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The BrightVolt Take: France’s Fix for Too Much Solar

The BrightVolt Take: France’s Fix for Too Much Solar

Oct 22, 2026 | Home Electrification, Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy, Smartgrids

France has run up roughly 800 hours of negative or zero wholesale electricity prices in 2026, an all-time high — and already more than the whole of 2025 with a quarter of the year still to run. The government’s answer, fleshed out this month, is the right one....
Agrivoltaics: What 320 Experiments Actually Found

Agrivoltaics: What 320 Experiments Actually Found

Aug 2, 2026 | Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy, Solar

The largest study of agrivoltaics yet assembled — 320 experiments at 111 solar farms across 20 countries — found that of 264 crop-yield trials under panels, 59.8% produced lower yields than open field. Just 12.9% produced higher ones. Agrivoltaics is usually sold on...