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Virtual power plants are emerging as a potentially critical means of meeting the growing power demands from data centres in the US.

Robotics company Luminous has received AU$4.9 million (US$3.2 million) via Australia’s Solar ScaleUp Challenge to support deploying its ‘LUMI’ technology at utility-scale solar PV power plants.

PV Tech Premium spoke with Geoffrey Lehv of kWh Analytics about cybersecurity, AI and solar project underperformance.

Ben Moore reports on RESPONDENT, a European-funded project that uses space technologies to help integrate renewable energy into the grid.

The Schletter Group will launch a new plant design tool for use in the rooftop sector this month, dubbed Schletter Creator.

"With the advent of AI, we’re able to take that 15-minute turnaround, at best, and take it down to 30 seconds," claims Sunnova's Jake Wachman.

Goldi Solar tells PV Tech Premium that plans to scale up operations from 3GW to 14GW would not have been possible without using AI.

Goldi Solar has launched India’s first AI-powered solar manufacturing line, with an enormous 14GW of planned production capacity.

Chinese state-owned energy enterprises have been quick to integrate the DeepSeek AI platform into their operations, reports Carrie Xiao.

A recent report from the European trade association SolarPower Europe (SPE) has highlighted the use of data-driven techniques, industry 4.0 solutions and robotics as some of the key trends in operations and maintenance (O&M) for the solar industry.