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Voltage energy groupa US-based provider of solar and clean energy solutions, is establishing a new manufacturing facility and making progress toward establishing its global headquarters in Roxboro, North Carolina. Voltage Energy acquires and modernizes a 72-acre site in Person County with a 246,079-square-foot facility. Voltage Energy’s planned global headquarters in Roxboro, North Carolina. “North Carolina has always been the foundation of Voltage Energy,” said Bob Slack, CTO of Voltage Energy. “By expanding our manufacturing footprint and planning for our future global headquarters here, we are strengthening our commitment to customers, partners and the local community while supporting the long-term growth…

In a new weekly update for pv magazineSolcast, a DNV company, reports that January 2026 started with relatively mild, solar-friendly conditions across much of the eastern US, but ended with Winter Storm Fern, when a polar vortex disruption caused widespread cold, clouds and sharply reduced solar generation. A rare solar radiation storm at S4 level was also recorded in mid-January, although it had no direct impact on photovoltaic performance or solar data quality. February 6, 2026 Solcast A relatively mild start to 2026 across much of North America gave way to a dramatic end to January as severe winter storms…

China added record amounts of wind and solar power capacity in 2025, while polluting energy from coal and gas also soared, according to data released Wednesday by the National Energy Administration. The world’s second-largest economy added 543 gigawatts of new energy capacity from all sources last year, about double Germany’s entire electricity generation capacity, as the country looks to power the energy-intensive industries of the future while meeting its emissions reduction targets. That included 315 gigawatts of solar power and 119 gigawatts of wind power, increasing total installed power generation capacity by 16.1 percent compared to the previous year. But…

American solar tracker company Next power (formerly Nextracker) tops Wood Mackenzie’s global ranking of PV tracker manufacturers, based on data from the first half of 2025, followed by Chinese manufacturer Trina Tracker in second place and another US-based company, Array technologiesin third place. This ranking evaluates 24 leading manufacturers in five countries. “Our newest global tracker landscape is led by a group of manufacturers who combine manufacturing scale with technical innovation,” said Timothy Shen, senior research analyst at Wood Mackenzie. “Competitive advantage is increasingly determined not only by shipment volume, but also by opportunities in breakthrough environmental, social and governance…

A Missouri state senator, with vocal support from the governor, has introduced a bill that would immediately halt all solar construction, placing a moratorium on all new solar construction effective until December 31, 2027 – or whenever new rules are developed by the state. February 6, 2026 John Fitzgerald Weaver By pv magazine USA Missouri Senator Cindy O’Laughlin (R-18) is introduced Senate Bill 849 (SB 849), which would halt all ongoing and new utility-scale solar construction in the state until environmental regulations governing its construction, deployment, and operation are established. The bill imposes an immediate moratorium on “new and current”…

Scientists at Osaka Metropolitan University have developed a single organic molecule that naturally forms the internal p/n bonds needed to convert sunlight into electricity, offering a potential shortcut to more efficient organic thin-film solar cells. The study shows how careful molecular design and self-assembly can generate stable nanoscale p/n heterojunctions without the need to physically mix separate p-type and n-type materials. Solar cells generate electricity when photons create charge carriers in a semiconductor and an internal electric field at the ap/n junction drives these charges apart. In conventional devices, these bonds form at the interface between individual p-type and n-type…

The global drive for zero-emissions targets is a response to the growing urgency of reducing climate change’s far-reaching impacts. Governments, industries, and individuals alike are focused on reducing their carbon emissions to avoid the worst effects of global warming. In this context, renewable energy sources are essential, and solar power stands at the forefront of this movement. With its capacity to generate electricity without emitting harmful greenhouse gases, solar energy is a practical and highly effective solution for reducing our collective carbon footprint. Solar power offers a path toward a more sustainable energy future, contributing to lowering the dependence on…

PR company KAOH Media a new division has started, Social involvement in the fieldwhich is designed to support efficient land use, infrastructure development, brownfield reclamation and clean energy projects with local insight and meaningful engagement. The network will also provide support to Tribal Nations initiatives on previously impacted or underutilized lands. Fieldwise has a network of 2,000 trained field consultants and community liaisons across the United States, delivering a scalable, people-centered model to meet the growing need for real public engagement with project host communities. “At a time when land use for energy and infrastructure projects is increasingly gaining public…

This week, Women in Solar+ Europe gives the voice to Yolanda Hoyos, Chief Technical Officer at the Spanish Blacksalt. She says inclusion, mentorship and authentic leadership unlock talent, dismantle biases and are critical to shaping the future of energy transition. “When organizations respect individual circumstances, commitment and growth follow naturally,” she says. February 6, 2026 Women in Solar+ Europe We are redesigning how the world uses energy. That’s why the solar, energy storage, EV charging and grid infrastructure sectors benefit so greatly from gender diversity and inclusivity. Building networks or storage systems is a social and logistical as well as…

A new scientific review describes how a little-understood class of cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries could support safer, higher energy storage while reducing reliance on critical metals such as cobalt and nickel. Researchers have synthesized and analyzed recent global advances in cation-ordered rock salt, or DRX, cathode materials, which are emerging as a promising alternative to the layered cathodes that dominate lithium ion batteries in electric vehicles, consumer electronics and networked storage systems. Unlike conventional layered materials, DRX cathodes rely on a flexible crystal structure in which lithium and transition metal ions are randomly mixed rather than arranged in well-ordered…