent Canadian entrant into the highly contested North American solar software market aims to provide Canadian solar installers with a complete solution that fills the ‘gaps’ left by several US solar software companies. Power Lilywhich has been around in a commercial version for two years, was developed by the founders of Watts Up Solar, an installation company based in Wilmot, Nova Scotia. The software is priced at a low fixed cost, unlike competitors with endless add-on costs, said Tom Rendle, the founder and director of Watts Up, in an…

Solar and energy storage developer Pathfinder Clean Energy (PACE) has secured a €100m (£86m) convertible bond investment that will accelerate the ongoing construction of UK clean energy assets.This investment is being secured through INFRAGREEN V, an infrastructure fund managed by investment management company RGREEN INVEST, and builds on a previous partnership between the two companies in June 2025.The investment will support PACE’s transition to becoming an owner and operator of clean infrastructure and help finance the construction of a portfolio of nearly 400 MW of solar PV and more than 200 MW of battery energy storage systems (BESS), while advancing…

By Martin McConnell June 23, 2026 Salt Lake City energy developer rPlus energies has announced the start of commercial operations for the Green River Energy Center in central Utah’s Emery County. The 400 MW project is the largest solar and storage facility in the country PacificCorps service area in six states, and comes complete with a 1.6 GWh battery project. The project highlights the Beehive State’s growing role in the American solar landscape, following the introduction of the Operation Gigawatt initiative by Governor Spencer Cox in 2024. “Operation Gigawatt is about ensuring Utah has the reliable, homegrown energy it needs…

Add South Korea to the list of countries where U.S. solar panel manufacturers are asking the U.S. Department of Commerce to investigate for anti-dumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD) circumvention. Heliene of Minnesota, SEG Solar of Texas and Canadian Solar’s cell manufacturing company in Indiana have joined together under the banner “American Manufacturers for Energy Resilience” to submit the research request. The three companies claim that South Korea has become the largest import source of solar cells into the United States, driven largely by conglomerate Hanwha and its solar subsidiary Qcells. They say Hanwha is circumventing Chinese AD/CVD orders by doing “minimal work”…

British energy supplier Octopus Energy has launched a new range of battery storage systems for the home, including a plug-in unit aimed at renters and apartment dwellers. The battery range was launched at the company’s Energy Tech Summit and will be available in five European markets from 2027, including the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. The launch includes the Octopus Nook Cube, a 2 kWh plug-in battery that plugs into a standard household socket and can be expanded up to 10.5 kWh via additional units. The company is also introducing the Octopus Nook Colossus, a 5 kWh wall-mounted battery…

Chinese solar company LONGi has launched its energy storage offering in the UK with the introduction of the Hi-MO One Pro and OmniCube L233 systems.At the heart of the launch is the Hi-MO One Pro system, a 261 kWh modular hybrid storage platform that integrates five core subsystems: energy management (EMS), battery management (BMS), power conversion (PCS), thermal management and LONGi’s proprietary iCCS predictive safety technology.According to the company, the Hi-MO One Pro is designed for applications such as peak shaving, self-consumption optimization, backup power, microgrids and hybrid PV storage configurations.The system is available in 125 kW or 250 kW…

Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany have reached record high energy prices due to the current heat wave in Europe and its consequences, according to energy market information provider Montel. He states that extremely high temperatures reduce the efficiency of solar panels and CCGT power stations. CCGT power stations operate less efficiently at high temperatures and lose between 0.5% and 0.9% of their production for every additional degree Celsius. The Norwegian company said that, according to stock exchange data, Belgium has set a new record for the electricity price per quarter at €1,038.25 ($1,181.63)/MWh for the 15-minute time slot starting at…

Europe is addicted to gas, but a new geopolitical crisis makes the case for an accelerated deployment of solar energy and energy storage even stronger. As policymakers consider possible methods to decouple electricity markets from volatile gas prices, renewable generators and energy storage developers are ready to break the link in the most direct way possible. The conflict in the Middle East has put Europe’s dependence on gas back in the spotlight. As exposure to gas market volatility fuels the energy sovereignty debate, the solar industry stands ready. European solar energy has already softened the impact of the US-Israeli-led conflict…

By Martin McConnell June 18, 2026 The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has released a new interactive map detailing the location of solar energy (or lack thereof) on major U.S. agricultural lands. The new mapping program comes at a crucial time, as Farm Bill negotiations in the U.S. Congress have led to more research than ever on agricultural solar energy projects. According to SEIA, the map shows that solar energy takes up a “remarkably small” percentage of U.S. farmland, about 0.07% of the country’s farmland. SEIA president and CEO Tim Pawlenty, who took over from interim president Darren Van’t Hof…