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Peruvian researchers develop foldable solar panels for naval, mining applications

1+ hour, 19+ min ago   (337+ words) A team of researchers from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), in collaboration with Peruvian company Dinamo Tecnologías, are developing foldable solar panels intended for use in the naval and mining industries. The project is led by PUCP’s Daniel…...

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Italy records 88 zero-price hours in H1

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (256+ words) There were 88 hours with zero energy prices on the Italian wholesale electricity market during the first half of 2026, compared to 20 in the same period of 2025. The fourfold increase in twelve months represent growth and, in an Analysis of the Italian…...

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Solmeria opens platform for buying solar, storage projects

6+ day, 29+ min ago   (252+ words) French renewables company Solmeria, formerly known as Ferme Solaire, has launched a European-wide platform for selling solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects directly to buyers. Known as Solmeria Marketplace, the platform spans ground-mounted PV, agriPV, C&I solar…...

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Fire at Spanish solar plant burns 90 hectares

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (192+ words) The fire broke out around 13:00 last Wednesday (July 22). At the time, three workers were on site and attempted to contain the fire. A 51-year old man suffered burns and required initial treatment from a mobile intensive care unit before being…...

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Mounting system for photovoltaic installations on gabions

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (287+ words) Diconal presented the new system at this year’s Intersolar Europe trade show in Munich and sees potential applications, including solar installations on noise barriers. The first field test, however, was carried out on a smaller scale with a nine-module array…...

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The Iberian BESS paradox

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (176+ words) On a Monday in April 2025, 60 million people across Spain and Portugal lost power. The blackout was no minor technical accident, and it exposed the Achilles’ heel of the Iberian energy transition. The system collapsed because it lacked sufficient storage, because…...

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Spanish operational PV assets stabilize at €596,000/MW following 50% value decline

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (394+ words) The findings come from Market Insights: Spain Solar PV Asset Price Report (Q2 2026 Update), prepared by renewable asset trading platform nTeaser and shared with pv magazine by CEO Carmen Izquierdo. The analysis is based on more than 780 expressions of interest, non-binding…...

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Spain awards €165 million for 2 GW pumped storage projects

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (168+ words) Spain’s Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO), through the Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving (IDAE), has awarded €165 million in funding to seven innovative pumped storage projects under the second call of the BORALMAC program. The…...

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Western Europe sees strong irradiance gains during record June heat

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (58+ words) These positive anomalies occurred on top of already strong summer irradiance levels across southern Europe. The same clear, stable conditions also drove extreme temperatures. For PV operators, this means the solar benefits of higher irradiance will have been dulled, as…...

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Port of Valencia activates first 500 kW floating offshore PV unit

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (393+ words) The Port of Valencia has activated Spain’s first offshore solar platform, a pilot project developed by Tenerife-based engineering consultancy BlueNewables with support from Spanish energy company Naturgy. The platform, built at the San Enrique shipyard in Vigo, Galicia – a facility…...