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The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) voted to initiate the formal steps needed to withdraw Arizona Standard and rate of renewable energy (rest). This still marks a setback for the progress of the state in investments in clean energy. The rest rules were adopted in 2006 by a majority of the Republican Commission and require utilities that at least 15% of their electricity will come from renewable energy sources by 2025. This requirement was the key to the progress from Arizona to a clean and modernized grid. Today’s vote (5-0) To initiate the withdrawal of the residual rules, endangers the continuous…

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The upward trend of polysilicon prices continued this week, although according to the CNMIA with only 0.42%, with polysilicon producers retaining the use between 46%and 80%. August 15, 2025 Vincent Shaw The China Non -Ferrous Metal Industry Association (Cnmia) said that the prices of the polys silicon in the week modestly rose until 13 August. N-Type Re-processed raw material On average CNY 47,400 ($ 6,520) per ton, an increase of 0.42% week on week, while the N-type grainy silicon on average CNY 44,500, 0.45% an increase of 0.45%. Waffle prices kept stable. N-type G10L waffles (182 × 183.75 mm/130 μm)…

Oman has opened his third green hydrogen auction, with Hydrom supported by the state that offers new investment options for qualified developers in the growing hydrogen sector of the country. August 15, 2025 Sergio Matalucci Hydroming De said that Oman has launched his third green hydrogen auction round and offered what it described as innovative and flexible opportunities for qualified developers to invest in the growing hydrogen ecosystem of the country and to help build a competitive, scalable global green hydrogen economy. In the first such auction, Hydrom said It crowned Three projects, with the Amnah Consortium winning block Z1-01,…

Wood Mackenzie says that the supply of the American power transformer can fall by 30% and distribution transformers 10% in 2025 due to rising demand and limited production capacity. August 15, 2025 Ryan Kennedy By PV Magazine USA With the demand for electricity of American electricity, two critical grider infrastructure components in 2025 can be confronted with a considerable delivery shortage, said a Wood Mackenzie report. Since 2019, the demand for power transformer has increased by 119% and the demand for distribution transformer has increased by 41%. The company expects a supply deficit of 30% for power transformers in 2025…

UNSW researchers have investigated the impact of two types of soldering cluxs on Topcon-Zonnemodules under moist heat conditions and have shown that “non-clean” soldering colues can cause serious corrosion of silver-aluminum contacts for the front. The researchers have also discovered that denser metallization structures and the lower aluminum content improve corrosion resistance. August 15, 2025 Emiliano Bellini Researchers from the Australia’s University of New South Wales (UNSW) have assessed the impact of solder flux on the corrosion of metal contacts in solar cells based on tunneloxide -passivated contact (topcon) design under humid (dh) conditions. The DH test is an accelerated…

PGE Group has launched a tender for a 400 MW/2-hour battery energy storage system in Gryfino, Poland, which extends the national storage capacity of the state-owned company to 800 MWh. August 15, 2025 Tristan Rayner By ESS News Polish state company PGE Group announced a new tender for the construction of a storage facility for battery energy in Gryfino, one of the largest in the country that has been completed once. The facility has a capacity of 400 MW and storage capacity of at least 800 MWh. It will be near Gryfino in the Dolna Odra energy plant in northwestern…

Weheat said that the monoblock air-to-water heat pump has a seasonal implementation coefficient of 4.7 and propane as a coolant. The system is available in four versions with exit ranging from 8 kW to 11 kW. August 15, 2025 Emiliano Bellini The Blackbird -heat pump Image: WeHeat Dutch heating specialist Weheat has developed a residential monoblock air to water heat pump For applications on flat roofs. “Invisible and ultra-quiet Thanks to the horizontal design, the system offers reliable heating and cooling all year round,” the manufacturer explained. “It can help create a partial self -sufficient ecosystem for energy management.” The…

ACTIV8 Energies, 50% owned by SSE Airtricity, has taken over all the shares of the British Low Carbon Energy (LCE) to strengthen its commercial and industrial (C&I) Zonneportfolio in the United Kingdom. August 15, 2025 Brian Publicover Irish Solar Company Activ8 Energies has acquired the British Low Carbon Energy in the UK to expand the C&I-Zonne market of the United Kingdom. LCE, founded in 2009, has installed more than 60 MW of solar energy in more than 300 locations. It claims to serve customers, including BMW, Porsche, Co-op, Boeing, Drax Power, Tata Steel, Wickes, United Utilities and the UK National…

In a new weekly update for PV -MagazineSolcast, a DNV company, reports that persistent high pressure on Scandinavia has delivered considerably increased irradiation to 30 % above normal in July, while Central and Eastern Europe was confronted with a reduced solar generation under increased cloud covering and rainfall. August 15, 2025 Dissolved In July, persistent high pressure on Scandinavia yielded considerably increased irradiation to 30 % above normal, while Central and Eastern Europe was confronted with reduced solar generation under increased cloud covering and rainfall. Meanwhile, raised increased natural fire smoke from the eastern Mediterranean Sea and the Iberian Peninsula,…