8+ hour, 41+ min ago   (75+ words) With excursions into space becoming more frequent, and the reasons behind them more commercial, the industry is exploring ways to generate electricity in space at lower cost and larger scale. And these requirements make ‘terrestrial’ silicon PV technology difficult to…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (943+ words) Hamburg-based digital utility Rabot Energy launched its new standalone home battery designed specifically for apartment renters in June 2026, and ESS News had the chance to speak with Konrad Schade, chief operating officer and managing director at the company, about both…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (509+ words) Latvenergo, Latvia’s state-owned utility, is evaluating the acquisition of up to 250 MW of wind or hybrid power projects, adding to a Baltic portfolio that already includes a 265 MW completed solar park and a growing pipeline of battery storage assets. It…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (464+ words) South Korea is expected to install 3.5 GW of solar this year, according to a report from the Korea Eximbank. The state-owned export credit agency’s report adds the country installed 3.1 GW of solar in 2025, meaning the market is set to grow…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (208+ words) Lebanon’s Ministry of Interior and Municipalities, Ministry of Public Works and Transport, and Ministry of Energy and Water have issued new rules for the deployment of PV systems with capacities of up to 1.5 MW. The government said the interim provisions…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (323+ words) The U.S. solar industry installed 19.2 GW of PV capacity in the first half of 2026, according to the latest US Solar Market Insight report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie. This compares with around 18.7 GW deployed in the…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (197+ words) Ten states in the United States have passed laws permitting plug-in solar, with more to follow imminently. Low-income households, renters and temporary workers under pressure from high electricity bills are welcoming plug-in solar as a low-cost, portable and convenient solution....

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (370+ words) The Romanian government has signed off on two subsidy programs for solar and storage installations on public buildings worth a total €650 million ($755.4 million). The first program, worth €500 million, covers new solar installations designed for self-consumption featuring mandatory battery storage that…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (332+ words) Japanese petroleum company Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. has established a development laboratory for space-grade copper indium gallium-selenide (CIGS) solar cells in the United States. According to an update published by the company, the laboratory, located at the University of California,…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (319+ words) Suriname’s national public utility EnergieBedrijven Suriname (EBS) is searching for developers to carry out solar-storage minigrids and water infrastructure projects in rural areas of the country. Available tender details split the procurement exercise into two lots. The first lot covers…...