
Solar-powered mobile mammography clinic brings screening to rural France
A converted trailer truck with solar and battery storage expands breast cancer screening access across France.

Alibaba Seeks Spanish Solar for Data Center, Google Tests Orbital AI
Alibaba is in preliminary talks with Solaria to power a Spanish data center, while Google launched AI chips into orbit to test space-based solar.

Albania Plans Battery-Inclusive Solar Auction by Early 2027
Albania's next photovoltaic auction, expected late 2026 or early 2027, will be the first to include battery energy storage systems.

Battery storage faces 40-50% cost premium amid trade fragmentation, McKinsey warns
McKinsey's Global Energy Perspective 2026 finds battery energy storage systems hit hardest by fragmented trade, with capex premiums of 40 to 50 percent.

Next2Sun Commissions 1 MW Vertical Agrivoltaic Plant in Italy
The German developer has inaugurated a reference agrivoltaic project in Portogruaro, Veneto, combining bifacial solar modules with active farmland.

European inverter manufacturing utilisation set to fall to 57% by 2027
European inverter manufacturing utilisation is set to fall from 83% in 2023 to 57% by 2027, PV Tech Research data shows.

TurningPoint Energy adds third community solar project in Delaware
TurningPoint Energy has developed its third community solar project in Delaware, a roughly 17-acre installation near Sandhill Fields within a six-project, 30MWdc portfolio.

Battery storage could deliver R$6 billion in annual benefits to Brazil
Study by ABSAE and Volt Robotics finds battery energy storage systems could generate up to R$6 billion in yearly benefits for Brazil's National Interconnected System.

Machine learning predicts organic solar cell efficiency and stability
A machine-learning framework reads absorption spectra to forecast efficiency and stability of untested organic solar cell blends, accelerating material development.

DBK backs 70 MW solar park in Kazakhstan's Kyzylorda region
The Development Bank of Kazakhstan is lending 104 million yuan to VIGOR Holding for a 70 MW solar power park in the Kyzylorda region.