December 28, 2025

Postdoc in Optimized thermal technologies for industrial decarbonization at KTH

Accepting the SolarPACES Technology Innovation Award 2025 for the Innovative High-Temperature Air-Based Integrated CST for Flexible Renewable Heat are Pok Wan Kwang and Gediz Karaca from ODQA, with Rafael Guedez, Silvia Trevisan and Konstantinos Apostolopoulos-Kalkavouras from KTH School of Industrial Engineering and Management at KTH Job description To achieve decarbonization of the industrial sector, technically …

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Chalcogenide semiconductors push solar fuel systems toward low cost CO2 conversion December 29, 2025
Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Dec 09, 2025 Researchers at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and partners have mapped how emerging chalcogenide semiconductor absorbers behave in photoelectrochemical systems that convert sunlight and CO2 into chemical fuels. They examined how the electronic band structure of these materials governs charge generation, separation, and transfer at the semiconductor - electrolyte interface, […]
Vacuum annealing boosts efficiency and durability in organic solar cells December 29, 2025
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 A research team at Wuhan University of Technology led by Professor Tao Wang has developed a vacuum-assisted thermal annealing (VTA) process that tackles the linked challenges of efficiency and stability in organic solar cells. The method engineers the internal structure of the photovoltaic active layer so that devices maintain […]
Carbon nanotube films boost flexible perovskite solar module performance December 29, 2025
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 11, 2025 Perovskite solar cells can be made more robust, efficient, scalable and cheaper to manufacture by replacing indium tin oxide with single-walled carbon nanotubes in the device architecture, according to research led by the University of Surrey. The team reports that substituting indium tin oxide, a fragile and costly photovoltaic […]

Farewell, Solar Industry February 26, 2025
After more than 15 years serving our audience of solar power stakeholders, Solar Industry is retiring the brand and sunsetting its operations. Solar Industry launched in 2006, at a time when the U.S. market for solar was a tiny fraction of what it is today. The American industry, in particular, was looking for a trustworthy […]
Developer Energizes Texas Solar Project January 3, 2025
Adapture Renewables Inc., a utility-scale solar and energy storage developer, owner and operator, has completed its 67 MW Signal Ranch project in Hunt County, Texas. The solar facility’s corporate offtaker is a Fortune 50 company, the company says. Located within the ERCOT market, the project spans 25 acres and includes more than 130,000 solar modules. […]
EliTe Solar Expanding Manufacturing Capacity December 26, 2024
EliTe Solar, a solar PV manufacturer headquartered in Singapore, has held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new project in the Egypt TEDA Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone, marking a major milestone in the company’s global strategic expansion. The facility has a planned capacity goal of 5 GW, spanning an area of 78,000 square meters. […]

Residential installer Purelight Power shutters operations, blames OBBBA December 26, 2025
Purelight Power has confirmed in a letter to Oregon officials that it is shuttering its operations nationwide. The residential solar installation business operated in nine states: Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Utah and Washington. CEO JD Beck said that the company’s closure is due to the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill… […]
Solar project now online at Maryland decommissioned coal mine December 22, 2025
The 160-MW CPV Backbone Solar project is now online in Garrett County. The project, developed by Competitive Power Ventures affiliate CPV Renewable Power, is sited on a reclaimed, decommissioned coal mine in Maryland. “CPV Backbone Solar exemplifies our mission to support a responsible energy transition,” said Sherman Knight, CEO of CPV. “By transforming exhausted coal… […]
Report: 67% of Appalachian clean energy jobs are at risk December 19, 2025
A new report released today by ReImagine Appalachia found that 67% of the region’s 92,282 projected clean energy jobs (over 61,000 jobs) are now at risk following dramatic policy shifts under the Trump administration. “Tracking the Appalachian Impacts: What’s on the Line as Federal Funding Flatlines” documents how clean energy investments across Pennsylvania, Ohio, West… […]