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Swedish thin film Solar Specialist Midsummer announced the order of a SEK 143.5 million ($ 14.8 million) Turnkey line with a capacity for 15 MW of an unknown Swedish industrial and defense group. May 21, 2025 Valerie Thompson Midsummer -duo Image: Midsummer Swedish thin-film Solar Specialist Midsummer delivers a non-known Swedish industrial and defense group with a turnkey production line for thin film, indium, gallium, gallium and selenide (CIGS) solar cell production. The equipment has an annual capacity of 15 MW and a value of SEK 143.5 million ($ 14.8 million), according to the company. Midsummer said that the duo…

Solar Media Market Research Analyst Josh Cornes follows the time that Solar PV developments spend in the planning system, because delays and refusal to delay the Build speed speed. Solar PV Buildout In the United Kingdom, the seventh year of growth in a row continues to pick up, with growth rowing a year. With initiatives led by the government such as Clean Power 2030 (CP30) Buildout and encouraging the contracts for difference (CFD) mechanism, it is unlikely that this growth will slow down. However, there are several factors in the game to hinder this growth, so that the opportunities of…

The prices of PV module remain largely flat, despite a slight increases for very efficient products, because slow delivery still has to indicate a clear trend, says Martin Schachinger, founder of PVXCHANGE.COM. May 21, 2025 Martin Schachinger, pvxchange.com By PV Magazine Germany The recovery of the module prices, which followed a sharp fall in the second half of last year, seems to have stalled. Not much has changed in recent weeks. Some wholesalers have somewhat increased prices for highly efficient modules-a indication of continuous supply restrictions but the increases remain too small to suggest a clear trend. Most brands continue…

China and Chile led battery storage Implementations in an even divided scene than in previous months, but a lower general total was installed on a grid scale. May 21, 2025 Tristan Rayner By ESS News Market information company RHO Motion, the power -retarded arm of Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, says that the almost 9 GWH of the new Global Global Battery Energy Storage System (Bess) followed that commercial activities introduced in April 2025. This came from a total of 3,333 MW/8,890 MWh of grid -scale projects. According to RHO Motion’s “Battery Energy Stationary Storage monthly database”, this April capacity is 13%…

The European Commission has selected projects for € 992 million ($ 1.1 billion) in EU public financing, while the Japanese government has agreed to provide $ 4.80 in subsidies for hydrogen fuel cell cars. May 21, 2025 Sergio Matalucci The European Commission Has selected 15 renewable hydrogen production projects for € 992 million in EU public financing in the European Economic Area (EEA). “The projects, located in five countries, are expected to produce nearly 2.2 million tonnes of renewable hydrogen in ten years,” said the European executive body. Eight projects will be in Spain, three in Norway, two in Germany,…

By Brad Kramer May 20, 2025 The bill for reconciliation budget that is currently being considered in the American House of Representatives would be the economic profit of the renewable energy industry. The so -called “Big, Beautiful Bill” contains most of the legislative agenda of President Donald Trump, but the Megabill also contains large cuts on renewable energy. As is currently built, the legislation refers to the financing of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act and withdraws tax credits for clean energy that have stimulated the domestic development and production of solar sun in the last three years. The renewable power…

Silfab Solar has taken over the technological patent portfolio of ENPV with advanced recovery designs for solar cells. EnpvThe Solar Technology division of EnbwAn energy supply company in Germany, developed Topcon production process. The flagship design, self -guineaway back contact (SABC), will immediately be integrated into the production efforts of Silfab. The method allows precise alignment and improved electrical performance in cell and module manufacturing, which will support the continuous innovation in Silfab’s Elite series of solar panels that use a conductive and unique recovery designs afterwards. Silfab will also keep the trademark of SABC technology. “Silfab Solar is at…

Scientists in Turkiye claim that they have developed a nickel-based topcon sun cell with a minimum silver content and almost the same efficiency as completely silver metallized counterparts. The device uses a new nickel contact method that requires a trail of silver of only 0.5 mg/w. May 21, 2025 Emiliano Bellini A group of researchers at the ODTU-Gunam Research Institute in Turkiye claims to have manufactured a topcon sun cell with a nickel (NI) contact and considerably lower silver (AG) content, where the device has achieved almost the same efficiency as topcon devices produced through full silver metallization. “Silver scarcity…

Dinorwig was built in a former slate quarry and opened in 1984. Image: Flickr user Denis Egan First Hydro Company (FHC), a joint venture (JV) 75%owned by ENGIE, prepares large renovations with the 1,728 MW Dinorwig Pumped Hydro Energy Storage (PHES) facility. It follows the recent completion of an eight -year renovation program in the other pumped Hydro Asset from the JV, Ffestinog. The partner of the French Energy Major Engie in FHC is 25% owner CDPQ, an investment group from Canada. Dinorwig, in North Wales, was the most recently built Phes factory in the UK, opened by Koning Charles…

Iraq’s first fully off-grid solar-powered community, developed by the Rwanga Foundation, was inaugurated earlier this week. The village has almost 200 solar panels that will promote houses, a mosque, a school and a community hall. May 21, 2025 Patrick Jowett The Rwanga Foundation, a non-profit organization based in the Iraqi city of Erbil, has inaugurated the first entirely entirely on solar energy-driven village of the country. The Kulak Solar Village, located in the Harir district in the Kurdistan region in Northern Iraq, will offer residents around the clock. Local Press has reported the Solar Village that contains 195 solar panels…