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Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Aug 3, 2026
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Top 500K sites
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Jul 6, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 3, 2026 · Ben Zientara

    Tandem PV acquires transparent coating tech firm nexTC to advance perovskite manufacturing (opens the original)

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    Tandem PV has acquired Oregon startup nexTC, bringing the latter’s firm’s advanced thin-film metal oxide coating processes in-house and allowing the manufacturer greater control over a critical step as it ramps up its perovskite-silicon demonstration line.

  2. Article · Aug 3, 2026 · Ben Zientara

    First Solar hits sales record as it reaffirms 2026 guidance, balances tariff risk (opens the original)

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    The company’s $1 billion in sales for Q2 led to a record for the first half of the year. First Solar now plans for the impact of the upcoming Section 232 tariff decision while it works to bring new facilities online and develop its new CuRe and perovskite technologies.

  3. Article · Jul 31, 2026 · Ben Zientara

    Tigo announces expanded eligibility for virtual power plants (opens the original)

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    The company’s "Energy Intelligence” series inverters and batteries are now eligible for battery incentive and virtual power plant programs in a number of states in the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S., including Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Virginia.

  4. Article · Jul 6, 2026 · Ben Zientara

    Xpansiv begins hourly REC tracking in Texas (opens the original)

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    The company’s North American Renewables Registry has issued RECs based on the output of two large facilities in the state, totaling 600 MW in capacity. The issuance is the first for hourly RECs in Texas.

  5. Article · Jul 6, 2026 · Ben Zientara

    Thin-film solar products from Ascent Solar show resilience in simulated low-Earth orbit tests (opens the original)

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    The company says its CIGS thin-film technology showed zero output loss following tests designed to simulate six months of exposure to levels of atomic oxygen at 400 km above the Earth’s surface.

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