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In a new weekly update for PV -MagazineOpis, a Dow Jones company, offers a quick look at the most important trends in the global PV industry. September 19, 2025 Opis The China Mono Premium-Opis’ assessment for mono-grade polysilicon used in the N-type Ingot production-expires from 6.39% week on week to CNY 51,200 ($ 7.20)/kg or CNY 0.108/W, according to the Global Solar Markets Report released on 16 September. The price has now risen 50.7% compared to the year to date on July 1, 3 33,975/kg. The recent rise in polysilicone prices is less driven by Fundamentals and more by market…
From PV Magazine A study by Underwriter Gcube Insurance showed that, although hail damage was good for only 1.4% of the insurance claims that had been submitted in the five years prior to the study of American solar projects, which claims had 54% of the total losses on solar zon. Data from insurer Axis show that the open and closed claims for hail damage between 2019 and 2025 influenced 1.3 million solar modules and 2.7 GW capacity between 2019 and 2025. And these amount to a total gross claim amount of $ 342 million. Greeting damage is a major problem…
The largest island state of Malaysia wants to be the ‘green battery’ of the region The green, river-crossed state of Sarawak, the Malaysia, is calculating plans to become a regional ‘green battery’, but the dreams of renewable energy enforcement can come to serious environmental costs, warn experts. Sarawak’s leadership is clamped between the Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Philippines peninsula and believes that it can become a keystone in a regional energy transition. The many rivers and streams offer potentially abundant hydroelectricity and can one day the electricity production of green hydrogen. It is also the installation of solar and biomass…
The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada unanimously approved a draft order that the Zonne -Zonne -Zonne -Zon will make Nevadans more expensive, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). “The concept order issued by the Nevada PUC wrongly puts a mandatory question to all residential customers in South Nevada and rewrite the rules for new solar customers in North Nevada,” said HL, Senior Manager of the Intermountain West for Seia. “The design order is also in contradiction with the intention of the legislative power when it restored the net measurement in Nevada. This is an important step backwards that…
European renewable energy company NTR has raised € 65 million for monvallet, a ready-made solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) portfolio. Financing marks the construction of the Irish factory of NTR for the L&G NTR Clean Power (Europe) III Fund. The company has collected the funds in addition to Rabobank and Siemens Financial Services, in which Siemens Bank provided an initial debt of € 65 million for the first two solar projects, which are part of a broader potential portfolio financing facility. The financing includes an initial loan of € 65 million with additional and accordion facilities, which means…
The Solar Stewardship Initiative (SSI) says that all solar modules that are on their way to the European Economic Environment, Switzerland and the United Kingdom must come from production locations that are certified for environmental, social and administrative standards and traceability of the supply chain. September 18, 2025 Patrick Jowett The SSI has adopted a new series of binding goals and reporting requirements for the members of the manufacturer. The initiative, which was first launched in 2022, was a sun -specific sustainability assurance program developed by SolarPower Europe and Solar Energy UK. It currently represents more than 70% of global…
The Airport of Cologne-Bonn has installed 80 self-adhesive photovoltaic panels on the 27-meter chimney of its Cogeneneration factory in a pilot project using Heliatek modules. September 18, 2025 Pilar Sánchez Molina Cologne-Bonn airport in Germany has launched a pilot photovoltaic installation. The system consists of 80 glue solar panels mounted on the 27-meter chimney of the CO-generation factory of the airport. The new installation has a collective surface of approximately 70 m². The modules are located on the south on the dome surface of the chimney. The pilot system generates up to 4,400 kWh per year, roughly the same as…
Intersolar & Energy Storage Noord -Arikika (Iesna) announced the 2026 Solar Games In San Diego, California, will contain two important changes: Point -based system: instead of a single elimination, teams are now fighting every round for points. The teams with the highest totals move forward and ensure that the top performers are in the final. Updated suitability: teams that participated two years in a row now only have to wait a year before they are applied again. These changes offer competitors more opportunities to present their skills and strategy-while creating an energetic experience for spectators. The rewards remain the same:…
The sale of module and cell production equipment to which Solar Americas and Babacomari North Solar further thin chances of every Meyer Burger -Rehurror of his domestic production. September 18, 2025 Ben Santarris By PV Magazine USA Producer Meyer Burger Group of Zonnetechnology has surrendered his drive to restructure and survive as one company whole beyond insolvencySaying that an investor probably doesn’t seem to be coming up. The company also said that the American factory machines and equipment sold. For the American Zonne market, the announcements seem to postpone all remaining hope to save the output of the company in…
Octopus Energy Group will accelerate its technology company, Kraken, Spin-Off, in a movement that, according to her, will accelerate the global expansion of the platform.The AI-driven platform of Kraken has reached a contracted annual turnover of US $ 500 million (£ 293 million), quadruples its growth in three years. It has been contracted for more than 70 million household and business accounts worldwide and processed as a operating system for utilities 15 billion new data points per day.Kraken already has license agreements with energy yors, including EDF” E.on nextNational Grid US, Origin Energy, Complitude and Tokyo Gas, and the step…