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In the last 12 months, Zonne Energy has become the largest electricity source in California, a trend that will probably take place. July 10, 2025 John Fitzgerald Weaver By PV Magazine USA In the past year, Zonne generation exceeded natural gas to become the most important electricity source of California, a milestone that is expected to continue to exist. Data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), processed by Ember’s US Electricity Data ExplorerShow that in the 12 months ending on April 2025, Solar 83.1 Terawatt hours (TWH) generated electricity, compared to 81.6 TWH from natural gas. Image: Ember During…

A collaboration based in the US between the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and CUBICPV has delivered a perovskiet minim module with a certified efficiency of 24.0%. The two noted that it is the first time that an American effort has set a record in the Perovskite Mini Module category. July 10, 2025 Valerie Thompson The latest collaboration between the US DEPT of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Perovskite-Silicon Tandem manufacturer CubicPV, based in Bedford, Massachusetts, has delivered a Perovskiet minim module with a certified efficiency of 24.0%. The two noted that it is the first time that…

The 22.7 MWH battery from Lucky Cement is the largest in Pakistan, and the project is now only a few months away, according to a manager. July 10, 2025 Tristan Rayner By ESS News Lucky Cement, a large producer and exporter of Cement in Pakistan, will soon organize the largest battery energy storage system (BESS) in the country, with a facility of 20.7 MW/22.7 MWh that receives an update from leadership. It will be in the 34 MW Captive Solar Power Plant in the PeZu facility in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Developed with Reon Energy and driven by batteries from China Contemporary…

Tests conducted by the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB) in Germany have shown that perovskite works solar cells that work at high wide-wide burden in Europe, suffer from higher performance losses in the winter compared to conventional PV devices. However, the scientists warned that this seasonal boundness at lower latitudes could be less pronounced. July 10, 2025 Emiliano Bellini A group of researchers from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) in Germany has performed a 4-year outdoor test of standard perovskite solar cells in one of his facilities in Germany and has discovered that PVSKITE-based PV devices can suffer from higher seasonal solar cells.…

The German software company Pvradar Labs has issued a Python programming package for owners and engineers of solar assets who want to build location-specific models. July 10, 2025 Valerie Thompson German software company Pvradar Labs has released a Python programming toolbox for practical people in the industry that are building site-specific models. The package offers a shortcut to adjust the yield models with the choice of users from a wide range of temperature, rainfall, pollution and snowfall datasets. The company says that it makes a shift possible from trusting on general assumptions to more accurate simulations. “The Pvradar Python package…

Researchers from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University) and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSiro) of Australia have developed a way to extend the life of Dicke-Kwantumbatterijen up to 1000 times, while retaining their fast-loading properties. July 10, 2025 EV Foley By PV Magazine Australia Researchers at RMIT University And CSiro have developed a method to extend the lifespan of quantum batteries (QBs) by 1000 times. The research tries to tackle the problem of super radiance that causes fast self -discharge in dicke QBs, due to rapid radiation emission losses, despite the capacity of superbsorption technology…

Celebrating the flow of new community kisses in Howard County, Maryland, is (from left to right) Abigail Ross Hopper, President and CEO, Solar Energy Industries Association; Richard Gilker, senior vice president of technical operations, Pivot Energy; Stefano Ratti, CEO, Chaberton Energy; Erica Brinker, Chief Commercial and Sustainability Officer, Chaberton Energy; and Howard County Executive Calvin Ball. On July 8, Chaberton Energy cut off the ribbon on a new 3.2 MW community solar project in Fulton, Maryland. The Lime Kiln project was developed by Chaberton and is owned by and is managed by Pivot Energy. Local leaders of Howard County, members…

AISA Group wants to secure the financial stimulus to build a massive photovoltaic park in the Ministry of Jáchal, the province of San Juan, with an estimated investment of $ 600 million. The project includes supplying energy to industrial users and the National Electricity Grid. July 9, 2025 Luis Ini An image of the Jáchal -Valley, in the Argentinian province of San Juan Image: Eaglau, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 By PV Magazine Latam Aisa Group, based in Canada, has submitted a project proposal to build a 1,000 MW Zonneboerderij in Jáchal, San Juan, North Argentina under the investment incentive…

The Dutch government said it remains vigilant about possible threats from cyber security from solar players. However, it minimized the risk of hidden hardware components in inverters and said that these devices would be ‘easy to detect’ by the Dutch authorities. July 9, 2025 Emiliano Bellini The Dutch Minister for Climate Policy and Green Growth, Sophie Hermans, announced during a parliamentary debate that the Dutch government intends to increase vigilance on inverters used in PV systems throughout the country. The statement came as an answer to a parliamentary question submitted by Henri Bontenbal from the Conservative Party of the Christian…

Quantum Dot Technology promises to stimulate the output of the bifacial solar module. The company is a food agreement concluded with specialized UBIQD. July 9, 2025 Ryan Kennedy By PV Magazine USA US-Founded Dunne Film Solar module Manufacturer First Solar has announced that it has concluded a food agreement with Ubiqd, a developer of Quantum Dot Nanotechnology. The cooperation is expected to make early acceptance of quantum spots possible in first solar modules, which increases the output efficiency. Quantum spots (QD) are photoluminescent particles So small that 100,000 of them would cost to span one fingernail, Ubiqd said. The dots…