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Blue Origin unveils Power Tower solar array for NASA Moon base
Blue Origin has unveiled the 'Power Tower,' a vertically deployed solar array designed to power NASA's planned Moon base. Standing 20 meters tall when deployed — with a total deployed height of 26 met...
LONGi Sets 28.29% Silicon Record as Romania Draws Solar Investors
Romania has moved to the centre of European solar attention this autumn, with Bucharest hosting both an investor-focused summit and a major technology launch. Chinese manufacturer LONGi used the ENERG...
LONGi sets third silicon cell efficiency record this year at 28.29%
LONGi has set its third crystalline silicon cell efficiency record of the year, with a hybrid interdigitated back contact (HIBC) cell reaching 28.29% verified efficiency. The Institute for Solar Energ...
AI-driven nanocrystal synthesis slashes perovskite solar costs
Researchers have developed an AI-accelerated framework for synthesising formamidinium lead iodide (FAPbI3) perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs) at room temperature, achieving a production cost of just US$2....
US Solar Module Quality Declines as Capacity and Complexity Grow
The United States solar market has reached a significant milestone: domestic module manufacturing capacity now covers the full scope of national demand, with nameplate capacity hitting 66 gigawatts (G...
Fraunhofer CalLab celebrates 40 years of solar efficiency records
Fraunhofer ISE's Calibration Laboratory (CalLab) has confirmed 152 world efficiency records since its founding in 1986, cementing its role as the independent scorekeeper of the global photovoltaic ind...
Google tests AI chips in orbit with Project Suncatcher satellite
Google launched a prototype satellite carrying its AI chips into low Earth orbit on Thursday to test space-based computing and solar energy capture. The mission is part of Project Suncatcher, which ai...
AI Cuts Two Ways for Solar: Perovskite Hurdles, Meta's Gas Bet
Artificial intelligence is proving to be a double-edged force for the solar industry, according to two recent reports that examine opposite ends of the value chain. A peer-reviewed review in Nature So...
Wide-bandgap tandem solar cells hit 28.20% via ITA regulation
Researchers have pushed wide-bandgap perovskite-organic tandem solar cells to a champion efficiency of 28.20% using a sequential regulation engineering strategy developed by Zhu et al. The certified e...
Machine learning predicts organic solar cell efficiency and stability
A machine-learning framework could help researchers predict the efficiency and stability of organic solar cells (OSCs) before a single device is built. The approach, reported in an Energy & Environmen...