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The new product weighs 13 kg/m2 and claims to be particularly suitable for building facades. It has a power-uput of 75 W and a connection box with an IP-68 rating. September 5, 2025 Emiliano Bellini Japanese startup Monochrome Co., Ltd. This week has launched a new silver-colored building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) panel. “We have added the new module to our Dak-1 series In response to requests from designers and architects who seek greater freedom of expression in architectural exterior design,”The company said in a statement and noted that the module series currently contains a black-colored module. “The new silver color fits…

As off-grid solar systems expand to operate external and disadvantaged communities worldwide, digitization has become a crucial need for efficient project development, implementation and sustainability in the long term. A new report from IEA PVPS task 18 systematically investigates digital tools throughout the entire off-grid energy project value chain and offers much-needed guidelines for practitioners who want to optimize their activities. September 5, 2025 IEA PVPS The report, “Digitization in Off-Grid Systems”Tackles an urgent challenge in the rapidly evolving off-grid sector: choosing and implementing digital tools that actually improve the effectiveness of the project and at the same time keep…

France and Germany have promised support for the southwestern hydrogen corridor and have agreed to collaborate on nuclear -based hydrogen support and joint research. September 5, 2025 Sergio Matalucci French President Emmanuel Macron has, in addition to the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, committed for a timely realization of the southwestern hydrogen corridor, which includes the H2Med and Hy-Fen Pipeline projects. “The initiative, including the private alliance in the H2Med Southwestern Corridor, will be continuously supported via the Franco-German working group on hydrogen. France and Germany will establish a joint discussion with Spain, Portugal and the European Commission and the European…

Because cyber security becomes a hot topic in solar energy, it is worth taking a step back to ask how we became a critical infrastructure on solar energy. For decades, the European energyter was centralized and analogous, powered by large, highly regulated plants. However, the rapid growth of solar and other renewable energy sources has created a decentralized, digital network of smaller sources, the majority of which lack the same security overview. Although large sun plants on a utility scale of more than 100 MW are typically subject to stricter rules, most European solar energy that comes from plants on…

Longi, Jinkosolar, Ja Solar and Trina Solar reported the net losses for the first half of 2025, because sales decreased, despite strong shipments of highly efficient modules and storage systems. September 5, 2025 Vincent Shaw and Valerie Thompson Longi Reported a net loss of CNY 2.56 billion (about $ 356 million) for the first half of 2025, a significant improvement compared to the CNY 5.23 billion loss registered in the same period last year. The turnover of the company fell by 14.83% on an annual basis to CNY 32.813 billion. The gross margin became negative at -0.82%, a sharp decrease…

The Developer of Zonne -Energy Boom Power has announced that the research phase of its application for a development assignment order (DCO), for a proposed 237.5 MW of solar development, has been concluded.The Fenwick Solar Farm, located in the vicinity of the village of Fenwick in Doncaster, proposes capacity for the generation of PV for solar energy, in addition to a co-located battery energy storage system (BESS), the potential capacity of which has not been made known.Due to the size of the capacity of the solar generation of the project, it is classified as a nationally important infrastructure project (NSIP)…

PV Hardware USAA Solar Tracking and Foundation Solutions provider has opened his second American production facility in Houston. The facility of 95,000 m² expands the American footprint of PVH USA and creates more than 100 jobs in the local community. The new facility officially started in July. It agrees with the first $ 30 million American production facility of $ 30 million, which was opened in Houston in May 2024 as one of America’s largest production facilities for Zonnettracker. “Opening our second US Manufacturing Facility is an exciting step forward in our growth series and shows our dedication to the…

Amite Solar in Louisiana. Credit: Nextera Energy A review by the Sun Day campaign of Data that have just been released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Ferc) It appears that the combination of solar and wind was good for 91% of the new American electric-generating capacity that was added in the first half of 2025. Only in June Zonne -Energie offered 82% of the new capacity, making it the 22nd consecutive month in which Solar held the lead among all energy sources. Solar was 82% of the new generating capacity in June and 75% in the first half of…

NEXTRacker has introduced NX Powermerge, a 2 kV Trunk-Connector-based EBOS solution for solar projects on Utility scale, designed to lower connection points, simplify layouts and lower project costs. September 5, 2025 Ryan Kennedy By PV Magazine USA Nexpracker from the Zonne-Tracker has released NX Powermerge, a Trunk-Connector-based electric balance of systems (EBOs) solution for solar projects on Utility scale. The NX Powermerge is designed to meet the requirements of contemporary high -voltage arroys with high density. It provides a 2 kV-ready solution for PV-string-to-trunk bus connections. It houses 400 A or larger ampacity, supports a maximum of eight tap threads…

Longi is said to have acquired an interest in Suzhou Jingkong Energy, which indicates a strategic push in energy storage in the midst of rising profit pressure and increased competition in the sun sector. September 5, 2025 Vincent Shaw By ESS News Longi Green Energy, the largest vertically integrated solar manufacturer in China, is linked to a fast pivot in the battery storage market. According to Chinese media reports, the company has taken an interest in Suzhou-based energy storage systems Integrator Suzhou Jingkong Energy Technology and it is also in conversation to acquire a second storage company. The reports -…