As manufacturing and assembly giants dictate solar panel prices from the East, a new Western Cape facility is carving out a local niche. This Paarl operation banks on rapid turnaround times and custom ...

Perovskite solar cells operated for months in low Earth orbit and tolerated radiation equivalent to decades in space, marking the most comprehensive orbital test of the technology.

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.

pv magazine: There has always been an association of BESS with solar. It is the combination with batteries that basically enables solar to be a dispatchable resource. Otherwise, it’s not. Otherwise, ...

For many homeowners, installing rooftop solar panels seems like a smart idea to reduce electricity bills, but the upfront ...

Fraunhofer scientists have announced two efficiency records for III-V tandem modules. The team says its 34.2% efficiency III-V germanium PV module is the most efficient solar module in the world, ...

Almost every second household in Germany already uses smart home technology. Anyone building a house today should incorporate intelligent networking from the very beginning - ideally in combination ...

Fixed-tilt trackers and bifacial modules installed vertically could be the most effective way of deploying PV systems in ...

New research shows how agrivoltaic systems can reshape soil by altering moisture, temperature, and microbial activity, creating heterogeneous zones under and between panels. Proper design and ...

The feasibility of using floating photovoltaic (FPV) panels on vineyard dams to simultaneously reduce evaporation losses and create energy is being explored as part of a broader project that is ...

The feasibility of using floating photovoltaic (FPV) panels on vineyard dams to simultaneously reduce evaporation losses and ...

UNSW researchers have developed a thermal-aware tracking algorithm that reduces solar module temperatures and UV exposure during inverter clipping and curtailment, slowing degradation without lowering ...