Power Plants

A study from researchers at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia has shown that a synthetic molecule in the design of a perovskite solar cell can boost its energy efficiency and longevity.

The European Commission (EC) has allocated €52 million to nine renewable energy projects as part of its cross-border auction process.

The Q2 2025 edition (Volume 42) of our downstream solar PV journal, PV Tech Power, is now available to download.

AEMO said that new renewable energy generation and energy storage projects in the final commissioning phase in the NEM have reached 7GW.

US utility Alliant Energy has opened a 200MW solar facility in Linn County, Iowa, called Pleasant Creek Solar.

Independent power producer (IPP) Arevon Energy has begun construction of its 430MW solar PV project in the US state of Missouri.

The ESMC has called for a restriction of remote access to PV inverters in Europe from ‘high-risk’ manufacturers, mainly those in China.

April 2025 saw solar PV generation, both rooftop and utility-scale, decrease marginally month-on-month in Australia’s NEM by almost 11%.

QatarEnergy has inaugurated two solar projects with a capacity of 875MW, which will more than double Qatar’s installed solar capacity.

Genesis Energy has officially opened the 63MWp Lauriston site, which it claims is the country’s largest solar PV power plant.