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Meyer Burger, the besieged Swiss solar panel manufacturer who submitted bankruptcy earlier this year, has announced today that it will not try to restart after not finding an investor. The remaining 45 employees in Switzerland were recently informed. Nearly 300 employees in the United States and those who worked at the Panel Assembly facility of Meyer Burger in Arizona were fired in May. Meyer Burger started in the solar industry as a developer of the production equipment for solar panels (Herojunction Technology (HJT). The “Smartwire” designs had a license of other production names. In 2020 the company took the direct…

In a new weekly update for PV -MagazineSolcast, a DNV company, reports that the irradiation of the sun fell to 30% in the northern regions of India during the southwest of the monsoon season, while central areas of the country made a profit on solar energy. September 19, 2025 Dissolved India’s 2025 Southwest Monsoon season arrived earlier than normal, but progressed northwards, which led to irregular rainfall and significant variability of irradiation throughout the country. According to analysis using the Solcast APIRadiation fell by no less than 30% in northern regions under persistent cloud cover, while Central India saw unexpected…

Data Company 257 has launched Pink, an AI-driven platform for residential energy suppliers that aims to reduce acquisition costs. “Our mission is simple: to use data and AI to help energy companies to grow faster and to accelerate residential electrification,” said Scott Rosenberg, co-founder and CEO of 257. “With pink, every provider of any size, in every sector-in every sector-in any sector-in any sector in their market can in their floating in their floating in any sector-in-flo-in-in-three-in-flo-in-flo-in-flo-in-flo-in-flo-in-flo-in-flo-in-flo-in-sector Acquisitions, faster growth, lower costs and real progress on electrification. ” In the following decade, American households will spend billions on energy products…

Australian Energy Storage Company Green Gravity and Mining Business Wollongong Resources has signed an agreement to use gravity forces storage tests in a dismantled coal mine. September 19, 2025 EV Foley By PV Magazine Australia Australian Energy Storage Company Green gravity And mining activities Wollongong -Sources, majority of Indian steel giant Jindal Steel and Power Ltd., have signed an agreement to use gravitational energy storage tests in the Russell Vale. The dismantled underground coal mine, one of the oldest in Australia, is located in the Illawarra region About 10 km north of Wollongong and 60 km south of Sydney. It…

OpenSolar announced the new OpenSolar 3.0 on a software platform for solar installers that combines AI-driven design, lead generation and a fully integrated workflow all free. OS 3.0 is the biggest release of the company so far, to re -present the installation experience of first customer contact to system installation and final payment. “OS 3.0 is a complete reconsideration of supporting sun companies,” said Andrew Birch (Birchy), co-founder and CEO of OpenSolar. “We have inflated outdated and incoherent workflows and rebuilt around speed, simplicity and growth. And unlike any other Saas tool that is there, it is free for installers…

This week, women in Solar+ Europe give a voice to Maria Gil, Business Development EU in the Solargrade of Spain. She says that real change in the energy industry only comes when companies and institutions go beyond statements and convert the policy consistently into sustainable action. “As the sector grows and requires more employees, the talent with fairness must yield in the core, which means that the inclusion of policy documents goes to daily practice,” she says. September 19, 2025 The industry of renewable energy is still young, and that is precisely the reason why diversity matters. We are not…

A new cooperation study between six universities, including three in Australia, has shown how Cesium bromide can considerably improve the efficiency of crystalline silicon solar cells. September 19, 2025 EV Foley An international research group has published breakthrough findings that demonstrate how the Ionian connection cesium bromide (CSBR) can considerably improve the efficiency of crystalline silicon (C-SI) solar cells. Researchers from the University of Melbourne In Victoria, the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the Australian National University (ANU) in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), with scientists based in China, the Netherlands and Germany, it discovered that by using…

Thanks to the DC Sustainable Energy Utility (DCSEU) via Kalen Na’il Roach. The historic Howard Theater in Washington, DC, has added a new 106.82 KW solar panels on the roof in combination with storage with the help of the DC Green Bank and DC Sustainable Energy Utility (DCSEU). The Howard Theater is the oldest theater built for Afro -American entertainment in American history and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The Zonne -Upgrades, in combination with HVAC improvements, were financed by a Loan of $ 775,000 from DC Green Bank, more than $ 35,000 in…

The Dutch government says that the production of large-scale solar panel is no longer viable, which means that the SolarNL stimuli are closed for building and vehicle-integrated products, heterojunction modules and perovskiet-silicon tandem panels. September 19, 2025 Emiliano Bellini The Dutch cabinet has decided to terminate the SolarNL Incentive program to support the production of domestic photovoltaic module. The decision followed a request from an advisory committee of the National Growth Fund, a government -run investment fund that financed and supervised the program. “The advisory committee has established that the factors that SolarNL should make a success, unfortunately not, or…

A Japanese research team has evaluated the affordability of photovoltaic battery systems with heat warmers and air conditioning units in nine regions of Japan. They analyzed three pricing policy and two loan types and identified a trade-off between the net question and the costs according to the capacity of the solar-plus storage system. September 19, 2025 Lior Kahana Researchers from the Japanese National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology have carried out an economic analysis on the use of a photovoltaic battery (PV -BT) system with heat pomp poners (HPWHS) and air conditioning (AC) units installed in Japan. The…