Tuesday, 29 September 2026

Envision Energy launched its Model T-EN175/8.0 onshore wind turbine at WindEnergy Hamburg 2026, according to Event Registry. The turbine has an 8 MW-class rating and a 175-metre rotor.

The turbine uses Envision Energy's Model T platform, which has received orders for more than 4,000 units and has around 1,500 installed, Event Registry reported.

Envision Energy said the EN175/8.0 can increase energy yield by 2% to 12%, depending on site conditions, according to Event Registry.

Nigeria's Federal Government is establishing a standing Off-Grid Coordination Secretariat to track commitments and risks, convene working groups and produce shared market intelligence, Event Registry reported.

The Rural Electrification Agency called for a unified approach among stakeholders to accelerate electricity access across Nigeria, according to Event Registry.

Renewable-energy stakeholders also sought stronger coordination to curb duplication and waste while accelerating sustainable off-grid electricity market development, Event Registry reported.

Star Catcher’s Protostar prototype power node is expected to launch aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-18 mission, with the mission intended to demonstrate power beaming between two untethered spacecraft, according to Event Registry.

After launch and commissioning, Protostar is intended to deploy and track a CubeSat, then beam measurable power to its off-the-shelf solar panels, Event Registry reported.

Jadavpur University and Damodar Valley Corporation, Steel Authority of India Limited and Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Limited are set to establish a green hydrogen research and development Centre of Excellence, Event Registry reported.

India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy approved the proposal, which was one of four granted Centre of Excellence status under the National Green Hydrogen Mission.

Vice-Chancellor Chiranjib Bhattacharya said the centre will focus on green hydrogen applications in the power, steel and fertiliser industries.

Its four research areas will cover hydrogen and fossil-fuel co-firing in power plant boilers, hydrogen compression, hydrogen-metal interactions for storage and transportation, and hydrogen use in blast furnaces for steelmaking, Bhattacharya said.

CertainTeed has launched Landmark PWR, a direct-to-deck building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) roofing system built to replace conventional rack-mounted solar arrays, according to pv magazine.

The system is based on an 85 W frameless laminate shingle, according to pv magazine, using 24 series-connected M10R half-cut monocrystalline cells.

Per pv magazine, the design pairs the solar shingles with a specialized fire-barrier underlayment to deliver Class A fire protection and wind resistance.

Landmark PWR will be available from Nov. 1, 2026, according to pv magazine.

Heliene Inc. has launched its Heliene 108HC All-Black solar module, a product it says brings more of the supply chain serving American rooftops back to the United States, according to a GlobeNewswire release.

The new module combines American-made polysilicon, ingots, wafers and solar cells, reconnecting stages of the solar supply chain with US manufacturing after more than a decade, according to the release.

Final assembly of the module will take place in the United States, with some components sourced globally where appropriate.

Sunrun, described in the release as America's largest provider of residential battery storage and solar systems, has executed a purchase agreement for the Heliene 108HC All-Black module.

Sub-Saharan Africa's off-grid solar capacity is forecast to increase by 450% by 2035, according to forecasts from Wood Mackenzie reported by pv magazine.

Wood Mackenzie expects Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kenya to lead that growth, according to pv magazine. Nigeria alone accounts for close to 35% of off-grid solar installations in the forecast.

Financing installations stands as the biggest barrier to hitting the 2035 forecast, pv magazine reported.

Germany's latest innovation tender for solar-plus-storage cleared at an average price of EUR 0.0514/kWh, according to pv magazine.

Authorities awarded 32 projects with a combined capacity of 480 MW, pv magazine reported. Every selected project paired PV plants with energy storage.

The tender drew bids totaling 678 MW, according to pv magazine.

A research team in China has developed a bilayer transparent conductive film for non-contact electrostatic dust removal from solar panels, according to pv magazine.

The film achieved a cleaning rate of 96.36% on PV panels, pv magazine reported.

The researchers concluded that an 80 nm coating offered the best compromise between optoelectronic properties and dust-removal performance, according to pv magazine.

Solar generation overtook nuclear power worldwide for the first time in 2025, according to the World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR) 2026.

Solar output rose 30% over the year, pushing past nuclear's annual electricity production. The world's operating nuclear fleet grew just 1.1%, and output fell outside China, the report said.

The shift showed up in monthly data before the annual figures confirmed it. WNISR 2026, overseen by nuclear energy consultant Mycle Schneider, found wind alone topped nuclear generation in March 2025, with solar clearing nuclear in April, driven in part by batteries.