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.
Anthropic released Claude Code 2.1.293, reverting a fix that version 2.1.290 had shipped two days earlier, and the changelog states this plainly. According to the changelog, the reverted fix addressed cloud sessions staying asleep after a container restart lost a pending /loop wakeup or scheduled task.
TrinaTracker, a global smart tracking systems provider and wholly owned subsidiary of Trinasolar, launched two self-developed robots: the Buildex PV Module Installation Robot and the Aurora PV Cleaning Robot, expanding its Smart PV Ecosystem as it evolves from a tracking equipment supplier into a smart PV and robotics solution provider.
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.
Physical AI company Sereact, online retailer Zalando and CEVA Logistics have announced AI-powered automated returns processing at key fulfillment facilities in Greven, Germany and Świebodzin, Poland. The dual-arm robotic systems, powered by Sereact's Cortex physical AI platform, have entered live operations to autonomously process returned fashion items, which the companies describe as an initial phase.
The ESA-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft flew through an S-shaped kink, or 'switchback', in the solar wind's magnetic field. By fingerprinting the elusive particles within the switchback, it traced the feature's origin back to the Sun's surface and revealed more about solar magnetism, described as the unruly instigator of dangerous solar storms.
A story by MIT Technology Review in collaboration with Aventine, a non-profit research foundation, argues that AI breakthroughs in robotics will not change your life any time soon. It notes that a white humanoid robot with a black head and torso has been appearing on video feeds.
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.
In this first-person account, the author describes a mother-daughter quest to find others in an ultra-rare genetic community. A pediatric geneticist had warned her not to google the condition, and it took her five years to disobey. The supplied context offers limited further detail.
Humanoid robot developer Lumos Robotics recently staged what it described as "the world's first humanoid robot theater performance" in Shenzhen, a 45-minute show designed to run autonomously from opening to curtain call. Held at the Dream Theater of the Shenzhen Bao'an District Youth Palace, the show featured a robot host.
The article says industrial AI is entering a new phase: after decades of predictive analytics and other specialized applications, advances in foundation models, physical AI, and agentic AI make it possible to automate more complex tasks across industrial environments. Unlike AI operating purely in the digital world, industrial AI can interact directly with physical systems, and the piece addresses building a safer path to autonomous industrial AI.
Lumistar demonstrated its TERO Pro AI-powered tennis training robot at an event in New York, letting players practice against a machine designed to respond dynamically to their shots. More than 60 people, including media, influencers and members of the public, tried it at the 96th Street clay courts.
The open-source project Glasscast streams an entire Android phone onto the Meta Ray-Ban Display and lets the Neural Band operate it like a touchpad. Because the glasses have a 600x600 display, the companion app squashes the phone's screen into a square.
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.