Experts from the International Solar Energy Society explain how regional spectral shifts of the standard spectral distribution of sunlight bring new insights into the performance of bifacial perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells.

For more than a century, global geopolitics has revolved around oil and gas. Countries with big fossil fuel reserves, such as Saudi Arabia and Russia, have amassed significant wealth and foreign influence, helping shape the world order.

As Australia’s energy transition continues, there are increasing opportunities for developers to look beyond traditional project delivery models to help unlock better project outcomes and support the accelerated rollout of clean technologies.

Infrared drone inspections are now routine for solar projects, but post-installation electroluminescence testing remains misunderstood and underutilised. With good planning and execution, EL’s ability to detect microcracks, early-stage degradation, and installation-induced damage can lead to meaningful results.

Australians continue to lead the charge when it comes to adopting solar power and storage. The enthusiastic uptake of home battery systems under the Australian government’s new Cheaper Home Batteries Program underlines just how hungry households are for solutions that can help them reduce their energy costs.

Spanish company PV Hardware has been tapped to supply locally manufactured solar trackers for the 80 MW Fulham Solar Farm being developed by Octopus Australia in southeast Victoria.

Mining giant Fortescue announced at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, that it has signed agreements with global solar manufacturer Longi, electric vehicle and battery manufacturer BYD; and energy storage leader, Envision Energy.

The proposed Australia-Asia PowerLink, a Northern Territory 12,000 hectare solar megaproject, has received a thumbs up from 89% of survey respondents who say they support the project’s construction, but remain skeptical about its Singapore exports.

Setting a new benchmark for the Australian energy market, the NSW hydro-electric company Snowy Hydro has inked a 15-year virtual tolling agreement with Akaysha Energy for its 311 MW / 1,244 MWh Elaine BESS in Victoria.

Western Australia’s regional energy provider Horizon Power has completed a 12-month trial testing vehicle-to-grid, two way charging of electric vehicles in the far north regional town of Exmouth.

Researchers in Australia and India have developed two solar tracker optimisation techniques that can purportedly increase power generation by up to 54.36% when combined. One uses a light sensor and the other relies on data from GPS and a real-time clock.

Adelaide-based solar panel manufacturer Tindo is supplying Australian-made solar panels to the East Micronesia Cable project to power data cable landing stations in the Pacific nations of Nauru, and Kiribati.

A $66 million joint NSW state government and private investment will give rise to a renewables manufacturing hub in western Sydney but the NSW Nationals say the move fails regional communities most impacted by the energy transition.

A subsidiary of Chinese PV technology manufacturing giant JinkoSolar has been given the green light by the Australian government to develop a 134 MW solar farm with up to four hours of battery energy storage in the New England region of New South Wales.

China’s EV giant has unveiled the 14.5 MWh DC “Haohan” single-unit DC block with record-breaking capacity to challenge next-generation energy storage market.

Scientists in Germany report a method to boost performance of perovskite solar cells made with laminated carbon electrodes that are compatible with typical hole transport layers.

Developed by a professor at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, the Soley software is claimed to enable precise optoelectronic modeling of photovoltaic devices and accurately reproduce the behavior of photodiodes under illumination.

Engineers at Monash University in Melbourne have developed a new catalyst they say could bring zinc-air batteries “closer to real-world, grid-scale and transport uses.”

A state-led 1.8 GW offshore PV project being built in waters off China’s northeast coast is set to become a model for large-scale marine solar development, with completion targeted by mid-2026.

The share of renewables in Australia’s main electricity grid continues to reach new highs, delivering 77.9% of electricity demand on Sunday with solar power contributing more than 55% of the record-breaking clean energy mix.

China’s two largest solar manufacturers have ended a protracted global patent battle, agreeing to cross-license core technologies in a move that could reshape the industry’s innovation landscape

The government of Western Australia has released its South West Interconnected System Transmission Plan, in which phase one will unlock 2.6 GW of new renewable energy generation capacity.

A new collaborative study between six universities, including three in Australia have published breakthrough findings demonstrating how caesium bromide, can dramatically improve the efficiency of crystalline silicon solar cells.

A National Renewable Energy Laboratory research team analysed n-type modules deployed at a 3 MW commercial PV project to assess a reported high degradation rate, finding ultraviolet-induced degradation was a major factor affecting the facility’s performance.

The inverter is designed for three-phase grid configurations without using external transformers. It contains gallium nitride technology, a first for Enphase’s microinverters.

Australian renewables developer Edify Energy has been snapped up by Canadian investment group La Caisse which has plans to accelerate the development of the company’s more-than 11 GW pipeline of solar and battery energy storage projects.

British-owned energy company Pacific Green has secured Victorian government planning approval for what is set to become the state’s biggest yet battery energy storage park.

Australian renewables developer Edify Energy has secured federal government approval for a solar and battery hybrid project in northwest Victoria that is to include what could be – at least for a while – the biggest eight-hour battery in the country.

Australia’s 2035 climate change target prioritises clean electricity across the economy based on decarbonising and expanding the electricity network, supported by new transmission and storage, including household batteries.

Australian energy storage company Green Gravity and mining business Wollongong Resources have signed an agreement to deploy gravitational energy storage trials at a decommissioned coal mine.