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EDP Said to Start €200 Million Stake Sale of Iberia Solar Assets
Portuguese utility EDP SA is set to start the process to sell a minority stake in its Iberian distributed-generation assets, according to people with knowledge of the matter. EDP aims to divest a 49% stake for as much as €200 million ($233…
How much do solar panels cost? UK 2026 prices guide
As of June 2026, a typical solar panel system for a three-bedroom home in the UK costs around £6,500 to £9,000 fully installed. For many households, a standard 4-5kW rooftop system will sit closer to £6,500 to £8,000, while…
SEG Solar Announces Third U.S. Factory, Becoming Largest Domestic Solar Manufacturer at 10.6 GW Capacity
HOUSTON, June 1, 2026 /CNW/ -- SEG Solar ('SEG'), a leading U.S. solar module manufacturer, today announced plans to develop its third U.S. manufacturing facility in Greater Houston, Texas. The new 4.6-gigawatt (GW) facility is expected to bring…
Google, AirTrunk data centre solar farm ready to hit the grid
Google's first Australian renewable energy project to power the data centres underpinning its artificial intelligence and cloud computing is almost ready to connect to the national grid, in an important step towards easing concerns that the…
UV and thermally stable hole-selective contacts with enhanced assembly density for inverted perovskite solar cells - Nature Materials
The development of efficient inverted perovskite solar cells has been propelled by the adoption of self-assembled monolayers as hole-selective contacts. Nevertheless, the durability of such devices is still hampered by the vulnerability of…
JA Solar Leads the Post-Cycle PV Market with Dual-Technology Breakthroughs and Integrated Solutions
BEIJING, June 1, 2026 /CNW/ -- JA Solar recently outlined its strategic roadmap for the post‑cycle photovoltaic (PV) market, reaffirming its leadership across TOPCon and BC technologies while advancing toward a fully integrated…
Not Wind, Not Solar: Mini Nuclear Reactors Could Fix America's Energy Problems
America's nuclear boondoggle may be coming to an end, as the Department of Energy looks to deploy a new generation of nuclear reactors. Although the U.S operates 98 gigawatts of nuclear capacity, high costs, difficult licensing processes, the…
Trina Solar announces 907 W tandem solar module with 29.2% efficiency
Chinese PV manufacturer Trina Solar has unveiled a 907 W n-type TOPCon-perovskite tandem solar module. According to the company, the module achieved a full-panel conversion efficiency of 29.2% in testing by Germany's TÜV SÜD. The product…
GameChange Energy Consolidates Solar, eBOS, Asset Monitoring, and Transformer Divisions Under Single Brand
Rebrand Streamlines Procurement and Installation for Clients, Reflects GameChange's Expanding Product Offerings NORWALK, Conn., June 1, 2026 /CNW/ -- GameChange Energy, a global energy infrastructure company, announces the consolidation of its…
HAREI's solar power initiative aids Concord NH community
A crowd formed at the Friends of Forgotten Children food pantry in Concord on Sunday, but not because meals were being served inside. The crowd was outdoors. “We had about 30 people there. We had probably a dozen on the roof, four on…
Türkiye adds 1.97 GW of solar in January-April
Türkiye 's cumulative solar capacity reached 26,769 MW by the end of April 2026, according to figures published by the country's Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources. The figure indicates that 1.97 GW of solar was installed across the…
AI platforms split on how far to push solar O&M automation
Two European AI companies are taking sharply different approaches to automating utility-scale solar operations, diverging on where the boundary between human decision-making and machine execution should sit. As solar portfolios grow through…
NXT Stock Alert: Solar Company Nextpower Is Taking on Data Centers With New Acquisition
Nextpower (NXT) stock remains in focus after the solar tracker company agreed to acquire Prevalon Energy for up to $365 million, expanding its footprint into battery storage and AI data centers. The energy-tech firm simultaneously raised its fiscal…
First Solar, Inc. $FSLR Position Boosted by Forsta AP Fonden
Forsta AP Fonden lifted its stake in shares of First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR - Free Report) by 43.3% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 33,400 shares of the solar cell manufacturer's…
Drax Group Pauses Buyback as £561M Bluefield Solar Deal Boosts UK Renewables
Drax Group LON: DRX Chief Executive Will Gardiner said the company's recommended all-cash offer to acquire Bluefield Solar Income Fund would significantly expand Drax's U.K. renewables business and broaden its generation portfolio, while prompting…
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