New federal data shows solar and battery assets will comprise nearly 80% of all new utility-scale power additions planned for the U.S. electric grid this year. April 28, 2026 Ryan Kennedy From pv magazine USA The U.S. electric grid is on track for a record-breaking year, with developers planning to add 86 GW of new […]
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Grid-scale solar PV electricity generation surpassed 1 GW in mid-April, which marked a new record in Ireland according to the country’s high-voltage transmission system operator Eirgrid. Around 500,000 customers’ power needs can be met with 1 GW, Eirgrid estimates… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/28/ireland-grid-scale-solar-pv-generation-1-gigawatt-record/
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Comet 3I/ATLAS is an interstellar traveler, visiting our solar system from another part of the galaxy. While its place of origin remains a mystery, astronomers believe it was formed under conditions far cooler than those of our own planetary system. Writing in Nature Astronomy, researchers from the University of Michigan explain that unusually high levels
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Overview Energy plans to develop satellites collecting solar power in geosynchronous orbit and beaming it to Earth using near-infrared wide-beam lasers. Credit: Overview Energy WASHINGTON — Overview Energy, a startup developing space-based solar power systems, announced an agreement to provide energy for data centers operated by Meta. The companies announced April 27 an agreement under
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Overview said it planned to launch an initial satellite demonstration in 2028, with commercial power production expected in 2030. “Space solar technology represents a transformative step forward by leveraging existing terrestrial infrastructure to deliver new, uninterrupted energy from orbit,” said Nat Sahlstrom, vice president of energy and sustainability at Meta. Explaining its proposed technology, Overview
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NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured these images of solar flares — seen as the bright flashes in the top right — on April 23 and 24, 2026. The images show a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares and which is colorized in in gold and blue on the
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Scientists at Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE have created a film-based system that applies color patterns and cutouts to PV modules using the institute’s MorphoColor technology, enabling modules to imitate roof tiles, masonry, and facades with around 5% efficiency loss… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/23/fraunhofer-ise-develops-colored-film-tech-for-patterned-solar-modules/
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Solx’s Aurora hybrid module with Caelux’s perovskite glass aims to compete on performance beyond federal tax sunsets… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/23/manufacturing-partnership-brings-new-pv-technology-to-u-s-sourced-solar/
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Latest Features , Interviews , Long Reads The new funding builds on an initial €250 million tranche provided by EIG. Image: ILOS Project. German independent power producer (IPP) ILOS Projects has upsized its structured credit facility to €450 million (US$530 million) with EIG and La Caisse, as it targets more than 2GW of solar PV and battery energy
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As part of the agreement, SWREL will design, engineer, procure, erect, test and commission the solar project. It will also provide two years of operations and maintenance (O&M), alongside multi-level inspections, onsite equipment storage, civil works execution, and pre-commissioning module performance monitoring. SWREL is also required to ensure a minimum capacity utilisation factor (CUF) of 25% and deploy
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