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The German Solyco has developed a 480 W contact module with 23.8% efficiency and a temperature coefficient of -0.26% per degree Celsius. August 27, 2025 Sandra Enkhardt By PV Magazine Germany Solyco has launched the R-BG 108NBC.6 Solar module, based on technology with recovery. The PV company, based in Berlin, said that the matte black, front-to-free module 480 W delivers, with a peak efficiency of 23.8%. The module has 108 half cells and measures 1,800 mm x 1.134 mm x 30 mm. Both sides are covered with 2 mm tempered solar glass, with an anti-reflecting coating on the front and…
UK Energy Regulator ofgem has set the price limit for the period of 2025 October-December 2025, which will increase the energy bills of households by 2% or about £ 35 per year.For a typical household that uses electricity and gas and pays per direct debit, the annual energy bills will increase to £ 1,755.Although this is 2.2% per year higher than the price limit set by OFEM for the same period last year-in the October-December 2024 annual accounts set at £ 1,717 the regulator that the adapted inflation, the cap of this year, makes about 0.9% lower than 2024.The level…
Mass production is planned to start in Q1 2026, aimed at an initial annual capacity of 10 GWH. August 27, 2025 Vincent Shaw By ESS News China’s Sunwoda unveiled its 684 AH large format battery cell on the recently held Eesa Energy Storage exhibition in Shanghai, in which he presented what the company described as a stage-gate milestone in his internal cell, package and systems options. The cell is designed for applications in the field of utility scale and grid, with small batch tests planned for Q4 2025. Mass production is planned to start in Q1 2026, aimed at an…
This edition of the 3000 km of Sun Race in Australia from Darwin to Adelaide has had the same teams in the Challenger class since the start of the same teams. Each has a 6 m2 sun deck, but no two are exactly the same. August 27, 2025 Valerie Thompson The newest 3,000 km Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in Australia from Darwin to Adelaide is planned until 31 August 2025. At the end of the fourth day, the top three teams in the Challenger Class are for since early in the competition, As a sister publication PV Magazine Australia has…
Transforming sailing, with solar energy The Mit Sailing Pavilion recently organized a completely different marine ship: a prototype of an electric solar boat developed by James ’89, the founder of the MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team (SEVT). The pavilion is visited on a sizzling, sunny day at the end of July to offer students from the SEVT, the Mit Edgerton Center, Mit Sea Grant and the wider community an inside look to the anita, named after his deceased wife. Becoming fascination for solar energy started at the age of 10, when he grabbed a solar chip on a “hippie-like” conference…
Lithuania has concluded its latest purchasing round for energy storage with plans to implement 1.7 GW/4 GWH, five times its initial target of 800 MWh, to strengthen the flexibility and reliability of the network. August 27, 2025 Mariha Maisch By ESS News Lithuania has completed his most important purchasing of energy storage after receiving overwhelming interest of potential beneficiaries. The Ministry of Energy said this week that the country is planning to use 1.7 GW/4 GWH of energy storage capacity to guarantee the flexibility and reliability of its electricity system. “Lithuania is planning to install more than 4,000 MWh in…
The Chinese PV manufacturer Longi has launched a lightweight back contact solar module for commercial and industrial roofs with low load with limited structural load capacity. August 26, 2025 David Carroll By PV Magazine India Longi has released a new lightweight solar module that weighs at 16.3 kilograms, making it particularly suitable for commercial and industrial (C&I) roofs with structural limitations. The Hi-MO X10 Guardian Light Design module is built on the Hybrid Passivated BC 2.0 of the company (HPBC) Celt technology and has a maximum output of 560 W, with a power density of 250 W per square meter…
Two big names in the UK Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) sector have received large financing injections to support the growth of the British Bess market.The National Wealth Fund (NWF) of the British government has announced that it has made a £ 50 million stock investment in AMP Clean Energy, which will mainly be used to roll out storage activa of the batteries in the United Kingdom.Financing will be used to support the development of AMP Clean Energy of its battery box sites, which are curriculum units on micro-scale, designed to connect directly to the local distribution network and to…
Solar PV developer Aura Power has announced that it has completed the final phase of the process to guarantee the building permit for the Moreton Brook Solar Farm.The 49.9 MW Solar PV energy plant, planned in East Staffordshire, Had previously received a building permit from East Staffordshire Borough Council In March 2025, under the signing of a legal agreement. Since then, the developer states that it “works proactively” with the council to guarantee the necessary section 106 agreement. Now this agreement has been sealed, so that the planning state process for development is formally concluded.The construction will start on the…
Buildex has launched the technology and solar infrastructure company based in China, a line of installation robots for solar panel. A built -in forklift truck, a robot arm and advanced automation software support its ability to wear, pick and place panels in different areas. August 26, 2025 Valerie Thompson The China, based in China, has launched Buildex, a line of installation robots for solar panel for large-scale PV projects. The company is a position of the China-based Tinastella Investment Development, founded by the founder of the Chinese PV module manufacturer Trinasolar. The Buildex equipment has a built-in forklift truck, a…