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Germany-based solar tracker developer Sunoyster Systems has developed a 440 W lightweight solar panel with a tempered glass cover for low-load commercial and industrial roofs.

Estonia has delivered its largest heat storage facility, begun construction on its largest solar-plus-storage hybrid project, and is preparing to break ground on an 800 MWh battery park in Valga County, set to become the largest in the Baltics.

Representantes del sector renovable han señalado en su comparecencia este jueves en el Senado retrasos regulatorios como un factor determinante, y piden terminar con el “sistema reforzado” activado tras el apagón, que incrementa la participación de centrales de gas por motivos de seguridad.

Under the terms of the deal, Germany’s NexWafe will supply its ultrathin solar wafers to Talon PV’s planned 4.8 GW TOPCon solar cell manufacturing plant in Texas. Initial qualification work will take place at a pilot production line at Fraunhofer ISE’s Photovoltaic Technology Evaluation Center.

The US-based heating solutions provider said its Hylex inverter-driven heat pump offers 2–5 ton capacity, high efficiency, Wi-Fi control, and reliable cold-climate performance down to –25 C.

Leveraging 12 years of energy storage expertise, Cubenergy has launched FlexCombo 2.0, a next-generation flexible energy storage AC Block.

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has submitted the 780MW second stage of its Supernode BESS to Australia’s EPBC Act process for review.

El proyecto, promovido por Parc Empresarial Alcoi XXI, buscaría crear un microclima favorable para las vides, reducir la evapotranspiración, disminuir el riego y generar mapas digitales para el control de la producción.

New Zealand’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) has selected 32 agricultural businesses for its Solar on Farms program to test solar and battery systems across key sectors.

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India installed 7.8 GW of open-access (off-site C&#38;I) solar in 2025, pushing cumulative capacity past 30 GW by year-end, according to Mercom India.

See more from Canary Media’s “Chart of the Week” column . It’s official: Grid batteries broke another record. More than 13 gigawatts of energy storage was installed across the U.S. last year, per a new report from the Business Council for Sustainable Energy and BloombergNEF. That’s up from the roughly 12 GW…

U.S. researchers are testing regenerative agrivoltaics at a farm in Southern California, combining solar panels with soil-restoring practices like composting, cover cropping, and no-till farming to enhance crop yields, soil health, and water-use efficiency. The pilot evaluates technical, ecological, and economic viability while exploring how this land-sharing approach can optimize food and energy production, reduce irrigation needs, and inform larger-scale deployment and policy frameworks.

South Africa’s cumulative solar capacity likely exceeded 10 GW by the end of last year, according to analysis from the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association.

Legacy solar models focused on daytime production, but the shift to battery-driven self-consumption is creating a performance gap that puts long-term ROI at risk.

El presupuesto total del contrato asciende a 291.643 euros. Las empresas interesadas podrán presentar sus ofertas hasta el 11 de marzo y el plazo de ejecución es de 73 días.

Reducir los kWh por GB en dos dígitos puede traducirse en ahorros de decenas de millones al año para redes de tamaño medio, especialmente en un momento en el que crecen las cargas de trabajo.

En total en España la cifra global de defraudación eléctrica de todas las compañías distribuidoras puede situarse entre los 150.000 y los 200.000 casos cada año.

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África espera elevar su producción de petróleo y gas a 11,4 millones de barriles diarios para 2026, gracias a un gasto de capital (CAPEX) masivo que pretende llegar a los 54.000 millones de dólares hacia 2030.

Centrica ha completado en el 2025 el 50% de las inversiones que tenía previstas hasta el 2028 por un importe total espera de £4 mil millones.

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