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Masdar breaks ground on ‘world’s largest’ 5.2GW/19GWh solar-plus-storage project

Masdar breaks ground on ‘world’s largest’ 5.2GW/19GWh solar-plus-storage project

Latest Features , Guest Blog , Long Reads The project is expected online in 2027, and will provide 1GW of baseload power. Image: Masdar The Saudi state-owned renewables developer Masdar has begun construction on a giant solar-plus-storage project in Abu Dhabi. The roughly AED232 billion (US$5.9 billion) project combines 5.2GW of solar PV with a

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East and Southeast Asia’s solar pattern flips as La Niña develops

East and Southeast Asia’s solar pattern flips as La Niña develops

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that Southern and Western China enjoyed above-average irradiance in September, while eastern parts of the country experienced wetter conditions… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/24/east-and-southeast-asias-solar-pattern-flips-as-la-nina-develops/

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‘Solar modules could be produced in Europe at €0.15/W’

‘Solar modules could be produced in Europe at €0.15/W’

At the Modules and Material Worksop in Konstanz, organized by solar manufacturing engineering company RCT Solutions and ICS Konstanz, experts from the European PV equipment production industry gathered to discuss the current and future trajectory of manufacturing costs, technology advancements and equipment and raw material capabilities… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/24/solar-modules-could-be-produced-in-europe-at-e0-15-w/

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Yanhe eyes global rollout of perovskite solar tech after Series A funding

Yanhe eyes global rollout of perovskite solar tech after Series A funding

Yanhe Solar, a perovskite solar cell manufacturer based in Hunan, has completed a Series A funding round, raising over RMB 100 million (USD 14 million). The round was led by Orient Jiafu Asset Management, with participation from Empyrean Venture, Xingxiang Investment Holding Group, CASVC, and Morning Spring Venture. Existing investor Caixin Capital Investment also joined

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NASA’s Webb Just Found a Hidden Moon Factory Beyond Our Solar System

NASA’s Webb Just Found a Hidden Moon Factory Beyond Our Solar System

An artistic rendering of a dust and gas disk encircling the young exoplanet, CT Cha b, 625 light-years from Earth. Full image, annotation, and caption shown below. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Gabriele Cugno (University of Zürich, NCCR PlanetS), Sierra Grant (Carnegie Institution for Science), Joseph Olmsted (STScI), Leah Hustak (STScI) Webb just spotted a

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Houston “hub homes” program gave neighbors resilient power. Then EPA canceled Solar For All

Houston “hub homes” program gave neighbors resilient power. Then EPA canceled Solar For All

HOUSTON (AP) — Doris Brown was nearly asleep when a neighbor knocked on her door, telling her to look outside. “There were no lights, nowhere,” said Brown, recalling the power outage that summer night in 2023. “I didn’t even know it.” Brown’s solar panel and battery system was keeping her power on. She’d prepared for

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Nissan adds solar roof to Japan’s most popular little EV – and it promises to add 1,800 miles of free range a year

Nissan adds solar roof to Japan’s most popular little EV – and it promises to add 1,800 miles of free range a year

(Image credit: Nissan) Nissan creates an extending solar roof to top up EV batteries The tech is demonstrated on Japan’s top-selling small EV Japanese marque wants to roll it out commercially Nissan will showcase its take on a solar roof at the Japan Mobility show later this month, as it unveils a Sakura (Japan’s top-selling

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