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According to data from the Chilean Association of Renewable Energy and Storage (ACERA), the share of non-conventional renewable energy in the Chile electricity grid increased to 39.5% of the total generation in August. October 6, 2025 Luis Ini Image: Enel Green Power Chile By ESS News According to new data from the Chilean Association of Renewable Energies and Storage (ACERA) for August, the Chilean schedule reached 18,759 MW installed renewable capacity. Of these, 11,276 MW came from photovoltaic systems, which represent 60.1% of the total. Storage systems linked to renewable projects and in independent mode reached 4,592 MWh. Acer reported…

All generation and energy storage facilities of 5 MW or larger in Romania will be needed to secure access to the grid through annual auctions from January 2026. The transmission and system operator of the country, Proverectrica, has published how it intends to implement the auctions. October 6, 2025 Patrick Jowett Image: Sarah Sheedy/Unsplash By ESS News The Transmission and System Operator of Romania (TSO), Truselectrica, has published an implementation procedure for assigning grid connection capacity in the coming auction-based grid connection mechanism of Romania. From the beginning of next year, all new generation and energy storage facilities of 5…

Self -regulating silver nanaries make circulatory -free smart windows possible A new Danish innovation can soon make “smart” windows that automatically manage heat and light – without electricity, wiring or electronics – a practical reality. Scientists from the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (Inano) of Aarhus University have created a transparent coating filled with silver nanning that dynamically adjusts how much solar heat passes through glass, while it remains clear. The nanoing act as microscopic antennas for near-infrared (NIR) radiation, which carries most of the warmth of the sun. When they are exposed to intense sunlight, they warm up through a thermoplasmic…

Dejablue has developed a plug-and-play energy management system that increases self-consumption and increases the costs for PV-driven EV charging sites. October 6, 2025 Francois Puthod By PV Magazine France Dejable, a company that specializes in smart charging solutions for electric vehicles, announced the launch of a plug-and-play solar optimization module that has been designed to manage EV-plails intelligently on sites equipped with photovoltaic panels. Dejablue-founded in 2023 by a Franco-American team of technology, energy and mobility experts introduces the first plug-and-play solar optimization module on the French market for EV-chargers on sites with solar energy. The Dejasense Energy Management System…

The activity and maintenance activities of Lightsource BP (R&M) have signed a new five-year contract with Atrato Onsite Energy for a 5MW project in Cornwall.The company, part of Oil and Gas Major BP, has 29 new assets on board in 2025 and manages 1.3 GW in 180 solar locations on utility scale in the UK. In Global Solar PV Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Service provider Dynamics 2025 Due to Market Intelligence Firm Wood Mackenzie, Lightsource BP is the third largest O&M platform in the UK.Readers will probably remember that at the end of July, BP announced that the UK O&M…

Freight costs, which contribute to the total costs of a solar installation, have fallen week by week on commercial lines from the Far East, which means that price increases in the US-related short-term market were registered at the beginning of September. October 6, 2025 Patrick Jowett Freight container shipping rates have fallen week by week, with a peak that was registered at the beginning of September, according to data from Xeneta, a benchmarking platform of the Norwegian ocean and the cargo percentage. The newest update from Xeneta explains that September brought “Turmoil and Outhaval” to the American short -term market…

Kingston Council has awarded the planning permission to a development of 98 MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Leatherhead, Surrey. The Council granted permission on 24 September 2025, for the Bess and Associated Betabling and Infrastructure Construction, after the project request about a year ago. The case number is 24/02168/Ful. However, it seems that the project still needs a permission to continue. The full decision document said: “The approved development will not start until the building permit has been granted for the storage system of the battery energy within the border of the Moley Valley District Council.” This is…

The new organization for Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) of Japan accepts proposals for a six-year R&D program to promote large-scale production technologies and field tests of the next generation Tandem Perovskiet solar cells. October 6, 2025 Brian Publicover Nedo, the Japanese -supported Innovation Office, has launched a public call for proposals under its Green Innovation Fund. The program will support research and development of mass production technologies for the next generation Tandem Perovskiet solar cells. The six-year effort, which runs from tax 2025 to 2030, is intended to accelerate the commercialization of tandem devices by tackling performance…

The attack of the Trump administration on renewable energy sources has turned the solar industry upside down this year. The full impact of anti-Zonne legislation and executive orders may not be understood until 2026, when the housing tax credit ends, starting material restrictions and the deadlines of starting for the large-scale ITC. Instead of giving up all hope, the proponents of solar energy shift the focus to state action. “Federal government, the congress, they run away from these opportunities. But that does not mean that there is no chance here,” says Sachu Constantine, executive director of Solar. “We have long…

Conservation and community groups won A legal challenge for federal plans to issue billions of dollars to rebuild the electric grid from Puerto Rico to the centralized, fossil fuel-dependent status quo instead of investing after disaster financing in distributed renewable energy. Thursday’s ruling by the American court in Puerto Rico states that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has violated the National Environmental Policy Act when it did not take into account solar energy, storage and other forms of distributed renewable energy to offer electricity from Puerto Rico. The prevailing orders FEMA to draw up an environmental impact statement that analyzes…