As primary silver grades decline and solar demand surges, the industry must transition from viewing retired panels as waste to treating them as high-grade mineral reserves essential for the energy transition… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/02/27/the-richest-silver-mine-isnt-underground-but-in-solar/
The richest silver mine isn’t underground but in solar Read More »
A lead-halide perovskite crystal sample. Credit: ISTA Defect-filled lead-halide perovskites rival silicon solar cells because domain walls inside the material separate and guide charges. Researchers visualized these charge-transport networks using a novel silver-staining technique, resolving a long-standing efficiency mystery. Perovskites made from lead halides are produced through low-cost solution processing and contain many defects. Even
How Flawed Crystals Are Powering the Future of Solar Energy Read More »
Latest Features , Editors’ Blog , Interviews Solar Proponent’s 837MW Tehuacana Creek 1 project is the largest project expected to come online in 2026. Image: Solar Proponent. Developers are forecast to add a record 43.4GW of new utility-scale solar PV capacity to the US power system in 2026, a 60% year-on-year increase over 2025 and
EIA: US to add record 43.4GW of new utility-scale solar PV capacity in 2026 Read More »
Removing the busbars eliminates the need for silver busbars with ultra-fine silver lines to collect current. Many solar manufacturers have been shifting to 0BB structures over the past couple of years, in a move to reduce the consumption of silver. Although the trend began with heterojunction technology (HJT), it has also been applied to TOPCon
Premier Energies unveils 0BB TOPCon solar cell, India’s ‘first’ Read More »
Home Marine Energy Norway: €710k public funding aims to advance floating solar tech performance February 26, 2026, by Nadja Skopljak Norway’s Ocean Sun has secured NOK 8 million (around €710,000) in public funding for a project that aims to strengthen the long-term performance and reliability of its floating solar technology. Ocean Sun’s floating solar technology
Norway: €710k public funding aims to advance floating solar tech performance Read More »
The San Luis Canal flows alongside farmland in Huron, Calif. Some farmers in the region are leaving land fallow because water is increasingly scarce. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption toggle caption Jae C. Hong/AP A mammoth solar farm is moving forward in the heart of California. If built, which seems increasingly likely, it would cover
Why farmers in California are backing a giant solar farm Read More »
Man Joins Villagers In Search For Own Mom After Killing Her, Hiding Her Body & Selling Her Goods A 19-year-old Chihota man coldly joined villagers in the desperate search for his missing mother after he had already brutally murdered her, hidden her decomposing body in a disused toilet… https://iharare.com/chihota-man-kills-own-mother-for-solar-panels-and-cellphones/
Chihota Man Kills Own Mother For Solar Panels And Cellphones, Then Joins Search Party Read More »
Work involved installation of a 680 kWp rooftop solar PV system comprising 1,400 high-efficiency 490W modules, paired with 10 x 60kW SolaX string inverters and full TIGO optimisation across the arrays. Due to the site’s consistently high energy demand, 100% of the energy generated is consumed on site, with the system covering up to 30%
Mainland Power fits solar system at recycling centre Read More »
Omar Yaghi, a renowned chemist at the University of California, Berkeley, has pioneered a groundbreaking technology capable of producing up to 1,000 liters of clean drinking water per day directly from the air, even in regions with extremely low humidity levels of less than 20 percent. This innovation offers a potential solution to water scarcity
SolarPower Europe has released new technical due diligence guidelines for utility-scale solar-plus-storage projects, covering risk, engineering and lifecycle standards for co-located PV and battery systems. February 25, 2026 Pilar Snchez Molina Image: Sungrow SolarPower Europe has published two reports aimed at strengthening best practices for large-scale hybrid projects combining photovoltaics and battery energy storage systems.
SolarPower Europe issues due diligence guide for PV-BESS Read More »
