Tuesday, 8 September 2026

Bosch has unveiled a multi-fuel injector platform in Hamburg that supports hydrogen, methanol, ethanol and ammonia, according to Hydrogen Fuel News.

The platform was presented at the SMM trade fair, where Bosch described it as capable of handling both liquid and gaseous alternative fuels, Hydrogen Fuel News reported.

The outlet frames the launch against shipping's emissions footprint. Hydrogen Fuel News puts the industry at about 80% of global trade and roughly 2-3% of total CO2 emissions.

A single injector architecture spanning four fuel chemistries matters for vessel owners because it removes the need to commit to one fuel pathway at the point of engine specification. Hydrogen and ammonia sit at the gaseous end of the range covered by the platform; methanol and ethanol at the liquid end.

Hydrogen Fuel News described the launch as accelerating marine decarbonization and hydrogen infrastructure growth.

Haffner Energy and OroCarbo have reserved capacity for 12 SYNOCA C-iC biomass thermolysis units worth up to EUR 30 million, aimed at renewable hydrogen and power hubs in California, Oregon and Washington, according to Hydrogen Fuel News.

The reservation covers front-end units supplied by Haffner Energy, a French company specializing in biomass thermolysis systems, Hydrogen Fuel News reported. OroCarbo, the counterparty, is described by the outlet as a California-based outfit.

The stated figure of up to EUR 30 million marks the ceiling of the reserved capacity across the 12 units, per Hydrogen Fuel News. The three target states named in the reservation are California, Oregon and Washington.

Soren, the government-approved eco-organization responsible for collecting and processing end-of-life photovoltaic modules in France, has opened a call for expressions of interest to find companies able to develop and deploy a thin-film PV module processing solution in the country, according to pv magazine. The search covers cadmium telluride (CdTe) and copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) technologies.

A 1,300-tonne batch of CdTe modules made by German manufacturer Calyxo will be handled first once the solution is running, pv magazine reported.

The volumes behind the tender climb steeply. Soren could be required to process an estimated 770 tonnes of CdTe modules in France in 2027, 2,660 tonnes in 2030 and 15,000 tonnes in 2037, according to pv magazine. That trajectory implies roughly a twentyfold increase across the decade covered by the estimates.

The estimates rest on outside work. Soren commissioned the Becquerel Institute in 2026 to assess the potential volumes of PV modules requiring processing in France and in Europe, pv magazine reported.

Thin-film modules sit apart from the crystalline silicon panels that dominate collection streams, and CdTe and CIGS chemistries require dedicated treatment routes rather than the mainstream recycling lines. By naming Calyxo output as the priority feedstock, Soren gives any bidder a defined first tonnage to size a plant against.

A 2.4 GW n-type TOPCon cell factory will rise in Madhya Pradesh, India, under a 50:50 joint venture between Solarworld Energy Solutions and Rays Power Infra, according to pv magazine.

The plant will cost $105.5 million and start commercial production in June 2027, pv magazine reported. Each partner takes a 50% stake in the venture.

The chosen site runs to 41.3 acres at Mohasa-Babai in Narmadapuram district, and the line will turn out n-type TOPCon G12R cells.

The ceiling on the deal is INR 5.2 billion, or $54.9 million, which Solarworld gave as the aggregate financial commitment under the agreements. Up to INR 3.2 billion ($33.8 million) of that arrives as a Solarworld loan to Rays Green Energy Manufacturing, the entity financing the project.

Equity accounts for the rest: up to INR 2 billion ($21.1 million) into Rays Green Energy Manufacturing, split between Solarworld and Rays Power at up to INR 1 billion ($10.5 million) apiece.

The Togolese Agency for Rural Electrification and Renewable Energies has opened a tender for a new solar power plant to be built in Agoe Nyive, a prefecture in the northern part of Lomé, the capital of Togo, according to pv magazine.

The planned capacity of the plant has not been disclosed.

Funding for the project comes from the French Development Agency, which the Togolese government has secured to cover the costs, pv magazine reported.

Bidders wanting to compete must pay for access to the paperwork. A complete set of the prequalification documents carries a non-refundable fee of XOF 100,000 (USD 177.32), according to pv magazine.

The tender adds to a solar base still anchored by a single large asset. Togo's largest operational solar project is the Blitta solar PV plant, developed by Amea Power, pv magazine reported. Blitta was originally commissioned at 50 MW and has since been expanded to a total capacity of 70 MW.

T12 Engineering has secured funding from the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) to develop its Floating Mooring System (FMS), a technology aimed at cutting the cost and complexity of maintaining floating offshore wind turbines, according to Offshore Engineer OEDigital.

The company estimates the system could save floating wind operators up to USD 3.6 million (GBP 2.7 million) per turbine across the turbine's operational lifetime, Offshore Engineer OEDigital reported. T12 attributes those savings to offering an alternative to mobilizing large specialist vessels or towing turbines back to shore for major maintenance.

The OWGP-backed work builds on a Front-End Engineering Design study supported by Scottish Enterprise in 2025, which confirmed the technical viability of the mooring system, according to the same report.

Maintenance logistics remain one of the harder cost lines in floating offshore wind, where turbines sit on moored platforms rather than fixed foundations. Heavy component work on those units has typically required either purpose-built vessels or a tow to shore, both of which take the asset out of production. T12's pitch, as reported by Offshore Engineer OEDigital, is that its mooring design removes that step.

Two decades of Indiana property transactions show no statistically significant drop in residential sale prices near commercial wind turbines or utility-scale solar farms, Ball State University researchers concluded. Their dataset covers sales from 2004 through 2024, and the models test two comparisons: prices before against after big wind and solar projects started operating, and homes sited near those projects against homes at greater distance.

Wind produced the widest raw estimate in the study. An East Central Indiana model showed homes inside one mile of a turbine selling 11.5% below comparable properties located three to five miles out, a non-significant result, Electrek reported.

Solar gaps were an order smaller. One set of models put homes within half a mile of utility-scale solar between 0.9% and 1.4% below comparable properties, again non-significant, according to Electrek.

Dagney Faulk, director of research at Ball State's Center for Business and Economic Research, said the work supplies "Indiana-specific data" for a question communities raise when weighing renewable-energy projects.

County-level rules have tightened regardless. As of September 2025, 40 of Indiana's 92 counties carried bans or other impediments affecting new wind development, and 24 held restrictions affecting solar, Electrek reported.

Encore Renewable Energy and the town of Derry, New Hampshire, have completed a 2.25 MW solar project on the town's closed and capped municipal landfill, according to Solar Builder.

Encore representatives expect the array to save Derry taxpayers about USD 4 million in electricity costs over the next 25 years, Solar Builder reported. Output will offset the power consumption of 500 New Hampshire houses.

The town's NetZero Task Force selected Encore from a field of seven developers, through a bidding process that started in 2021.

Chad Farrell, founder and president of Encore Renewable Energy, said landfill sites such as the one in Derry offer cleared, unshaded land that cannot be used for much else, with sufficient acreage, good sun exposure, and proximity to the electrical infrastructure needed to move the power where it is needed.