According to data from the think tank Ember, the global installed capacity of solar photovoltaic power will reach 647 GW in 2025, an increase of 11% over the previous year. Combined with wind power, these two technologies added a record 814 GW of solar PV capacity in 2025, with nearly 4 GW of new solar PV capacity added for every 1 GW of new wind power. More than half of the solar PV...
A new study indicates that Europe's photovoltaic (PV) recycling capacity will lag behind projected waste volumes in the coming decades. The study, conducted by the University of Murcia and the EU Joint Research Centre, reveals a growing mismatch between projected PV waste flows and existing recycling infrastructure between 2030 and 2050. The study estimates that while the EU currently has a recycl...
Looking across the global energy storage market map for 2026, you'd be hard-pressed to find a place like Australia: subsidy budgets have skyrocketed from AU$2.3 billion to AU$7.2 billion, end-user demand has surged to the point where installers' schedules are booked until the second half of the year, and a Chinese brand established only three years ago has even dethroned Tesla. These are all facts...
Without a press conference or official announcement, a significant ban was quietly implemented during a video conference in Brussels, the EU capital. According to the German magazine Der Spiegel, on April 23, the European Commission, in a closed-door manner, directly halted subsidies for Chinese-made solar and battery inverters—effective immediately. The report states that the meeting was ch...
Can you imagine that highways are now participating in the electricity and ancillary services markets? On May 19th, Shaanxi Transportation Holding Group successfully obtained official provincial-level access qualifications for virtual power plant business, acquiring full qualifications for load dispatching, distributed energy aggregation and management, and power resource optimization, entering a ...
Those in the energy storage industry likely share the same feeling: kW (kilowatts) and kWh (kilowatt-hours), these two fundamental units seem simple enough to be overlooked, but whether you're a newcomer or a seasoned veteran, you'll occasionally confuse them. Most people can memorize the terms, but don't understand what they represent in actual projects, what the differences are, or how they affe...
Energy storage is penetrating the catering industry at an unprecedented pace! In March 2026, in the underground equipment area of a five-star hotel in Changsha, Hunan, 19 261kWh energy storage cabinets were neatly arranged and quietly operating. This is the 2.375MW/4.959MWh industrial and commercial energy storage system project recently put into operation at the Hunan Rongcheng Garden Hote...
Recently, the Hainan Provincial People's Government released the "15th Five-Year Plan for Hainan National Ecological Civilization Pilot Zone (15th Five-Year Plan for Beautiful Hainan Construction)," which clearly proposes to steadily promote the ban on the sale of gasoline-powered vehicles by 2030. Hainan thus becomes the first province in China to cease the sale of gasoline-powered vehicles. In f...
The photovoltaic industry is facing a series of challenges, one after another. Recently, following Typhoon Bavi, Typhoon Dolphin is moving inland, bringing strong winds and heavy rainfall to many parts of Zhejiang, Shanghai, and Jiangsu provinces. Coastal cities are experiencing severe flooding, leading to varying degrees of waterlogging, and some railway lines have suspended operations. Typhoon D...
