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Mark Higgins
Mark Higgins is the COO of Strategen, a professional services firm focused on market development for a decarbonized grid. Higgins also serves on the board of the Vehicle-Grid Integration Council, a nonprofit organization committed to advancing the role of smart EV charging. His past experience includes serving as the director of utility west at SunEdison, vice president of finance for Hu Honua Bioenergy, and Pacific Gas & Electric’s lead for key policy areas, including interconnection and transmission planning.
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South Korea’s first agrivoltaics law leaves half of farmland off-limits
South Korea’s National Assembly has passed the country’s first dedicated agrivoltaics legislation, enabling dual use of agricultural land for solar power generation, but the law excludes zones covering nearly half of the country’s farmland, according to a Seoul-based nonprofit group focused on energy transition.
May 14, 2026
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Solar sector raises $15.45 billion in Q1 2026 as debt financing hits decade high
Global corporate funding in the solar sector reached $15.45 billion (USD 11.1 billion) in the first quarter of 2026, with debt financing at its highest level in more than 10 years, says Mercom Capital Group.
May 05, 2026
Australia passes 10,000 home energy upgrades under $1 billion home fund
Clean Energy Finance Corp. (CEFC) has delivered more than 10,000 home energy upgrades through the federal government’s $1 billion (USD 717 million) Household Energy Upgrades Fund, with Queensland and New South Wales leading uptake.
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Scientists achieve 25.4% efficiency in perovskite solar cells with enhanced stability using multivalent ligands
Researchers have used multivalent amidinium ligands to boost perovskite solar cell efficiency to 25.4%, achieving over 95% stability after 1,100 hours at 85 C. The proposed approach enables controlled low-dimensional passivation layers, offering a practical route for durable, large-area perovskite devices.
Chinese scientists build 31.13%-efficient perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell via 2D seeding agent
Researchers in China developed a novel two dimensional seeding agent to regulate crystallisation in a 1.80-eV wide-bandgap perovskite film. A perovskite-silicon tandem device made with the resulting optimised subcell achieved an efficiency of 31.13%, outperforming a control device.
Researchers achieve record perovskite solar module stability under light, heat, and UV stress
An international research team has developed a new two-dimensional perovskite interlayer based on a co-crystal engineering strategy for more robust perovskite films. It demonstrated improved performance in small area perovskite solar cells and, in a 48 cm2 module, contributed to retain 95% of initial efficiency after 5,000 h.
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