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Ahead of next year’s Solar Finance & Investment Europe event, hosted in London by Solar energy portal publisher Solar Media, speaker Guy Lavarack, chief investment officer at Luminous Energy Group, tells us about how the maturity of the UK solar and storage market has influenced the risk assessment for investors in the sector.“The UK market has matured, the technologies have matured and one of the biggest risks right now is around execution and just the capacity in the market to build,” says Lavarack.His comments come as part of a broader discussion on risk assessment and mitigation in the European solar…
The German manufacturer of specialty glass and materials has announced a new cerium-doped solar cover glass that is compatible with a range of space solar cell technologies, including III-V and silicon-based concepts. It is designed for use in multiple satellite orbits. December 19, 2025 Valerie Thompson Germany manufacturer of special glass and materials Schott announced its latest space cover glass, designed for new cell architectures and higher power density PV devices, at a recent aerospace industry trade show and conference in Bremen, Germany. The cerium-doped cover glass technology is designed for use in low, medium and geostationary orbit satellites. The…
The Italian manufacturer said its new Fullness heat pump system has a coefficient of performance of 2.8 and a seasonal energy efficiency ratio of 3.79. December 19, 2025 Emiliano Bellini Italian heat pump manufacturer Clivet, part of China-based electrical appliances company Midea, has launched a new residential air-to-air heat pump system designed for single-family and multi-family homes. According to the company, the new all-in-one heat pump does not require an outdoor unit as it is designed to replace traditional multi-component systems with a single compact indoor unit. The product, called Fullness, offers a heating power of 5.21 kW and a…
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…