Skip to content Image: Michael Ansaldo/Foundry At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Sharp 2K video with color night vision Built-in solar panel with battery backup Local storage, with a cloud-storage option Cons No support for Alexa or Apple HomeKit App feels unfinished and lacks polish Solar charging may struggle in low-light locations Our Verdict A […]
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EnPV – a subsidiary of German energy company EnBW (Energie Baden-Württemberg) – says the technology is designed to “upgrade” mass-market tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon). The company claims its SABC production process is lower cost than TOPCon processes, easily upgraded from a TOPCon production line and more efficient and “elegant” than existing back-contact production processes.
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The next phase of Pittsburgh International Airport’s energy plan includes a solar project that will more than double its existing array and generate an added 4.7 MW of power. Its existing solar array is part of the its 23-MW microgrid. Photo courtesy of the Pittsburgh International Airport Pittsburgh International Airport is positioning itself for the
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The investigation was brought in April 2024 by the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee, a group comprising solar manufacturers with US bases: Korean-owned firms Qcells and Mission Solar, Swiss-headquartered Meyer Burger, REC Silicon and cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film solar manufacturer First Solar. The group’s legal representative, Tim Brightbill, emphasised the sense of victory
Solar energy could have changed the world long ago. The technology was discovered in the 19th century – but it took almost two centuries to become widely used. This is the history of solar energy: why it was ignored for so long – and what finally led to its global breakthrough. Humanity has known how
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The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) provided analysis of the devastating impact the changes to energy tax credits will have on jobs, manufacturing and the ability to meet the country’s rapidly growing energy demand… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/05/21/us-solar-and-storage-industry-calls-for-changes-in-reconciliation-bill/
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Tristan Erion-Lorico, VP sales and marketing at Kiwa PVEL, spoke with pv magazine Editor Marian Willuhn at Intersolar Europe 2025 about rising module failures in lab tests this year, citing glass breakage and UV degradation in tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) modules as key quality concerns… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/05/20/solar-module-quality-trends-2025-with-tristan-erion-lorico/
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China installed a record 60 GW of new PV capacity in the first quarter of 2025, driven by a surge in rooftop deployment ahead of updated grid-access rules, says Rystad Energy. It predicts that rooftop growth will continue, but new self-consumption mandates are reshaping regional development strategies and increasing project complexity… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/05/20/china-installs-record-36-gw-of-rooftop-solar-in-q1-as-new-rules-drive-surge/
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Utility-scale accounted for the majority of the solar PV additions with 82%, and represented 5.5GW in Q1 2025. However, several projects expected to be commissioned in Q1 2025 have been postponed due to insufficient substation capacity and transmission infrastructure, land acquisition challenges and delays in power purchase agreement (PPA) signings, said Mercom. Moreover, a significant
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Latest Features , Interviews , Long Reads SOLV Energy plans to work Arevon, Clēnera, Sol Systems, NewSun Energy, Enfinity Global and Panamint Capital. with Image: SOLV Energy. US renewable energy engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor SOLV Energy has announced plans to build more than 6GW of new utility-scale solar and storage capacity in the
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