14+ hour, 31+ min ago   (75+ words) With excursions into space becoming more frequent, and the reasons behind them more commercial, the industry is exploring ways to generate electricity in space at lower cost and larger scale. And these requirements make ‘terrestrial’ silicon PV technology difficult to…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (328+ words) All three events have been running for decades, which shows both the longstanding importance of power systems to space operations and the depth of expertise that has developed around them. However, production capacities for III-V solar devices remain quite limited....

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (79+ words) Before the Section 232 tariff announcement, many module buyers were anticipating a roughly $0.03/W to $0.05/W impact, with $0.06/W to $0.07/W generally seen as an upper-end outcome. A consensus formed around a more stringent pricing impact. While the ultimate clearing price…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (716+ words) Every industry benefits from diversity, not just ours. What makes it particularly important and urgent for the solar and renewable energy industries is the lack of qualified professionals. We need specific competencies, including electrical engineering expertise, that are scarce by…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (416+ words) According to the OPIS Global Solar Markets Report released on Sept. 8, Free-On-Board (FOB) China M10 and 210R wafer prices fell to $0.149/pc and $0.156/pc, respectively, down 1.97% and 2.50% week on week. The wafer price rally seen in mid-August has failed to sustain momentum,…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (197+ words) Ten states in the United States have passed laws permitting plug-in solar, with more to follow imminently. Low-income households, renters and temporary workers under pressure from high electricity bills are welcoming plug-in solar as a low-cost, portable and convenient solution....

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (113+ words) International oil and gas benchmarks have traded well above pre-crisis levels since conflict began in Iran in late February, with the sharpest reactions in European and Asian gas markets, up 40% to 60%, while Brent crude oil sits roughly 20% higher. This impact…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (211+ words) Two case studies — a 368 kWp coloured façade in Amsterdam and Vienna’s Floridsdorf metro station — illustrate the aesthetic-performance trade-off in practice, including the finding that structural (interference-based) colouration losses run 5–20%, versus 20–50% for absorbing pigments. For FPV, the report highlights how strongly…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (520+ words) The Netherlands added 1.4 GW of solar capacity in 2025, according to figures published by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). The official figure is down on estimates which put Dutch solar additions at around 2 GW last year. It also represents a sharp…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (794+ words) Module manufacturers can make money in Europe, according to JA’s new VP for the European market, despite ongoing manufacturing oversupply applying downward pressure on prices. “The reality is that there are more modules on sale than the world needs,” Alastair…...