Tokyo’s grid has joined every other transmission system operator area in Japan in experiencing economic curtailment, as solar output growth outpaces the flexibility of the country’s largest regional power market… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/03/24/solar-curtailment-reaches-tokyo-japans-last-holdout-grid-area/
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Slovakia’s total solar additions last year fall in line with those seen the prior two years, with cumulative capacity now standing in excess of 1.3 GW… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/03/24/slovakia-deploys-243-mw-of-solar-in-2025/
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Researchers in the United Kingdom have developed a smart window that combines switchable polymer-dispersed liquid crystal with integrated PV cells, offering controllable transparency and electricity generation. The system balances light, heat, and solar protection while maintaining high visual quality and stable performance, according to its creators… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/03/23/new-solar-window-concept-integrates-polymer-dispersed-liquid-crystal-to-enable-switchable-transparency/
Home Marine Energy TotalEnergies and partner inaugurate 31 MW floating solar power plant in Belgium March 23, 2026, by Nadja Skopljak French energy giant TotalEnergies and Switzerland-headquartered sustainable construction player Holcim have inaugurated a floating solar power plant with a 31 MW capacity, located in Belgium. Source: TotalEnergies The plant, inaugurated on March 20, is located
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On a training site in Lagos, a group of women gather beneath a rooftop, helmets on, waiting their turn to climb. It is a small scene, but one that captures a larger shift underway in Nigeria’s energy sector, one that is quietly redefining who gets to build the country’s solar future. For years, women have
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Diagram showing the orbit of Europe’s Proba 3 solar-eclipse mission. (Image credit: ESA – P. Carril, 2013) A satellite that generates artificial solar eclipses in space has reestablished contact with its handlers after a month of silence. The European Space Agency (ESA) announced today (March 19) that it has gotten back in touch with the
Latest Features , Guest Blog , Long Reads The Plug and Play Solar Act would allow people in California to install small systems of up to 1,200 watts to a building’s electrical system. Image: Yuma Solar via Unsplash. The California Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee has unanimously voted 14-0 (and 3 abstentions) in favour
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Latest Features , Guest Blog , Long Reads Avantus has a total solar development pipeline of 24GW in the US. Image: Avantus. US solar developer Avantus and Toyota Tsusho America (TAI) have completed construction at the 159MW Norton Solar Project in Texas. The project, at which construction began in August 2024 and achieved “substantial completion”
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The issue focuses on the doping of solar wafers to create a P/N junction, which allows the silicon wafer to effectively conduct electricity. “Grey wafers”, which have not yet been doped, cannot convert light into electricity, but the addition of a P/N junction and an anti-reflective coating allow them to convert electricity and turns them
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What began as a small trickle of portable solar solutions in Nigerian homes has swollen into a booming battery powered energy market, with families, businesses and dealers all vying for a slice of what is now one of West Africas most competitive technology sectors. Once limited to small battery packs and basic inverter setups, solar
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