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...
In the past few days, a new term has quietly become popular in the AI community—"token economy." 01. The Token Economy: Rewriting the Underlying Logic of Data Centers What is a token? From the most basic definition, a token is simply the smallest unit of information processed by a large model. For example, humans read in units of words; when AI understands the world, it breaks down ...
French utility EDF has received a development consent order (DCO) from the UK government to build an 800MW solar PV plant in England. Located in Lincolnshire, the Springwell Solar project is developed by EDF’s British subsidiary EDF Power Solutions UK and UK-based developer Luminous Energy. The project will also be co-located with a battery energy storage system, however the capacity was not...
The global photovoltaic (PV) inverter industry is undergoing profound changes, driven at the core of which are the continuously updated policies and regulations of various countries aimed at restructuring the development of renewable energy. These ongoing policy shifts are reshaping the manufacturing layout, supply chain systems, and market competition landscape in key global regions. This ...
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 ...
According to a report by energy think tank Ember, the Philippines has become the second-largest market for Chinese photovoltaic (PV) module exports, which are expected to drive significant growth in its rooftop PV market. China's PV module exports to the Philippines reached a new record in 2026. To date, 4.133 GW of Chinese PV modules have arrived at Philippine ports. More than 2 GW of Chin...
The German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) has called for a reform of the country’s current inheritance tax treatment of agricultural land leased to ground-mounted solar PV. Kerstin Andreae, chair of the BDEW executive board, said that if agricultural land is leased for PV systems, it would no longer be considered agricultural or forestry assets for tax purposes. &nb...
Global solar portfolios are increasingly producing fragmented and incomplete data, which can impact project performance and financial returns. Research from Sandia National Laboratories – one of the US Department of Energy’s network of research labs – shows a broad range of inconsistencies and a lack of standardised processes across data collection and sharing in solar PV ...
