The future leaves
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Marinus Link held a sod-turning ceremony in North West Tasmania to mark the start of expanded construction. According to the headline, the event moves Tasmania's 'Battery of the Nation' plan closer.

Texas is by far the fastest-growing solar market in the US, according to pv magazine. The Solar Energy Industries Association records nearly 54 GW of solar and more than 29 GWh of batteries installed, and the state is also growing into a vital hub for US solar manufacturing.

Cybersecurity experts advising the European Commission recommend restricting photovoltaic components and software from high-risk third-country suppliers across all market segments, including plug-in systems. They also propose that inverters face third-party certification under the Cyber Resilience Act.

South Africa is preparing large-scale procurement of battery storage facilities and gas-fired power plants in a bid to address curtailment and strengthen reliable electricity supply. The headline puts the battery storage procurement at 4.6 GW.

According to a Thursday note from Wood Mackenzie, 4-hour storage is cheaper than gas peakers across global markets. In North America, data centers are boosting the long-term investment case for energy storage and renewables, while gas turbine backlogs and rising fuel volatility drive up peaking costs.

Writing in Utility Dive, Joy Ditto, former CEO of the American Public Power Association, argues the District of Columbia should review its renewable portfolio standard requirements. She says solar credits add about $20 to monthly electric bills, burdening those least able to afford it.

A German cybersecurity firm discovered an authentication flaw in Sungrow's iSolarCloud platform that exposed connected devices. After security researchers gained access, Sungrow issued an emergency patch to address the vulnerability.

Infrastructure investor Actis has entered the Polish energy storage market by acquiring two large-scale projects totalling 1.14GWh from DTEK's DRI. Separately, R.Power and Solax have announced project updates in the country.

Italian startup Syntropia has developed a 535 W hybrid photovoltaic-thermal module that combines electricity generation with heat recovery, achieving a reported combined energy conversion efficiency of 66.8% in recent tests. The company is also developing an integrated energy system combining PVT modules, geothermal probes, heat pumps, and intelligent energy management software.

India's Tata Power has partnered with Norway-based renewable energy technology company Ocean Sun to undertake a 300 kWp floating solar pilot in India, based on Ocean Sun's membrane-based floating solar technology.

pv magazine interviewed Edurne Zoco, Head of Technologies and Supply Chains at S&P Global Energy, about global PV supply chain trends, persistent overcapacity and the impact of China's new efficiency standards on solar manufacturing. She also discussed module pricing, shifting trade policies and emerging risks and opportunities in the inverter and battery storage markets.

According to Energy-Storage.news, annual battery energy storage system (BESS) failures per deployed GWh declined 99% globally between 2018 and 2025, while installed BESS capacity grew exponentially over the same period.

According to Energy-Storage.news, annual battery energy storage system (BESS) failures per deployed GWh fell 98% globally between 2018 and 2025, while installed BESS capacity grew exponentially.

Romanian EPC contractor Enevo says its SentryOT cybersecurity platform, aimed at solar, storage and the grid, stands apart from IT-led competitors by translating network threats into terms energy engineers understand.

An international team of 73 researchers has developed standardized best practices for measuring the performance, reliability and stability of indoor photovoltaic devices. The guidelines aim to improve measurement consistency across laboratories and accelerate the transition of indoor PV technologies from research to commercial applications.

Intertek CEA market intelligence consultant Aaron Marks argues for using non-lithium batteries in AI data centres. He writes that AI data centres' energy and power requirements are demanding enough to potentially stretch lithium-ion beyond its versatile limits.

A Canadian-Swiss-German collaboration has developed semi-transparent organic solar cells with efficiencies up to 12.04%, while fully printed modules reach 10.2%. The technology combines Brilliant Matters' BM10 OPV platform with HeiQ's silver nanowire electrodes, with commercial availability targeted for 2028.