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Intersolar Africa 2026 to Position Nairobi as East Africa’s Key Hub for Solar and Energy Storage

East Africa is emerging as one of the world’s most dynamic regions for solar power and battery storage.

29 Jan 2026

New Method Helps Explain How Solar Cells can Repair Themselves… Using Sunlight

Engineers have developed a way to monitor solar cells at a microscopic level while they are operating – to discover exactly how damage caused by ultraviolet light can be naturally repaired.

27 Jan 2026

Engineers Set Efficiency World Record for Emerging Solar Cell Material

UNSW engineers have made a major step forward in the development of a new type of solar cell that could help make future solar panels cheaper, more efficient and more durable.

20 Jan 2026

SSE Energy Markets Signs Long Term Solar Agreements with Low Carbon for 52 MW of Solar Capacity

The route-to-market agreements cover the Feldon Vale and Long Meadow solar farms, located in North West Wales and South East England, both of which are wholly owned and operated by leading renewable energy company, Low Carbon.

From SSE Energy Markets 14 Jan 2026

Scientists Identify Significant Geothermal Energy Source Under Manchester Car Park

Using legacy data acquired in the 1980s for natural resource exploration below Manchester, together with newly acquired land gravity measurements, a simplified variation of the airborne technology used worldwide by Metatek to detect natural resources, the team have made their findings 2,000 meters below the University of Manchester.

14 Jan 2026

Solar Hydrogen Can Now Be Produced Efficiently Without the Scarce Metal Platinum

A research team led by Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have presented a new way to produce hydrogen gas without the scarce and expensive metal platinum.

8 Jan 2026

Researchers Split Sunlight to Boost Solar Power and Heat

Researchers developed a solar collector with a dielectric Bragg mirror, optimizing energy conversion by separating sunlight for electricity and heat generation.

8 Jan 2026

Cracking the ‘Long Tail’ Problem: New Research Targets Hidden Solar Panel Issue

Around a fifth of solar panels examined in a new study fail much faster than expected and some may last for only half their anticipated lifetime.

6 Jan 2026

Scottish National Investment Bank and SSE Invest to Develop Renewco’s Pipeline

The Scottish National Investment Bank (“the Bank”) has invested £20 m in Renewco Power (“Renewco”), a Glasgow-headquartered renewable energy developer, via a fund managed by Corran Capital, a specialist private equity firm focused on clean energy and the environment.

22 Dec 2025