Watch: The solar and storage “home energy evolution”
Residential solar installers are evolving to include energy storage, EV charging, and more. A panel discussed this evolution of distributed energy and the state of the market at pv magazine USA week.
Solar stocks nosedive as Trump victory is secured
With a Republican White House, Senate, and the House of Representatives up for grabs, core solar industrial policy will possibly be repealed.
Argonne Lab unveils technique to track battery aging in real time
Argonne Lab uses magnetic resonance to track chemical changes inside working lithium battery cells. without destroying the test cells.
Solar-electric vehicle requires no charging for daily use
California-based solar electric vehicle maker Aptera Motors demonstrated its first production-intent design vehicle. It said the vehicle will offer up to 40 miles of range daily from its onboard solar cells.
Concentrated solar power, a much cheaper solution than batteries for energy storage
By offering cheap energy storage, concentrating solar power has a huge potential. However, it requires international standards to become a competitive market proposition.
‘There is no such thing as a global patent’
Jeffrey Saltman, partner at U.S. intellectual property law firm Fisch Sigler LLP, recently spoke to pv magazine about the rising number of patent lawsuits between PV module manufacturers. He said this increase in litigation mainly stems from the industry’s convergence on tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) tech and noted that the number of lawsuits is likely to rise in the near future.
Utility-scale solar additions hit 46.8 GW since start of 2023, says Wiki-Solar
PV data consultancy Wiki-Solar says the world’s top solar developers have added nearly 50 GW of new solar capacity since early 2023, raising their cumulative capacity to 146.7 GW – more than one-fifth of the global total.
Wafer prices drop, inventory levels rebound despite operating rate cuts
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.
Sunniest October on record for U.S. amid hurricane disruptions
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that October delivered record-high irradiance across much of the United States, with a high-pressure system over the Eastern and Central regions driving a sustained period of warm, dry, and clear weather. Meanwhile, contrasting conditions in Canada’s coastal provinces and extreme weather in Florida underscored this month’s diverse impacts on North American solar generation.
Georgia facility to recycle 10 million solar panels per year
Unlike the single use of multi-million-year-old fossil fuels, solar panels can be recycled, recovering much of their materials for future use.
