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China has a 100 MW hybrid energy storage facility connected to the schedule. It integrates super capacitors and lithium ion batteries, which sets up a new benchmark for ultra-fast frequency regulation services. September 18, 2025 Vincent Shaw By ESS News A 100 MW hybrid frequency regulation factory in the northern province of Shanxi, North China, was connected to the grid at the end of August and is expected to take full commercial operation according to the developers in September after testing in September. The facility is promoted as the world’s largest supercondensator-based installation and combines a supercondensatoraRay of 58 MW/30…

A research team based in China and the United States has developed electroactive polymer -switterions to change zinc oxide interlayers in organic solar cells. Their work appeared to passivate defects in organic solar cells, improving the performance and stability of the device. September 18, 2025 Patrick Jowett A group of scientists based in China and the United States used PolyMeerzwittersions that include conjugated units to change zinc oxide interlayers in organic solar cells. Their work is presented in the research paper ‘Modification of zinc oxide intermediate layers with naphthalene-based polymer switterions for efficient organic solar cells”Available in the magazine Portable…

Main demolition processes identified in the next generation of wide bandgap perovskiet solar cells A new study in materials Futures sheds light on the most important demolition paths that influence the scalable wide band gap (WBG) perovskiet solar cells, a promising material for tandem solar technologies. Researchers from IMEC, Hasselt University and Ghent University in Belgium have shown how thermal stress – either in dark or in lighting – plays a central role in the instability of devices. Their results show that under dark circumstances the cargo transport layers first fail, while under light exposure the perovskietbsorber itself undergoes serious…

Scientists in Hungary have built a prototype of a thermal distillation device, supported by PV power. The PV panels use an IoT component that is self-traveling when dust is detected and cools itself when the temperatures are too high. The system achieved a daily freshwater yield of 6.1 l/m2⋅dag. September 18, 2025 Lior Kahana A research group from the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences has developed a new thermal water distillation device with PV-driven auxiliary systems. With the help of a component Internet of Things (IoT), the system travels the PV system for optimum results. Within the IoT…

Hydrostor, a Canadian long-term developer of energy storage, has protected Aud 82.6 million ($ 54.7 million) in financing to support its 200 MW Silver City Energy Storage Center project in Australia. September 18, 2025 EV Foley By PV Magazine Australia HydrostorA developer of the Canadian Long-Duration Energy Storage (LDES) has obtained an Aud 82.6 million credit facility from Export Development Canada (EDC). The funds will support it 200 MW Silver City Energy Storage Center Project in Broken Hill, New South Wales, 1,140 km northwest of Sydney. Using advanced compressed air energy storage (A-CAEs), reused the A-CAES technology at Silver City,…

The efficiency result was confirmed by the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The module was manufactured with 13.4%-efficient besterite cells designed with high film porosity and uniformity. September 18, 2025 Emiliano Bellini Scientists from Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications in China have manufactured a kesteriet (CZTSSE) Solar module prototype that can achieve a power conversion -efficiency of 10.1%. The researchers said the result was certified by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) of the US Department of Energy. The new module is based on Cztsse solar cells with an efficiency of 13.4%. The world record for such cells is…

Delta his new Microgrid solution for data centers on RE+ 2025 debuted. Delta’s data center Microgrid solution integrates renewable energy sources, batteries, gensets and other energy sources to guarantee stable power delivery during delays of the grid connection, improve the resilience of the grid and reduce fluctuations in Microgrid operations. With a virtual synchronous generator (VSG)-based multi-Power sources synchronization, real-time control with less than 4-MS response, seamless ON/OFF-grid-transition and flexible black-start capacity, maintain the microgrid solutions of delta with which delta stress regulation of the preceding regulation regulation of the preceding regulation regulation in advance regulation regulation For modern data…

On September 17, the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) approved a proposal from Nevada Power Company and Sierra Pacific Power that shifts to 15 minutes nets for solar owners and adds compulsory demand costs to all customers. According to STEM SOLAR, the approved order cannot contain recommendations from the solar industry and interest groups that would have kept fair net measurement, reject unfair demand costs and expand programs for households with a low income. Solar energy proponents say that the accepted proposal for utility companies directly undermines the Senate Account 405, a bill that was determined in 2017 that…

Three American manufacturers actively work on commercializing their respective Perovskiet-Silicon Tandem technologies argue for dental modules. CubicPV, Caelux and Swift Solar claim that a commercial future for Perovskites is inevitable, and they tell PV Magazine that the current policy environment could work in favor of technology. September 17, 2025 Blathnaid o’dea From PV Magazine Commercial use of perovskites is traditionally stopped by their unproven sustainability compared to crystalline silicon. But the tide is changing slowly. In July 2025, Caelux completed the first commercial customer order shipping of his active glass technology, which will be used on a project on Utility…

German government wants to reduce subsidies for renewable energy On Monday, the German Ministry of Economy proposed to reduce subsidies for renewable energy as part of a more “pragmatic” approach to the green transition praised by industry but criticized by environmental activists. Minister of Economy and Energy Katherina Reiche revealed a long -awaited report on behalf of her ministry and has taken measures that she said to reduce the burden of the transition from Europe’s slow economy. “The energy transition can only succeed due to more pragmatism and realism,” said the minister, by Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Center-right CDU party. “Decisions…