El Niño transition, subtropical shift alter Asia's summer solar resource

Weather pattern changes in Summer 2026 created sharply divergent solar conditions across Asia, with irradiance declining in Northeast China but rising up to 25% above average in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

First covered Sep 4, 2026 · 4:01 AM PT · 1 article · no longer in the live window

El Niño transition, subtropical shift alter Asia's summer solar resource — Image via pv-magazine.com

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22d PV Magazine El Niño transition and a subtropical shift reshape Asia’s summer solar resource — In a new weekly update for pv magazine , Solcast, a DNV company, reports that Summer 2026 brought sharply contrasting solar conditions across Asia, as a…

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Appeared in: 2026-09-04 (#4)

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