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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,…

FTC Solar Has released its Pioneer+ High Wind Tracker, an advanced variant of his 1P Pionier Single-As Tracker, specially built for regions that are confronted with extreme wind conditions. Developed to resist wind speeds of up to 150 km / h, pioneer+ strong wind is built to be used in coastal, hurricane-sensitive and large regions, while building the core design and control architecture of FTC Solar. The Pioneer+ High Wind solution extends the possibilities of FTC Solar’s flagship 1P Pioneer Tracker to tackle more challenging project environments. As solar projects go into more, climate -sensitive environments exposed by the wind,…

The 1P single-axis tacker is designed to withstand winds up to 150 mph. August 15, 2025 Ryan Kennedy By PV Magazine USA FTC Solar has released a single-axis 1P Solar Tracker for project sites that are subject to high wind conditions. The Pioneer+ High Wind Trackers are designed to withstand wind speeds of up to 150 mph. The product is intended to enable a reliable use of solar projects in coastal, hurricane-sensitive and high-high areas, FTC Solar said. The trackers are equipped with wind direction-agent storage positions, of which FTC Solar said that the requirements for foundation depths lower, which…

The American software company has improved its single-as tracker and fixed TILT configurators for planning large-scale projects, adding adjustment functions and extra support for site-compliant designs. August 15, 2025 Valerie Thompson The American PVFarm has added new functions to its single-axis tracker (SAT) and Fixed Tilt (FT) configurators to tailor the demand from the customer and large-scale project trends, which also offer more support for site-compliant designs. “The improved SAT configurator streamlines the engineering and adjustment of tracker layouts, with site-tracking options and analysis of wind load” PV Magazine. It supports location-specific Tracker component adjustments, including optimum placement on engines,…

A research team has manufactured a thermoelectric generator (STEG) of a sun feed that is said to be 15 times more efficient than the current state-of-the-art devices by concentrating on managing the hot and cold sides of the device instead of its semiconductor materials. August 14, 2025 Emiliano Bellini Scientists from the University of Rochester in the United States have manufactured a thermoelectric generator of solar energy (STEG) that is said to be 15 times more efficient than the current state-of-the-art devices. A Thermo -Electric Generator (TEN) can convert heat into electricity through the “Seebeck -Effect”, which occurs when a…