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Italy installs 1.43 GW of PV in Q1: The country reached a cumulative installed PV capacity of 44.9 GW at the end of March, according to recent figures from Italian PV association Italia Solar. dlvr.it/TS4y0j #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy

Hydro-Quebec’s 300 MW solar tender oversubscribed: Canadian utility Hydro-Quebec has revealed the long list of bidders in its 300 MW solar tender. A total 60 bids were submitted with a cumulative capacity of… dlvr.it/TS4vh0 #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy

New metric shows renewables are 53% cheaper than nuclear power: A new metric for assessing total system costs puts a least-cost mix of offshore wind and solar at about €46 ($54.20)/MWh in a future… dlvr.it/TS4vYm #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy

Chinese PV Industry Brief: Hoshine Silicon posts $411 million loss for 2025: Hoshine Silicon reported 2025 revenue of CNY 20.499 billion ($2.82 billion) and a CNY 2.991 billion net loss driven by PV… dlvr.it/TS4s8s #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy

Switzerland to fund research on PV module, battery, heat pump recycling: The Swiss federal government has launched a funding call for research projects on energy and resource-efficient industrial processes,… dlvr.it/TS4q0F #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy

Cyclones and unseasonal polar winds shape Australia’s solar resource in March: In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that March in Australia was unusually wet and disrupted,… dlvr.it/TS4pwW #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy

China polysilicon hits cost floor as producers curb output amid weak demand: In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV… dlvr.it/TS4pnd #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy

Pur Energy launches all-in-one battery–based home backup power solution: India-based Pur Energy has launched the PuREPower 3.0 Lite, an all-in-one lithium battery-based power backup solution positioned as a… dlvr.it/TS4mcW #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy

BMW targets 2028 hydrogen car launch, cites infrastructure and cost hurdles: BMW Group tells pv magazine its iX5 Hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) will enter series production in 2028 using a… dlvr.it/TS4kZH #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy

Vietnam’s solar capacity surpasses 19 GW: Figures from the International Renewable Energy Agency state that Vietnam’s cumulative solar capacity reached 19,252 MW by the end of last year, indicating a 586 MW… dlvr.it/TS4hyg #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy

The solar support gap: Why do pro-solar citizens reject local projects?: Researchers from the University of Rhode Island explored why citizens who voiced pro-solar sentiments voted against a solar project… dlvr.it/TS3zW8 #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy

Philippines registers solar module maker targeting EU export market: The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) has formally registered Genuine Renewable Energy and Eco-Friendly Energy Network Corp.… dlvr.it/TS3x0V #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy

South Korea widens tax credits for low-carbon solar manufacturing: South Korea has extended investment tax credits to solar module manufacturing facilities meeting carbon footprint thresholds, in the latest… dlvr.it/TS3wtj #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy

OCI in talks with SpaceX for polysilicon supply: Media outlets in South Korea are reporting that Malaysia’s OCI TerraSus, a subsidiary of Seoul-headquartered chemicals company OCI Holdings, is in talks with… dlvr.it/TS3tNh #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy

U.S. community solar passes 10 GW milestone despite market contraction: The country installed 1.4 GW in 2025, a drop from 2024 levels as leading markets like New York and Maine slowed. dlvr.it/TS3rNn #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy

Microbial biofilms can reduce solar module yield by up to 30% in arid zones: A Spanish-Chilean research team has found that microbial biofilms in the Atacama Desert can significantly contribute to the… dlvr.it/TS3rH4 #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy

Span and Nvidia to develop AI data centers in your backyard, lowering electric bills: The two companies will develop XFRA, a distributed network of compute nodes connected to homes with smart panels,… dlvr.it/TS3r9N #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy

Italy PV grid connection requests reach 144 GW as ready-to-build pipeline grows to 9.34 GW: Italy recorded 3,670 PV connection applications totaling 144 GW amid a slight ongoing decline since August 2025,… dlvr.it/TS3p4Q #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy

Scientists identify new loss factor in tracker-based PV plants on slightly undulating terrain: Researchers in Spain have identified a new source of underperformance in utility-scale PV plants caused by… dlvr.it/TS3m5g #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy

RWE drops 99.9 MW solar project in Wales on grid constraints: RWE has scrapped its 99.9 MW Butterfly solar‑plus‑storage project in Wales after determining that grid connection availability made it unviable,… dlvr.it/TS3kTW #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy