Solar power plays a major role in efforts to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and address climate change. The Sun delivers an immense amount of energy to Earth every moment, yet modern solar cells capture only a small share of it. This limitation is due to a long-standing “physical ceiling” that has been difficult to
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The Yobe State Government has secured a $5 million grant from the World Bank to provide solar-powered electricity to six major health and educational institutions across the State. This was contained in a statement signed by Mustapha Abba Geidam, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Transport and Energy, noting that the project aimed to improve service
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But there is significant recycling potential. According to the ‘Solar Panel Recycling and Disposal’ report by the American Clean Power Association (ACP), around 95% of a panel’s materials are recoverable, with glass and aluminium making up 90% of the weight. Other materials like steel, copper, plastics and even critical metals, such as tin, can also be recycled. Yet by 2050, solar
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China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) says newly installed solar capacity reached 32.48 GW in the first two months of 2026, while the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association (CNMIA) says polysilicon prices fell by as much as 7.95% in the latest week… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/03/27/china-pv-industry-brief-china-adds-32-48-gw-solar-as-polysilicon-prices-fall/
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Latest Features , Interviews , Long Reads Features , Interviews , News Features , Guest Blog , Long Reads First Solar is seeking the ITC to issue general exclusion and cease and desist orders over its TOPCon patents. Image: First Solar The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has begun an investigation into tunnel oxide passivated
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“Most of the deployments are in relatively small test scenarios. It’s either been done at the lab, or if it’s done in the field, it’s maybe one robot. You’re looking at a couple hundred, maybe 1,000 modules installed,” Nick Hegeman, chief commercial officer at Maximo, says to PV Tech Premium. Hegeman adds that: “In robotics,
Latest The PPA was secured for the 192MW Bom Jardim PV project, pictured above, which began operations earlier this year. Image: Qair. French independent power producer (IPP) Qair has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Brazilian LPG distributor Ultragaz for the Bom Jardim solar PV project. Located in the north-eastern state of Ceará, construction
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This delivered earnings before interest, taxes depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of €106.6 million, falling within the range of €50-180 million forecast at the beginning of March, but this does not include the “one-time items” that include macroeconomic challenges; including these figures, the company’s earnings fall below zero. This means that SMA’s losses are in line
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The installation is designed to offset the energy costs associated with pumping water from the basin to Wannon Water’s treatment plant, which serves customers across Warrnambool, Allansford, and Koroit. Brierly Basin stores raw water pumped from the Otways alongside water harvested through Wannon Water’s award-winning roofwater harvesting scheme, which collects runoff from residential properties in
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Two giant planets are actively forming around a young star at the same time, something astronomers have only observed once before. Known as WISPIT 2, the system provides a direct look at how planetary systems come together, including our own billions of years ago. The discovery, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, builds on earlier
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