Latest Features , Interviews , Long Reads Features , Interviews , Long Reads The Q3 edition of our downstream solar PV journal, PV Tech Power, is now available to download. In our cover story, we step into the new normal in the US market, under the shadow of an administration increasingly hostile to renewables. Taking […]
UK energy trader BB Energy has commissioned a 25 MW merchant solar plant in Zambia, marking the first such facility to join the South African Power Pool market. A 35 MW expansion is planned for completion later this year as part of a 118 MW target by 2027… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/08/01/first-merchant-solar-plant-enters-south-african-power-pool-trading/
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African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has committed $4.4 million to finance bankability and feasibility studies for a proposed 1 GW hybrid floating solar project on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/08/01/afreximbank-backs-1-gw-floating-solar-project-in-zimbabwe/
Afreximbank backs 1 GW floating solar project in Zimbabwe Read More »
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that reduced atmospheric haze helped solar irradiance surge to around 40% above the July average in Northeast China. August 1, 2025 Solcast Asia in July delivered a mixed bag for solar producers, with extremes at both ends of the irradiance spectrum. The
Drop in haze, pollution contributes to China’s solar generation in July Read More »
It’s no secret that prices throughout the solar supply chain have been at rock bottom over the past 18 months. Alex Barrows and Molly Morgan of CRU Group explore how the market reached the imbalance that caused PV prices to crash, what this has meant for innovation… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/08/01/non-stop-solar-innovation-despite-module-oversupply/
Non-stop solar innovation despite module oversupply Read More »
Most U.S. households could reduce their electricity costs and endure power outages by installing rooftop solar panels and battery packs, according to a new Stanford University study, though people may need to buy the equipment by Dec. 31. About 60% of families could reduce their electricity costs by 15% on average by installing a solar-battery
Solar Plus Storage Could Cut Costs, Weather Blackouts | Mirage News Read More »
German utility RWE has secured environmental approval for its Los Durmientes project in Chile’s Antofagasta region, which combines a 243.6 MW solar plant with a 255.4 MW/1,277 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/08/01/rwe-secures-environmental-approval-for-1277-mwh-solar-storage-project-in-chile/
RWE secures environmental nod for 1,277 MWh solar-storage project in Chile Read More »
While volcanoes ignite all sorts of chaos on Earth, ice volcanoes in space drive geological change in an entirely different way. The landscapes of icy moons across our Solar System are shaped not by molten lava flows, but by water that boils and freezes simultaneously due to extremely low pressure in space. A new study
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Latest The 25% tariff could have an impact on the US solar industry. Image: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons Donald Trump has announced a 25% tariff on all imports entering the US from India from the 1st August 2025. Posted to his social media platform, Truth Social, the president said India was a “friend” whose “tariffs are
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Latest The project is scheduled for completion in 2027 and will be financed through foreign investment. Image: Ministry of Energy of the Kyrgyz Republic. The Government of Kyrgyzstan has signed two investment deals with Vietnamese firms Rox Energy Global and RECA LLC for the development of a 1.9GW solar project in the village of Kyzyl-Uruk
Kyrgyzstan signs investment deals with Vietnamese firms for 1.9GW solar PV power plant Read More »
