3+ hour, 38+ min ago   (276+ words) According to the study, around 334,500 hectares of peatland could be made available for solar power generation. These areas consist of degraded, drained peatlands previously used for agriculture and not subject to nature conservation restrictions. The guidance document is intended for…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (153+ words) A research team from South Korea’s Jeju National University has developed a novel deep learning PV segmentation technique for remote sensing images. Called the Solar-Mamba, the novel method is a PV-aware state-space network that unifies efficient long-range dependency modeling with…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (315+ words) Garikoitz Sarriegi, head of converters and storage at Kiwa PI Berlin, told pv magazine the main challenges posed by heatwaves and the measures that can help reduce risks. Although several battery chemistries are available—including lead-acid, nickel-based technologies such as…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (58+ words) These positive anomalies occurred on top of already strong summer irradiance levels across southern Europe. The same clear, stable conditions also drove extreme temperatures. For PV operators, this means the solar benefits of higher irradiance will have been dulled, as…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (204+ words) In the agricultural sector, solar can offer benefits that fossil fuels cannot. For instance, solar energy generation can provide economic benefits to landowners, such as farmers and ranchers, while also minimizing ecosystem impacts and potentially even improving biodiversity on PV…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (437+ words) France, Italy and Spain set all-time records for solar energy production last week, according to analysis from AleaSoft Energy Forecasting. The Spanish consultancy found France reached its all-time high on July 6, recording 199 GWh. Spain broke its record two days later…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (235+ words) The model comparison highlights where the forecast is most robust: agreement is strongest across Southeast Asia, while North America shows greater spread between models. The monthly GHI outlook shows whether anomalies are persistent or transitional. In most regions, the sign…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (341+ words) A 170 MW solar and 80 MW battery storage project has broken ground on tribal lands in northwest New Mexico, squeaking through a rapidly tightening federal regulatory environment that has halted other renewable developments across the United States. While the U.S. domestic solar…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (198+ words) Saharan dust is a recurring feature of Europe’s solar resource, with multiple events each year reducing irradiance and increasing soiling across impacted regions. Below an example from March shows one such dust transport event, with material carried from North Africa…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (197+ words) The Australian goverment has formally committed Australia to a new global electrification initiative called Electrify Now, which was launched as part of London Climate Action Week (20-28 June 2026). Australia did so, in unison with Canada and the United Kingdom (UK), which…...