15+ hour, 55+ 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, 10+ 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....

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (943+ words) Hamburg-based digital utility Rabot Energy launched its new standalone home battery designed specifically for apartment renters in June 2026, and ESS News had the chance to speak with Konrad Schade, chief operating officer and managing director at the company, about both…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (464+ words) South Korea is expected to install 3.5 GW of solar this year, according to a report from the Korea Eximbank. The state-owned export credit agency’s report adds the country installed 3.1 GW of solar in 2025, meaning the market is set to grow…...

3+ day, 15+ 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....

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (419+ words) Rocket Lab Corporation has announced the production release of its inverted metamorphic (IMM) Apex solar cell, a high-efficiency space power solution designed to eliminate reliance on germanium substrates and avoid critical-mineral supply chain bottlenecks. In an IMM structure, the semiconductor layers…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (370+ words) The Romanian government has signed off on two subsidy programs for solar and storage installations on public buildings worth a total €650 million ($755.4 million). The first program, worth €500 million, covers new solar installations designed for self-consumption featuring mandatory battery storage that…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (332+ words) Japanese petroleum company Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. has established a development laboratory for space-grade copper indium gallium-selenide (CIGS) solar cells in the United States. According to an update published by the company, the laboratory, located at the University of California,…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (319+ words) Suriname’s national public utility EnergieBedrijven Suriname (EBS) is searching for developers to carry out solar-storage minigrids and water infrastructure projects in rural areas of the country. Available tender details split the procurement exercise into two lots. The first lot covers…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (437+ words) Econergy has launched commercial operations for the fully merchant 70 MW / 141 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at its Părău 1 project in Brașov, Romania. The battery joins a 92 MW solar array that has been active since early 2024, bringing the site’s combined…...