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The Feldon Vale Solar PV energy plant (photo) is the largest of the four projects to be connected. Image: Low carbon. Independent Power Producer (IPP) Low Carbon has announced that it has successfully connected four new Solar PV energy plants to the grid. The four projects have a combined generation capacity of 129 MW and are spread over England. The largest of these developments is the Feldon Vale Solar PV energy plant, which is located in Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, and has a capacity of 49.9 MW generation. The Pepperhill project is in Shropshire and has a capacity of 21 MW generation,…

This week, women in Solar+ Europe give a voice to Yana Hryshko, Managing Consultant, APAC, head of Global Solar Supply Chain Research at Wood Mackenzie. She says that the PV industry in China in the divide of gender, although still present, feels less rigid than in Europe. “Women are active in various departments, including engineering, production, QA, sales and research,” she says. “Although men remain the majority, the gap feels narrower than in Europe.” June 27, 2025 Women in solar energy+ Europe The solar industry stands out as one of the more accessible energy sectors for women, especially in policy,…

Namaste Solar has completed a 333.54-KW roof project Boulder ModA modular home factory in Boulder, Colorado. The factory, a partnership between the city of Boulder, Boulder Valley School District and Flatirons Habitat for Humanity, produces energy-efficient, fully electric modular houses that are permanently affordable for households with low to middle income. Namaste Solar By feeding the All-Electric Boulder Mod Factory with solar energy, this project immediately supports the extensive climate activitiatives of the city and lowers the operational costs for the facility. Boulder strives to reach a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 70% by 2030 and to become a…

The production capacity of PV module in Southeast Asia has reached 86.5 GW at 61 active locations, according to the quality assurance company Sinovoltaics based in Hong Kong. The figures come from the newest report “Southeast Asia Solar Supply Chain Map” from the company. June 27, 2025 Valerie Thompson Sinovoltaics, a technical compliance and quality assurance provider with headquarters in Hong Kong, brought his newest “Southeast -Asia Solar Supply Chain Map”Reporting that type plate PV module production capacity in the region has reached 86.5 GW on 61 active production projects. Available as a Free DownloadThe report includes locations that produce…

As a prototype, the Blatchford Virtual Power Plant (VPP) with 100 Sunen batteries launches throughout the community, which offers almost 0.5 MW of electricity and more than 2 MWh storage capacity to support the Canadian energy letter. June 27, 2025 Anne Fischer By PV Magazine USA Landmark Homes, a specialist in sustainable housing, has built a new VPP in collaboration with Utility Epcor, Electricity Shops Solartility, Energy Storage Supplier Sonnen and the University of Alberta. The energy storage in the VPP, supplied by Sonnen, offers the community and its residents a backup of emergency backup, daily management of peak energy…

A European team from the industry and the academic world integrates organic solar cells in woven polyester textile for outdoor use, such as in tents or awnings. The Suntex project also focuses on improving the sustainability and efficiency of organic photovoltaic. June 27, 2025 Valerie Thompson European researchers from the industry and the academic world integrate organic thin-film photovoltaic cells (OOG) in woven textiles for use in lightweight outdoor structures, such as tents or awnings. The Suntex project includes work on improving OV -durability and efficiency. It is a three -year € 2.13 million ($ 2.47 million) in the Eurostars…

Monika Paplaczyk, Chief Investment Officer at Thrive Renewables, who up to PV Tech Premium About the British sector for renewable energy this week, said that the British delivery of solar energy is becoming increasingly complex. The interest in the British renewable sector in general, and the sun industry in particular, grows, as we approach the one-year anniversary of the election of the Labor government, which is in particular more renewableities than its predecessor and the upcoming launch of the Solar Roadmap to set the long-term plans of the VK for the industry. In conversation with PV Tech A few days…

Chinese-Moroccan joint venture inaugurates EV battery parts factory A Chinese-Moroccan joint venture announced on Wednesday the inauguration of a new factory for battery components for electric cars, the first of its kind in the North African country. The complex will ultimately have a production “capacity equivalent to 70 GWH per year, enough to equip almost a million electric vehicles per year”, according to Operator Cobco, a joint venture between the Holding Company Al Mada of the Moroccan Royal Family and the Chinese company CNGR Advanced Materials. The first phase of the project will produce Nikkel-Manganese-Cobalt prioter cathodes, “essential components for…

American federal solar tax credits cost the United States $ 25 billion a year, but deliver $ 51 billion in electricity bill savings, together with $ 12 billion in federal tax revenues and $ 3.7 billion in state and local taxes, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), De Brattle Group and the University of Louaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa June 27, 2025 Ryan Kennedy By PV Magazine USA While the American congress is negotiating the new federal budget, it is trying to make it Drastic cuts to clean energy credits of the energy To finance the expansion of the tax cuts and…

Premier Energies has a 1.2 GW tunneloxide -passivated contact (topcon) Solar line in FAB City in Hyderabad, India commissioned, which increases the total cell production capacity to 3.2 GW. June 27, 2025 Uma Gupta By PV Magazine India Premier Energies has commissioned a new 1.2 GW Topcon Solar Cell production line in FAB City, Hyderabad. The facility supplies cell efficiencies above 25% with advanced 16-bus bar architecture that makes a higher power density and energy yield possible under Real-World conditions. The new line increases the solar cell capacity of Prime Minister from 2 GW to 3.2 GW. The company is…