Author name: David Ryabchikov

Giving away excess daytime solar for free

Giving away excess daytime solar for free

Australia is turning excess midday solar into a consumer benefit through free “solar sharer” electricity tariffs, enabling households to shift loads, charge batteries and EVs, and cut energy bills dramatically. With rooftop solar, storage, electrification, and smarter tariffs, Australia is showing how market innovation can integrate large amounts of renewable energy at low cost… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/07/17/giving-away-excess-daytime-solar-for-free/

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August’s solar eclipse inspires science involving jets, balloons and Einstein’s general theory of relativity

August’s solar eclipse inspires science involving jets, balloons and Einstein’s general theory of relativity

On August 12 the sky will go dark for just two minutes and 18 seconds, at longest, across a swath of the world that includes Greenland, Iceland and northern Spain—and scientists everywhere will be scrambling to gather as much data as they possibly can. Total solar eclipses offer rare and brief opportunities to learn new

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Solar PV offers significant untapped potential for Finland

Solar PV offers significant untapped potential for Finland

Despite its high-latitude, Finland is poised to build nearly 70 GW solar PV that complements rich wind power resources and outcompetes new nuclear power. A stream of energy system research reveals how the “midnight sun” and deep sector coupling makes solar PV the unexpected summer backbone of the Nordic nation’s carbon-neutral future to form a

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Chinese scientists achieve world record efficiency of 28.04% for perovksite-organic tandem solar cell

Chinese scientists achieve world record efficiency of 28.04% for perovksite-organic tandem solar cell

Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have reported a perovskite–organic tandem solar cell with a claimed record efficiency of 28.04%, using a photo-transformable TDB molecule to improve perovskite film quality and device stability. The post Chinese scientists achieve world record efficiency of 28.04% for perovksite-organic tandem solar cell appeared first on pv magazine Global…

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Astronomers Discover Four New White Dwarfs in Solar Neighborhood

Astronomers Discover Four New White Dwarfs in Solar Neighborhood

Using near-UV spectroscopic data from the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers discovered four white dwarfs orbiting nearby red dwarf stars. These binary systems are all located within 20 parsecs (65 light-years) of the Sun, and one of the white dwarfs is the ninth closest to our star. An

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Peru proposes national energy planning framework with solar and storage scenarios

Peru proposes national energy planning framework with solar and storage scenarios

Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) has published draft provisions to establish a national energy planning framework covering long-, medium-, and short-term horizons. The proposal does not include specific deployment targets for solar PV or energy storage but aims to develop the scenarios, supply-demand balances… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/07/14/peru-proposes-national-energy-planning-framework-with-solar-and-storage-scenarios/

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California-based nonprofit now accepting pre-orders for plug-in solar kits

California-based nonprofit now accepting pre-orders for plug-in solar kits

Bright Saver says the solar kits cost exactly what it pays to buy, ship and support them. The wholesale model is supported by a new membership program designed to grow help the group continue to deliver progress on legislative and economic priorities. The post California-based nonprofit now accepting pre-orders for plug-in solar kits appeared first

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End-of-life solar module recycling unviable if material diversity is not considered

End-of-life solar module recycling unviable if material diversity is not considered

Researchers from Australia and Poland have collaborated on a study to determine the value of upcycling key materials from end-of-life panels such as aluminium, glass and solar cells with the express purpose of purifying the components for reuse in solar panel manufacturing. The post End-of-life solar module recycling unviable if material diversity is not considered

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