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By Chris Crowell August 11, 2025 From agrivoltaics in New York to one of the nation’s largest solar-plus-storage plants in California, this week’s solar project news spotlights innovation at every scale. This Projects Weekly includes news from developers and partners including Lightstar Renewables, Arevon, Prologis, Shell’s Savion and a Native-led nonprofit. Lightstar Renewables plans agrivoltaics project in New York Lightstar Renewables LLC proudly announces the launch of the Plains Road Agrivoltaics project, an initiative that seamlessly integrates solar energy production with agricultural use on the DiMartino Farm in Montgomery, New York. The agricultural consultant on the project was Solar Agricultural…

ENGER Energy says that the Chinese export market for solar energy shifts as more diverse worldwide supply chains drive higher cell and waffle shipments, so that this year combined solar product capacity is canceled by 11% despite the export of a lower panel. August 12, 2025 Patrick Jowett The export of solar cells and Zonnewafer from China increased considerably in the first half of the year, according to analysis of the London Energy, established in London Energy. Figures from those of the company Online Data -Tool Shows the export of solar cells increased by 76% during the first six months…

Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Engineering and Image Evaluation-Applied System Technology (iOSB-AST) says that Germany’s grid load drops as more PV output is consumed on site, but the rising electrification in other sectors can turn the trend in. August 12, 2025 Scarlet Schmitz By PV Magazine Germany Energy experts at Fraunhofer iOSB-AT analyzed loading data of the German distribution network operator Stadtwerke Erfurt (SWE Netz GmbH) in the past 14 years and discovered that higher self-consumption of photovoltaic systems has reduced grilles. They used publicly available data from the Market Master Data Register and discovered that the amount of energy…

Solar Curtail is increasing in Poland, with approximately 600 GWh of PV capacity reduced during the first six months of 2025. The Warsaw-based Institute for Renewable Energy (IEO) suggests that a solution is to support the electrification of Poland’s heating sector with the Surplus of PV capacity. August 12, 2025 Institute for Renewable Energy (IEO) The Institute for Renewable Energy’s (IEO) Photovoltaic market in Poland 2025 Emphasizes the growth in the limitation of photovoltaic in Poland. During the first six months of 2025, the transmission system operator (TSO) reduced approximately 600 GWh of PV capacity. Compared to the first six…

Credit: Energy Service Partners Online Solar Marketplace Energy announced that July saw record participation from homeowners who worked with installers through his solar marketplace. It is remarkable that EnergySage has experienced an increase in homeowners on an annual basis of homeowners who worked actively with installers in the past month and a record high of customers. The increase in consumer activity follows the Passage of HR1 on July 4, 2025 and the elimination of the residential ITC at the end of 2025. “It is clear that homeowners rush to take advantage of this tax credit before it leaves,” said Josh…

Research by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology highlights 81 unique innovations in a diverse range of research efforts and industries that have influenced PV system costs since 1970, the majority of which come from outside the sector. August 12, 2025 Patrick Jowett Most innovations that have influenced the falling price of solar systems in the past five decades come from outside the sun sector, according to research by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The research paper “Nature of innovations that influence photovoltaic system costs”Available in the magazine Plos OneInvestigates the specific innovations that have made significant cost reductions in…

UCB Power and the Sustainable Amazon Foundation (FAS) have installed the first PV factory of Brazil with sodium battery storage, a 7.50 kWp/38.40 kWh system in an external Amazon community. August 12, 2025 Lívia Neves Image: PV Magazine Brazil By ESS News UCB Power has inaugurated what it says that the first photovoltaic power plant of Brazil is with sodium battery storage, installed in the external Amazon community of Tumbira. The project is a partnership with FAS. The plant each has 20 solar modules of 375 WP each, for a total installed capacity of 7.50 kWp. The storage system consists…

Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) has published ‘Solar Under Storm III’, and analyzes the impact of hurricane on solar farms in the Caribbean after Hurricane Beryl and identifying important failure modes and risk -limiting measures. August 12, 2025 John Fitzgerald Weaver By PV Magazine USA For obvious reasons, solar panels must survive in the elements. Whether the threat is hail” Norwegianor a rare Hurricane-Tornado In Florida there is solar energy in nature and to survive nature, installations must be hardened for resilience. In the strongest hurricane zones, that means resistance of winds of 180 miles per hour. RMI has published “Solar…

The Taiwanese manufacturer has announced its WST-480BDX54-B2 Ultra Black Glass glass for the European market. It has an efficiency of 23.5%. August 12, 2025 Lior Kahana The WST-480BDX54-B2 Ultra Black Glass-Glass Image: Winaico Taiwanese manufacturer Winaiico has launched a new 480 W, Black Glass-Glass module on the European market. Dub-synchronized WST-480BDX54-B2 Ultra Black Glass glass, the new product has all its electric contacts at the rear of the solar cells. “With the introduction of our new 480 W Back contact module, we set new standards in aesthetics, performance and reliability,” said Marc Ortmanns, Director of Operations of Winaico Deutschland. “Thanks…

An international research team has built an indoor perovk site PV device using a triple passion treatment to reduce crystal defects in the perovskiet film. The cell achieved remarkable efficiency and was also able to maintain 92% of his initial performance after 3,200 hours. August 12, 2025 Emiliano Bellini A group of researchers led by University College London has manufactured a perovskite in the solar cell that is claimed to be more efficient than the best commercially available indoor solar cells. Considered for applications in keyboards, remote controls, alarms and sensors, the device was manufactured with what the scientists described…