Magdalena Hilgner of PLAY explains that projects that deliver power reliably and at a fair price will always be attractive for offtakers.| PV Tech
With solar a global industry, perhaps a global approach is the best way to ensure a more consistent supply of funding.| PV Tech
The levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) for a number of clean power industries will fall by between 2-11% year-on-year by the end of 2025.| PV Tech
Ciel & Terre Taiwan and HEXA Renewables have completed the 192.3MWp final phases of a 440MWp floating solar project in Taiwan.| PV Tech
The UK’s new Labour government took power last summer, promising a renewable energy revolution, with solar playing a lead role.| PV Tech
CREC will receive delivery of Trinasolar’s Vertex N 720W Series of n-type tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) modules.| PV Tech
Neoen’s 128MW Numurkah Solar Farm will help offset emissions from Melbourne trams and steelworks factory under a 15-year PPA.| PV Tech
Economic trends and the US election have changed the conditions for investment in the European solar sector, say SFIEU panellists.| PV Tech
Located in the region of Atacama in northern Chile, the Domeyko project will have an 83MW solar PV capacity and 660MWh BESS capacity.| PV Tech
Australia's coal-fired power stations are expected to close in the 2030s, Cornwall Insight predicts that the last will not until the 2050s.| PV Tech
Solar PV growth is expected to slow down in Brazil and Chile due to ongoing issues of curtailment and transmission infrastructure.| PV Tech
The sale of the three phases represents 23% of the capacity of the Oasis de Atacama solar-plus-storage project.| PV Tech
Spanish independent power producer (IPP) has unveiled two new solar-plus-storage projects, one in Central Chile and the other in Spain.| PV Tech
Chile has curtailed a record 5,909GWh of solar PV and wind power in 2024, up 121% from the previous year, according to trade body ACERA.| PV Tech
Solar PV in Chile is facing a twofold issue: the curtailment of generation and the reduction of income due to low prices of electricity.| PV Tech
Spanish construction firm GES has secured a contract to build a roughly 700MW solar-wind-storage hybrid project in Chile.| PV Tech
Spanish IPP Grenergy has sold the fourth phase of its flagship solar-plus-storage project in Chile, Oasis de Atacama.| PV Tech
The successful projects of the first CIS tender round in Australia have been revealed, with 2.75GW of solar PV being awarded.| PV Tech
Two CIS tenders have opened in Western Australia, seeking 1.6GW of renewable energy generation in the Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM).| PV Tech
The European Commission has said that agrivoltaics has the potential to exceed the entirety of Europe’s solar PV goals by 2030 through deployments on 1% of utilised agricultural area.| PV Tech
Independent power producer (IPP) Verano Energy has closed a US$204 financing for a 83MW/660MWh solar-plus-storage project in Chile.| PV Tech
USDA has announced that new wind and solar projects on agricultural land will not be eligible for two federal loan programmes.| PV Tech
A report from American Clean Power Association shows that Texas has nearly 22GW of installed solar PV capacity after adding 1.6GW in Q2 2024.| PV Tech
US President Joe Biden has signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law, representing the largest ever climate package in US history| PV Tech
The USITC has decided to continue its AD/CVD investigation into the imports of crystalline silicon PV cells from Southeast Asia.| PV Tech
Module manufacturer Meyer Burger has planned to build a solar cell plant in Colorado, the US, with an initial annual capacity of 2GW.| PV Tech
Polish independent power producer (IPP) R.Power plans to sell a 440MW ready-to-build PV portfolio in its home country.| PV Tech
Corporate financing in the solar sector rose 42% to US$34 billion in 2023 compared with 2022, according to Mercom Capital.| PV Tech
President Joe Biden has vetoed the proposal by the Senate to revoke his two-year waiver on Southeast Asian solar PV imports.| PV Tech
Auxin Solar has asked the US Department of Commerce to investigate whether Southeast Asia-based companies are circumventing US anti-dumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) orders on cells and modules from China.| PV Tech
A group of US-based solar manufacturers have filed an antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) petition to the US Department of Commerce.| PV Tech
This is the first determination reached in the ongoing antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) investigation into imports of solar cells.| PV Tech
Total global corporate funding for the sector stood at US$22.3 billion, down from US$28.9 billion at the same point in 2023.| PV Tech
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Panellists discuss some of the challenges in European solar's financial landscape at an event organised at Intersolar Europe 2025 by PV Tech.| PV Tech
Several European countries have underestimated the deployment of solar PV by 205GW by 2030, according to Ember’s latest report.| PV Tech
“As the market develops, there’s more sophisticated views of the market,” said Aldevinas Burokas at Solar Finance & Investment Europe 2025.| PV Tech
Sustained private investment into UK solar is starting to produce results, at least with regard to the role of solar power in its energy mix.| PV Tech
PV Tech Premium spoke with Johan Lindahl, secretary general at the ESMC about Europe's solar manufacturing industry's dire situation.| PV Tech
The US Department of Commerce has issued a final rule designed to tighten up the antidumping and countervailing duty regulations.| PV Tech
Opinions on the anniversary of the IRA from different parts of the US solar industry, as well as a timeline of the IRA's history.| PV Tech
The European Parliament has approved a new regulation prohibiting the sale, import and export of goods made using forced labour.| PV Tech
An increase in solar module prices is “hard to imagine unless there is a massive shortage in supply”, according to Finlay Colville.| PV Tech
Indonesia has ratified the PLN Electricity Supply Business Plan 2025–2034, targeting 42.6GW of renewable energy generation.| PV Tech
Many of the mechanisms used to manage the finances of the solar sector have not kept pace with the rate of capacity additions.| PV Tech
Meeting the UK’s solar targets will not simply require the installation of new capacity, but investment in grid infrastructure and training.| PV Tech
Investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has begun commercial operations at a 373MW solar PV plant in the UK. The post Quinbrook powers 373MW UK solar PV plant, country’s ‘largest’ appeared first on UK Solar Summit.| UK Solar Summit
The UK government has released its Solar Roadmap, which sets out practical measures to meet the country’s solar PV targets.| PV Tech
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) is to investigate alleged circumvention of antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) by solar manufacturers in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.| PV Tech
Growing hybridisation and co-location of renewable power projects and storage facilities could strengthen revenue in Europe’s power sector.| PV Tech
Qcells plans to establish a fully integrated US solar manufacturing supply chain, aiming to manufacture ingots and wafers in the country.| PV Tech
New AD/CVD tariffs in the US could result in increased solar cell and module costs 'that significantly restricts solar supply in the US'.| PV Tech
US renewables firm Clean Energy Associates predicts that the solar industry’s latest AD/CVD petition has a “high likelihood” of success.| PV Tech
Hounen Solar and Solar Long PV-Tech have said they do not have the resources to continue participating in the investigation.| PV Tech
US President Joe Biden is to waive tariffs on solar imports from Southeast Asia for two years to boost renewables deployment.| PV Tech
The US added a record 49GW of new solar capacity in 2024, according to figures from the BCSE and Bloomberg New Energy Finance.| PV Tech
Quinbrook and Primergy Solar have reached commercial operations at their 690MWac/966MWdc Gemini solar-plus-storage project in Nevada.| PV Tech
India has added a record 24.5GW of solar PV capacity in 2024, according to data from energy consultancy JMK Research.| PV Tech
The DOC's CVD ruling is a short-term win for certain manufacturers and a possible setback for many others in the US value chain.| PV Tech
We heard a range of voices, with a range of opinions, talking about the Inflation Reduction Act on day 1 of RE+ in Anaheim, California.| PV Tech
Meridian Energy and Nova Energy have agreed to form a joint venture to build and operate one of New Zealand’s largest solar PV plants.| PV Tech
Photon Energy Group said in its Q4 2024 financial results that it lost €1.5 million on the sale of several solar plants in New South Wales.| PV Tech
President Trump has signed orders to revoke parts of the IRA, examine trade relations with China and withdraw from the Paris agreement.| PV Tech
The letter said the IRA has brought “significant investments in the health of our economy" and US$500 billion in manufacturing investments.| PV Tech
Specific policy details are still unclear, but Donald Trump's return to the White House will have undoubted consequences for US solar.| PV Tech
The Energy Storage for Resilient Homes Act would allow residents to use the Federal Emergency Management Agency to fund residential BESS.| PV Tech
AEMO has revealed its 2022 Integrated System Plan (ISP), laying out a 30-year roadmap that plots NEM's transition to net zero via investments| PV Tech
AGL Energy and Elecsome have signed a MoU to create a solar module recycling plant in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales (NSW).| PV Tech
AEMC is proposing to enable VPPs to compete with large-scale generators in the energy market, aiding solar PV’s role in Australia.| PV Tech
AEMO has revealed that by 2050, AU16 billion must be invested to enable the growth of grid-scale wind and solar in Australia.| PV Tech
The AEMC is to integrate new rules surrounding CER to exercise greater control over their use, aiding solar PV’s role in the electricity mix.| PV Tech
Australian think tank Race for 2030 has called for additional investment and incentives to support consumer energy, such as solar.| PV Tech
Fortescue's 100MW North Star Junction solar farm in Western Australia is partially operational, and the firm is committed to green hydrogen.| PV Tech
