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Solar +30%, Batteries +66%: Renewables Hit a Tipping Point
The Energy Institute's annual global power review finds renewables met the entire 3% rise in world electricity demand in 2025 — the first time clean energy has fully absorbed new global growth.
Science
Perovskite-CIGS Solar Cell Hits Record 25.5% Efficiency
German researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin certified a 25.5% power conversion efficiency for a perovskite-CIGS tandem cell — with in-house tests already pushing 27.5%.
Technology
New Solid Material Turns Ordinary Sunlight Into Higher-Energy UV Light
A Kyushu University team built a stable solid material that fuses two visible photons into one ultraviolet photon — a long-sought breakthrough that could power cleaner air purification and solar chemistry.
Technology
Fraunhofer Solar Module Hits World-Record 34.4% Efficiency
A new III-V germanium solar module using shingle-matrix technology and space-grade cells sets a new world efficiency benchmark — and was unveiled at Intersolar Europe in Munich.
Technology
New Solar System Turns Seawater Into Fresh Water — and Skips the Toxic Brine
University of Rochester engineers built a sunlight-driven desalination rig that produces drinking water and harvests minerals without dumping salty waste back into the ocean.
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All-Perovskite Solar Cells Crack 30% Efficiency for the First Time
Chinese researchers have built the first all-perovskite tandem solar cell to surpass 30% certified efficiency, a milestone that pushes the cheap, flexible technology past long-time leader silicon.
Science
Perovskite Solar Cells Hit 98% Efficiency After 1,200 Hours of Heat Stress
Rice University engineers cracked the longstanding "yellow phase" durability problem, pushing perovskite photovoltaics one major step closer to mass commercial use.
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Clean Energy Just Outgrew Global Electricity Demand for the First Time
A new Ember report shows renewables added more power in 2025 than the world's entire rise in electricity use — a historic tipping point in the energy transition.
News
US Community Solar Passes 10 GW — A Clean Energy First
The U.S. community solar sector has officially surpassed 10 gigawatts of installed capacity, enough to power roughly 1.8 million homes.
Technology
Solar Panels That Generate Power From Raindrops? It Works.
Spanish scientists have created a thin-film coating that lets solar panels harvest energy from both sunlight and falling rain — with a single drop producing over 100 volts.
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Scientists Shatter the Solar Cell Efficiency Ceiling with a 130% Quantum Yield
A team from Kyushu University and Johannes Gutenberg University achieved what was long thought impossible — extracting more energy carriers from sunlight than photons absorbed.
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Africa's Solar Revolution Hits Record Pace With 54% Growth in New Installations
Africa installed 4.5 gigawatts of new solar capacity in 2025 — a 54% jump that signals the continent is becoming a major force in global renewable energy.
Technology
Solar Power Now Cheaper Than Ever — Clean Energy Revolution Accelerates
New report shows solar energy costs have dropped 90% in a decade, making it the cheapest electricity source in history.