Building Sustainable Solar Futures: Policy Pathways for Transforming Energy Access. New report out now.
How sustainable is #SolarEnergy?
The first TEA@SUNRISE white paper evaluates the sustainability of current and emerging solar technologies across 3 pillars: environmental, social, and economic
Read it here: www.sunrisenetwork.org/news/sustain...
Global Solar Council Report Africa Market Outlook for Solar PV 2026 - 2029
The @globalsolarcouncil.bsky.social latest report finds that solar installations in Africa in 2025 were the highest on record.
At TEA@SUNRISE and REACH-PSM we're hoping to enable local manufacture of #SolarPV, creating jobs and energy independence
➡️ www.globalsolarcouncil.org/resources/af...
A photo of several rows of solar panels. Text on the left reads: New Article: Actions for sustainably scalable multi-terawatt photovoltaics. Journal: Nature Reviews Clean Technology. Authors: Lukas Wagner, Ian Marius Peters, Annick Anctil, Matthew Davies, Jiska de Groot, Li Wang, Henning Helmers, Robert Pietzcker, & Jan Christoph Goldschmidt.
While #SolarPV needs significantly less material than fossil fuels, global deployment of PV still creates challenges for resource consumption and sustainability.
A new @natrevcleantech.nature.com article assesses which actions can ensure sustainably scalable PV: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
A new collaboration between Swansea Uni and Power Roll Ltd will evaluate novel characterisation techniques for perovskite solar cells.
These new inline testing and characterisation tools will help accelerate commercialisation of perovskite #SolarPV technologies👇
www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office...
Day 7️⃣ of the NRMP 5th Anniversary Highlights 🧁
As solar photovoltaics (PVs) are scaled-up at increasing rates, how should the sustainability of solar energy be addressed? This Comment provides practical steps for designing PVs with circularity in mind.🔆♻️ www.nature.com/articles/s43...
A paper from IIT Kanpur shows how to enhance the efficiency & stability of wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells, paving the way for durable perovskite-based tandem solar cells.
👏 Saurabh Srivastava, Sudhir Ranjan, Shailesh Kumar Sah, et al
🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
A building lit up at night
Scenes of rural India showing fields, trees and dirt tracks
A group of people sat inside the solar-powered building looking at a computer screen
A new video article tracks the story of a tribal village in rural India and their experiences relating to a #SolarEnergy powered community building.
The article shows how energy use is deeply connected with human cultures, practices, and values
🔗 jer.openlibhums.org/article/id/1...
Tomorrow: webinar on 'Uyghur Forced Labour in Solar and Green Tech: From Awareness to Action'
🗓️ Oct 7 | 4–5PM BST
Organised by Stop Uyghur Genocide, Prof Laura Murphy and Luke de Pulford will explore how Uyghur forced labour is embedded in #SolarPV supply chains
Register here: shorturl.at/UeC7i
Value for Women and the Global Disability Innovation Hub are leading a webinar on Inclusive Market Research
As we advance next-gen #solarPV research, our work needs to reflect the diverse needs of the communities we aim to serve
7th Oct
9-10:30am GMT+1
Register here: shorturl.at/bZTsj
The TEA@SUNRISE network is now 250 members strong!
If you'd like to be part of an international network addressing energy access through next-generation #SolarPV, then sign up here: www.sunrisenetwork.org/teasunrise-n...
Join us next Tuesday for a webinar with Prof Henry Snaith, Binks Professor of Renewable Energy at @ox.ac.uk and Co-Founder & Scientific Advisor of Oxford PV.
Henry's talk will cover the game-changing #perovskite tandem #SolarPV technology developed by Oxford PV
Sign up here: shorturl.at/Jf3BH
Read the original study by Yongming Ma and colleagues here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Perovskite #SolarPV #ScreenPrinted
A new paper shows how simple treatments can produce record-breaking efficiencies for screen-printed carbon #perovskite #solar cells.
TEA@SUNRISE network member Dr Carys Worsley has written a News & Views piece for Nature Energy about this study's impacts:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
TEA@SUNRISE is promoting local manufacture of next-generation, high quality solar panels that can be made available to communities in Africa (and worldwide), bolstering local economies and combating the threat of second-rate imports (3/3)
www.sunrisenetwork.org/tea-at-sunri...
Such compromised panels can be found for sale across Africa and might be appealing to untrained home or business owners
Good quality panels are of course also imported into Africa, but. . . (2/3)
Solar boom for Africa or dumping of low quality #SolarPV?
The rapid adoption of #SolarEnergy is fantastic but the panels in the image used by @newscientist.com show damaged glass and frames, leading to reduced performance and shorter life expectancy. (1/3)
www.newscientist.com/article/2493...
'Empowering Rural India Through Community Solar Energy' - Policy Brief out now
Based on a series of participatory workshops, 'After SUNRISE' created a policy brief designed to promote inclusive, community-owned #SolarEnergy solutions
www.sunrisenetwork.org/after-sunrise/
What did the next-generation solar scientists ever do for us?
Our latest blog highlights all the ways in which next-generation #solarPV developments have contributed to advances in other sectors, from wearables to lasers to detecting gunshot residue...
www.sunrisenetwork.org/news/what-di...
Two people in cleanroom suits and gloves looking at a solar cell.
Two people in cleanroom suits smiling at the camera.
Two people in cleanroom suits setting up a screenprinter to make solar cells.
A man in a cleanroom suit holding up a piece of glass with white squares printed on it.
Delighted to have John Anyanwu visiting us at Swansea University at the moment learning how to make #perovskite #SolarPV cells and modules. He'll then take this knowledge back to FUTO Nigeria where they're planning to make Africa's first next-gen solar module!
#KnowledgeExchange #SolarResearch
"Our strategy has been what I would call a pull strategy in getting input from the local companies rather than a push strategy..."
Joe Fernandez of Solageo talks about how they meet the needs of the local #solarPV businesses they serve
Full video here: www.sunrisenetwork.org/news/empower...
Witnessing the struggles of my people made me realize that if our government cannot find a solution to the rising costs of fossil fuel, then we will find a way to use free solar energy for our boats.
Thanks for the help of Mr. Tipton we now starting to convert our own Solarboat.
www.gofundme.com
Our next webinar is with Dr Dumitru Sirbu from Power Roll Ltd, a company that manufactures flexible perovskite #solarPV modules.
He will explore the benefits and challenges of commercialising roll-to-roll PV for a just energy transition
Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5f396e...
Our latest TEA Break is with Joe Fernandez, founder and CEO of SOLAGEO.
Joe talks about SOLAGEO’s work to empower small, local solar companies in low- and middle-income countries, and how the company ensures inclusive business practices.
#SolarPV
www.sunrisenetwork.org/news/empower...
The UK has published its solar roadmap, laying out a plan to grow solar capacity from 18GW to 45GW by 2030.
We're pleased to see the emphasis on community energy, concerns over forced labour, and the importance given to a circular economy for solar.
#SolarPV #energyhub
www.gov.uk/government/p...
TEA@SUNRISE is aiming to use next-generatio #solarPV to support a just energy transition. But what is next-generation solar? And why are we focused on these newer technologies over traditional, silicon solar?
Read our latest blog ⬇ www.sunrisenetwork.org/news/what-is...
An upcoming webinar led by the Global Disability Innovation Hub will present a guide to #disability-inclusive #EnergyAccess innovation.
The session will explore how disability inclusion drives business success and development impact.
15th June
10am BST
Register: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Join us for our second monthly webinar! July's speaker will be Prof Ashish Garg from IIT Kanpur.
He'll introduce us to their work on #perovskites and the exciting potential for #SolarPV in India.
Date: 1/7/35
Time: 09:30 BST
Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c22145...
We're thrilled by Prof Emeka Oguzie's plans to make the first next-generation #SolarPV module in Africa by early 2026.
This first demonstration of a next-gen module will be a big step towards establishing Africa as a manufacturing hub for these technologies
Sign up for next week's webinar on 'Women in #SolarEnergy in South-East Asia' with Dr Norasikin Ludin and Prof Raminder Kaur
📅 3rd June
⏰09:30 - 10:15 BST
Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a99ce8...
Organised by TEA@SUNRISE & UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Energy Technologies
"I keep emphasising training because we cannot depend on outside knowledge to solve the [energy] transition or to address the transition in Africa, in Nigeria."
In our latest TEA Break, Prof Emeka Oguzie stresses the importance of training & research for Nigeria's transition to #RenewableEnergy.
