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This week, women in Solar+ Europe give a voice to Jessimiela Usidame, purchasing manager at the British Elgin. She says that creating fairness means that they make room for women to speak, lead and form outcomes at every level. “Yet many women in commercial and project-oriented roles have to prove themselves again and again. There is often an unspoken suspicion about what we cannot do before someone sees what we can,” she says. June 20, 2025 Women in solar energy+ Europe There is a unique energy that runs through the renewable industry – a constant momentum, a feeling of building…
HelioTholta has released ‘PV -Connectors: The status of the field”A new report that emphasizes the persistent risks of cheap PV system components, in particular connectors, for solar investments. The white paper details observations of more than 5 GW of independent field inspections carried out by HelioVolta in hundreds of utilities and commercial solar projects in the United States. For years, industry professionals know that the connectors have made it incorrect that connectors introduce significant safety risks for PV systems. Since 2008, successive revisions from the National Electrical Code have aimed at reducing connector-related malfunctions with new installation requirements. Almost 20…
By SB staff June 20, 2025 A new pilot program from ENGIE NORTH -DAMERIA Contains what the company calls a “precycling” determination for 375 MW of solar panel and system componentecycling over several projects with the aim of distracting an estimated 1 million panels of landfills. Engie works together with Solarcycle To develop the program as part of an increasing approach to circularity. The company will drive a new precycling determination to include the solar panel and the project componentecycling in first agreements on four projects. The precycling determination includes recycling in power buying agreements and helps developers to record…
UGT Renewables, a US -based developer, says it will build a 3 GW solar project in Iraq under a deal with the federal government with 500 MWh of storage and 1,000 km high -voltage directorage (HVDC) lines. June 20, 2025 Patrick Jowett Image: Iraq Ministry of Energy The Miami -based project developer UGT Renewables is planning to build a 3 GW solar park in Iraq. The company signed an agreement with the Iraqi government for the project in May and met Minister of Electricity Ziyad Ali Fadel earlier this week. A statement from the minister said that the meeting, who…
Eti -turn has been launched HazguardDriven by Vallen, a gas filtration and venting system designed to eliminate toxic emissions during battery of thermal drained events. Hazguard integrates with Eticaag’s Lithium iron phosphate (LFP) Battery systems, which are already patented Liquidshield immersion technology To suppress the thermal runner at cell level. If the gas is released, Hazguard activates quickly in the surrounding environment quickly air, neutralize and release them safely. This eliminates harmful by -products such as water dust luoride (HF), carbon monoxide and other flammable fumes. “This closes the loop,” said Jaime Hidalgo, CEO and co-founder of EtiGaag. “Our immersion…
Australian researchers have developed a new strategy for the manufacture of the dry electrode for aqueous zinc Jodium batteries. They say that cathodes delivers with more than double the performance of iodine and lithium ion batteries. June 18, 2025 David Carroll By PV Magazine Australia University of Adelaide Scientists have developed a new dry electrode preparation technique that has been found to stimulate energy density, reduce the relegation of the battery and improve the overall stability of aqueous zinc-Jodium batteries. Watery zinc-Jodium batteries are considered safer, more sustainable and more affordable than lithium ion systems, but they are still inadequate…
Solar -Energy Portal Discusses the role of Solar PV in the Clean Power 2030 ambitions of the UK with one of the most important figures when delivering contracts for difference and the capacity market. The upcoming seventh auction round (AR7) of the Contracts for Difference (CFD) of the government is linked as the largest so far. At the UK Solar Summit 2025, Neil McDermott, CEO of the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) and Electricity Settlements Company (ESC) will deliver the Keynote AR7: Effects and expectationsTackling the effects on the British solar landscape and the role of emerging technologies such as…
German researchers developed a new instrument the size of a bag to quickly identify the composition of the solar panel polymer back shoes and encapsulants in the field. The hardware is near -infrared absorption spectroscopy (NIRA) sensor based. June 20, 2025 Valerie Thompson A team of the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg (Hi Ern), an institute of the Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZ Jülich) in Germany, has developed a portable, Geminiaturized Spectroscopie solution to analyze polymer components of solar panels, Backsheets and gutsweethers. The team built the solution, which the PV scanner calls, for a quick non-destructive afterwards and incoming polymer analysis on site,…
To assess migration-induced demolition modes through accelerated aging of perovskite solar cells, an international research team investigated with the help of electric forward bias and dark storage approach. June 20, 2025 Valerie Thompson An international team of researchers led by Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin Für Materialien und Energie (HZB) in Germany investigated the combining of continuous electric bias with dark storage as an accelerated aging test for perovskite solar cells. The aim was to assess migration-induced demolition modes by ions, which are those defects that occur during extensive Buitenveld tests. The work opens space for “care optimism that we may be able…
Picture this: A film crew is set up in a mountain location, capturing the golden hour light that directors dream about. Suddenly, the generator sputters and dies, taking with it the entire lighting setup, camera monitors, and sound equipment. With daylight fading fast and no immediate backup power, an expensive day of shooting—along with perfect natural lighting conditions—is lost. If you’re searching for solar solutions for cinematography, you’re likely facing the challenges of powering film equipment away from traditional power sources. Whether you’re planning a documentary shoot in the wilderness or looking to reduce your production’s carbon footprint, solar power…