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Wealden District Council, in East Sussex, has granted a building permit to a 600 MW large -scale battery energy storage system (BESS) project by Lightrock Power.Last week (July 31), the Council decided to grant permission for the stable Green Energy Bess project of Lightrock, to build on agricultural land around 2 km from the city of Uckfield in Southeast -Engand.It covers the full proposed development: the Bess, associated infrastructure and equipment, including transmission and distribution sub-stations, as well as a newly created access path.It is subject to conditions that must begin that the construction starts within three years, the development…

Jakson Engineers Ltd. Will invest more than INR 80 billion ($ 912.7 million) to build a 6 GW Zonne-Wafer-to-module factory in Madhya Pradesh, with modules that are expected in May 2026 and cells in September 2026. August 26, 2025 Uma Gupta By PV Magazine India Jakson Engineers, part of the Jakson Group of Energie en Infrastructure Conglomerate, will invest more than INR 80 billion to build a 6 GW integrated solar module, cell and wafers factory in Maki Phase II in Madhya Pradesh. The project will be developed in two phases on a 110 -hectare site that has recently been…

The German state of Bavaria has put a photovoltaic system of € 4.2 million ($ 4.9 million) into use along a 35-meter piece of airport access near Munich. August 26, 2025 Sandra Enkhardt By PV Magazine Germany Bavarian civil servants honored a new photovoltaic system this week at State Road 2584 west of Munich airport near the Junction Hallbergmoos. Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder, Minister of Transport Christian Bernreiter and Foreign Minister Florian Herrmann, attended the opening. The access road with four courts is equipped with 35 meters of solar modules. The modules are installed on the roof and cover…

Provider of the building automation solution Xpanner officially unveiled his flagship X1 KitA retrofit option to automate existing equipment from the construction site. Xpanner, founded in South Korea and expanded to the United States in 2023 with the aim of transforming advanced technology into something tangible for operators on site. For the first time, the company offered its ready -made package, which offers construction equipment such as pile control programs and excavators with pre -configured and automated functions, such as remote control, smart appendices and precision supervision systems. X1 continues this vision and integrates physical AI options to transform existing…

Energy storage in Brazil starts a period of accelerated growth. Despite the absence of a legal framework, companies are expanding battery production, diversifying models and preparing them for storage to play a central role in the energy transition. August 26, 2025 Alessandra Neris By ESS News Solar implementation has been a success story in Brazil, but the need for more storage capacity for battery energy is becoming increasingly urgent. The Brazilian market for energy storage is at a turning point. Driven by rising energy bills, the instability of the electricity grid and a search for greater autonomy, the sector will…

A forest fire in the south of Spain that burned around 800 hectares of grassland, washed and oak forests was created in an electric box of the tracking system of a photovoltaic plant, according to the Nature Protection Service of the Civil Guard (Seprona). August 26, 2025 Pilar Sánchez Molina Image: Guardia Civil, Ministerio del Interieur By PV Magazine Spain A forest fire that burned around 800 hectares in Casas de Don Pedro, in the southern province of Badajoz in Spain, was created in June in a photovoltaic plant, according to Seprona. Researchers determined by forensic inspection that the fire…

Ja Solar has launched Desertblue, a 650 W tunnel oxide passivated contact (Topcon) module for Desert PV projects, with self-cleaning glass, reinforced frames and heat tolerant design with desert-specific certification. August 26, 2025 Vincent Shaw Ja Solar has introduced Desertblue, a photovoltaic module series designed for large projects mounted on the land in desert, gobi and dry regions. The launch in Beijing brought together technical institutions and developers, including Inner Mongolia Electric Power Survey & Design Institute and ACWA Power, together with certification authorities Tüv Rheinland, TÜV Süd and CCIC. Yes Solar said that Woestijnblue tackles four important operational risks…

Molecule mimics the storage of vegetable energy for the development of solar rounds A research team from the University of Basel has created a new molecule that replicates an important step in natural photosynthesis by storing two positive and two negative loads under exposure to light. The discovery could become a basis for producing carbon -neutral sunscreen such as hydrogen, methanol and synthetic gasoline. Photosynthesis in plants converts sunlight and carbon dioxide into energy -rich sugars, so that almost all life is preserved. Researchers want to imitate this process for the production of renewable energy, which generates fuels that only…

British energy supplier E.ON has announced the launch of a new pilot in London who is designed to share the benefits of local solar energy.A new solar installation, consisting of 270 solar panels on solar energy and able to generate around 100 MWh every year, will be installed in St Luke’s Church of England Voluntary help (CEVA) in Canning Town, East -London. The school, which raises more than 200 students, will benefit from the solar energy generated on location, which is approximately 50% of the school’s annual energy needs. E.on will finance, install and maintain the solar assets without prior…

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Sandia National Labs have created a new nomenclature for PV connectors to reduce confusion among installers and developers, while the implementation practices are improved. They cataloged a sample of twenty -five commercially available 4 mm connectors. August 26, 2025 Emiliano Bellini A group of researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Sandia National Laboratories of the US Department of Energy has created a standardized terminology for PV connectors in an attempt to reduce confusion and offer best practices for their implementation. In the study “Standardized nomenclature for photovoltaic connectors”Which was recently published…