HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka — As a new wave of large-scale solar energy projects take shape along the fringes of Sri Lanka’s Managed Elephant Range, or MER, in the southern district of Hambantota, activists, farmers and wildlife conservationists are opposing the move. Those opposing the solar push — in a district that has significant ‘elephant [……
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An international research team has developed an AI-driven robotic platform that autonomously designs, fabricates, and optimizes perovskite solar cells, completing the full experimental workflow in a closed-loop system. Using the platform, the researchers fabricated and tested more than 50,000 devices, achieving efficiencies of up to 27%… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/21/fabricating-perovskite-solar-cells-with-robotic-boxes/
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A billion-dollar clean-energy project announced today could reshape the local economy around Garden River First Nation while adding significant renewable generation to Ontarios power supply Garden River First Nation expects annual revenues of about $50 million once a newly-approved solar farm project becomes operational. Announced earlier today, the project will be located approximately 55 kilometres east
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Furthermore, the IEA data shows solar PV expansion increasing by around 12% year-on-year, lifting cumulative global installed capacity to approximately 2.8TW and cementing solar as the world’s largest installed power generation technology by capacity. More than 30 countries added over 1GW of solar PV in 2025, nearly double the number recorded in 2020, highlighting the
Global solar PV additions exceed 600GW in 2025, says IEA Read More »
The figures for each sector confirmed the trends already observed in 2025, when annual installations decreased to 6.4GW. C&I remains steady, utility-scale grows Residential solar continues its slowdown – since the end of the 110% Superbonus scheme in 2023 – with only 313MW of new installed capacity in Q1 2026, while the C&I sector maintains
Italy installed 1.4GW solar PV in Q1 2026, residential continues to slow Read More »
Latest The Final Written Decision determined that two US solar TOPCon patents: Patent 9,722,104 B2 and Patent 10,230,009 B2 were unpatentable. Image: Trina Solar. The US Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Patent Trial and Appeal Board has issued final written decisions invalidating several patent claims asserted by Chinese solar manufacturer Trina Solar against its rival
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Taisei Corporation has demonstrated that a building can operate entirely on solar power by combining PV generation with a hybrid storage system integrating batteries and low-pressure hydrogen at a test facility in Yokohama. An EMS-enabled setup using lithium-ion batteries and PEM electrolysis balanced short- and long-term energy supply and demand… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/20/low-pressure-hydrogen-bridges-seasonal-gaps-in-solar-powered-japanese-building/
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The future looked dire for renewable energy in the United States last spring. Republicans in Congress started gutting the Inflation Reduction Act, forcing its generous tax credits for wind and solar into an early retirement. The Interior Department then rolled out a series of byzantine regulations aimed at restricting clean energy on federal land. Some
The state of solar: Despite partisan rhetoric, the industry is still booming Read More »
The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA), has raised the alarm over the increasing number of fire incidents linked to improperly installed rooftop solar photovoltaic systems across the country. As Nigeria’s power sector continues to operate below expectations, many Nigerians are turning to solar to escape blackouts. However, cases of fire outbreaks from
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The Chinese manufacturer said its lightweight Light Diamond TOPCon module delivers 560 W at 24.94% efficiency… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/20/jinkosolar-debuts-rooftop-pv-module-weighing-7-kg-m2/
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