Built to last or built to waste? How battery design shapes the future of recycling
Recyclability has to be considered a core engineering constraint by the battery industry. Adhesives and composites use could be reduced along with designing packs with cell visibility and enabling cell level separation should be a thing of the future. Standardization, which has been avoided for competitiveness for now, must be implemented since that will actually reduce costs across the value chain in the long term.
Sunman to build 500 MW solar panel manufacturing plant in Australia
Chinese manufacturer Sunman is to build a 500 MW per annum solar module production facility in the New South Wales Hunter Valley after securing funding support from both the state and federal governments.
Malaysia’s 4 GW/5.12 GWh solar-plus-storage complex gets World Bank funding
The Southern Johor Renewable Energy Corridor (SJREC) forms part of a $6 billion project developing a 2,000 kilometer-squared hybrid solar and battery energy storage system zone set to connect South East Asia.
Bondada Engineering commissions 48.47 MWp solar projects across India
Bondada Engineering Ltd has announced the successful commissioning of 48.47 MWp of solar power projects for Paradigm IT, MAHAGENCO, and NLC India Ltd.
India installed 6.1 GW open-access solar in 9M 2025, says Mercom
India added 6.1 GW of open-access (off-site commercial and industrial) solar capacity in the first nine months (9M) of calendar year (CY) 2025, up around 13% from the 5.4 GW installed during 9M 2024—according to a new report by Mercom.
JinkoSolar achieves 34.76% efficiency for perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell
JinkoSolar says it has increased the efficiency rating for its perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells from 34.22% to 34.76%, confirmed by China’s National PV Metric & Testing Center (NPVM).
HG Infra secures 300 MW/600 MWh battery storage purchase agreement with GUVNL
HG Infra Engineering’s arm H.G. Choraniya Bess has entered into a battery energy storage purchase agreement with Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (GUVNL) for a 300 MW/600 MWh BESS on long term basis.
Emmvee Photovoltaic H1 revenue surges 193% YoY to INR 2,159 crore
Emmvee Photovoltaic Power has reported that its consolidated revenue for the first half of FY 2026 surged 193.5% year-on-year to INR 2,159 crore. Profit after tax (PAT) for H1 jumped 578.6% to INR 425.5 crore.
Saudi Arabia secures financing for 15 GW of new solar and wind capacity
A consortium led by Acwa Power, Water and Electricity Holding Co. (Badeel) and Saudi Aramco Power Co. has secured a $5.9 billion senior debt facility for seven Saudi Arabia renewable energy projects totaling 15 GW across solar and wind.
Insolation Green Energy secures INR 516.05 crore solar module orders
The solar module deliveries are scheduled for the financial years 2025–26 and 2026–27.
