The report said that the cost of raw materials in the US sits between Australia and Germany, though it did not provide a precise domestic module cost, potentially because the capability is currently lacking in the US. IRENA said the main drivers of module manufacturing cost are electricity prices and labour. This is the primary […]
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This will start with a first phase of 2GW solar PV portfolio in the central province of Sivas and the southern province of Karaman. “We consider these investments, which are among the most important examples of direct foreign investment in our energy sector, to be entirely financed through external financing,” said Alparslan Bayraktar, Turkish Minister
What’s the latest? In a newly published paper in the journal Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells , researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) explored the role of different encapsulants in TOPCon performance. They discovered that TOPCon modules exhibit power losses of 6-16% when exposed to 2,000 hours of humid, “damp heat”
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Australian recycling developer Iondrive says that its IONSolv platform achieved more than 85% silver extraction in initial bench-scale testing… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/02/05/over-85-silver-extraction-efficiency-achieved-in-solar-panel-recycling-test/
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By using gold nanospheres engineered to capture light across the solar spectrum, researchers at Korea University took a step toward lowering barriers to more efficient and cost-effective renewable energy harvesting. Hun Rho et al. introduce plasmonic colloidal supraballs — solution-processable assemblies of gold nanospheres — as a robust and versatile platform for broadband solar energy
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Four X-class solar flares erupted from the sun on Feb. 1-2. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captures these images of the outbursts. (Image credit: NASA/SDO) A monster sunspot is taking aim at Earth after firing off dozens of powerful flares Sunday and Monday (Feb. 1-2) — including the most intense solar eruption in years. Elevated geomagnetic
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Latest Features , Editors’ Blog , Interviews Mark Noyes, CEO of TerraForm, said the project will scale during a period of unprecedented power demand and grid constraints. Image: Brookfield/TerraForm. New York-headquartered independent power producer (IPP) TerraForm Power has acquired a 1.56GW solar project in Lee County, Illinois from Hexagon Energy. The company said Steward Creek Solar is among the largest solar
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Space For the first time, researchers have found what seems to be a cloud of dark matter about 60 million times the mass of the sun in our galactic neighbourhood By Leah Crane Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon Linkedin Reddit Email There might be a big clump of dark matter in our galactic
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Latest Features , Editors’ Blog , Interviews The 880MW solar-plus-project will be paired with a 460MW BESS and is forecast to begin operations in mid-2028. Image: Unsplash Private equity firm Younan Company has unveiled plans for an 880MW solar-plus-storage project in California, marking its entry into utility-scale solar PV in the US. Located in East
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However, the 3.2% quarter-on-quarter growth in solar is notable as this is a much higher rate of growth than for blended PPAs, and a sharp contrast to the decline in average prices for wind PPAs. In the third quarter, the average solar PPA price reached US$59.77/MWh, meaning the month-on-month price increase amounts to more than
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