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The Solar Panel Revolution
Thirty years ago solar energy was a luxury, ten years ago a green symbol of good intentions, and today it is the world's cheapest electricity generation technology (IEA, 2025). By the end of 2024, global installed photovoltaic capacity exceeded 2,156.5 GWp,…
Record Renewables Growth Runs Into a Full Grid
…new renewable plants with auctions, and the effect on construction was swift: Chinese solar PV additions in the first nine months of 2026 were almost 55% lower than a year earlier (IEA, 2026b). Even so, 733 GW is the second-highest annual figure ever…
Drinking Water From the Sea, Without Brine or Chemicals
…brine discharge. The Mediterranean's abundant sunshine also creates ideal conditions for solar desalination – if the new system proves workable at industrial scale, the southern EU member states could be natural early adopters of the breakthrough. A…
Brent Hits Its Highest Monthly Average Since 2008
…barrel in October, up 7.0% on the month and the highest since July 2008, while wind and solar supplied 18.9% of the world's electricity in September.
Drinking Water From Sunlight for a Billion People?
Researchers in China have used a global model to work out where solar-driven interfacial evaporation could supply drinking water, and how much – a promising result in which the assumptions matter as much as the headline.
Finland Makes Grid-Forming Capability Mandatory
Finnish transmission system operator Fingrid will require new wind and solar plants connecting at weak points in its grid to provide grid-forming capability – through their own inverters, batteries or synchronous condensers.
The Renewable Energy Investment Trend Stalls
…$327.5 billion flowed into renewable energy worldwide in the first half of 2026, while solar projects combined with storage attracted record investment.
Brussels' Market-Restricting Move Against Chinese Inverters
Citing cybersecurity, the European Commission is excluding solar inverters from high-risk countries – mainly China – from EU funding; according to Fluence's head of regulatory affairs, the decision is already actively shaping buyer behaviour.
The Battery Wall, Blooming Wastewater and the Power-Generating Window
…walking into an office in January where the wall quietly, unnoticed, releases the solar energy it absorbed yesterday, and there is no need to turn up the heating. In summer the same thing happens in reverse – the wall absorbs the heat before it gets…
Which Way Is the Wind Blowing?
…farm carry a long list of pros and cons. In some respects this type of power plant puts solar panels to shame, and in others its advocates have some awkward explaining to do. And at the end there is the question that investor brochures modestly keep quiet…