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The activity and maintenance activities of Lightsource BP (R&M) have signed a new five-year contract with Atrato Onsite Energy for a 5MW project in Cornwall.The company, part of Oil and Gas Major BP, has 29 new assets on board in 2025 and manages 1.3 GW in 180 solar locations on utility scale in the UK. In Global Solar PV Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Service provider Dynamics 2025 Due to Market Intelligence Firm Wood Mackenzie, Lightsource BP is the third largest O&M platform in the UK.Readers will probably remember that at the end of July, BP announced that the UK O&M…

Freight costs, which contribute to the total costs of a solar installation, have fallen week by week on commercial lines from the Far East, which means that price increases in the US-related short-term market were registered at the beginning of September. October 6, 2025 Patrick Jowett Freight container shipping rates have fallen week by week, with a peak that was registered at the beginning of September, according to data from Xeneta, a benchmarking platform of the Norwegian ocean and the cargo percentage. The newest update from Xeneta explains that September brought “Turmoil and Outhaval” to the American short -term market…

Kingston Council has awarded the planning permission to a development of 98 MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Leatherhead, Surrey. The Council granted permission on 24 September 2025, for the Bess and Associated Betabling and Infrastructure Construction, after the project request about a year ago. The case number is 24/02168/Ful. However, it seems that the project still needs a permission to continue. The full decision document said: “The approved development will not start until the building permit has been granted for the storage system of the battery energy within the border of the Moley Valley District Council.” This is…

The new organization for Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) of Japan accepts proposals for a six-year R&D program to promote large-scale production technologies and field tests of the next generation Tandem Perovskiet solar cells. October 6, 2025 Brian Publicover Nedo, the Japanese -supported Innovation Office, has launched a public call for proposals under its Green Innovation Fund. The program will support research and development of mass production technologies for the next generation Tandem Perovskiet solar cells. The six-year effort, which runs from tax 2025 to 2030, is intended to accelerate the commercialization of tandem devices by tackling performance…

The attack of the Trump administration on renewable energy sources has turned the solar industry upside down this year. The full impact of anti-Zonne legislation and executive orders may not be understood until 2026, when the housing tax credit ends, starting material restrictions and the deadlines of starting for the large-scale ITC. Instead of giving up all hope, the proponents of solar energy shift the focus to state action. “Federal government, the congress, they run away from these opportunities. But that does not mean that there is no chance here,” says Sachu Constantine, executive director of Solar. “We have long…

Conservation and community groups won A legal challenge for federal plans to issue billions of dollars to rebuild the electric grid from Puerto Rico to the centralized, fossil fuel-dependent status quo instead of investing after disaster financing in distributed renewable energy. Thursday’s ruling by the American court in Puerto Rico states that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has violated the National Environmental Policy Act when it did not take into account solar energy, storage and other forms of distributed renewable energy to offer electricity from Puerto Rico. The prevailing orders FEMA to draw up an environmental impact statement that analyzes…

The French research institute said that the bifacial wide band gap perovskiet technology must be scaled up to 60 cm x 30 cm in four-terminal perovskiet-silicon tandem panels for use. October 6, 2025 Valerie Thompson A bifacial perovskiet mini module of 13 cm x 13 cm manufactured on IPVF with a fully industrially relevant manufacturing process Image: IPVF French Institut photovoltaïque d’île-de-France (IPVF) has announced the performance of Bifacial Perovskite PV devices with 18.1% power conversion efficiency of 2 cm x 2 cm and 16.8% for 10 cm x 10 cm mini-solarodules. The IPvF told PV -Magazine That the result…

The Chinese manufacturer reports that it has established automated production lines and an adult supply chain to support large -scale deliveries, with initial shipments that are planned to start in the fourth quarter of 2025 in China. October 6, 2025 Vincent Shaw By ESS News Sermatec has announced that it is now able to produce its Serattice series 6.25 MWh containerized energy storage system with 587 AH battery cells in the serattice. This modular container of 20 feet (6,058 mm × 2.438 mm × 2.896 mm) integrates battery modules, thermal management, fire protection, power conversion and control electronics in a…

The ETI-W heat pump, with a performance coefficient of up to 4.1, uses heat that is emitted by factory product processes as a heat source to supply hot water up to 90 ° C. debuts on the Japanese market, the system focuses on industrial and commercial applications. October 6, 2025 Patrick Jowett Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems, Ltd. (MHI Thermal systems) has launched a centrifugal heat pump on the Japanese market that is able to deliver hot water at temperatures up to 90 C. The ETI-W heat pump, with a maximum capacity of 640 kW, uses heat from factory…

Next generation and solar cells powered by new spinel-type sulfide semiconductor A new spider-type Sulfide-Halfsteerman who is able to broadcast light from Violet to Orange at room temperature can release the road for advanced LEDs and solar cells, according to researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo. The connection, (ZN, MG) SC2S4, can be chemically coordinated to either show N-type or P-Type conduction, making PN homojunction devices possible that integrate light emissions and absorption functions into a single material. The research team, led by professor Hidenori Hiramatsu and Assistantitaire teacher Kota Hanzawa of the Laboratory Materials and Structures Laboratory of…